Minnesota Wild vs. San Jose SharksDec 31, 2025

Final / SOWednesday, Dec 31, 2025· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	1	0	2	0	0	3		MIN	8	6	6	3	23
SJS	0	2	1	0	1	4		SJS	8	9	9	2	28

: MIN 64SJS 54
: MIN 2.81SJS 2.04
PP goals: MIN 0SJS 1
Hits: MIN 19SJS 19
Blocks: MIN 13SJS 22
PIM: MIN 2SJS 2
: MIN 45%SJS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Minnesota Wild 4–3 (SO)

San Jose Sharks beat Minnesota Wild 4–3 in a shootout at home. Macklin Celebrini (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for SJS: Skinner–Dellandrea–Regenda skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Igor Chernyshov had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:08.Chernyshov
Points
Macklin Celebrini had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:59.Celebrini
New line
New look for SJS: Skinner–Dellandrea–Regenda skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Dellandrea Regenda
Usage
John Klingberg (SJS) played 25:46, +5:24 up on his 20:22 season average over 55 games.Klingberg
Usage
Vinnie Hinostroza (MIN) played 13:54, +3:01 up on his 10:53 season average over 64 games.Hinostroza
Usage
Ryan Reaves (SJS) played 11:25, +3:41 up on his 7:44 season average over 49 games.Reaves
Usage
Shakir Mukhamadullin (SJS) played 20:15, +3:10 up on his 17:05 season average over 49 games.Mukhamadullin
Cats
Shakir Mukhamadullin (SJS) blocked 5 shots in 20:15.Mukhamadullin

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 118 of 118 attempts · SJS 54 · MIN 64

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 39% of the game, SJS 29%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

SJS skaters (rows) against MIN skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the SJS side.

Matchup matrix

SJS xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MIN	SJS
	66	55
	2.64	1.80
	2.52	1.77
	12	17
	4	6
	25	19
	−0.032	+0.032
	39%	29%

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

L1Johansson – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
11:5277% CF
L2Tarasenko – Hinostroza – Hartman
11:4050% CF
L3Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Yurov
10:5352% CF
L4Foligno – Trenin – Sturm
9:2740% CF
D1Hughes – Faber
20:0256% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
15:0252% CF
D3Bogosian – Middleton
13:2561% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Hughes – Boldy
1:26100% CF
PP2Spurgeon – Johansson – Tarasenko – Hartman – Faber
0:30
PK1FJohansson – Trenin
0:39
PK2FEriksson Ek – Boldy
0:31
PK1DSpurgeon – Middleton
0:57
PK2DBrodin – Faber
0:55

Current MIN line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Toffoli – Wennberg – Graf
12:3036% CF
L2Eklund – Celebrini – Chernyshov
12:2343% CF
L3Skinner – Dellandrea – Regenda
10:3840% CF
L4Reaves – Goodrow – Ostapchuk
9:1045% CF
D1Orlov – Klingberg
16:3752% CF
D2Ferraro – Mukhamadullin
15:3428% CF
D3Iorio – Dickinson
12:0932% CF

PP1Toffoli – Klingberg – Wennberg – Eklund – Celebrini
1:16100% CF
PP2Orlov – Skinner – Regenda – Graf – Chernyshov
0:24100% CF
PK1FDellandrea – Graf
1:09
PK2FGoodrow – Wennberg
0:46
PK1DFerraro – Iorio
0:46
PK2DMukhamadullin – Dickinson
0:29

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Decided in the shootout: MIN 3 – 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
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.83	2	0	0	20:17	—	—	68	74
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	2	1	0	20:01	—	—	71	68
Marcus Johansson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	68	66
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	3	0	15:47	—	—	56	53
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	48	33
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:54	—	—	54	37
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	2	0	0	21:19	—	—	52	64
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.41	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	50	60
Danila Yurov R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	14:36	—	—	56	58
Marcus Foligno L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	2	1	0	13:06	—	—	48	64
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	3	0	0	12:06	—	—	38	50
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	3	0	0	10:20	—	—	36	41
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.31	0	2	0	29:05	—	—	52	67
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	23:35	—	—	56	72
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	1	0	20:12	—	—	53	26
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	0	0	18:41	—	—	50	23
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	16:43	—	—	60	74
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:16	—	—	62	65

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jesper Wallstedt(start)	O	28	25	3	.893	2.04	64:27

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	2	0	21:58	—	—	44	34
Collin Graf R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	1	0	18:37	—	—	42	33
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	2	1	0	15:43	—	—	35	33
Macklin Celebrini C	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.35	0	2	0	21:59	—	—	43	43
William Eklund L	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	2	0	0	18:26	—	—	40	37
Igor Chernyshov L	L2	1	1	2	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	44	44
Pavol Regenda L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.26	1	1	2	14:36	—	—	55	47
Jeff Skinner L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	14:31	—	—	47	47
Ty Dellandrea C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	50	31
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	1	0	0	13:26	—	—	54	57
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	2	0	11:25	—	—	52	46
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:54	—	—	48	56
John Klingberg D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.16	1	1	0	25:46	—	—	54	54
Dmitry Orlov D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	4	0	0	22:21	—	—	60	58
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	1	2	0	22:15	—	—	36	23
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	5	0	20:15	—	—	41	31
Vincent Iorio D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	44	41
Sam Dickinson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	3	0	14:39	—	—	35	33

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	2.81	65:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Vladimir Tarasenko (MIN) 1st 10:38 · assists Ryan Hartman, Vinnie Hinostroza · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 67.6 mph shot · 2.0 s from entry to goal.

Vladimir Tarasenko · 1st 10:38 · MIN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.6 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Igor Chernyshov · 2nd 1:14 · SJS

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 62.2 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Jeff Skinner · 2nd 16:47 · SJS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.0 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Macklin Celebrini · 3rd 4:16 · SJS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 47.1 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s
Type: rebound

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Marcus Foligno · 3rd 6:40 · MIN

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 69.0 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 8.4 s

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Mats Zuccarello · 3rd 8:47 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 63.3 mph
Distance: 35 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s

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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 31, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

San Jose Sharks edge Minnesota Wild 4–3 (SO)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

San Jose Sharks

Goal anatomy

Vladimir Tarasenko · 1st 10:38 · MIN

Igor Chernyshov · 2nd 1:14 · SJS

Jeff Skinner · 2nd 16:47 · SJS PP

Macklin Celebrini · 3rd 4:16 · SJS

Marcus Foligno · 3rd 6:40 · MIN

Mats Zuccarello · 3rd 8:47 · MIN