Minnesota Wild vs. Seattle KrakenMar 4, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	2	0	4		MIN	9	10	1	20
SEA	1	2	0	3		SEA	9	16	11	36

: MIN 44SEA 80
: MIN 1.92SEA 3.76
PP goals: MIN 1SEA 1
Hits: MIN 15SEA 17
Blocks: MIN 21SEA 9
PIM: MIN 4SEA 2
: MIN 38%SEA 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Seattle Kraken 4–3

Minnesota Wild beat Seattle Kraken 4–3 at SEA. Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +7 against a season average of 29.2; the win.

Points
Frederick Gaudreau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:33.Gaudreau
Points
Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:26.Spurgeon
Points
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:59.Zuccarello
Points
Kaapo Kakko had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:08.Kakko
Points
Marcus Johansson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:46.Johansson
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 36 shots and stopped 33 (.917), +7 against a season average of 29.2; the win.Gustavsson
Luck
MIN scored 4 goals on 1.92 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Hinostroza–Hartman skated 10:25 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Hinostroza Hartman

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

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SEA
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · SEA 80 · MIN 44

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 18% of the game, SEA 54%.

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
	49	82
	1.82	3.47
	1.75	3.24
	7	13
	6	7
	16	28
	−0.090	+0.091
	18%	54%

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

L1Nyquist – Boldy – Rossi
13:4236% CF
L2Johansson – Zuccarello – Gaudreau
13:3636% CF
L3Foligno – Hinostroza – Hartman
10:2539% CF
L4Shore – Trenin – Lauko
6:4047% CF
D1Middleton – Faber
21:3431% CF
D2Spurgeon – Chisholm
18:1254% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
12:4430% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Hinostroza – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
0:26100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Gaudreau
2:27
PK1DBogosian – Middleton
2:00

Current MIN line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Stephenson – Bjorkstrand – Tolvanen
12:5857% CF
L2Schwartz – Kakko – Beniers
11:2138% CF
L3Burakovsky – McCann – Wright
9:5568% CF
L4Eberle – Gourde – Tanev
8:3592% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
21:3162% CF
D2Oleksiak – Montour
18:0662% CF
D3Mahura – Evans
10:5950% CF

PP1Eberle – Schwartz – McCann – Montour – Beniers
2:00100% CF
PP2Stephenson – Bjorkstrand – Dunn – Kakko – Wright
0:54100% CF
PK1FStephenson – McCann
0:26
PK1DLarsson – Oleksiak
0:26

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:27
MINVinnie HinostrozaPP (Mats Zuccarello, Matt Boldy)deflected0.19 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Hinostroza, Boldy, Rossi, FaberSEA: Larsson, Oleksiak, Stephenson, McCann
MIN 1 – 0 SEA
16:40
SEAAdam Larsson (Kaapo Kakko, Jaden Schwartz)slap0.04 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Nyquist, Merrill, Boldy, RossiSEA: Schwartz, Larsson, Burakovsky, Dunn, Kakko, Beniers
MIN 1 – 1 SEA
18:23
MINJared Spurgeon (Ryan Hartman, Declan Chisholm)wrist0.02 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Hinostroza, Hartman, ChisholmSEA: Burakovsky, McCann, Mahura, Evans, Wright
MIN 2 – 1 SEA

2nd period

1:41
MINFrederick Gaudreau (Marcus Johansson, Jared Spurgeon)wrist0.06 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Johansson, Zuccarello, Gaudreau, ChisholmSEA: Schwartz, Oleksiak, Montour, Kakko, Beniers
MIN 3 – 1 SEA
8:22
MINMats Zuccarello (Marcus Johansson, Frederick Gaudreau)snap0.02 xG
MIN: Johansson, Zuccarello, Gaudreau, Middleton, FaberSEA: Eberle, Gourde, Mahura, Kakko, Evans
MIN 4 – 1 SEA
14:10
SEAShane WrightPP (Oliver Bjorkstrand, Kaapo Kakko)wrist0.13 xG
MIN: Gaudreau, Middleton, Trenin, FaberSEA: Stephenson, Bjorkstrand, Dunn, Kakko, Wright
MIN 4 – 2 SEA
19:48
SEABrandon Montour (Jordan Eberle, Yanni Gourde)slap0.04 xG
MIN: Hinostroza, Middleton, Boldy, Rossi, FaberSEA: Eberle, Oleksiak, Gourde, Montour, Tolvanen
MIN 4 – 3 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
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.25	1	2	0	19:49	—	—	31	24
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	0	3	0	18:30	—	—	30	24
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	15:55	—	—	31	27
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.32	0	1	0	17:33	—	—	33	26
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.02	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	40	32
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.12	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	40	31
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	3	1	0	17:34	—	—	44	42
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.39	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	45	56
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	13:13	—	—	28	40
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:54	—	—	54	58
Jakub Lauko C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	9:08	—	—	38	41
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	1	0	8:04	—	—	47	47
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	27:24	—	—	30	26
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	3	2	26:05	—	—	30	24
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	3	1	2	19:21	—	—	51	60
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.02	0	2	0	18:26	—	—	54	66
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	29	16
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:32	—	—	29	19

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	36	33	3	.917	3.76	60:00

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:36	—	—	55	59
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.37	2	0	0	16:43	—	—	58	63
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.52	4	0	0	16:23	—	—	63	67
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	50	44
Matty Beniers C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	0	0	17:28	—	—	48	51
Kaapo Kakko R	L2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	39	14
Jared McCann L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.34	0	1	0	17:09	—	—	69	92
Shane Wright C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.43	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	67	88
Andre Burakovsky L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	13:16	—	—	65	63
Jordan Eberle R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.51	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	83	98
Yanni Gourde C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.52	1	0	0	12:53	—	—	82	80
Brandon Tanev L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	2	9:37	—	—	88	77
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	0	3	0	25:43	—	—	64	49
Adam Larsson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	23:14	—	—	63	52
Brandon Montour D	D2	1	0	1	0	7	0.33	2	0	0	24:52	—	—	66	72
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	3	0	18:48	—	—	62	71
Ryker Evans D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	13:09	—	—	59	66
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	1	0	11:31	—	—	50	73

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joey Daccord(start)	L	20	16	4	.800	1.70	57:43

Goal anatomy

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

Vinnie Hinostroza (MIN PP) 1st 12:27 · assists Mats Zuccarello, Matt Boldy · Deflection · carried in · 5-on-4 at the blue line · 27.9 mph shot · 5.8 s from entry to goal.

Vinnie Hinostroza · 1st 12:27 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 27.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s
Type: deflection

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Adam Larsson · 1st 16:40 · SEA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 75.2 mph
Distance: 65 ft
Entry to goal: 4.6 s

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Jared Spurgeon · 1st 18:23 · MIN

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 66.3 mph
Distance: 27 ft

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Frederick Gaudreau · 2nd 1:41 · MIN

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 38.2 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Mats Zuccarello · 2nd 8:22 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 61.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Shane Wright · 2nd 14:10 · SEA PP

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 47.8 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 4.3 s

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Brandon Montour · 2nd 19:48 · SEA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.1 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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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.