Minnesota Wild vs. Los Angeles KingsOct 16, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	3	0	3		MIN	12	12	6	30
LAK	0	1	1	2		LAK	11	11	9	31

: MIN 45LAK 61
: MIN 2.38LAK 2.65
PP goals: MIN 0LAK 1
Hits: MIN 25LAK 24
Blocks: MIN 15LAK 6
PIM: MIN 10LAK 4
: MIN 49%LAK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2

Minnesota Wild beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 at LAK. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Arvidsson and Tkachev) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:18 together.

Points
Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:21.Kopitar
Points
Drew Doughty had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 26:20.Doughty
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Arvidsson and Tkachev) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 5:18 together.Brown Kopitar Doughty Arvidsson Tkachev
New line
New look for LAK: Moore–Kupari–Lizotte skated 8:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Moore Kupari Lizotte
Usage
Dustin Brown (LAK) played 21:30, +6:52 up on his 14:38 season average over 63 games.Brown
Usage
Viktor Arvidsson (LAK) played 21:29, +4:34 up on his 16:55 season average over 65 games.Arvidsson
Usage
Kevin Fiala (MIN) played 13:56, −3:46 down on his 17:42 season average over 81 games.Fiala
Usage
Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 15:21, −3:49 down on his 19:10 season average over 80 games.Kaprizov

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 106 of 106 attempts · LAK 61 · MIN 45

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 32% 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
	47	53
	2.35	1.66
	2.29	1.60
	10	13
	1	1
	8	7
	−0.003	+0.002
	32%	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

L1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
11:3647% CF
L2Bjugstad – Duhaime – Sturm
11:2131% CF
L3Foligno – Hartman – Greenway
9:1658% CF
L4Rask – Gaudreau – Fiala
9:0054% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
15:3152% CF
D2Goligoski – Spurgeon
14:4850% CF
D3Kulikov – Merrill
12:5648% CF

PP1Goligoski – Foligno – Dumba – Hartman – Gaudreau
1:31100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Fiala – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
0:27100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
3:32
PK2FHartman – Greenway
1:22
PK1DKulikov – Brodin
2:00
PK2DGoligoski – Spurgeon
1:18

Current MIN line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Arvidsson
13:2460% CF
L2Danault – Kempe – Iafallo
10:5878% CF
L3Moore – Kupari – Lizotte
8:1847% CF
L4Tkachev – Vilardi – Kaliyev
6:3017% CF
D1Edler – Walker
14:1159% CF
D2Roy – Bjornfot
13:2036% CF
D3Doughty – Anderson
12:5450% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Arvidsson – Tkachev
5:18100% CF
PP2Kempe – Vilardi – Iafallo – Walker – Kaliyev
1:36100% CF
PK1FKempe – Iafallo
1:08
PK2FKopitar – Danault
0:24
PK1DRoy – Anderson
1:08
PK2DDoughty – Bjornfot
0:29

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

5:23
LAKViktor ArvidssonPP (Anze Kopitar, Drew Doughty)wrist0.03 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Brodin, Eriksson EkLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Arvidsson, Tkachev
MIN 0 – 1 LAK
6:17
MINFrederick Gaudreau (Kevin Fiala, Dmitry Kulikov)slap0.20 xG
MIN: Kulikov, Merrill, Rask, Gaudreau, FialaLAK: Edler, Moore, Walker, Kupari, Lizotte
MIN 1 – 1 LAK
11:55
MINVictor Rask (Kirill Kaprizov)wrist0.17 xG
MIN: Kulikov, Zuccarello, Merrill, Rask, KaprizovLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Arvidsson, Anderson
MIN 2 – 1 LAK
16:52
MINRyan Hartman (Marcus Foligno, Jordan Greenway)wrist0.12 xG
MIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, GreenwayLAK: Doughty, Danault, Kempe, Anderson, Iafallo
MIN 3 – 1 LAK

3rd period

7:28
LAKAnze Kopitar (Drew Doughty, Jonathan Quick)deflected0.04 xG
MIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Hartman, GreenwayLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Arvidsson, Anderson
MIN 3 – 2 LAK

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	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	1	1	0	18:11	—	—	50	64
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	2	0	0	15:43	—	—	48	65
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	3	0	0	15:21	—	—	52	66
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	15:33	—	—	33	48
Brandon Duhaime L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	4	0	0	13:56	—	—	30	43
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	2	13:18	—	—	32	45
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.09	3	0	2	15:57	—	—	67	65
Ryan Hartman R	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.37	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	60	58
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	60	58
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	53	68
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	53	60
Victor Rask C	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.29	1	0	0	10:48	—	—	59	72
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	23:35	—	—	49	57
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	3	4	20:04	—	—	53	63
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	0	20:19	—	—	52	63
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:05	—	—	44	58
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.08	0	2	0	19:39	—	—	42	53
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	3	2	16:54	—	—	40	58

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.65	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.19	2	0	0	22:21	—	—	56	42
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.76	5	0	0	21:30	—	—	64	45
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.64	0	0	2	21:29	—	—	54	42
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	3	0	0	18:10	—	—	60	51
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	2	0	2	17:20	—	—	78	58
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	0	0	16:03	—	—	72	57
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	40	21
Rasmus Kupari C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:27	—	—	50	23
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:14	—	—	50	20
Vladimir Tkachev L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	10	5
Gabriel Vilardi C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	12:01	—	—	15	10
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:56	—	—	14	9
Sean Walker D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	1	0	18:29	—	—	62	51
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	0	0	17:52	—	—	61	46
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	17:59	—	—	48	57
Tobias Bjornfot D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	35	13
Drew Doughty D	D3	0	2	2	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	26:20	—	—	55	40
Mikey Anderson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	1	1	0	15:33	—	—	46	28

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	30	27	3	.900	2.38	58:09

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.