Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose SharksApr 24, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 24, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	3	1	2	6		MIN	8	7	11	26
SJS	0	0	3	3		SJS	4	13	13	30

: MIN 48SJS 51
: MIN 2.50SJS 1.94
PP goals: MIN 1SJS 0
Hits: MIN 12SJS 26
Blocks: MIN 9SJS 16
PIM: MIN 0SJS 4
: MIN 43%SJS 57%

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. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Kane–Hertl–Labanc skated 13:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Jared Spurgeon had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:48.Spurgeon
Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:30.Fiala
Points
Nick Bonino had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:41.Bonino
New line
New look for SJS: Kane–Hertl–Labanc skated 13:37 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Hertl Labanc
Luck
MIN scored 6 goals on 2.50 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Couture–Meier–Balcers skated 13:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (43.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Couture Meier Balcers
New line
New look for SJS: Donato–Gregor–Blichfeld skated 4:53 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (85.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donato Gregor Blichfeld
New line
New look for SJS: Marleau–Gambrell–Leonard skated 8:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marleau Gambrell 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 99 of 99 attempts · SJS 51 · MIN 48

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 38% of the game, SJS 23%.

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
	54	56
	2.27	2.30
	2.21	2.24
	10	14
	4	5
	17	16
	−0.025	+0.025
	38%	23%

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

L1Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
13:5148% CF
L2Zuccarello – Rask – Kaprizov
12:5971% CF
L3Johansson – Hartman – Fiala
11:0350% CF
L4Parise – Bonino – Sturm
10:468% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
17:5446% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
16:4355% CF
D3Cole – Soucy
13:5138% CF

PP1Suter – Johansson – Zuccarello – Dumba – Hartman
2:160% CF
PP2Bonino – Spurgeon – Rask – Fiala – Kaprizov
2:0150% CF

Current MIN line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Kane – Hertl – Labanc
13:3763% CF
L2Couture – Meier – Balcers
13:0143% CF
L3Marleau – Gambrell – Leonard
8:5047% CF
L4Donato – Gregor – Blichfeld
4:5386% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
14:3940% CF
D2Vlasic – Karlsson
9:2343% CF
D3Pateryn – Knyzhov
9:1671% CF

PK1FHertl – Gambrell
1:44
PK2FCouture – Kane
0:59
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
1:24
PK2DVlasic – Knyzhov
0:56

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		PP	SH
Marcus Foligno L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	2	0	16:07	—	—	44	68
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	15:49	—	—	46	66
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.25	3	0	15:11	—	—	48	69
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.24	0	0	17:25	—	—	73	43
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.25	1	0	17:12	—	—	65	38
Victor Rask C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	16:56	—	—	65	38
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	15:11	—	—	54	52
Kevin Fiala L	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.36	0	0	14:30	—	—	54	52
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.22	0	0	14:24	—	—	48	50
Nick Bonino C	L4	1	1	2	+1	2	0.46	0	0	14:41	—	—	8	5
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	12:42	—	—	13	19
Zach Parise L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	11:53	—	—	14	21
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	2	21:47	—	—	52	39
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	21:39	—	—	48	44
Ryan Suter D	D2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.03	1	2	21:23	—	—	53	61
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.10	1	0	20:48	—	—	56	54
Ian Cole D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	3	16:48	—	—	38	50
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	15:34	—	—	45	51

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	30	27	3	.900	1.94	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evander Kane L	L1	1	0	1	-1	4	0.32	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	55	59
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.28	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	61	68
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	15:04	—	—	60	69
Timo Meier R	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.36	3	2	0	19:17	—	—	42	60
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	2	16:15	—	—	40	67
Logan Couture C	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.21	3	0	0	15:35	—	—	46	69
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.06	0	1	0	17:36	—	—	38	25
Patrick Marleau C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:27	—	—	48	24
John Leonard L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	2	0	13:52	—	—	45	29
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	10:21	—	—	58	33
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:19	—	—	71	26
Joachim Blichfeld R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	7:50	—	—	69	24
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	2	24:11	—	—	50	56
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	2	0	20:27	—	—	38	58
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.10	2	2	0	23:26	—	—	53	55
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	3	2	0	19:58	—	—	39	35
Nikolai Knyzhov D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	64	59
Greg Pateryn D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:24	—	—	64	38

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Josef Korenar	L	17	15	2	.882	1.49	39:52
Martin Jones(start)	—	8	5	3	.625	0.56	20:00

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. San Jose SharksApr 24, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 6–3

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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