Minnesota Wild at Colorado Avalanche

Feb 2, 2021 · Ball Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	1	28
Colorado Avalanche	2	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
17:45	COL	Logan O'Connor (2)	Kiefer Sherwood (2), Cale Makar (11)	0 - 1
2nd Period
07:09	COL	Valeri Nichushkin (2)	Joonas Donskoi (3)	0 - 2
13:05	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov (3) PP	Zach Parise (3), Gerry Mayhew (1)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
02:44	COL	Sheldon Dries	Interference	2
08:33	MIN	Jordan Greenway	Slashing	2
14:13	MIN	Jonas Brodin	Interference	2
2nd Period
02:49	COL	Logan O'Connor	High sticking	2
11:38	COL	J.T. Compher	Fighting	5
11:38	MIN	Kyle Rau	Fighting	5
11:38	COL	J.T. Compher	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd Period
03:20	MIN	Jonas Brodin	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	54	40	28	1	2.7	39.5
Colorado Avalanche	65	42	31	2	2.5	60.5

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 Colorado Avalanche had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.7 expected, 1 scored · Colorado Avalanche: 2.5 expected, 2 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

Colorado Avalanche

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
Ryan Hartman · Jordan Greenway · Joel Eriksson Ek	11:55	54.5	76.2	0-0
Victor Rask · Kirill Kaprizov · Gerry Mayhew	11:16	45.0	76.1	0-0
Zach Parise · Nick Bjugstad · Luke Johnson	7:23	25.0	6.5	0-1
Nick Bonino · Kyle Rau · Nico Sturm	2:09	50.0	0.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jonas Brodin · Carson Soucy	12:07	40.0	31.1	0-0
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon	10:22	54.5	54.1	0-2
Ian Cole · Brad Hunt	6:43	50.0	29.7	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	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	20:35	0.73	10-18	0.41-0.43
9	Zach Parise	L	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	17:48	0.33	7-20	0.18-1.14
26	Gerry Mayhew	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	16:16	0.11	10-17	0.35-0.30
7	Carson Soucy	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	21:15	0.01	10-22	0.19-0.30
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	10:35	0.02	1-6	0.00-0.15
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	16:05	0.18	12-13	0.44-0.18
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	15:38	0.16	12-13	0.44-0.27
17	Brad Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	17:01	0.08	11-14	0.18-0.50
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	26:57	0.05	14-20	0.70-0.89
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	23:21	0.04	12-21	0.19-0.69
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:38	0.02	9-17	0.17-0.35
37	Kyle Rau	C	0	0	0	0	5	2	2	07:26	0.17	6-3	0.09-0.07
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	16:36	0.55	13-14	0.45-0.25
41	Luke Johnson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	12:44		9-14	0.21-0.81
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	15:03	0.03	12-10	0.70-0.60
49	Victor Rask	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15:25		10-16	0.35-0.22
72	Nick Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	14:39	0.15	5-19	0.05-1.06
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	10:31	0.06	7-3	0.22-0.12

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Cam Talbot	L	31	29	2	59:02	2.53	+0.53

Colorado Avalanche

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Gabriel Landeskog · J.T. Compher · Mikko Rantanen	9:39	62.5	62.8	0-0
Nazem Kadri · Brandon Saad · Andre Burakovsky	7:53	33.3	9.5	0-0
Joonas Donskoi · Valeri Nichushkin · Tyson Jost	6:38	70.6	89.5	1-0
Sheldon Dries · Kiefer Sherwood · Logan O'Connor	4:50	72.7	70.9	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Samuel Girard · Conor Timmins	8:10	61.5	82.8	1-0
Cale Makar · Bowen Byram	7:28	41.7	36.6	0-0
Ryan Graves · Jacob MacDonald	5:19	45.5	29.6	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
25	Logan O'Connor	R	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	08:15	0.13	9-7	0.13-0.15
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	13:51	0.30	18-8	0.90-0.19
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	26:23	0.31	18-13	0.64-0.44
44	Kiefer Sherwood	L	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	08:02		11-4	0.22-0.07
72	Joonas Donskoi	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	13:29	0.10	17-8	0.99-0.09
9	Jacob MacDonald	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	15:35	0.10	15-9	0.37-0.28
15	Sheldon Dries	C	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	08:20	0.18	11-5	0.33-0.31
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	17:11	0.03	17-12	0.69-0.13
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:27	0.09	11-8	0.30-0.33
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	14:27	0.01	11-10	0.54-0.16
24	Bowen Byram	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:51	0.10	13-13	0.25-0.37
27	Ryan Graves	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:20	0.09	19-11	0.60-0.40
28	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	14:48	0.13	7-9	0.10-0.39
37	J.T. Compher	L	0	0	0	0	7	2	1	18:48	0.14	12-7	0.29-0.24
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	25:47	0.01	28-12	0.93-0.48
91	Nazem Kadri	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:32	0.31	11-9	0.32-0.33
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	21:56	0.01	14-13	0.34-0.52
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	21:57	0.47	18-12	0.38-0.45

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	28	27	1	59:34	2.71	+1.71