Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose SharksMar 31, 2021

FinalWednesday, Mar 31, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	2	2		MIN	10	9	9	28
SJS	0	2	2	4		SJS	10	14	9	33

: MIN 55SJS 58
: MIN 1.63SJS 3.40
PP goals: MIN 0SJS 1
Hits: MIN 28SJS 34
Blocks: MIN 18SJS 16
PIM: MIN 8SJS 6
: MIN 49%SJS 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota Wild 4–2

San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota Wild 4–2 at home. Tomas Hertl (SJS) led the scoring with 0G 2A. SJS's first power-play unit (Marleau, Burns, Donato, Meier and Ferraro) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:39 together.

Points
Brent Burns had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 26:50.Burns
Points
Tomas Hertl had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:57.Hertl
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Marleau, Burns, Donato, Meier and Ferraro) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:39 together.Marleau Burns Donato Meier Ferraro
Usage
Ryan Hartman (MIN) played 19:54, +4:56 up on his 14:58 season average over 50 games.Hartman
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Erik Karlsson (SJS) played 20:02, −3:38 down on his 23:40 season average over 51 games.Karlsson
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Kevin Fiala (MIN) played 19:52, +3:02 up on his 16:50 season average over 49 games.Fiala
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Logan Couture (SJS) played 22:24, +3:12 up on his 19:12 season average over 52 games.Couture
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Dylan Gambrell (SJS) played 12:17, −3:49 down on his 16:06 season average over 48 games.Gambrell

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 58 · MIN 55

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 16% of the game, SJS 39%.

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
	49	54
	1.17	2.61
	1.15	2.53
	6	13
	1	5
	13	23
	+0.026	−0.027
	16%	39%

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

L1Bonino – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:0544% CF
L2Bjugstad – Johnson – Sturm
6:5450% CF
L3Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
6:1936% CF
L4Johansson – Hartman – Fiala
6:0763% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
16:0542% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
16:0254% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
10:0750% CF

PP1Suter – Johansson – Rask – Dumba – Hartman
1:100% CF
PP2Bonino – Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Fiala – Kaprizov
0:50100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Eriksson Ek
2:10
PK2FBonino – Sturm
1:06
PK1DCole – Soucy
1:57
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
1:56

Current MIN line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Kane – Labanc
13:4567% CF
L2Hertl – Meier – Balcers
10:1647% CF
L3Donato – Gambrell – Leonard
8:2650% CF
L4Marleau – Sorensen – Viel
7:0554% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
18:2147% CF
D2Karlsson – Knyzhov
14:5668% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
11:3832% CF

PP1Marleau – Burns – Donato – Meier – Ferraro
2:39100% CF
PP2Couture – Karlsson – Kane – Hertl – Labanc
2:34100% CF
PK1FHertl – Gambrell
1:20
PK2FCouture – Kane
1:07
PK1DVlasic – Simek
1:07
PK2DKarlsson – Ferraro
0:39

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:41
SJSRudolfs Balcers (Tomas Hertl, Brent Burns)snap0.21 xG
MIN: Suter, Spurgeon, Johansson, Hartman, FialaSJS: Burns, Karlsson, Hertl, Meier, Balcers
MIN 0 – 1 SJS
9:22
SJSRyan DonatoPP (Brent Burns, Mario Ferraro)backhand0.26 xG
MIN: Cole, Johansson, Soucy, HartmanSJS: Marleau, Burns, Donato, Meier, Ferraro
MIN 0 – 2 SJS

3rd period

8:23
MINKirill Kaprizov (Carson Soucy, Ryan Hartman)wrist0.05 xG
MIN: Cole, Soucy, Hartman, Fiala, KaprizovSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Kane, Meier, Simek
MIN 1 – 2 SJS
10:58
SJSNikolai Knyzhov (Erik Karlsson, Tomas Hertl)snap0.07 xG
MIN: Bonino, Brodin, Dumba, Greenway, Eriksson EkSJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Meier, Balcers, Knyzhov
MIN 1 – 3 SJS
19:47
MINMats Zuccarello (Kevin Fiala, Jared Spurgeon)tip-in0.16 xG
MIN: Bonino, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Brodin, Fiala, KaprizovSJS: Burns, Hertl, Meier, Balcers, Ferraro
MIN 2 – 3 SJS
19:59
SJSEvander KaneEN (Logan Couture)wrist0.33 xG
MIN: Bonino, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Brodin, Fiala, KaprizovSJS: Burns, Couture, Kane, Labanc, Ferraro
MIN 2 – 4 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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Bonino C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	15:25	—	—	47	28
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	40	27
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	1	0	13:07	—	—	39	19
Nico Sturm C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	1	2	8:18	—	—	46	17
Nick Bjugstad C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	7:59	—	—	50	19
Luke Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	4	0	0	7:46	—	—	58	41
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.21	1	2	0	20:23	—	—	50	42
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	46	48
Victor Rask C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	52	37
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.07	4	1	4	19:54	—	—	42	23
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	1	1	0	4	0.32	1	1	2	19:52	—	—	44	24
Marcus Johansson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	18:07	—	—	60	39
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	4	0	23:19	—	—	40	26
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	22:52	—	—	46	30
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	4	1	0	22:58	—	—	55	40
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	2	0	20:49	—	—	56	49
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	2	0	13:44	—	—	46	23
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.10	2	1	0	13:19	—	—	44	24

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	3.06	57:50

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.26	3	1	0	22:24	—	—	61	55
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.73	3	1	2	20:46	—	—	64	69
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	18:51	—	—	64	65
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.18	0	2	0	17:57	—	—	43	71
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	2	1	0	17:17	—	—	45	68
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.39	1	0	0	13:31	—	—	46	75
Ryan Donato C	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.47	0	1	0	13:07	—	—	50	68
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	3	1	0	12:17	—	—	47	71
John Leonard L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:06	—	—	47	65
Patrick Marleau C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	2	12:18	—	—	56	78
Marcus Sorensen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:40	—	—	56	77
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.39	3	0	0	8:23	—	—	53	66
Brent Burns D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.04	2	1	2	26:50	—	—	52	79
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	7	3	0	24:21	—	—	46	67
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.33	1	0	0	20:02	—	—	71	85
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.12	3	0	0	16:57	—	—	65	72
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:24	—	—	37	48
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	13:49	—	—	32	36

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Martin Jones(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	1.63	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.