Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose SharksDec 9, 2021

FinalThursday, Dec 9, 2021· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	2	2	5		MIN	10	8	9	27
SJS	0	0	2	2		SJS	9	7	19	35

: MIN 54SJS 56
: MIN 4.00SJS 2.81
PP goals: MIN 2SJS 1
Hits: MIN 19SJS 31
Blocks: MIN 10SJS 14
PIM: MIN 6SJS 6
: 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 5–2

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 5–2 at SJS. Jordan Greenway (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Brodin, Hartman, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:38 together.

Points
Jordan Greenway had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:16.Greenway
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Joel Eriksson Ek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:35.Eriksson Ek
Points
Jonathan Dahlen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:35.Dahlen
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Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:39.Fiala
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Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:03.Kaprizov
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Tomas Hertl had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:42.Hertl
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Brodin, Hartman, Eriksson Ek and Kaprizov) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:38 together.Zuccarello Brodin Hartman Eriksson Ek Kaprizov
New line
New look for SJS: Labanc–Gadjovich–Weatherby skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Labanc Gadjovich Weatherby

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 110 of 110 attempts · SJS 56 · MIN 54

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 41% of the game, SJS 36%.

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	56
	1.70	2.72
	1.65	2.63
	11	8
	2	2
	19	11
	−0.085	+0.085
	41%	36%

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

L1Rask – Fiala – Duhaime
11:0465% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hartman – Kaprizov
10:4242% CF
L3Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
9:5733% CF
L4Bjugstad – Shaw – Sturm
9:0453% CF
D1Goligoski – Merrill
16:2742% CF
D2Benn – Kulikov
14:4652% CF
D3Spurgeon – Brodin
13:4848% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Brodin – Hartman – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
2:38100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Spurgeon – Foligno – Fiala – Greenway
1:24100% CF
PK1FHartman – Greenway
2:21
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
1:26
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
1:52
PK2DBenn – Kulikov
1:19

Current MIN line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Labanc – Gadjovich – Weatherby
9:0954% CF
L2Couture – Meier – Dahlen
8:2568% CF
L3Hertl – Gregor – Barabanov
8:0822% CF
L4Cogliano – Bonino – Nieto
7:1325% CF
D1Karlsson – Middleton
15:4345% CF
D2Burns – Ferraro
15:4051% CF
D3Vlasic – Meloche
11:5464% CF

PP1Bonino – Couture – Karlsson – Meier – Dahlen
2:40100% CF
PP2Burns – Hertl – Labanc – Weatherby – Barabanov
1:14
PK1FNieto – Hertl
1:07
PK2FCouture – Gregor
0:51
PK1DBurns – Ferraro
2:39
PK2DVlasic – Karlsson
0:59

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
Kevin Fiala L	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	65	49
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	3	0	0	13:46	—	—	63	49
Victor Rask C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.32	0	0	0	13:31	—	—	63	52
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.28	2	0	0	17:56	—	—	36	31
Kirill Kaprizov L	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	1.05	0	2	0	17:03	—	—	37	31
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	46	40
Jordan Greenway L	L3	2	0	2	+1	2	0.99	0	1	0	17:16	—	—	32	26
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.38	2	1	0	15:35	—	—	31	32
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:00	—	—	33	27
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	0	0	14:18	—	—	52	39
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.25	1	0	0	11:10	—	—	47	38
Mason Shaw C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	1	0	0	10:38	—	—	58	46
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	2	2	20:07	—	—	44	36
Alex Goligoski D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	1	1	0	19:14	—	—	41	34
Dmitry Kulikov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:05	—	—	57	41
Jordie Benn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	2	17:43	—	—	50	36
Jonas Brodin D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	2	1	2	21:16	—	—	50	44
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	48	43

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.81	59:31

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	4	0	0	16:06	—	—	48	58
Jasper Weatherby C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	0	0	13:40	—	—	57	58
Jonah Gadjovich L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	0	0	13:19	—	—	47	52
Logan Couture C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	2	0	0	18:57	—	—	61	65
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.61	1	0	0	17:08	—	—	70	72
Jonathan Dahlen C	L2	1	1	2	0	6	0.66	1	0	0	16:35	—	—	74	79
Tomas Hertl C	L3	1	1	2	-2	2	0.29	0	1	0	16:42	—	—	43	67
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	4	2	0	15:50	—	—	27	38
Alexander Barabanov L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.23	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	35	46
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	15:51	—	—	44	48
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	10:41	—	—	25	18
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	10:34	—	—	50	50
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.10	0	2	0	23:59	—	—	49	63
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	6	18:12	—	—	42	54
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.12	3	2	0	22:50	—	—	51	61
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	21:53	—	—	53	68
Nicolas Meloche D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:26	—	—	63	62
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	61	66

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.30	59:05

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 SharksDec 9, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat San Jose Sharks 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

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San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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