Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 29, 2025

FinalMonday, Dec 29, 2025· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	3	0	5		MIN	7	13	7	27
VGK	0	1	1	2		VGK	6	5	5	16

: MIN 58VGK 51
: MIN 2.79VGK 2.31
PP goals: MIN 0VGK 0
Hits: MIN 17VGK 30
Blocks: MIN 20VGK 13
PIM: MIN 4VGK 15
: MIN 53%VGK 47%

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. Marcus Johansson (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 3A. New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Kaprizov–Yurov skated 10:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Marcus Johansson had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 13:46.Johansson
Points
Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:35.Spurgeon
Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:18.Eriksson Ek
Points
Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:14.Boldy
Points
Ivan Barbashev had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:02.Barbashev
Points
Jonas Brodin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:24.Brodin
New line
New look for MIN: Zuccarello–Kaprizov–Yurov skated 10:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zuccarello Kaprizov Yurov
Usage
Tomas Hertl (VGK) played 0:55, −16:19 down on his 17:14 season average over 81 games.Hertl

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 109 of 109 attempts · VGK 51 · MIN 58

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 31% 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

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against MIN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the VGK side.

Matchup matrix

VGK xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	MIN	VGK
	56	53
	2.30	2.41
	2.12	2.16
	8	11
	2	4
	19	20
	+0.014	−0.014
	31%	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

L1Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Yurov
10:5133% CF
L2Foligno – Trenin – Sturm
9:3029% CF
L3Tarasenko – Hinostroza – Hartman
8:0567% CF
L4Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
7:5786% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
15:2350% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
12:4447% CF
D3Bogosian – Middleton
12:3357% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
4:3189% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Faber – Yurov
2:13
PK1FFoligno – Sturm
1:06
PK2FEriksson Ek – Boldy
1:05
PK1DBrodin – Faber
2:01
PK2DSpurgeon – Middleton
1:03

Current MIN line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Barbashev – Marner
10:2263% CF
L2Saad – Sissons – Kolesar
6:5050% CF
L3Smith – Howden – Bowman
6:0430% CF
D1McNabb – Korczak
14:2550% CF
D2Lauzon – Whitecloud
8:5336% CF
D3Hutton – Hanifin
7:4467% CF

PP1Stone – Barbashev – Hanifin – Marner – Dorofeyev
2:52100% CF
PP2Smith – Hutton – Barbashev – Holtz – Bowman
0:43
PK1FSaad – Sissons
1:16
PK2FStone – Howden
1:12
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
4:04
PK2DHanifin – Lauzon
2:39

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	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.57	0	0	0	19:41	—	—	43	26
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	1	0	18:34	—	—	39	20
Danila Yurov R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	16:11	—	—	41	26
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	8	0	0	14:24	—	—	39	45
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	1	0	14:05	—	—	36	53
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	3	1	2	12:26	—	—	32	52
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	64	39
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	67	38
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	1	0	0	11:24	—	—	71	42
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	1	1	2	+4	2	0.26	1	0	0	16:18	—	—	71	82
Matt Boldy L	L4	1	1	2	+4	2	0.31	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	74	83
Marcus Johansson L	L4	1	3	4	+4	3	0.16	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	71	74
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	0	23:01	—	—	53	46
Brock Faber D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	21:33	—	—	55	53
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.26	0	6	0	19:35	—	—	46	61
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.04	0	4	0	17:24	—	—	50	72
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	2	17:30	—	—	49	38
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	0	16:29	—	—	56	44

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	16	14	2	.875	2.31	59:37

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	61	87
Mark Stone R	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.87	1	1	0	20:15	—	—	59	88
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.44	2	1	0	18:02	—	—	53	77
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	2	0	0	15:03	—	—	47	48
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:58	—	—	43	36
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	0	0	13:34	—	—	46	22
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	4	0	0	17:07	—	—	36	18
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	35	1
Braeden Bowman R	L3	0	0	0	-4	1	0.00	0	0	0	11:50	—	—	42	2
Brayden McNabb D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.14	0	5	0	23:45	—	—	52	58
Kaedan Korczak D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:46	—	—	52	37
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:11	—	—	41	21
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	7	1	0	17:06	—	—	39	16
Noah Hanifin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:08	—	—	56	67
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	54	73
Pavel Dorofeyev R	—	0	1	1	-1	3	0.34	2	1	0	15:53	—	—	53	47
Alexander Holtz R	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	40	28
Tomas Hertl C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	15	0:55	—	—	100	—

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid	—	15	15	0	.1000	1.25	33:04
Carter Hart(start)	L	12	7	5	.583	1.54	26:51

Goal anatomy

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

Marcus Johansson (MIN) 1st 0:26 · assists Jonas Brodin, Jared Spurgeon · Forecheck turnover · 72.2 mph shot.

Marcus Johansson · 1st 0:26 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 72.2 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Type: one-timer

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Matt Boldy · 1st 14:06 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 s

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Jared Spurgeon · 2nd 0:26 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.2 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Brock Faber · 2nd 4:32 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 68.5 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 6:56 · MIN

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 23.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 9.1 s

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Brayden McNabb · 2nd 16:50 · VGK

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 58.6 mph
Distance: 33 ft

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Mark Stone · 3rd 2:14 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 29, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

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

Marcus Johansson · 1st 0:26 · MIN

Matt Boldy · 1st 14:06 · MIN

Jared Spurgeon · 2nd 0:26 · MIN

Brock Faber · 2nd 4:32 · MIN

Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 6:56 · MIN

Brayden McNabb · 2nd 16:50 · VGK

Mark Stone · 3rd 2:14 · VGK