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Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 24, 2021

FinalPlayoffs· T-Mobile Arena
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Goals123TShots123T
MIN3014MIN71614
VGK1102VGK7221140
MIN 32VGK 84
MIN 1.51VGK 3.56
PP goals
MIN 0VGK 1
Hits
MIN 44VGK 48
Blocks
MIN 23VGK 13
PIM
MIN 4VGK 0
MIN 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 at VGK. Jordan Greenway (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Rask–Kaprizov skated 12:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. New line
    New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Rask–Kaprizov skated 12:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.ZuccarelloRaskKaprizov
  2. Goalie
    Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +8 against a season average of 31.7; the win.Talbot
  3. New line
    New look for MIN: Parise–Hartman–Fiala skated 11:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PariseHartmanFiala
  4. Luck
    MIN scored 4 goals on 1.51 expected goals (32 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  5. Usage
    Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 15:03, −4:27 down on his 19:30 season average over 6 games.Kaprizov
  6. Usage
    Nick Holden (VGK) played 11:57, −4:03 down on his 16:00 season average over 14 games.Holden
  7. Luck
    VGK scored 2 goals on 3.56 expected goals (84 attempts), well short of its chances.
  8. Usage
    Mathew Dumba (MIN) played 26:51, +3:44 up on his 23:07 season average over 6 games.Dumba

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, MIN at VGK: 116 attempts, 54 on goal, 6 goals, 5.07 expected goals; best chance Nico Sturm at 0.43 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →
  • VGK
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · VGK 84 · MIN 32

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MIN at VGK: expected goals 3.56 to 1.51 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 84 to 32, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdVGKMINSKPGMSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKMINcontrol2nd3rdStone · 1st 8:14Kaprizov · 1st 9:06Parise · 1st 11:57Greenway · 1st 16:34Martinez · 2nd 9:43Sturm · 3rd 19:21
  • VGK pressure
  • MIN pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 11% of the game, VGK 54%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, MIN at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Marc-Andre Fleury (58:43) for VGK and Cam Talbot (60:00) for MIN, 6 goals.

VGK
MIN
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatMINVGK
3783
1.303.13
1.253.03
513
27
2518
+0.007−0.007
11%54%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Minnesota Wild

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 8:14
    VGKMark Stone (Alex Tuch, Nick Holden)wrist0.25 xG
    MIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Rask, Brodin, KaprizovVGK: Holden, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Tuch
    MIN 0 – 1 VGK
  2. 9:06
    MINKirill Kaprizov (Mats Zuccarello)wrist0.13 xG
    MIN: Cole, Zuccarello, Kaprizov, Addison, SturmVGK: McNabb, Stephenson, Janmark, Theodore, Kolesar
    MIN 1 – 1 VGK
  3. 11:57
    MINZach Parise (Jonas Brodin, Mathew Dumba)wrist0.05 xG
    MIN: Parise, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, FialaVGK: Holden, Stone, Stephenson, Tuch, Whitecloud
    MIN 2 – 1 VGK
  4. 16:34
    MINJordan Greenway (Calen Addison)wrist0.23 xG
    MIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson EkVGK: Reaves, Martinez, Holden, Janmark, Brown
    MIN 3 – 1 VGK

2nd period

  1. 9:43
    VGKAlec MartinezPP (Alex Pietrangelo, Mattias Janmark)slap0.10 xG
    MIN: Cole, Foligno, Brodin, Eriksson EkVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Janmark, Tuch
    MIN 3 – 2 VGK

3rd period

  1. 19:21
    MINNico SturmENwrist0.43 xG
    MIN: Bonino, Zuccarello, Brodin, Dumba, SturmVGK: Pietrangelo, Smith, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
    MIN 4 – 2 VGK

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Mats Zuccarello RL1011+120.0801015:32——2633
Kirill Kaprizov LL1101010.2811015:03——2734
Victor Rask CL1000-100.0001013:42——2221
Ryan Hartman RL2000+110.0501018:18——2420
Zach Parise LL2101+110.1310014:07——2117
Kevin Fiala LL2000+100.0021013:39——2318
Joel Eriksson Ek CL3000+120.0731018:03——4444
Jordan Greenway LL3101+130.3031015:28——4841
Marcus Foligno LL3000+100.00101014:16——4039
Nico Sturm CL4101+210.4320014:06——3338
Nick Bonino CL4000+110.0832013:22——4216
Nick Bjugstad CL4000000.0032010:32——3316
Mathew Dumba DD1011+300.0033226:51——3242
Jonas Brodin DD1011+200.0142222:22——3029
Ryan Suter DD2000010.0631022:26——2930
Jared Spurgeon DD2000-100.0013019:28——2714
Ian Cole DD3000+110.0342015:36——3628
Calen Addison DD3011+100.0010013:18——3528
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Cam Talbot(start)W40382.9503.5660:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jonathan Marchessault RL1000-170.4660020:25——8484
William Karlsson CL1000-110.3060020:14——8383
Reilly Smith RL1000-110.0320019:59——8481
Mark Stone RL2101-120.5240018:45——6477
Alex Tuch RL2011020.7621016:17——6988
Chandler Stephenson CL2000-140.3521015:40——6271
Mattias Janmark CL3011-210.1301014:37——4440
Nicolas Roy CL3000010.0410013:41——6394
Keegan Kolesar RL3000-150.4380012:41——5373
Patrick Brown CL4000-110.0230010:52——6528
William Carrier LL4000030.0610010:32——6861
Ryan Reaves RL4000-100.003009:54——6732
Alex Pietrangelo DD1011-150.0814026:12——6478
Alec Martinez DD1101-120.1203020:56——5360
Shea Theodore DD2000-230.1602027:26——7884
Brayden McNabb DD2000010.0031013:22——7873
Zach Whitecloud DD3000-100.0720017:47——7878
Nick Holden DD3011-110.0340011:57——6452
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)L13103.7691.0858:43