Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 22, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	3	1	1	5		MIN	10	3	4	17
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	10	11	11	32

: MIN 52VGK 89
: MIN 3.09VGK 2.88
PP goals: MIN 0VGK 0
Hits: MIN 37VGK 30
Blocks: MIN 30VGK 13
PIM: MIN 0VGK 2
: MIN 41%VGK 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at VGK. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for MIN: Nyquist–Foligno–Hartman skated 13:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:55.Kaprizov
Points
Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:49.Boldy
New line
New look for MIN: Nyquist–Foligno–Hartman skated 13:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nyquist Foligno Hartman
Usage
Mats Zuccarello (MIN) played 14:30, −5:00 down on his 19:30 season average over 5 games.Zuccarello
Usage
Matt Boldy (MIN) played 20:49, −5:02 down on his 25:51 season average over 5 games.Boldy
Luck
MIN scored 5 goals on 3.09 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Trenin–Brazeau–Rossi skated 6:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (23.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Trenin Brazeau Rossi
New line
New look for VGK: Barbashev–Kolesar–Roy skated 8:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (65.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barbashev Kolesar Roy

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 141 of 141 attempts · VGK 89 · MIN 52

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 28% of the game, VGK 43%.

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	103
	2.57	3.35
	2.43	3.19
	8	11
	12	6
	26	22
	−0.082	+0.082
	28%	43%

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
15:2850% CF
L2Nyquist – Foligno – Hartman
13:3836% CF
L3Johansson – Zuccarello – Gaudreau
10:5328% CF
L4Trenin – Brazeau – Rossi
6:3724% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
24:3334% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
18:2240% CF
D3Bogosian – Buium
11:1629% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Buium
1:07100% CF
PP2Nyquist – Spurgeon – Johansson – Hartman – Rossi
0:26100% CF

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
13:2258% CF
L2Smith – Karlsson – Olofsson
12:3362% CF
L3Stone – Eichel – Howden
9:1157% CF
L4Barbashev – Kolesar – Roy
8:0665% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hanifin
10:0356% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
9:0752% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
7:5368% CF

PK1FSmith – Karlsson
0:40
PK2FStone – Eichel
0:39
PK1DHague – Whitecloud
0:59
PK2DPietrangelo – Hanifin
0:52

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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		PP	SH
Matt Boldy L	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.92	1	2	20:49	—	—	49	62
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	2	1	3	+2	4	0.64	2	4	19:55	—	—	44	47
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	+3	3	0.44	3	3	19:14	—	—	55	71
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.40	2	2	17:20	—	—	35	47
Marcus Foligno L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.26	12	0	16:43	—	—	36	55
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	16:35	—	—	36	50
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	1	14:49	—	—	22	23
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.16	2	1	14:30	—	—	28	27
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	2	1	13:23	—	—	32	46
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	4	10:29	—	—	21	16
Marco Rossi C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	9:27	—	—	23	4
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	8:26	—	—	19	3
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	0	3	26:21	—	—	35	42
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	1	1	25:15	—	—	34	32
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.00	1	2	21:40	—	—	42	57
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.08	1	2	20:17	—	—	41	54
Zeev Buium D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	12:45	—	—	32	42
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	12:12	—	—	27	27

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.88	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.21	1	0	0	16:39	—	—	62	53
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.44	1	0	0	16:27	—	—	64	58
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.33	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	60	53
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	70	84
William Karlsson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	67	83
Victor Olofsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	64	79
Mark Stone R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.07	3	1	0	17:17	—	—	61	19
Jack Eichel C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	2	0	0	16:34	—	—	67	34
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	3	0	0	13:08	—	—	56	12
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	4	0	0	14:50	—	—	69	76
Nicolas Roy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	12:53	—	—	63	66
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	4	0	0	11:28	—	—	68	85
Noah Hanifin D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.28	3	2	0	23:25	—	—	67	76
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	3	0	22:17	—	—	51	48
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:52	—	—	66	50
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	-4	3	0.05	1	1	2	16:26	—	—	69	52
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	3	3	0	19:46	—	—	54	46
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	2	0	19:42	—	—	76	75

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	16	12	4	.750	2.15	58:37

Goal anatomy

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

Matt Boldy (MIN) 1st 9:56 · assists Kirill Kaprizov, Jonas Brodin · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 49.0 mph shot · 1.9 s from entry to goal.

Matt Boldy · 1st 9:56 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Marcus Foligno · 1st 11:35 · MIN

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 4.8 s
Type: rebound

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Mats Zuccarello · 1st 17:15 · MIN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 15.6 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s

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Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 3:59 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 11.6 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Noah Hanifin · 2nd 12:04 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 67.0 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 4.2 s

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Tomas Hertl · 3rd 2:26 · VGK

Play: rebound
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 11.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 9.0 s
Type: rebound

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Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 17:34 · MIN EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.0 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 22, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Matt Boldy · 1st 9:56 · MIN

Marcus Foligno · 1st 11:35 · MIN

Mats Zuccarello · 1st 17:15 · MIN

Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 3:59 · MIN

Noah Hanifin · 2nd 12:04 · VGK

Tomas Hertl · 3rd 2:26 · VGK

Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 17:34 · MIN EN