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Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose SharksApr 7, 2018

Final· SAP Center at San Jose
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Goals123TShots123T
MIN2316MIN127524
SJS2013SJS571830
MIN 55SJS 70
MIN 2.21SJS 2.22
PP goals
MIN 0SJS 0
Hits
MIN 15SJS 16
Blocks
MIN 22SJS 23
PIM
MIN 4SJS 2
MIN 48%SJS 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 6–3

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 6–3 at SJS. Jason Zucker (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN scored 6 goals on 2.21 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

  1. Points
    Jason Zucker had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:20.Zucker
  2. Points
    Brent Burns had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 29:38.Burns
  3. Points
    Louie Belpedio had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:47.Belpedio
  4. Points
    Nino Niederreiter had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:34.Niederreiter
  5. Points
    Tyler Ennis had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:39.Ennis
  6. Luck
    MIN scored 6 goals on 2.21 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  7. Usage
    Nick Seeler (MIN) played 22:31, +8:22 up on his 14:09 season average over 21 games.Seeler
  8. New line
    New look for MIN: Koivu–Granlund–Greenway skated 12:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.KoivuGranlundGreenway

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 SJS: 125 attempts, 54 on goal, 9 goals, 4.43 expected goals; best chance Eric Staal at 0.30 xG.

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

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · SJS 70 · MIN 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MIN at SJS: expected goals 2.22 to 2.21 (SJS led the chances), shot attempts 70 to 55, 9 goals.

0.00.51.01.52.02.51st2nd3rdSJSMINBCBPGZZMSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • SJS
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
SJSMINcontrol2nd3rdBrodin · 1st 10:53Cullen · 1st 14:52Burns · 1st 15:28Pavelski · 1st 16:32Granlund · 2nd 11:19Zucker · 2nd 11:47Zucker · 2nd 15:25Meier · 3rd 18:50Staal · 3rd 19:34
  • SJS 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 24% of the game, SJS 40%.

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 SJS: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Martin Jones (40:00) for SJS and Devan Dubnyk (60:00) for MIN, 9 goals.

SJS
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
StatMINSJS
6267
2.291.93
2.211.90
1712
66
1619
−0.010+0.010
24%40%

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 →

San Jose Sharks

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 10:53
    MINJonas Brodin (Charlie Coyle, Tyler Ennis)slap0.01 xG
    MIN: Cullen, Ennis, Coyle, Brodin, DumbaSJS: Boedker, Dillon, Sorensen, DeMelo, Gambrell
    MIN 1 – 0 SJS
  2. 14:52
    MINMatt Cullen (Tyler Ennis, Louie Belpedio)wrist0.13 xG
    MIN: Cullen, Ennis, Prosser, Coyle, BelpedioSJS: Dillon, DeMelo, Tierney, Labanc, Meier
    MIN 2 – 0 SJS
  3. 15:28
    SJSBrent Burns (Marcus Sorensen, Joel Ward)deflected0.05 xG
    MIN: Winnik, Foligno, Seeler, Murphy, Eriksson EkSJS: Ward, Martin, Burns, Sorensen, Gambrell
    MIN 2 – 1 SJS
  4. 16:32
    SJSJoe Pavelski (Mikkel Boedker)wrist0.16 xG
    MIN: Staal, Zucker, Granlund, Brodin, DumbaSJS: Pavelski, Vlasic, Braun, Boedker, Kane
    MIN 2 – 2 SJS

2nd period

  1. 11:19
    MINMikael Granlund (Jordan Greenway, Nick Seeler)wrist0.06 xG
    MIN: Koivu, Granlund, Seeler, Murphy, GreenwaySJS: Couture, Boedker, Dillon, DeMelo, Meier
    MIN 3 – 2 SJS
  2. 11:47
    MINJason Zucker (Nino Niederreiter, Mathew Dumba)backhand0.14 xG
    MIN: Staal, Zucker, Niederreiter, Brodin, DumbaSJS: Vlasic, Braun, Couture, Boedker, Meier
    MIN 4 – 2 SJS
  3. 15:25
    MINJason Zucker (Nino Niederreiter, Louie Belpedio)wrist0.07 xG
    MIN: Staal, Prosser, Zucker, Niederreiter, BelpedioSJS: Pavelski, Vlasic, Braun, Kane, Tierney
    MIN 5 – 2 SJS

3rd period

  1. 18:50
    SJSTimo Meier (Dylan DeMelo, Brent Burns)deflected0.03 xG
    MIN: Prosser, Zucker, Niederreiter, Belpedio, Eriksson EkSJS: Burns, Donskoi, DeMelo, Tierney, Labanc, Meier
    MIN 5 – 3 SJS
  2. 19:34
    MINEric StaalENsnap0.30 xG
    MIN: Staal, Coyle, Seeler, Murphy, GreenwaySJS: Burns, Pavelski, Couture, Kane, DeMelo, Hertl
    MIN 6 – 3 SJS

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
Jason Zucker LL1202050.5231015:20——5656
Eric Staal CL1101+230.4401215:12——5758
Nino Niederreiter RL1022+100.0000014:34——6475
Mikko Koivu CL2000+100.0200016:27——4658
Mikael Granlund CL2101020.1801016:18——4746
Jordan Greenway LL2011+210.0800013:53——4859
Charlie Coyle CL3011+310.1300014:55——4556
Matt Cullen CL3101+220.3600013:55——4956
Tyler Ennis RL3022+210.1011212:39——4558
Joel Eriksson Ek CL4000-220.0430015:35——3740
Daniel Winnik LL4000-100.0001014:28——3533
Marcus Foligno LL4000-110.1712012:44——3739
Jonas Brodin DD1101+110.0113021:53——4256
Mathew Dumba DD1011+120.0813020:13——4758
Nick Seeler DD2011+130.0721022:31——4949
Ryan Murphy DD2000+100.0002020:39——4644
Nate Prosser DD3000+100.0025018:57——5060
Louie Belpedio DD3022+100.0111015:47——5460
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)W30273.9002.2260:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Joel Ward RL1011+120.1210013:05——5941
Dylan Gambrell CL1000000.0002012:29——5038
Marcus Sorensen LL1011010.1000011:47——5238
Evander Kane LL2000-130.3300021:40——4558
Joe Pavelski CL2101-150.4701021:07——5059
Joonas Donskoi RL2000+100.0711016:40——4639
Tomas Hertl CL3000-100.0023017:20——4653
Logan Couture CL3000-320.1502016:43——5058
Mikkel Boedker LL3011-230.3010013:11——6164
Kevin Labanc RL4000000.1700214:47——5036
Chris Tierney CL4000-110.0400013:55——5438
Timo Meier RL4101-230.0920013:01——6222
Brent Burns DD1112+240.1515029:38——5761
Paul Martin DD1000+100.0010015:28——6561
Marc-Edouard Vlasic DD2000-130.1322020:27——5054
Justin Braun DD2000-210.0224018:09——4645
Brenden Dillon DD3000-300.0322016:36——4528
Dylan DeMelo DD3011-320.0211014:55——4628
SJS goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Martin Jones(start)L19145.7371.4740:00
Aaron Dell—440.10000.4417:02