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Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsMay 28, 2021

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Goals123TShots123T
MIN1102MIN106420
VGK1326VGK817934
MIN 48VGK 72
MIN 1.86VGK 3.97
PP goals
MIN 1VGK 0
Hits
MIN 53VGK 49
Blocks
MIN 20VGK 18
PIM
MIN 8VGK 10
MIN 34%VGK 66%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Minnesota Wild 6–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 6–2 at home. Mattias Janmark (VGK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 1:56, −20:45 down on his 22:41 season average over 6 games.

  1. Points
    Mattias Janmark had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 14:24.Janmark
  2. Points
    Chandler Stephenson had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:11.Stephenson
  3. Points
    Nicolas Roy had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:29.Roy
  4. Points
    Shea Theodore had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:17.Theodore
  5. Usage
    Jonas Brodin (MIN) played 1:56, −20:45 down on his 22:41 season average over 6 games.Brodin
  6. New line
    New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Stone–Stephenson skated 10:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.PaciorettyStoneStephenson
  7. Usage
    Ian Cole (MIN) played 23:29, +8:29 up on his 15:00 season average over 6 games.Cole
  8. Usage
    Ryan Suter (MIN) played 28:50, +5:35 up on his 23:15 season average over 6 games.Suter

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: 120 attempts, 54 on goal, 8 goals, 5.83 expected goals; best chance Mattias Janmark at 0.71 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 120 of 120 attempts · VGK 72 · MIN 48

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 3.97 to 1.86 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 72 to 48, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdVGKMINJPHKPWJJnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKMINcontrol2nd3rdJanmark · 1st 5:09Parise · 1st 16:49Hague · 2nd 2:05Kaprizov · 2nd 4:35Pacioretty · 2nd 7:44Whitecloud · 2nd 13:38Janmark · 3rd 12:36Janmark · 3rd 16:53
  • 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 16% of the game, VGK 47%.

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 (60:00) for VGK and Cam Talbot (58:11) for MIN, 8 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
4773
1.363.26
1.283.11
716
610
1720
−0.119+0.119
16%47%

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. 5:09
    VGKMattias Janmark (Nicolas Roy, Nick Holden)wrist0.22 xG
    MIN: Parise, Cole, Hartman, Fiala, AddisonVGK: Janmark, Tuch, Roy, Hague, Whitecloud
    MIN 0 – 1 VGK
  2. 16:49
    MINZach Parise (Joel Eriksson Ek, Ryan Suter)backhand0.16 xG
    MIN: Suter, Parise, Dumba, Fiala, Eriksson EkVGK: Stone, Janmark, Theodore, Roy, Hague
    MIN 1 – 1 VGK

2nd period

  1. 2:05
    VGKNicolas Hague (William Karlsson)wrist0.00 xG
    MIN: Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Hartman, FialaVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague, Whitecloud
    MIN 1 – 2 VGK
  2. 4:35
    MINKirill KaprizovPP (Mats Zuccarello, Jared Spurgeon)snap0.21 xG
    MIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Fiala, Eriksson Ek, KaprizovVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson
    MIN 2 – 2 VGK
  3. 7:44
    VGKMax Pacioretty (Chandler Stephenson, Shea Theodore)snap0.19 xG
    MIN: Suter, Bonino, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, GreenwayVGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
    MIN 2 – 3 VGK
  4. 13:38
    VGKZach Whitecloud (Shea Theodore, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.04 xG
    MIN: Parise, Cole, Hartman, Fiala, AddisonVGK: Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore, Whitecloud
    MIN 2 – 4 VGK

3rd period

  1. 12:36
    VGKMattias Janmark (Nicolas Roy)snap0.07 xG
    MIN: Suter, Foligno, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson EkVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Janmark, Tuch, Roy
    MIN 2 – 5 VGK
  2. 16:53
    VGKMattias JanmarkEN (Alex Tuch, Alex Pietrangelo)backhand0.71 xG
    MIN: Parise, Foligno, Dumba, Hartman, Greenway, AddisonVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stephenson, Janmark, Tuch
    MIN 2 – 6 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
Kirill Kaprizov LL1101010.3030021:10——3318
Mats Zuccarello RL1011-120.0621018:59——3521
Victor Rask CL1000020.2311016:52——3731
Kevin Fiala LL2000-220.2250019:00——5549
Ryan Hartman RL2000-410.0800017:06——5033
Zach Parise LL2101-320.3932013:58——5850
Joel Eriksson Ek CL3011010.0040214:45——3118
Marcus Foligno LL3000-200.00101013:39——249
Jordan Greenway LL3000-300.00111212:06——2914
Nick Bonino CL4000-110.1312012:03——2229
Nico Sturm CL4000010.1210010:18——4367
Nick Bjugstad CL4000020.021328:42——3678
Mathew Dumba DD1000-110.1614028:47——3934
Ian Cole DD1000-210.0321223:29——4722
Ryan Suter DD2011-220.0911028:50——3436
Jared Spurgeon DD2011-210.0453022:32——3531
Calen Addison D—000-300.0010013:37——5517
Jonas Brodin D—000000.001001:56——330
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Cam Talbot(start)L33285.8482.9458:11

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Jonathan Marchessault RL1000+140.2970216:23——4456
William Karlsson CL1011+220.1631215:29——4867
Reilly Smith RL1000+110.4300214:29——5068
Mark Stone RL2000+130.1930017:56——7673
Max Pacioretty LL2101+240.4710016:28——7172
Chandler Stephenson CL2022+200.3910016:11——7884
Patrick Brown CL3000010.2060013:05——6077
Ryan Reaves RL3000010.0150211:46——5876
William Carrier LL3000010.0841011:36——6375
Nicolas Roy CL4022+120.1561014:29——6061
Alex Tuch RL4011+300.0111014:27——6791
Mattias Janmark CL4303+241.1110014:24——5571
Alex Pietrangelo DD1011+210.0712023:05——5373
Alec Martinez DD1000+210.0014022:32——4973
Shea Theodore DD2022+130.1803022:17——7780
Nick Holden DD2011+140.1761018:12——8090
Zach Whitecloud DD3101+310.0413017:00——4739
Nicolas Hague DD3101+110.0021215:47——3529
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)W20182.9001.8660:00