Edgehalla

Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 12, 2021

Final· T-Mobile Arena
away
MIN
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VGK
6
Goals123TShots123T
MIN2114MIN813627
VGK2226VGK1415736
MIN 67VGK 56
MIN 3.48VGK 5.15
PP goals
MIN 1VGK 2
Hits
MIN 31VGK 16
Blocks
MIN 8VGK 23
PIM
MIN 10VGK 14
MIN 54%VGK 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 6–4

Vegas Golden Knights beat Minnesota Wild 6–4 at home. Chandler Stephenson (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 4A. VGK's first power-play unit (Dadonov, Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson and Theodore) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 2:05 together.

  1. Points
    Chandler Stephenson had 4 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 20:08.Stephenson
  2. Points
    Mark Stone had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 18:03.Stone
  3. Points
    Max Pacioretty had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 15:00.Pacioretty
  4. Points
    Zach Whitecloud had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:54.Whitecloud
  5. Points
    Evgenii Dadonov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:13.Dadonov
  6. Points
    Jared Spurgeon had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:29.Spurgeon
  7. PP1
    VGK's first power-play unit (Dadonov, Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson and Theodore) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 2:05 together.DadonovPaciorettyStoneStephensonTheodore
  8. PP1
    MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:25 together.SpurgeonZuccarelloHartmanEriksson EkKaprizov

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: 123 attempts, 63 on goal, 10 goals, 8.64 expected goals; best chance Chandler Stephenson at 0.74 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 123 of 123 attempts · VGK 56 · MIN 67

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 5.15 to 3.48 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 56 to 67, 10 goals.

0.02.04.06.01st2nd3rdVGKMINWSDZBWPFSPnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • VGK
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
VGKMINcontrol2nd3rdWhitecloud · 1st 8:53Sturm · 1st 13:54Dadonov · 1st 17:15Zuccarello · 1st 19:59Bjugstad · 2nd 0:09Whitecloud · 2nd 5:46Pacioretty · 2nd 13:52Foligno · 3rd 1:22Stone · 3rd 4:42Pietrangelo · 3rd 19:32
  • 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 36% of the game, VGK 36%.

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 Robin Lehner (60:00) for VGK and Cam Talbot (57:57) for MIN, 10 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
4453
1.823.97
1.713.47
1119
45
1417
+0.042−0.042
36%36%

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. 8:53
    VGKZach Whitecloud (Max Pacioretty, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.02 xG
    MIN: Merrill, Rask, Dumba, Gaudreau, FialaVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Whitecloud
    MIN 0 – 1 VGK
  2. 13:54
    MINNico Sturm (Alex Goligoski, Brandon Duhaime)tip-in0.08 xG
    MIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Bjugstad, Kaprizov, Duhaime, SturmVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hutton, Theodore
    MIN 1 – 1 VGK
  3. 17:15
    VGKEvgenii DadonovPP (Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson)snap0.20 xG
    MIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Gaudreau, SturmVGK: Dadonov, Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
    MIN 1 – 2 VGK
  4. 19:59
    MINMats ZuccarelloPP (Jared Spurgeon, Ryan Hartman)wrist0.11 xG
    MIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek, KaprizovVGK: McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Whitecloud
    MIN 2 – 2 VGK

2nd period

  1. 0:09
    MINNick Bjugstad (Mathew Dumba, Jon Merrill)wrist0.13 xG
    MIN: Merrill, Bjugstad, Dumba, Duhaime, SturmVGK: Hutton, Theodore, Carrier, Amadio, Kolesar
    MIN 3 – 2 VGK
  2. 5:46
    VGKZach Whitecloud (Evgenii Dadonov)wrist0.07 xG
    MIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, GreenwayVGK: Dadonov, McNabb, Janmark, Roy, Whitecloud
    MIN 3 – 3 VGK
  3. 13:52
    VGKMax Pacioretty (Chandler Stephenson, Mark Stone)snap0.09 xG
    MIN: Benn, Kulikov, Zuccarello, Hartman, KaprizovVGK: Pacioretty, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Hague
    MIN 3 – 4 VGK

3rd period

  1. 1:22
    MINMarcus Foligno (Jared Spurgeon, Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.07 xG
    MIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Foligno, Greenway, Eriksson EkVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Stone, Stephenson, Whitecloud
    MIN 4 – 4 VGK
  2. 4:42
    VGKMark StonePP (Max Pacioretty, Chandler Stephenson)wrist0.05 xG
    MIN: Kulikov, Foligno, Merrill, Eriksson EkVGK: Dadonov, Pacioretty, Stone, Stephenson, Theodore
    MIN 4 – 5 VGK
  3. 19:32
    VGKAlex PietrangeloENwrist0.40 xG
    MIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Hartman, Gaudreau, KaprizovVGK: Dadonov, Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Marchessault, Whitecloud
    MIN 4 – 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
Mats Zuccarello RL1101-330.3610022:54——5628
Kirill Kaprizov LL1000-160.7520021:22——6332
Ryan Hartman RL1011-320.5721218:48——4619
Joel Eriksson Ek CL2011+140.5830019:41——6245
Jordan Greenway LL2000010.1660016:15——5235
Marcus Foligno LL2101+110.0731015:20——5227
Nico Sturm CL3101+210.1331012:04——3238
Brandon Duhaime LL3011+200.0020010:27——2939
Nick Bjugstad CL3101+240.401009:45——4760
Kevin Fiala LL4000-100.1500015:30——3729
Frederick Gaudreau CL4000-200.0000011:41——3125
Victor Rask CL4000-110.1900010:09——3831
Mathew Dumba DD1011010.0120221:44——5842
Jon Merrill DD1011000.0021019:17——5946
Jared Spurgeon DD2022030.1111221:29——4129
Alex Goligoski DD2011000.0011220:19——4136
Jordie Benn DD3000-100.0010215:21——3214
Dmitry Kulikov DD3000-100.0012015:12——3019
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Cam Talbot(start)L35305.8574.0157:57

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Chandler Stephenson CL1044+110.8502020:08——4863
Mark Stone RL1123+110.2600018:03——4881
Max Pacioretty LL1123+140.3213015:00——4868
William Karlsson CL2000010.2000016:42——6380
Reilly Smith RL2000-110.1100015:53——7381
Jonathan Marchessault RL2000040.2300214:20——6481
Nicolas Roy CL3000+140.6911015:41——5570
Evgenii Dadonov LL3112+230.2251214:13——4854
Mattias Janmark CL3000+100.0001013:46——4860
William Carrier LL4000-130.4201012:05——5868
Keegan Kolesar RL4000-100.003009:57——5972
Michael Amadio RL4000-130.650107:05——5667
Brayden McNabb DD1000+110.0321021:45——4835
Zach Whitecloud DD1202+250.5903220:54——5571
Alex Pietrangelo DD2101+230.4717226:55——4273
Nicolas Hague DD2000+100.0211614:03——4174
Shea Theodore DD3000-200.0811020:37——7079
Ben Hutton DD3000-220.0310012:11——8181
VGK goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Robin Lehner(start)W27234.8523.4860:00