Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose SharksFeb 22, 2021

FinalMonday, Feb 22, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	2	3	1	6		MIN	12	12	10	34
SJS	1	1	0	2		SJS	13	11	9	33

: MIN 56SJS 57
: MIN 3.90SJS 3.43
PP goals: MIN 1SJS 0
Hits: MIN 15SJS 21
Blocks: MIN 12SJS 9
PIM: MIN 11SJS 11
: MIN 51%SJS 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild rout San Jose Sharks 6–2

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 6–2 at SJS. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 3A. MIN scored 6 goals on 3.90 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 14:56.Zuccarello
Points
Victor Rask had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:09.Rask
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:49.Kaprizov
Points
Marcus Foligno had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:01.Foligno
Points
Carson Soucy had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:38.Soucy
Points
Ryan Hartman had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:47.Hartman
Luck
MIN scored 6 goals on 3.90 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Nieto–Leonard skated 4:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Nieto Leonard

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · SJS 57 · MIN 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 29% of the game, SJS 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	MIN	SJS
	53	50
	2.38	3.15
	2.30	2.99
	6	18
	7	7
	12	22
	−0.032	+0.033
	29%	30%

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

L1Parise – Foligno – Hartman
11:3456% CF
L2Fiala – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
11:0452% CF
L3Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
8:3057% CF
L4Bonino – Bjugstad – Sturm
7:4360% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
16:2040% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
14:5556% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
12:5750% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Rask – Brodin – Dumba – Kaprizov
2:0450% CF
PP2Suter – Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
1:240% CF
PK1FBonino – Sturm
2:33
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:53
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:50
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:59

Current MIN line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Meier – Balcers
11:3070% CF
L2Couture – Kane – Labanc
10:3444% CF
L3Marleau – Nieto – Leonard
4:490% CF
L4Sorensen – Donato – Gregor
4:3950% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
14:2744% CF
D2Vlasic – Knyzhov
13:2961% CF
D3Claesson – Meloche
10:0738% CF

PP1Burns – Couture – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
2:58100% CF
PP2Donato – Meier – Balcers – Ferraro – Leonard
1:35100% CF
PK1FSorensen – Nieto
1:04
PK2FCouture – Kane
0:42
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
3:17
PK2DVlasic – Meloche
1:57

Current SJS 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
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.06	0	1	0	16:47	—	—	44	35
Zach Parise L	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.43	1	0	0	15:36	—	—	48	41
Marcus Foligno L	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.06	4	0	5	15:01	—	—	58	54
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.39	1	0	0	16:16	—	—	45	32
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	3	0	4	15:49	—	—	50	41
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	48	34
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	1	3	4	+3	1	0.69	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	57	51
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	1	1	2	+3	2	0.20	0	0	0	14:49	—	—	53	45
Victor Rask C	L3	1	2	3	+3	1	0.81	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	53	45
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	64	66
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	12:15	—	—	54	40
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	1	0	0	10:35	—	—	63	66
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	23:12	—	—	45	46
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	22:31	—	—	40	41
Jonas Brodin D	D2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.16	1	1	0	22:00	—	—	60	47
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	4	0	20:07	—	—	56	39
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	2	2	+3	0	0.01	0	1	0	15:38	—	—	59	47
Ian Cole D	D3	1	0	1	+3	3	0.10	0	0	2	15:32	—	—	50	34

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	3.43	59:52

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.51	1	0	0	18:06	—	—	68	72
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.26	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	63	71
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.43	2	1	0	16:04	—	—	71	73
Evander Kane L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.48	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	45	60
Logan Couture C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	2	0	2	18:05	—	—	50	63
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	2	0	0	15:58	—	—	43	52
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	0.51	0	2	0	15:19	—	—	39	57
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	13:30	—	—	39	58
John Leonard L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:07	—	—	23	10
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	0	12:52	—	—	48	63
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	-2	3	0.29	0	2	0	12:20	—	—	46	43
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	2	0	0	12:09	—	—	40	43
Brent Burns D	D1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.14	1	0	0	27:47	—	—	46	51
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	21:05	—	—	46	50
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	65	75
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	1	9	16:22	—	—	55	69
Fredrik Claesson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:33	—	—	43	60
Nicolas Meloche D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:10	—	—	41	55

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	L	20	16	4	.800	1.41	30:36
Devan Dubnyk	—	13	12	1	.923	1.35	27:05

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. San Jose SharksFeb 22, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild rout San Jose Sharks 6–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

San Jose Sharks