Minnesota Wild at Nashville Predators

Mar 10, 2011 · Bridgestone Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	0	19
Nashville Predators	4	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
03:13	NSH	Joel Ward (1)	David Legwand (1), Martin Erat (1)	0 - 1
04:01	NSH	Nick Spaling (1)	Jerred Smithson (1), Matt Halischuk (1)	0 - 2
12:32	NSH	Martin Erat (1)	Joel Ward (1), David Legwand (2)	0 - 3
3rd Period
14:59	NSH	Nick Spaling (2)	Shea Weber (1), Sergei Kostitsyn (1)	0 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
01:07	MIN	Greg Zanon	Interference	2
18:22	MIN	Brent Burns	Elbowing	2
2nd Period
18:22	NSH	Blake Geoffrion	Hooking	2
3rd Period
13:12	NSH	Cody Franson	Cross checking	2
13:12	MIN	Antti Miettinen	High sticking	2
17:28	MIN	Antti Miettinen	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	35	26	19	0	1.2	47.1
Nashville Predators	44	38	31	4	3.2	52.9

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 1.2 expected, 0 scored · Nashville Predators: 3.2 expected, 4 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Minnesota Wild

Nashville Predators

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Martin Havlat · Pierre-Marc Bouchard · Kyle Brodziak	9:16	40.0	21.5	0-1
Andrew Brunette · Antti Miettinen · Warren Peters	6:42	42.9	71.5	0-0
Matt Cullen · John Madden · Guillaume Latendresse	5:21	50.0	61.8	0-0
Matt Cullen · John Madden · Chuck Kobasew	3:11	80.0	41.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Greg Zanon · Marek Zidlicky	16:58	21.7	23.9	0-0
Brent Burns · Marco Scandella	12:47	72.2	73.7	0-0
Nick Schultz · Jared Spurgeon	10:14	55.6	15.7	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
4	Greg Zanon	D	-2	2	0	1	22:06	0.11	5-20	0.29-1.15
6	Marco Scandella	D	-1	0	1	1	17:06	0.01	14-10	0.43-0.67
7	Matt Cullen	C	-2	0	3	0	20:03	0.24	13-9	0.42-0.75
10	John Madden	C	-1	0	2	1	17:37	0.04	13-10	0.43-0.81
12	Chuck Kobasew	R	-2	0	2	0	08:50	0.05	8-3	0.17-0.36
15	Andrew Brunette	L	0	0	1	1	14:56	0.20	5-13	0.34-0.74
20	Antti Miettinen	R	0	4	2	2	15:16	0.16	6-11	0.37-0.65
24	Eric Nystrom	L	0	0	1	2	13:23	0.03	5-7	0.05-0.52
25	Brad Staubitz	R	0	0	0	3	10:01		6-5	0.03-0.38
28	Marek Zidlicky	D	-1	0	0	3	23:16		7-19	0.33-0.95
28	Kyle Brodziak	C	-1	0	2	0	17:03	0.23	8-12	0.34-0.74
29	Martin Havlat	R	-1	0	2	0	16:50	0.04	10-14	0.36-0.88
43	Warren Peters	C	0	0	1	1	11:51	0.01	6-6	0.32-0.19
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	-1	0	0	2	15:27		5-11	0.06-0.98
55	Nick Schultz	D	-2	0	0	0	19:03		13-6	0.42-0.63
73	Guillaume Latendresse	L	-1	0	1	1	12:03	0.02	9-7	0.44-0.33
84	Brent Burns	D	-2	2	0	0	22:50	0.03	20-7	0.76-0.45
96	Pierre-Marc Bouchard	C	-2	0	1	0	14:19	0.09	7-10	0.16-0.63

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Niklas Backstrom	L	31	27	4	60:00	3.18	-0.82

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
David Legwand · Martin Erat · Joel Ward	11:06	72.2	85.1	2-0
Mike Fisher · Sergei Kostitsyn · Colin Wilson	9:13	16.7	43.8	0-0
Jerred Smithson · Patric Hornqvist · Nick Spaling	9:08	55.6	61.4	0-0
Jordin Tootoo · Blake Geoffrion · Matt Halischuk	7:41	75.0	93.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Shea Weber	17:15	69.6	84.5	2-0
Kevin Klein · Jonathon Blum	14:41	30.0	21.7	0-0
Shane O'Brien · Cody Franson	13:56	52.9	71.8	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
16	Nick Spaling	C	2	0	2	2	0	4	0	18:25	0.68	9-9	0.67-0.39
10	Martin Erat	R	1	1	2	2	0	4	3	16:37	0.67	13-7	0.76-0.17
42	Joel Ward	R	1	1	2	2	0	6	0	18:07	0.57	14-8	0.78-0.32
17	David Legwand	C	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	19:38	0.02	14-11	0.78-0.36
6	Shea Weber	D	0	1	1	3	0	5	2	24:23	0.15	17-9	1.13-0.22
15	Matt Halischuk	R	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	13:20	0.08	10-8	0.83-0.46
22	Jerred Smithson	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	13:59	0.09	11-4	0.78-0.12
74	Sergei Kostitsyn	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	15:38	0.04	6-13	0.49-0.40
7	Jonathon Blum	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19:02		7-15	0.22-0.70
8	Kevin Klein	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	5	19:20	0.03	10-14	0.69-0.70
11	Cody Franson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	16:59	0.02	9-10	0.59-0.26
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13:11		4-11	0.39-0.39
22	Jordin Tootoo	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10:51	0.05	10-2	0.58-0.03
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	23:44	0.04	17-8	1.07-0.21
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	11:27	0.30	3-12	0.32-0.40
57	Blake Geoffrion	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	09:07	0.28	7-2	0.41-0.03
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:31	0.10	7-8	0.30-0.37
74	Shane O'Brien	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	16:41	0.06	12-9	1.01-0.23

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	W, SO	19	19	0	60:00	1.25	+1.25