Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 12, 2024

FinalMonday, Feb 12, 2024· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	0	3	5		MIN	14	4	11	29
VGK	2	0	1	3		VGK	6	14	10	30

: MIN 64VGK 54
: MIN 4.37VGK 2.48
PP goals: MIN 1VGK 1
Hits: MIN 22VGK 19
Blocks: MIN 11VGK 19
PIM: MIN 10VGK 4
: MIN 58%VGK 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3 at VGK. Matt Boldy (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:14 together.

Points
Matt Boldy had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 18:03.Boldy
Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 22:05.Eriksson Ek
Points
Alex Pietrangelo had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:03.Pietrangelo
Points
Brock Faber had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:31.Faber
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:47.Kaprizov
Points
Ryan Hartman had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:47.Hartman
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:14 together.Zuccarello Hartman Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Boldy
New line
New look for VGK: Stone–Stephenson–Amadio skated 10:35 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stone Stephenson Amadio

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · VGK 54 · MIN 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 44% of the game, VGK 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	MIN	VGK
	58	34
	2.85	0.98
	2.71	0.96
	16	4
	2	2
	11	11
	+0.010	−0.010
	44%	32%

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

L1Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
9:4877% CF
L2Johansson – Zuccarello – Rossi
8:3467% CF
L3Hartman – Gaudreau – Duhaime
5:4343% CF
L4Lettieri – Dewar – Lucchini
5:1314% CF
D1Merrill – Mermis
12:2958% CF
D2Bogosian – Brodin
11:5363% CF
D3Middleton – Faber
10:4335% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
3:14100% CF
PP2Johansson – Hartman – Gaudreau – Rossi – Faber
0:43
PK1FEriksson Ek – Duhaime
3:07
PK2FGaudreau – Dewar
1:11
PK1DBrodin – Faber
5:22
PK2DBogosian – Middleton
2:07

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Stephenson – Amadio
10:3527% CF
L2Marchessault – Barbashev – Roy
9:3739% CF
L3Karlsson – Rempal – Brisson
7:1442% CF
L4Kolesar – Howden – Rondbjerg
6:3558% CF
D1Hague – Whitecloud
13:5150% CF
D2Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:4328% CF
D3McNabb – Miromanov
13:0237% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Stephenson
4:54100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Barbashev – Amadio – Roy – Brisson
3:33100% CF
PK1FStone – Stephenson
0:39
PK2FHowden – Rondbjerg
0:39
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
0:42
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
0:39

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:22
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Nicolas Roy, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.04 xG
MIN: Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, FaberVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Marchessault, Barbashev, Roy
MIN 0 – 1 VGK
10:48
MINMats ZuccarelloPP (Kirill Kaprizov, Ryan Hartman)wrist0.18 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Hartman, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, BoldyVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Karlsson
MIN 1 – 1 VGK
12:09
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Matt Boldy, Kirill Kaprizov)tip-in0.12 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, FaberVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Howden, Rondbjerg
MIN 2 – 1 VGK
17:45
VGKMichael AmadioPP (Alex Pietrangelo, Brendan Brisson)wrist0.07 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Johansson, Gaudreau, MiddletonVGK: Pietrangelo, Barbashev, Amadio, Roy, Brisson
MIN 2 – 2 VGK

3rd period

6:28
MINMarco Rossi (Matt Boldy, Brock Faber)other0.34 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Boldy, Rossi, FaberVGK: Martinez, Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Amadio
MIN 3 – 2 VGK
7:29
MINMatt Boldy (Ryan Hartman, Brock Faber)wrist0.17 xG
MIN: Merrill, Mermis, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, BoldyVGK: McNabb, Marchessault, Barbashev, Roy, Miromanov
MIN 4 – 2 VGK
9:40
VGKMark Stone (Chandler Stephenson, Zach Whitecloud)wrist0.01 xG
MIN: Johansson, Zuccarello, Middleton, Rossi, FaberVGK: Stone, Stephenson, Amadio, Hague, Whitecloud
MIN 4 – 3 VGK
19:38
MINJoel Eriksson EkENbackhand0.96 xG
MIN: Brodin, Gaudreau, Eriksson Ek, Duhaime, FaberVGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Karlsson, Marchessault, Stephenson, Miromanov
MIN 5 – 3 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	1.40	1	0	2	22:05	—	—	75	79
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	2	2	+1	6	0.68	1	0	0	19:47	—	—	79	89
Matt Boldy L	L1	1	2	3	+2	7	0.91	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	79	92
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.46	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	56	75
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	2	17:17	—	—	68	73
Marco Rossi C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.48	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	70	94
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	2	2	0	3	0.18	2	0	0	14:47	—	—	54	29
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	56	7
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	2	12:55	—	—	33	0
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:35	—	—	39	38
Jake Lucchini C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:13	—	—	20	19
Vinni Lettieri C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	0	0	7:59	—	—	46	29
Dakota Mermis D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	3	2	13:47	—	—	61	83
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	13:07	—	—	60	89
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.08	0	0	0	22:28	—	—	68	72
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	20:43	—	—	74	58
Brock Faber D	D3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.05	1	2	0	26:31	—	—	57	79
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	2	0	17:46	—	—	54	60

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	2.48	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:53	—	—	26	15
Mark Stone R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.17	1	1	0	21:11	—	—	28	17
Michael Amadio R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.20	0	2	0	17:22	—	—	30	22
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	-1	6	0.69	1	0	0	21:02	—	—	30	14
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	0	2	0	16:40	—	—	39	17
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	35	15
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	1	1	0	20:58	—	—	35	69
Brendan Brisson C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	0	1	0	14:37	—	—	44	73
Sheldon Rempal R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	2	9:07	—	—	46	85
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:03	—	—	50	24
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	8:06	—	—	54	24
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	0	0	7:54	—	—	58	32
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	3	2	0	16:50	—	—	46	33
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	7	1	0	15:31	—	—	50	36
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	2	2	-2	4	0.22	1	1	0	25:03	—	—	28	22
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:21	—	—	27	21
Daniil Miromanov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.07	1	2	0	19:53	—	—	37	24
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	0	4	2	17:18	—	—	37	24

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.41	57:43

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Jonathan Marchessault (VGK) 1st 0:22 · assists Nicolas Roy, Alex Pietrangelo · Rush · carried in · 12.5 mph shot · 5.7 s from entry to goal.

Jonathan Marchessault · 1st 0:22 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.5 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 5.7 s

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 1st 12:09 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Marco Rossi · 3rd 6:28 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.9 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 19:38 · MIN EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.9 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Mats Zuccarello · 1st 10:48 · MIN PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: rebound

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Michael Amadio · 1st 17:45 · VGK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 63.5 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 7:29 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.3 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Mark Stone · 3rd 9:40 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 81.6 mph
Distance: 47 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.