Minnesota Wild vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 21, 2025

FinalFriday, Nov 21, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	3	2	0	5		MIN	9	5	7	21
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	3	6	10	19

: MIN 51PIT 51
: MIN 2.51PIT 1.77
PP goals: MIN 1PIT 0
Hits: MIN 20PIT 9
Blocks: MIN 14PIT 13
PIM: MIN 4PIT 6
: MIN 47%PIT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout Pittsburgh Penguins 5–0

Minnesota Wild beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–0 at PIT. Matt Boldy (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Buium) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:02 together.

Points
Matt Boldy had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:13.Boldy
Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:38.Eriksson Ek
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:22.Kaprizov
Points
Brock Faber had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:20.Faber
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Buium) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:02 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Boldy Buium
New line
New look for PIT: Novak–Poulin–Kindel skated 11:23 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Novak Poulin Kindel
Luck
MIN scored 5 goals on 2.51 expected goals (51 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
PIT scored 0 goals on 1.77 expected goals (51 attempts), well short of 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.

Strength

Period

Team

← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · PIT 51 · MIN 51

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

PIT 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	PIT
	49	55
	2.13	1.90
	2.05	1.84
	13	10
	2	2
	34	26
	+0.017	−0.017
	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

L1Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Yurov
10:3860% CF
L2Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
8:4353% CF
L3Pitlick – Jones – Ohgren
7:1650% CF
L4Foligno – Hinostroza – Trenin
6:0157% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
16:5450% CF
D2Bogosian – Buium
12:5538% CF
D3Spurgeon – Middleton
12:1053% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Buium
4:02100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Hinostroza – Faber – Yurov
1:15100% CF
PK1FEriksson Ek – Boldy
1:56
PK2FJohansson – Foligno
0:51
PK1DBrodin – Faber
1:52
PK2DBogosian – Middleton
1:12

Current MIN line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Novak – Poulin – Kindel
11:2364% CF
L2Malkin – Hayes – Mantha
10:3950% CF
L3Crosby – Rust – Dewar
10:2839% CF
L4Heinen – Koppanen – Lizotte
7:3954% CF
D1Clifton – Graves
16:1758% CF
D2Karlsson – Wotherspoon
15:2348% CF
D3Letang – Shea
14:4047% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Kindel
2:31100% CF
PP2Letang – Hayes – Mantha – Heinen – Novak
1:1450% CF
PK1FKoppanen – Dewar
1:51
PK2FRust – Heinen
1:01
PK1DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
3:03
PK2DLetang – Shea
1:58

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:57
MINMatt Boldy (Brock Faber, Joel Eriksson Ek)backhand0.20 xG
MIN: Johansson, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, FaberPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Shea, Dewar
MIN 1 – 0 PIT
9:39
MINJoel Eriksson EkPP (Zeev Buium, Matt Boldy)tip-in0.10 xG
MIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, BuiumPIT: Letang, Shea, Koppanen, Dewar
MIN 2 – 0 PIT
11:42
MINMarcus Johansson (Jonas Brodin, Brock Faber)slap0.09 xG
MIN: Johansson, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, FaberPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Shea, Dewar
MIN 3 – 0 PIT

2nd period

1:09
MINKirill Kaprizov (Jake Middleton, Mats Zuccarello)tip-in0.08 xG
MIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Middleton, Kaprizov, YurovPIT: Malkin, Letang, Hayes, Mantha, Shea
MIN 4 – 0 PIT
17:46
MINMatt Boldy (Kirill Kaprizov)tip-in0.04 xG
MIN: Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, FaberPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Shea, Koppanen
MIN 5 – 0 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.34	0	0	0	19:22	—	—	56	59
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	55	64
Danila Yurov R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.25	0	1	0	14:10	—	—	62	75
Matt Boldy L	L2	2	1	3	+3	4	0.66	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	41	59
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	1	2	+3	2	0.34	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	55	75
Marcus Johansson L	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.26	0	0	0	15:06	—	—	44	59
Liam Ohgren L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:31	—	—	39	28
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	1	0	11:13	—	—	56	34
Ben Jones C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:25	—	—	47	10
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	8	1	2	18:00	—	—	31	29
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	2	3	0	17:02	—	—	41	39
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	8:08	—	—	57	35
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.19	0	3	0	22:22	—	—	54	69
Brock Faber D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.02	1	0	0	22:20	—	—	45	56
Zeev Buium D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:18	—	—	39	23
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	30	15
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	2	18:13	—	—	56	61
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	2	1	0	15:23	—	—	55	64

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	1.77	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ben Kindel C	L1	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	16:42	—	—	68	80
Sam Poulin R	L1	0	1	0.10	1	2	0	15:48	—	—	67	80
Tommy Novak C	L1	0	2	0.36	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	68	80
Evgeni Malkin C	L2	-1	2	0.20	0	0	0	15:56	—	—	50	49
Anthony Mantha R	L2	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:12	—	—	40	42
Kevin Hayes R	L2	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	14:53	—	—	48	44
Bryan Rust R	L3	-3	3	0.24	1	0	0	15:56	—	—	42	23
Sidney Crosby C	L3	-3	3	0.10	0	1	0	14:58	—	—	41	22
Connor Dewar C	L3	-2	3	0.07	2	0	2	14:49	—	—	42	23
Joona Koppanen L	L4	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	61	84
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	1	0.25	0	1	0	12:37	—	—	50	85
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	4	12:15	—	—	60	90
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:21	—	—	62	70
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:05	—	—	58	67
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	22:46	—	—	58	60
Parker Wotherspoon D	D2	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	20:09	—	—	44	51
Kris Letang D	D3	-4	2	0.08	0	2	0	19:54	—	—	54	37
Ryan Shea D	D3	-4	0	0.01	0	2	0	18:08	—	—	44	28

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Murashov	—	11	10	1	.909	1.60	38:51
Arturs Silovs(start)	L	10	6	4	.600	0.91	21:06

Goal anatomy

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

Matt Boldy (MIN) 1st 3:57 · assists Brock Faber, Joel Eriksson Ek · Dump and chase · dumped in · 2-on-0 at the blue line · 20.3 mph shot · 7.8 s from entry to goal.

Matt Boldy · 1st 3:57 · MIN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 20.3 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s

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Joel Eriksson Ek · 1st 9:39 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 65.8 mph
Distance: 46 ft
Entry to goal: 8.5 s

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Marcus Johansson · 1st 11:42 · MIN

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 60.7 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 9.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Kirill Kaprizov · 2nd 1:09 · MIN

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 51.9 mph
Distance: 45 ft
Entry to goal: 8.2 s

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Matt Boldy · 2nd 17:46 · MIN

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 44.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 7.6 s
Type: deflection

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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.