Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 6, 2023

FinalThursday, Apr 6, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	1	1		MIN	5	13	10	28
PIT	1	1	2	4		PIT	19	5	7	31

: MIN 67PIT 46
: MIN 1.97PIT 2.46
PP goals: MIN 1PIT 1
Hits: MIN 23PIT 30
Blocks: MIN 11PIT 23
PIM: MIN 8PIT 10
: MIN 43%PIT 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 4–1 at home. Kris Letang (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Johansson, Zuccarello, Klingberg, Gaudreau and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 6:23 together.

Points
Kris Letang had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:35.Letang
Points
Rickard Rakell had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:34.Rakell
Points
Brian Dumoulin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:31.Dumoulin
Points
Jake Guentzel had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:18.Guentzel
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Johansson, Zuccarello, Klingberg, Gaudreau and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 6:23 together.Johansson Zuccarello Klingberg Gaudreau Boldy
PP1
PIT's first power-play unit (Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell and Guentzel) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:35 together.Malkin Crosby Letang Rakell Guentzel
Usage
Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN) played 8:16, −10:52 down on his 19:08 season average over 77 games.Eriksson Ek
Usage
Rickard Rakell (PIT) played 13:34, −4:56 down on his 18:30 season average over 81 games.Rakell

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · PIT 46 · MIN 67

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 38% of the game, PIT 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

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	PIT
	59	42
	1.37	2.06
	1.34	2.01
	10	6
	4	4
	19	12
	−0.086	+0.086
	38%	28%

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

L1Reaves – Duhaime – Dewar
7:3454% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Steel
6:5322% CF
L3Foligno – Sundqvist – Gaudreau
5:2163% CF
L4Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
5:0358% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
13:0652% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
11:5257% CF
D3Merrill – Klingberg
11:3152% CF

PP1Johansson – Zuccarello – Klingberg – Gaudreau – Boldy
6:2379% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Foligno – Brodin – Hartman – Steel
0:55
PK1FDuhaime – Dewar
1:58
PK2FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
1:45
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
2:10
PK2DDumba – Middleton
1:20

Current MIN line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
12:0145% CF
L2Malkin – Zucker – Rakell
10:3338% CF
L3Granlund – Heinen – Poehling
6:3046% CF
L4Carter – Archibald – O'Connor
5:0760% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
14:0061% CF
D2Petry – Joseph
12:2533% CF
D3Friedman – Rutta
8:1650% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
3:35100% CF
PP2Carter – Petry – Zucker – Granlund – Rust
1:32
PK1FRust – Poehling
3:53
PK2FGranlund – Archibald
1:38
PK1DPetry – Dumoulin
3:42
PK2DLetang – Rutta
2:47

Current PIT 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
Connor Dewar C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:37	—	—	63	47
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	2	0	0	12:34	—	—	56	40
Ryan Reaves R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:38	—	—	56	40
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	42	22
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.12	2	2	0	16:41	—	—	57	38
Sam Steel C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	15:44	—	—	52	21
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.38	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	56	24
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	5	1	2	16:55	—	—	84	74
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:15	—	—	56	6
Matt Boldy L	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	21:28	—	—	61	50
Marcus Johansson L	L4	1	0	1	-2	1	0.13	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	57	50
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	3	0	8:16	—	—	62	74
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	19:35	—	—	53	42
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.14	0	1	4	18:31	—	—	61	48
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.25	0	2	0	19:28	—	—	68	49
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	1	0	19:23	—	—	56	35
John Klingberg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	1	0	20:19	—	—	56	27
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:05	—	—	57	31

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.46	59:57

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.46	1	3	2	20:34	—	—	40	45
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.17	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	44	51
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.19	0	1	2	17:18	—	—	42	48
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	44	76
Jason Zucker L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	2	1	2	15:47	—	—	39	62
Rickard Rakell R	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.19	1	1	0	13:34	—	—	33	67
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	0	2	0	15:47	—	—	47	76
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	14:57	—	—	39	62
Danton Heinen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	9:37	—	—	41	72
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	5	0	2	12:19	—	—	42	78
Jeff Carter C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	0	0	0	11:55	—	—	50	68
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	8:45	—	—	41	78
Kris Letang D	D1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.16	2	2	0	23:35	—	—	50	63
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.08	2	2	0	22:31	—	—	55	63
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	5	2	24:55	—	—	26	47
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	3	1	0	15:31	—	—	35	52
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	3	2	0	16:54	—	—	35	69
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	3	0	0	12:15	—	—	50	73

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	1.97	60:00

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. Pittsburgh PenguinsApr 6, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Pittsburgh Penguins