Minnesota Wild vs. Los Angeles KingsApr 23, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	1	2	4		MIN	6	7	11	24
LAK	1	0	1	2		LAK	11	20	11	42

: MIN 54LAK 70
: MIN 2.82LAK 3.86
PP goals: MIN 1LAK 0
Hits: MIN 24LAK 22
Blocks: MIN 16LAK 16
PIM: MIN 6LAK 4
: MIN 40%LAK 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2 at LAK. Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:39 together.

Points
Kirill Kaprizov had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:28.Kaprizov
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Bonino, Spurgeon, Rask, Fiala and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:39 together.Bonino Spurgeon Rask Fiala Kaprizov
Goalie
Cam Talbot (MIN) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +11 against a season average of 30.5; the win.Talbot
Luck
LAK scored 2 goals on 3.86 expected goals (70 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Trevor Moore (LAK) played 18:25, +3:57 up on his 14:28 season average over 55 games.Moore
Usage
Jaret Anderson-Dolan (LAK) played 7:35, −6:06 down on his 13:41 season average over 33 games.Anderson-Dolan
Usage
Austin Wagner (LAK) played 6:36, −3:59 down on his 10:35 season average over 43 games.Wagner
Usage
Mikey Anderson (LAK) played 17:29, −3:46 down on his 21:15 season average over 53 games.Anderson

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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · LAK 70 · MIN 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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 30% of the game, LAK 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

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	LAK
	52	61
	2.40	2.79
	2.33	2.57
	12	13
	5	2
	12	4
	−0.050	+0.050
	30%	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

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
12:0437% CF
L2Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
11:4252% CF
L3Johansson – Hartman – Fiala
8:4750% CF
L4Parise – Bonino – Sturm
8:2553% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
20:0129% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
16:3353% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
11:2863% CF

PP1Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
2:39100% CF
PK1FJohansson – Hartman
2:24
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:16
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:00
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:29

Current MIN line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
13:1252% CF
L2Kempe – Moore – Vilardi
13:0864% CF
L3Athanasiou – Grundstrom – Lizotte
12:0638% CF
L4Lemieux – Wagner – Anderson-Dolan
5:4455% CF
D1Maatta – Walker
15:4348% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
14:1455% CF
D3Roy – Bjornfot
12:1353% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
3:16100% CF
PP2Doughty – Athanasiou – Moore – Vilardi – Lizotte
0:50100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
2:38
PK1DDoughty – Bjornfot
2:00

Current LAK 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
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.24	3	1	0	17:57	—	—	33	16
Marcus Foligno L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	0	0	16:58	—	—	46	31
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:31	—	—	31	9
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	2	0	2	+1	6	0.87	1	2	0	15:28	—	—	57	67
Victor Rask C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.29	0	0	2	15:02	—	—	52	66
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	1	0	0	14:52	—	—	42	51
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	5	1	0	14:31	—	—	48	36
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	50	37
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	40	30
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:55	—	—	47	54
Nico Sturm C	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.23	1	2	2	13:11	—	—	55	57
Zach Parise L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	1	0	0	10:18	—	—	55	55
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	2	22:57	—	—	28	26
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	2	0	22:43	—	—	32	30
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	23:58	—	—	53	58
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	22:02	—	—	53	50
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:26	—	—	60	65
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	2	0	12:28	—	—	63	78

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	42	40	2	.952	3.86	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.75	0	2	0	23:33	—	—	56	54
Anze Kopitar C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	0	1	0	23:18	—	—	54	46
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	3	0	0	20:24	—	—	50	44
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.54	5	1	0	19:31	—	—	62	75
Trevor Moore L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.27	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	61	78
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.35	1	1	0	16:19	—	—	67	84
Andreas Athanasiou C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	0	1	0	14:48	—	—	50	46
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.37	3	0	0	14:07	—	—	48	46
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	2	0	2	13:32	—	—	38	30
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:35	—	—	59	62
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:12	—	—	50	23
Austin Wagner L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	0	0	6:36	—	—	58	36
Sean Walker D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	1	3	0	19:14	—	—	54	64
Olli Maatta D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:42	—	—	49	50
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.26	0	1	0	25:33	—	—	58	49
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	3	2	17:29	—	—	52	49
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	1	1	0	16:38	—	—	60	58
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	57	58

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	L	23	20	3	.870	2.58	57:53

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. Los Angeles KingsApr 23, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

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Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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