Minnesota Wild vs. New York IslandersApr 4, 2025

FinalFriday, Apr 4, 2025· UBS Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	1	0	1		MIN	11	9	8	28
NYI	0	2	1	3		NYI	4	14	9	27

: MIN 68NYI 70
: MIN 2.47NYI 2.77
PP goals: MIN 0NYI 1
Hits: MIN 21NYI 14
Blocks: MIN 26NYI 18
PIM: MIN 6NYI 4
: MIN 46%NYI 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Islanders beat Minnesota Wild 3–1

New York Islanders beat Minnesota Wild 3–1 at home. Noah Dobson (NYI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Lee, Horvat, DeAngelo and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:14 together.

Points
Noah Dobson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:55.Dobson
PP1
NYI's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Lee, Horvat, DeAngelo and Dobson) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 3:14 together.Palmieri Lee Horvat DeAngelo Dobson
New line
New look for NYI: Pageau–Holmstrom–Tsyplakov skated 11:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pageau Holmstrom Tsyplakov
Usage
Jake Middleton (MIN) played 12:23, −9:38 down on his 22:01 season average over 66 games.Middleton
New line
New look for NYI: Martin–MacLean–Gatcomb skated 6:57 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Martin MacLean Gatcomb
Usage
Marcus Johansson (MIN) played 20:41, +4:22 up on his 16:19 season average over 71 games.Johansson
Usage
Noah Dobson (NYI) played 18:55, −4:25 down on his 23:20 season average over 70 games.Dobson
Usage
Pierre Engvall (NYI) played 15:09, +3:23 up on his 11:46 season average over 61 games.Engvall

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)NYI attacks right (top on phones) →

NYI
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 138 of 138 attempts · NYI 70 · MIN 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYI
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYI 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 27% of the game, NYI 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYI

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	NYI
	60	76
	1.61	3.00
	1.54	2.80
	10	16
	5	5
	22	11
	−0.030	+0.030
	27%	40%

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

L1Foligno – Boldy – Rossi
11:2668% CF
L2Johansson – Zuccarello – Gaudreau
10:0127% CF
L3Nyquist – Hinostroza – Hartman
7:1226% CF
L4Shore – Trenin – Brazeau
5:4950% CF
D1Spurgeon – Brodin
13:3058% CF
D2Middleton – Faber
9:2039% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
5:5531% CF

PP1Nyquist – Johansson – Zuccarello – Gaudreau – Boldy
2:36100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Hartman – Brazeau – Rossi – Faber
0:55100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Gaudreau
2:39
PK2FJohansson – Boldy
1:11
PK1DMerrill – Faber
1:28
PK2DBogosian – Spurgeon
1:18

Current MIN line combinations →

New York Islanders

L1Palmieri – Lee – Horvat
11:0742% CF
L2Pageau – Holmstrom – Tsyplakov
11:0661% CF
L3Cizikas – Fasching – Engvall
10:5879% CF
L4Martin – MacLean – Gatcomb
6:5713% CF
D1DeAngelo – Romanov
15:3667% CF
D2Pelech – Pulock
12:5031% CF
D3Mayfield – Dobson
10:0580% CF

PP1Palmieri – Lee – Horvat – DeAngelo – Dobson
3:14100% CF
PP2Pageau – Pulock – Dobson – Holmstrom – Tsyplakov
1:20100% CF
PK1FPalmieri – Cizikas
1:20
PK2FPageau – Holmstrom
1:04
PK1DPelech – Pulock
1:57
PK2DMayfield – Romanov
1:23

Current NYI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:42
MINMats Zuccarello (Marcus Johansson)wrist0.11 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Johansson, Zuccarello, Merrill, HartmanNYI: Pageau, DeAngelo, Romanov, Holmstrom, Tsyplakov
MIN 1 – 0 NYI
2:18
NYICasey Cizikas (Noah Dobson, Pierre Engvall)tip-in0.04 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Nyquist, Merrill, Hinostroza, HartmanNYI: Cizikas, Mayfield, Fasching, Engvall, Dobson
MIN 1 – 1 NYI
4:02
NYISimon Holmstrom (Maxim Tsyplakov, Ryan Pulock)backhand0.03 xG
MIN: Johansson, Zuccarello, Gaudreau, Middleton, FaberNYI: Pageau, DeAngelo, Romanov, Holmstrom, Tsyplakov
MIN 1 – 2 NYI

3rd period

3:36
NYINoah DobsonPP (Tony DeAngelo)slap0.07 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Foligno, Gaudreau, FaberNYI: Palmieri, Lee, Horvat, DeAngelo, Dobson
MIN 1 – 3 NYI

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
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	2	0	22:32	—	—	54	26
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	2	1	0	19:54	—	—	57	33
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	1	2	0	18:43	—	—	62	52
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.35	0	2	0	21:38	—	—	38	33
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.20	1	1	0	20:41	—	—	37	33
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	1	0	17:07	—	—	27	21
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	1	2	0	14:16	—	—	39	49
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	2	2	13:10	—	—	27	22
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:41	—	—	37	42
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	6	0	2	9:34	—	—	60	53
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	9:09	—	—	64	54
Justin Brazeau R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	1	0	8:30	—	—	55	63
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	1	1	0	24:00	—	—	61	85
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	2	0	22:58	—	—	61	53
Brock Faber D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	2	0	26:18	—	—	36	30
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:23	—	—	47	53
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	4	2	13:31	—	—	25	7
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	41	33

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.77	57:02

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	20:13	—	—	39	65
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	1	2	19:54	—	—	44	66
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	2	1	0	17:11	—	—	42	66
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	58	63
Simon Holmstrom R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.15	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	64	65
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.45	1	0	0	15:30	—	—	58	63
Casey Cizikas C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	73	74
Pierre Engvall L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.22	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	79	87
Hudson Fasching R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.22	0	0	2	13:04	—	—	82	85
Marc Gatcomb C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	9:11	—	—	18	18
Kyle MacLean C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	8:59	—	—	22	32
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	7:49	—	—	18	1
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.03	2	3	0	23:06	—	—	63	74
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.60	0	1	0	21:39	—	—	64	75
Ryan Pulock D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	2	3	0	22:11	—	—	26	28
Adam Pelech D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	3	0	19:32	—	—	34	37
Noah Dobson D	D3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.13	0	2	0	18:55	—	—	67	65
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	0	0	14:51	—	—	76	68

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ilya Sorokin(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.47	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mats Zuccarello (MIN) 2nd 1:42 · assists Marcus Johansson · Rebound · carried in · 18.2 mph shot · 8.5 s from entry to goal.

Mats Zuccarello · 2nd 1:42 · MIN

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 18.2 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 8.5 s
Type: rebound

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Casey Cizikas · 2nd 2:18 · NYI

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 7.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Simon Holmstrom · 2nd 4:02 · NYI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 20.9 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Noah Dobson · 3rd 3:36 · NYI PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 74.1 mph
Distance: 53 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.