Minnesota Wild vs. Seattle KrakenDec 10, 2023

FinalSunday, Dec 10, 2023· Climate Pledge Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	2	3		MIN	6	8	12	26
SEA	0	0	0	0		SEA	9	7	8	24

: MIN 61SEA 69
: MIN 2.61SEA 2.81
PP goals: MIN 0SEA 0
Hits: MIN 16SEA 11
Blocks: MIN 25SEA 23
PIM: MIN 6SEA 4
: MIN 35%SEA 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Seattle Kraken 3–0

Minnesota Wild beat Seattle Kraken 3–0 at SEA. Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MIN: Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov–Boldy skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for MIN: Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov–Boldy skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Boldy
New line
New look for MIN: Johansson–Zuccarello–Rossi skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Zuccarello Rossi
Luck
SEA scored 0 goals on 2.81 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mats Zuccarello (MIN) played 13:22, −5:36 down on his 18:58 season average over 68 games.Zuccarello
Usage
Jake Middleton (MIN) played 26:30, +6:47 up on his 19:43 season average over 79 games.Middleton
Usage
Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 17:38, −4:00 down on his 21:38 season average over 74 games.Kaprizov
Usage
Marco Rossi (MIN) played 12:59, −3:48 down on his 16:47 season average over 81 games.Rossi
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Jon Merrill (MIN) played 7:50, −5:01 down on his 12:51 season average over 64 games.Merrill

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)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →

SEA
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 130 of 130 attempts · SEA 69 · MIN 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SEA
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SEA 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 34% of the game, SEA 41%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SEA

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	SEA
	60	59
	2.13	1.26
	2.06	1.22
	13	4
	10	6
	14	19
	−0.150	+0.150
	34%	41%

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
10:2052% CF
L2Johansson – Zuccarello – Rossi
8:2969% CF
L3Hartman – Duhaime – Dewar
8:2150% CF
L4Maroon – Foligno – Gaudreau
6:0745% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
17:5947% CF
D2Goligoski – Spurgeon
10:0553% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
6:2269% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
2:11100% CF
PP2Johansson – Hartman – Gaudreau – Rossi – Faber
1:28100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Gaudreau
1:36
PK2FDuhaime – Dewar
0:58
PK1DSpurgeon – Middleton
3:18
PK2DBogosian – Faber
2:34

Current MIN line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – Kartye – Beniers
11:0658% CF
L2Wennberg – McCann – Tanev
9:2537% CF
L3Gourde – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen
8:2952% CF
L4Shore – Bellemare – Yamamoto
6:2433% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
15:2749% CF
D2Oleksiak – Borgen
13:1632% CF
D3Dumoulin – Evans
12:0659% CF

PP1Eberle – Bjorkstrand – Wennberg – McCann – Dunn
3:38100% CF
PP2Yamamoto – Tolvanen – Kartye – Beniers – Evans
1:57100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Tanev
2:05
PK2FGourde – McCann
1:24
PK1DDumoulin – Borgen
1:07
PK2DLarsson – Oleksiak
1:03

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:14
MINMatt Boldy (Kirill Kaprizov)wrist0.14 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Merrill, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, BoldySEA: Larsson, Bjorkstrand, Wennberg, McCann, Dunn
MIN 1 – 0 SEA

3rd period

12:34
MINMarco Rossi (Mats Zuccarello)wrist0.17 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Spurgeon, Johansson, Zuccarello, RossiSEA: Larsson, Gourde, Bjorkstrand, Dunn, Tolvanen
MIN 2 – 0 SEA
19:56
MINJoel Eriksson EkEN (Ryan Hartman)wrist0.40 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Hartman, Middleton, Eriksson EkSEA: Eberle, Gourde, Bjorkstrand, McCann, Dunn, Beniers
MIN 3 – 0 SEA

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	+2	3	0.49	1	0	2	20:45	—	—	48	53
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.28	1	3	0	17:38	—	—	44	44
Matt Boldy L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	52	46
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	13:22	—	—	68	96
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	68	97
Marco Rossi C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.45	0	1	0	12:59	—	—	71	84
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	3	2	0	16:42	—	—	50	89
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	14:53	—	—	48	53
Brandon Duhaime L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:45	—	—	44	58
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	2	2	0	15:00	—	—	52	67
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	35	60
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	2	0	10:15	—	—	39	64
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	7	0	26:30	—	—	47	48
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	3	0	24:12	—	—	49	67
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.10	0	1	0	27:20	—	—	47	55
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	12:21	—	—	52	78
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	4	3	0	18:23	—	—	50	61
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	7:50	—	—	69	94

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	24	24	0	.1000	2.81	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matty Beniers C	L1	-1	3	0.23	0	0	0	19:30	—	—	62	36
Jordan Eberle R	L1	-1	4	0.94	0	1	0	19:20	—	—	55	32
Tye Kartye L	L1	0	0	0.34	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	61	40
Jared McCann L	L2	-2	1	0.08	1	0	0	19:41	—	—	44	24
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	31	24
Brandon Tanev L	L2	0	1	0.06	1	5	0	16:26	—	—	41	40
Yanni Gourde C	L3	-2	3	0.32	1	1	0	17:05	—	—	53	43
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L3	-3	4	0.39	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	50	28
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	-1	0	0.07	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	57	48
Kailer Yamamoto R	L4	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:54	—	—	53	90
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	10:59	—	—	44	55
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:13	—	—	50	70
Vince Dunn D	D1	-3	3	0.19	0	1	2	23:59	—	—	51	42
Adam Larsson D	D1	-2	1	0.04	1	4	0	20:57	—	—	52	41
Will Borgen D	D2	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	16:25	—	—	32	13
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	15:27	—	—	36	11
Brian Dumoulin D	D3	0	1	0.02	2	5	0	17:35	—	—	52	47
Ryker Evans D	D3	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	17:29	—	—	61	52

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.21	57:25

Goal anatomy

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

Matt Boldy (MIN) 1st 7:14 · assists Kirill Kaprizov · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 26.7 mph shot · 3.4 s from entry to goal.

Matt Boldy · 1st 7:14 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Joel Eriksson Ek · 3rd 19:56 · MIN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.1 mph
Distance: 94 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Marco Rossi · 3rd 12:34 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.8 mph
Distance: 6 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.