Minnesota Wild vs. Seattle KrakenDec 8, 2025

FinalMonday, Dec 8, 2025· Climate Pledge Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	1	3	4		MIN	10	9	10	29
SEA	0	1	0	1		SEA	8	6	10	24

: MIN 67SEA 63
: MIN 4.07SEA 1.63
PP goals: MIN 0SEA 1
Hits: MIN 24SEA 16
Blocks: MIN 17SEA 20
PIM: MIN 8SEA 8
: MIN 44%SEA 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Seattle Kraken 4–1

Minnesota Wild beat Seattle Kraken 4–1 at SEA. Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 2A. SEA's first power-play unit (Eberle, Stephenson, McCann, Dunn and Beniers) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:21 together.

Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 21:04.Eriksson Ek
PP1
SEA's first power-play unit (Eberle, Stephenson, McCann, Dunn and Beniers) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:21 together.Eberle Stephenson McCann Dunn Beniers
Usage
Mats Zuccarello (MIN) played 5:32, −13:20 down on his 18:52 season average over 58 games.Zuccarello
New line
New look for MIN: Trenin–Sturm–Ohgren skated 6:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Trenin Sturm Ohgren
New line
New look for MIN: Tarasenko–Kaprizov–Yurov skated 6:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tarasenko Kaprizov Yurov
Usage
Vladimir Tarasenko (MIN) played 18:37, +3:44 up on his 14:53 season average over 74 games.Tarasenko
Usage
Marcus Johansson (MIN) played 18:37, +3:14 up on his 15:23 season average over 74 games.Johansson
Usage
Zeev Buium (MIN) played 13:58, −5:41 down on his 19:39 season average over 75 games.Buium

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 63 · MIN 67

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 45% of the game, SEA 21%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

SEA skaters (rows) against MIN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the SEA side.

Matchup matrix

SEA xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MIN	SEA
	59	68
	1.84	1.52
	1.58	1.47
	13	8
	6	10
	28	17
	−0.004	+0.004
	45%	21%

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

L1Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
10:2850% CF
L2Trenin – Sturm – Ohgren
6:4847% CF
L3Tarasenko – Kaprizov – Yurov
6:0418% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
13:1838% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
8:4441% CF
D3Bogosian – Buium
7:2247% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Faber
3:29100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Buium
1:42100% CF
PK1FTrenin – Sturm
1:48
PK2FEriksson Ek – Boldy
1:21
PK1DBrodin – Faber
2:07
PK2DSpurgeon – Middleton
1:49

Current MIN line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1Eberle – McCann – Beniers
11:1558% CF
L2Stephenson – Marchment – Tolvanen
10:4340% CF
L3Kakko – Nyman – Wright
9:5863% CF
L4Gaudreau – Kartye – Winterton
6:4938% CF
D1Mahura – Evans
13:2639% CF
D2Montour – Lindgren
13:2449% CF
D3Larsson – Dunn
13:0657% CF

PP1Eberle – Stephenson – McCann – Dunn – Beniers
2:21100% CF
PP2Montour – Marchment – Tolvanen – Kakko – Wright
1:330% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Winterton
2:45
PK2FStephenson – Tolvanen
1:10
PK1DLarsson – Lindgren
3:50
PK2DMahura – Evans
1:19

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:18
MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Matt Boldy, Jake Middleton)snap0.17 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Johansson, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, BuiumSEA: Stephenson, Montour, Lindgren, Tolvanen, Nyman
MIN 1 – 0 SEA
6:48
SEAJordan EberlePP (Chandler Stephenson, Jared McCann)tip-in0.14 xG
MIN: Johansson, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, FaberSEA: Eberle, Stephenson, McCann, Dunn, Beniers
MIN 1 – 1 SEA

3rd period

8:12
MINMarcus Johansson (Joel Eriksson Ek)tip-in0.07 xG
MIN: Johansson, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, FaberSEA: Stephenson, Montour, Marchment, Lindgren, Tolvanen
MIN 2 – 1 SEA
18:45
MINKirill KaprizovEN (Nico Sturm, Jared Spurgeon)backhand0.39 xG
MIN: Bogosian, Spurgeon, Kaprizov, Sturm, BoldySEA: Eberle, Stephenson, McCann, Montour, Dunn, Beniers
MIN 3 – 1 SEA
19:00
MINVladimir TarasenkoEN (Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.55 xG
MIN: Johansson, Tarasenko, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, FaberSEA: Dunn, Marchment, Tolvanen, Kakko, Evans, Wright
MIN 4 – 1 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	+3	2	0.19	1	3	2	22:49	—	—	52	63
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	1	2	3	+3	6	0.35	0	0	0	21:04	—	—	54	64
Marcus Johansson L	L1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.08	2	0	0	18:37	—	—	52	61
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.32	9	0	0	16:40	—	—	41	51
Liam Ohgren L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	0	0	12:50	—	—	41	50
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.72	2	0	0	11:47	—	—	50	74
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.96	1	0	0	23:08	—	—	47	71
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.70	1	0	0	18:37	—	—	37	31
Danila Yurov R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	4	13:36	—	—	39	40
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	0	5	0	22:05	—	—	41	56
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.11	0	3	0	21:52	—	—	44	51
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	3	1	0	18:08	—	—	41	52
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:34	—	—	46	68
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.16	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	58	57
Zeev Buium D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	13:58	—	—	48	38
Ryan Hartman R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	15:03	—	—	36	33
Daemon Hunt D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	9:09	—	—	54	85
Mats Zuccarello R	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	5:32	—	—	75	89

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	24	23	1	.958	1.63	59:59

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matty Beniers C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	56	39
Jared McCann L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.01	1	0	0	16:05	—	—	58	55
Jordan Eberle R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.24	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	56	39
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	1	1	-3	4	0.21	0	1	2	17:24	—	—	38	14
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	5	0	0	16:46	—	—	47	23
Mason Marchment L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.06	0	1	0	16:12	—	—	51	34
Shane Wright C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	3	0	15:58	—	—	69	88
Kaapo Kakko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	0	0	2	15:08	—	—	70	88
Jani Nyman R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	0	1	0	13:20	—	—	59	57
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	0	1	0	13:05	—	—	55	43
Ryan Winterton C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	1	0	12:26	—	—	39	20
Tye Kartye L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:06	—	—	35	20
Ryker Evans D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	49	64
Josh Mahura D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	4	0	17:50	—	—	44	54
Brandon Montour D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.10	1	0	0	22:21	—	—	58	44
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	3	0	18:41	—	—	49	36
Adam Larsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:37	—	—	67	50
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	4	18:04	—	—	57	29

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.69	58:42

Goal anatomy

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

Jordan Eberle (SEA PP) 2nd 6:48 · assists Chandler Stephenson, Jared McCann · Deflection · 28.1 mph shot.

Jordan Eberle · 2nd 6:48 · SEA PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 28.1 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: one-timer

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Kirill Kaprizov · 3rd 18:45 · MIN EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.1 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 1:18 · MIN

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 28.7 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 7.1 s

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Marcus Johansson · 3rd 8:12 · MIN

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s
Type: deflection

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Vladimir Tarasenko · 3rd 19:00 · MIN EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.8 mph
Distance: 79 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.