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Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsOct 29, 2024

Final· PPG Paints Arena
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MIN
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Goals123TShots123T
MIN2215MIN16101440
PIT2013PIT911929
MIN 68PIT 53
MIN 3.27PIT 2.05
PP goals
MIN 0PIT 1
Hits
MIN 15PIT 15
Blocks
MIN 16PIT 11
PIM
MIN 9PIT 15
MIN 42%PIT 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3

Minnesota Wild beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 at PIT. Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for PIT: Eller–Puustinen–O'Connor skated 5:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. Points
    Frederick Gaudreau had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 12:53.Gaudreau
  2. Points
    Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 7 shots in 24:38.Kaprizov
  3. Points
    Sidney Crosby had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:44.Crosby
  4. Points
    Rickard Rakell had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:57.Rakell
  5. New line
    New look for PIT: Eller–Puustinen–O'Connor skated 5:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.EllerPuustinenO'Connor
  6. Goalie
    Joel Blomqvist (PIT) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +11 against a season average of 28.3; the loss.Blomqvist
  7. Usage
    Jesse Puljujarvi (PIT) played 4:59, −7:02 down on his 12:01 season average over 30 games.Puljujarvi
  8. Luck
    MIN scored 5 goals on 3.27 expected goals (68 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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.

Shot map, MIN at PIT: 121 attempts, 69 on goal, 8 goals, 5.32 expected goals; best chance Kirill Kaprizov at 0.40 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →
  • PIT
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · PIT 53 · MIN 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MIN at PIT: expected goals 2.05 to 3.27 (MIN led the chances), shot attempts 53 to 68, 8 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdPITMINPRLGGZRKnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • PIT
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
PITMINcontrol2nd3rdPuustinen · 1st 11:36Rakell · 1st 15:31Lauko · 1st 17:03Gaudreau · 1st 17:58Gaudreau · 2nd 1:38Zuccarello · 2nd 19:23Rakell · 3rd 3:36Kaprizov · 3rd 19:41
  • 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 43% of the game, PIT 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, MIN at PIT: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Joel Blomqvist (58:49) for PIT and Marc-Andre Fleury (59:59) for MIN, 8 goals.

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
StatMINPIT
6256
2.292.23
2.232.05
128
14
2418
−0.042+0.042
43%32%

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

Current MIN line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 11:36
    PITValtteri PuustinenPP (Matt Grzelcyk, Sidney Crosby)snap0.10 xG
    MIN: Bogosian, Middleton, Lauko, BoldyPIT: Crosby, Eller, Grzelcyk, Bunting, Puustinen
    MIN 0 – 1 PIT
  2. 15:31
    PITRickard Rakell (Kris Letang, Sidney Crosby)snap0.17 xG
    MIN: Zuccarello, Middleton, Kaprizov, Rossi, FaberPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Rakell, Pettersson
    MIN 0 – 2 PIT
  3. 17:03
    MINJakub Lauko (Marat Khusnutdinov)wrist0.03 xG
    MIN: Middleton, Lauko, Faber, Khusnutdinov, OhgrenPIT: Graves, Bunting, Glass, St. Ivany, Puustinen
    MIN 1 – 2 PIT
  4. 17:58
    MINFrederick Gaudreauwrist0.22 xG
    MIN: Spurgeon, Foligno, Brodin, Gaudreau, TreninPIT: Letang, Hayes, Grzelcyk, Beauvillier, Puljujarvi
    MIN 2 – 2 PIT

2nd period

  1. 1:38
    MINFrederick Gaudreau (Kirill Kaprizov, Brock Faber)wrist0.14 xG
    MIN: Spurgeon, Gaudreau, Middleton, Kaprizov, BoldyPIT: Eller, Graves, Pettersson, Beauvillier, Glass
    MIN 3 – 2 PIT
  2. 19:23
    MINMats Zuccarello (Kirill Kaprizov, Marco Rossi)tip-in0.08 xG
    MIN: Zuccarello, Middleton, Kaprizov, Rossi, FaberPIT: Letang, Pettersson, Bunting, Beauvillier, Acciari
    MIN 4 – 2 PIT

3rd period

  1. 3:36
    PITRickard Rakell (Marcus Pettersson, Sidney Crosby)wrist0.17 xG
    MIN: Foligno, Gaudreau, Middleton, Trenin, FaberPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Karlsson, Rakell, Pettersson
    MIN 4 – 3 PIT
  2. 19:41
    MINKirill KaprizovEN (Frederick Gaudreau, Jake Middleton)wrist0.40 xG
    MIN: Gaudreau, Middleton, Trenin, Kaprizov, FaberPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Karlsson, Bunting, O'Connor
    MIN 5 – 3 PIT

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kirill Kaprizov LL1123+270.9901024:38——7059
Mats Zuccarello RL1101040.4701020:50——6652
Marco Rossi CL1011010.1000216:01——6247
Matt Boldy LL2000+150.4011023:31——5073
Joel Eriksson Ek CL2000030.1520022:05——5273
Marcus Johansson LL2000010.2700014:39——4364
Yakov Trenin CL3000+110.0440014:03——4242
Frederick Gaudreau CL3213+240.4011012:53——4648
Marcus Foligno LL3000000.0620011:22——4843
Marat Khusnutdinov CL4011+100.001008:47——4723
Jakub Lauko CL4101+120.040108:42——4419
Liam Ohgren LL4000+110.051107:21——5320
Jonas Brodin DD1000+150.0403021:59——6466
Jared Spurgeon DD1000+200.0002019:54——5655
Brock Faber DD2011+110.0810523:58——5358
Jake Middleton DD2011+220.0401018:54——4847
Zach Bogosian DD3000030.0822014:41——4029
Jon Merrill DD3000000.0502212:17——5757
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)W29263.8972.0559:59

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Sidney Crosby CL1033+130.1010020:44——5855
Evgeni Malkin CL1000+110.0810020:04——6257
Rickard Rakell RL1202+250.4911019:57——5856
Lars Eller CL2000-130.1700417:49——4453
Drew O'Connor LL2000-100.0010017:37——4154
Valtteri Puustinen RL2101-110.1001011:50——3838
Cody Glass CL3000-210.2801014:18——4654
Michael Bunting LL3000-320.1800012:48——5976
Anthony Beauvillier RL3000-330.3301210:57——2728
Noel Acciari CL4000-110.1121016:07——2536
Kevin Hayes RL4000-100.001026:32——4233
Jesse Puljujarvi RL4000-100.001004:59——3633
Marcus Pettersson DD1011010.0122025:45——4340
Erik Karlsson DD1000010.0110021:38——3435
Kris Letang DD2011-260.1421024:06——6366
Matt Grzelcyk DD2011-110.0410018:24——5646
Jack St. Ivany DD3000-100.0011713:50——3945
Ryan Graves DD3000-200.0102013:46——3859
PIT goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joel Blomqvist(start)L39354.8972.8758:49

Goal anatomy

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

Valtteri Puustinen (PIT PP) 1st 11:36 · assists Matt Grzelcyk, Sidney Crosby · Cycle · 51.6 mph shot.

Jakub Lauko · 1st 17:03 · MIN

Play
dump-and-chase
Entry
dump
Odd man
3-on-1
Passes
0
Shot
47.7 mph
Distance
21 ft
Entry to goal
8.2 s

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