Minnesota Wild vs. New York RangersFeb 23, 2018

FinalFriday, Feb 23, 2018· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	0	2	4		MIN	8	14	15	37
NYR	0	1	0	1		NYR	6	6	11	23

: MIN 57NYR 46
: MIN 3.90NYR 1.95
PP goals: MIN 1NYR 0
Hits: MIN 15NYR 26
Blocks: MIN 13NYR 9
PIM: MIN 2NYR 2
: MIN 56%NYR 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat New York Rangers 4–1

Minnesota Wild beat New York Rangers 4–1 at NYR. Mikael Granlund (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 2A. New look for MIN: Koivu–Parise–Coyle skated 14:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Eric Staal had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 15:52.Staal
Points
Mikael Granlund had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 16:00.Granlund
New line
New look for MIN: Koivu–Parise–Coyle skated 14:05 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Koivu Parise Coyle
New line
New look for NYR: Kreider–Zibanejad–Buchnevich skated 12:25 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Zibanejad Buchnevich
New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Zucker–Granlund skated 12:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Zucker Granlund
New line
New look for NYR: Desharnais–Fast–Miller skated 12:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Desharnais Fast Miller
Goalie
Alexandar Georgiev (NYR) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +4 against a season average of 33.1; the loss.Georgiev
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New look for MIN: Ennis–Niederreiter–Eriksson Ek skated 11:32 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ennis Niederreiter Eriksson Ek

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · NYR 46 · MIN 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 40% of the game, NYR 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	64	44
	4.40	1.92
	4.20	1.78
	19	10
	7	1
	31	23
	+0.063	−0.063
	40%	22%

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

L1Koivu – Parise – Coyle
14:0547% CF
L2Staal – Zucker – Granlund
12:1162% CF
L3Ennis – Niederreiter – Eriksson Ek
11:3273% CF
L4Cullen – Winnik – Foligno
10:5358% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
21:5267% CF
D2Prosser – Reilly
14:0742% CF
D3Spurgeon – Seeler
13:4772% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Granlund
0:520% CF
PP2Staal – Suter – Zucker – Granlund – Dumba
0:39100% CF
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
0:55
PK2FParise – Coyle
0:34
PK1DSuter – Dumba
1:29
PK2DProsser – Seeler
0:16

Current MIN line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
12:2548% CF
L2Desharnais – Fast – Miller
12:1553% CF
L3McLeod – Carey – Lettieri
10:3036% CF
L4Zuccarello – Hayes – Vesey
10:0725% CF
D1Gilmour – DeAngelo
17:4841% CF
D2Staal – O'Gara
17:1552% CF
D3Skjei – Pionk
16:5635% CF

PP1Desharnais – Hayes – Miller – Vesey – DeAngelo
0:59100% CF
PP2Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Gilmour – Buchnevich
0:55100% CF
PK1FHayes – Fast
1:31
PK1DSkjei – Pionk
1:12

Current NYR 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
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	2	2	0	16:59	—	—	45	68
Zach Parise L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	1	0	0	16:32	—	—	50	81
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	42	62
Mikael Granlund C	L2	2	2	4	+3	7	1.16	0	2	0	16:00	—	—	59	68
Eric Staal C	L2	2	2	4	+3	7	0.62	0	1	0	15:52	—	—	67	72
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.29	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	60	69
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.52	2	1	0	14:19	—	—	67	81
Tyler Ennis R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	72	80
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.43	1	0	0	13:26	—	—	67	80
Daniel Winnik L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	64	52
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	47	39
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	12:06	—	—	53	41
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	2	2	0	27:44	—	—	59	64
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	25:32	—	—	68	68
Nate Prosser D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:15	—	—	40	50
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	40	43
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	0	2	2	18:28	—	—	67	85
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	15:16	—	—	70	96

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.95	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	4	0	0	15:59	—	—	44	33
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	2	0	0	15:28	—	—	41	32
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	0	0	15:09	—	—	41	34
Jesper Fast R	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	16:58	—	—	55	22
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.29	2	0	0	16:16	—	—	52	30
David Desharnais C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	58	35
Vinni Lettieri C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	1	0	15:42	—	—	40	30
Paul Carey C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:44	—	—	39	38
Cody McLeod L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	4	0	0	13:02	—	—	26	24
Kevin Hayes R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	26	17
Mats Zuccarello R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.17	1	1	0	13:27	—	—	35	29
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:04	—	—	32	24
John Gilmour D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.53	1	0	0	20:07	—	—	43	37
Tony DeAngelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	20:06	—	—	41	38
Rob O'Gara D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	2	19:41	—	—	46	35
Marc Staal D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	18:28	—	—	50	41
Brady Skjei D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	0	20:36	—	—	32	11
Neal Pionk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	1	0	19:08	—	—	35	13

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	3.90	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. New York RangersFeb 23, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat New York Rangers 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

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Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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