Minnesota Wild vs. New York RangersJan 28, 2022

FinalFriday, Jan 28, 2022· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	2	1	3		MIN	5	19	10	34
NYR	2	0	0	2		NYR	12	7	8	27

: MIN 63NYR 42
: MIN 3.47NYR 2.18
PP goals: MIN 1NYR 0
Hits: MIN 23NYR 18
Blocks: MIN 8NYR 16
PIM: MIN 6NYR 6
: MIN 53%NYR 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild edge New York Rangers 3–2

Minnesota Wild beat New York Rangers 3–2 at NYR. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:02 together.

Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:55.Fiala
Points
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:24.Zuccarello
Points
Jacob Trouba had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:35.Trouba
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:02 together.Spurgeon Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Boldy
New line
New look for NYR: Reaves–Hunt–Rooney skated 12:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Reaves Hunt Rooney
New line
New look for MIN: Rask–Duhaime–Dewar skated 6:20 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rask Duhaime Dewar
New line
New look for NYR: McKegg–Brodzinski–Gauthier skated 5:01 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McKegg Brodzinski Gauthier
Usage
Kevin Fiala (MIN) played 13:55, −3:47 down on his 17:42 season average over 81 games.Fiala

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 105 of 105 attempts · NYR 42 · MIN 63

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 43% 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
	70	36
	3.59	1.55
	3.39	1.41
	14	6
	2	6
	18	12
	−0.008	+0.008
	43%	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

L1Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
15:5063% CF
L2Gaudreau – Fiala – Boldy
10:1189% CF
L3Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:3557% CF
L4Rask – Duhaime – Dewar
6:2088% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
18:5573% CF
D2Goligoski – Spurgeon
15:4874% CF
D3Benn – Kulikov
12:0757% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy
2:02100% CF
PP2Foligno – Dumba – Hartman – Fiala – Greenway
0:56
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:22
PK2FDuhaime – Dewar
1:15
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
1:41
PK2DBenn – Kulikov
1:23

Current MIN line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Lafrenière
13:1739% CF
L2Reaves – Hunt – Rooney
12:0242% CF
L3Strome – Goodrow – Panarin
11:4032% CF
L4McKegg – Brodzinski – Gauthier
5:0113% CF
D1Trouba – Miller
18:1440% CF
D2Lindgren – Schneider
16:1013% CF
D3Hajek – Jones
12:0360% CF

PP1Kreider – Strome – Zibanejad – Trouba – Panarin
2:51100% CF
PP2Goodrow – Gauthier – Miller – Jones – Lafrenière
1:04100% CF
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
1:38
PK2FGoodrow – Rooney
1:03
PK1DLindgren – Schneider
1:38
PK2DTrouba – Miller
1:20

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
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	1	2	-1	2	0.13	3	0	0	20:24	—	—	64	59
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.49	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	58	51
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.33	0	0	2	19:56	—	—	66	62
Matt Boldy L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.28	1	0	0	15:40	—	—	69	70
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.21	1	0	2	13:55	—	—	82	80
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.57	0	1	0	12:43	—	—	83	84
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.52	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	50	79
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	4	1	0	15:15	—	—	62	87
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	3	0	2	13:50	—	—	58	83
Connor Dewar C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:20	—	—	62	53
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	8:29	—	—	78	49
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:21	—	—	58	25
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	1	0	24:00	—	—	73	72
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	2	2	0	23:52	—	—	67	57
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	22:12	—	—	73	87
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:38	—	—	75	88
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	0	2	0	14:22	—	—	53	60
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	3	0	0	13:56	—	—	59	69

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.18	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.18	1	0	0	22:15	—	—	33	34
Chris Kreider L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	1	0	0	20:23	—	—	36	42
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	0	1	2	19:31	—	—	36	35
Kevin Rooney C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	0	0	15:55	—	—	39	30
Ryan Reaves R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	5	1	0	13:25	—	—	44	36
Dryden Hunt L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	13:20	—	—	37	30
Artemi Panarin L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	19:26	—	—	32	29
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.16	1	0	2	17:00	—	—	36	36
Barclay Goodrow C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	16:52	—	—	31	27
Julien Gauthier R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	8:36	—	—	11	3
Jonny Brodzinski C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	6:55	—	—	20	16
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:05	—	—	22	16
Jacob Trouba D	D1	0	2	2	+1	5	0.27	1	3	0	24:35	—	—	39	32
K'Andre Miller D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.30	1	2	0	22:49	—	—	40	32
Braden Schneider D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	20:03	—	—	12	2
Ryan Lindgren D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	19:55	—	—	12	2
Zac Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	50	61
Libor Hajek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:46	—	—	56	83

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	3.47	58:57

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 RangersJan 28, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild edge New York Rangers 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

New York Rangers

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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New York Rangers