Minnesota Wild at New York Rangers

Feb 23, 2018 · Madison Square Garden

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	4	37
New York Rangers	1	23

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
16:06	MIN	Mikael Granlund (16)	Eric Staal (28)	1 - 0
18:43	MIN	Eric Staal (28)	Zach Parise (5), Mikael Granlund (31)	2 - 0
2nd Period
02:41	NYR	Jesper Fast (9)	J.T. Miller (27)	2 - 1
3rd Period
00:52	MIN	Eric Staal (29) PP	Ryan Suter (33), Mikael Granlund (32)	3 - 1
09:22	MIN	Mikael Granlund (17)	Jason Zucker (19), Eric Staal (29)	4 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
19:21	NYR	Rob O'Gara	Hooking	2
3rd Period
05:06	MIN	Jared Spurgeon	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	57	48	37	4	3.6	58.9
New York Rangers	46	33	23	1	1.8	41.1

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 New York Rangers had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 3.6 expected, 4 scored · New York Rangers: 1.8 expected, 1 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

New York Rangers

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
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Charlie Coyle	14:05	47.1	75.6	0-0
Eric Staal · Jason Zucker · Mikael Granlund	12:11	61.5	71.2	2-0
Tyler Ennis · Nino Niederreiter · Joel Eriksson Ek	11:32	72.7	78.1	0-0
Matt Cullen · Daniel Winnik · Marcus Foligno	10:53	58.3	45.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Mathew Dumba	21:38	66.7	74.7	2-1
Nate Prosser · Mike Reilly	14:07	42.1	38.8	0-0
Jared Spurgeon · Nick Seeler	13:47	72.0	94.7	1-0

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	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
12	Eric Staal	C	2	2	4	3	0	7	0	15:52	0.53	20-10	1.62-0.57
64	Mikael Granlund	C	2	2	4	3	0	7	0	16:00	0.85	17-12	1.53-0.62
9	Zach Parise	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	16:32	0.15	9-9	0.36-0.08
17	Jason Zucker	L	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	15:11	0.36	18-12	1.50-0.62
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	25:32		25-12	2.05-0.66
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	16:59	0.12	9-11	0.30-0.19
6	Mike Reilly	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:59	0.01	8-12	0.29-0.59
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	13:43	0.09	9-10	0.24-0.38
9	Mikko Koivu	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:06		8-11	0.23-0.19
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	14:19	0.30	16-8	1.16-0.34
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	12:06	0.04	8-7	0.22-0.38
24	Nick Seeler	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	15:16	0.04	19-8	0.91-0.09
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	27:44	0.09	24-17	1.94-0.78
26	Daniel Winnik	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	13:51	0.01	9-5	0.24-0.26
39	Nate Prosser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	18:15		10-15	0.29-0.51
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	18:28	0.12	20-10	1.02-0.30
62	Nino Niederreiter	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	13:26	0.64	18-9	1.18-0.39
63	Tyler Ennis	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	13:41	0.20	18-7	1.18-0.38

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Devan Dubnyk	23	22	1	60:00	1.87	+0.87

New York Rangers

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Chris Kreider · Mika Zibanejad · Pavel Buchnevich	12:25	47.8	34.6	0-1
David Desharnais · Jesper Fast · J.T. Miller	12:15	52.9	27.6	1-1
Cody McLeod · Paul Carey · Vinni Lettieri	10:30	35.7	37.6	0-0
Mats Zuccarello · Kevin Hayes · Jimmy Vesey	10:07	25.0	7.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
John Gilmour · Tony DeAngelo	17:48	41.2	38.3	1-1
Marc Staal · Rob O'Gara	17:15	52.2	40.9	0-0
Brady Skjei · Neal Pionk	16:56	34.6	12.7	0-1

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
71	Jesper Fast	R	1	0	1	-1	0	1	0	16:58	0.09	12-10	0.20-0.56
10	J.T. Miller	C	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	16:16	0.36	12-11	0.40-0.54
4	Neal Pionk	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	19:08	0.06	9-17	0.15-1.00
13	Kevin Hayes	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:38		5-14	0.10-1.00
18	Marc Staal	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	18:28	0.06	13-13	0.57-0.88
22	Chris Kreider	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	15:59	0.25	12-15	0.71-1.28
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	13:04		6-13	0.19-0.93
34	Paul Carey	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:44		9-14	0.35-0.39
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	13:27	0.14	7-13	0.30-0.99
46	Rob O'Gara	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	19:41	0.04	12-14	0.57-0.98
51	David Desharnais	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:56		11-8	0.38-0.43
55	Cody McLeod	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	13:02	0.09	5-14	0.15-0.49
58	John Gilmour	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	1	20:07	0.32	16-21	0.75-1.27
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	20:36		10-21	0.15-1.16
77	Tony DeAngelo	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:06	0.05	14-20	0.75-1.20
89	Pavel Buchnevich	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	15:28	0.15	11-16	0.63-1.31
93	Mika Zibanejad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	15:09	0.05	11-16	0.63-1.25
95	Vinni Lettieri	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:42	0.17	10-15	0.37-0.58

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Alexandar Georgiev	37	33	4	60:00	3.64	-0.36