Minnesota Wild vs. Seattle KrakenJan 8, 2026

Final / OTThursday, Jan 8, 2026· Climate Pledge Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	2	0	0	1	3		MIN	10	8	12	4	34
SEA	0	0	2	0	2		SEA	11	6	11	0	28

: MIN 65SEA 63
: MIN 2.82SEA 2.35
PP goals: MIN 0SEA 1
Hits: MIN 16SEA 13
Blocks: MIN 9SEA 19
PIM: MIN 6SEA 2
: MIN 40%SEA 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge Seattle Kraken 3–2 (OT)

Minnesota Wild beat Seattle Kraken 3–2 in overtime at SEA. Brock Faber (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SEA's first power-play unit (Stephenson, Gaudreau, McCann, Dunn and Beniers) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:55 together.

Points
Brock Faber had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 29:09.Faber
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:44.Kaprizov
Points
Vince Dunn had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:32.Dunn
PP1
SEA's first power-play unit (Stephenson, Gaudreau, McCann, Dunn and Beniers) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 2:55 together.Stephenson Gaudreau McCann Dunn Beniers
New line
New look for SEA: McCann–Kakko–Beniers skated 13:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McCann Kakko Beniers
Usage
Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) played 7:57, −11:17 down on his 19:14 season average over 69 games.Eriksson Ek
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Tarasenko–Hartman skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Tarasenko Hartman
New line
New look for MIN: Hinostroza–Trenin–Sturm skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hinostroza Trenin Sturm

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 128 of 128 attempts · SEA 63 · MIN 65

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 35% of the game, SEA 25%.

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
	65	60
	2.11	1.77
	2.09	1.71
	8	17
	1	2
	18	23
	−0.062	+0.062
	35%	25%

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 – Kaprizov – Yurov
14:0262% CF
L2Foligno – Tarasenko – Hartman
7:3335% CF
L3Hinostroza – Trenin – Sturm
6:0323% CF
L4Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
5:1570% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
21:2762% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
12:4333% CF
D3Middleton – Hunt
8:1831% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
0:55
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Faber
0:40100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Sturm
1:34
PK2FEriksson Ek – Boldy
1:00
PK1DBrodin – Faber
2:57
PK2DSpurgeon – Middleton
0:27

Current MIN line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

L1McCann – Kakko – Beniers
13:1257% CF
L2Stephenson – Gaudreau – Tolvanen
12:1629% CF
L3Kartye – Melanson – Meyers
9:5858% CF
L4Winterton – Wright – Catton
8:3443% CF
D1Larsson – Dunn
20:0950% CF
D2Oleksiak – Evans
14:4754% CF
D3Lindgren – Fleury
13:4839% CF

PP1Stephenson – Gaudreau – McCann – Dunn – Beniers
2:5575% CF
PP2Tolvanen – Kakko – Evans – Wright – Catton
0:35100% CF
PK1FStephenson – Tolvanen
1:02
PK2FGaudreau – Meyers
0:31
PK1DLindgren – Fleury
1:02
PK2DOleksiak – Evans
0:41

Current SEA 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
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	0.33	2	0	0	24:44	—	—	58	60
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.47	0	2	0	18:41	—	—	59	70
Danila Yurov R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	63	75
Ryan Hartman R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.49	0	0	2	18:41	—	—	50	58
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	4	0	0	13:07	—	—	39	56
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	35	54
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	5	0	2	12:09	—	—	29	8
Nico Sturm C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:21	—	—	27	8
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:04	—	—	24	8
Matt Boldy L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.35	1	0	0	20:09	—	—	84	83
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	1	0	0	16:18	—	—	73	64
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	70	43
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.24	0	1	0	30:13	—	—	65	63
Brock Faber D	D1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.12	0	1	0	29:09	—	—	60	62
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	20:40	—	—	38	40
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	2	0	16:30	—	—	40	44
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	13:06	—	—	57	70
Daemon Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:35	—	—	35	24

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.35	62:09

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matty Beniers C	L1	1	0	1	-2	4	0.68	0	2	0	19:55	—	—	58	52
Jared McCann L	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.27	0	1	0	18:48	—	—	57	52
Kaapo Kakko R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	16:46	—	—	56	60
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:30	—	—	29	14
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	2	0	19:54	—	—	32	14
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	3	0	15:08	—	—	28	10
Ben Meyers C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.29	2	0	0	13:38	—	—	65	67
Jacob Melanson R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:20	—	—	64	60
Tye Kartye L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	3	0	0	12:12	—	—	64	50
Berkly Catton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	48	69
Ryan Winterton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:33	—	—	44	69
Shane Wright C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	1	0	11:24	—	—	39	45
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	2	2	0	4	0.18	0	2	0	25:32	—	—	51	45
Adam Larsson D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.09	1	1	2	23:51	—	—	48	50
Ryker Evans D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	2	0	18:52	—	—	59	49
Jamie Oleksiak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	1	0	16:32	—	—	52	33
Cale Fleury D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	2	0	17:32	—	—	36	45
Ryan Lindgren D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	42	47

SEA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)	O	34	31	3	.912	2.82	62:09

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan Hartman (MIN) 1st 5:00 · assists Kirill Kaprizov · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 67.0 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Ryan Hartman · 1st 5:00 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.0 mph
Distance: 46 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Brock Faber · 1st 15:54 · MIN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 73.2 mph
Distance: 41 ft

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Adam Larsson · 3rd 3:13 · SEA

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 78.3 mph
Distance: 44 ft
Type: rebound

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Matty Beniers · 3rd 9:07 · SEA PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Distance: 4 ft

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Mats Zuccarello · OT 2:09 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s
Type: one-timer

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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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Seattle KrakenJan 8, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild edge Seattle Kraken 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Seattle Kraken

Scoring summary

1st period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Seattle Kraken

Goal anatomy

Ryan Hartman · 1st 5:00 · MIN

Brock Faber · 1st 15:54 · MIN

Adam Larsson · 3rd 3:13 · SEA

Matty Beniers · 3rd 9:07 · SEA PP

Mats Zuccarello · OT 2:09 · MIN