Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights

Apr 3, 2021 · T-Mobile Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	2	27
Vegas Golden Knights	1	28

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
05:33	VGK	Tomas Nosek (5)	Nicolas Roy (4), Alex Tuch (10)	0 - 1
3rd Period
06:13	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov (14) PP	Joel Eriksson Ek (7), Kevin Fiala (10)	1 - 1
07:08	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek (12)	Jordan Greenway (18), Ryan Suter (12)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
05:07	MIN	Carson Soucy	Interference	2
15:24	VGK	Reilly Smith	Slashing	2
15:29	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov	Interference	2
3rd Period
04:57	VGK	Cody Glass	Tripping	2
11:15	MIN	Jordan Greenway	Slashing	2
15:44	VGK	Tomas Nosek	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	48	37	27	2	3.6	42.6
Vegas Golden Knights	73	47	28	1	3.4	57.4

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 Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 3.6 expected, 2 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 3.4 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

Vegas Golden Knights

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
Jordan Greenway · Joel Eriksson Ek · Kirill Kaprizov	10:51	57.7	64.4	1-0
Marcus Johansson · Nick Bjugstad · Ryan Hartman	10:24	57.1	33.1	0-1
Nick Bonino · Victor Rask · Kevin Fiala	8:58	47.8	54.5	0-0
Kyle Rau · Luke Johnson · Nico Sturm	5:55	11.1	4.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba	16:14	50.0	51.3	0-0
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon	14:48	52.9	56.0	1-1
Ian Cole · Carson Soucy	12:45	22.7	24.3	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
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	1	1	2	1	0	3	6	16:41	0.51	15-15	0.90-0.62
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	1	0	1	1	2	4	0	18:40	0.48	18-19	0.98-0.90
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	1	1	1	2	1	1	16:25	0.21	16-16	0.93-0.51
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	20:29		19-17	1.29-1.03
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	18:11	0.36	17-21	1.05-0.83
7	Carson Soucy	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	14:40		5-19	0.17-0.57
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	15:34	0.35	16-16	1.00-0.47
24	Mathew Dumba	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	22:11	0.06	19-20	0.82-0.75
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	23:03	0.06	18-20	0.71-0.75
28	Ian Cole	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15:41		6-21	0.17-0.62
37	Kyle Rau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	09:39		1-12	0.01-0.24
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	18:08		11-10	0.35-0.54
41	Luke Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11:34	0.01	2-18	0.04-0.56
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21:48		19-19	1.34-1.06
49	Victor Rask	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:02		13-15	0.54-0.82
72	Nick Bjugstad	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	11:57	0.14	9-8	0.31-0.77
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	08:01		1-16	0.01-0.38
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	16:16	0.43	10-8	0.63-0.53

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Cam Talbot	W	28	27	1	60:00	3.42	+2.42

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault	12:29	53.1	35.6	0-0
Max Pacioretty · Mark Stone · Cody Glass	11:58	65.0	80.9	0-0
Tomas Nosek · Alex Tuch · Nicolas Roy	8:19	44.4	44.1	1-1
William Carrier · Patrick Brown · Keegan Kolesar	4:35	66.7	77.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Pietrangelo · Brayden McNabb	14:34	42.4	35.0	0-1
Alec Martinez · Shea Theodore	14:33	63.3	64.4	0-0
Nick Holden · Dylan Coghlan	9:41	81.8	77.0	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
92	Tomas Nosek	L	1	0	1	0	2	1	0	13:03	0.18	11-11	0.75-0.77
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	11:29	0.20	11-11	0.75-0.84
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	16:01	0.37	14-16	0.78-0.94
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	19:12	0.04	16-20	0.68-0.98
5	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	15:55	0.03	22-6	0.95-0.33
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	27:15	0.13	17-26	0.54-1.43
12	Cody Glass	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	15:10	0.04	14-9	0.33-0.09
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	19:22	0.21	18-21	0.58-1.23
25	Alec Martinez	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:10	0.07	20-11	0.92-0.49
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	22:15	0.28	23-15	1.06-1.00
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	10:26	0.19	16-3	0.64-0.08
38	Patrick Brown	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	05:14	0.04	7-3	0.51-0.08
52	Dylan Coghlan	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:02	0.01	18-8	0.63-0.26
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	08:22	0.16	14-3	0.72-0.08
61	Mark Stone	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:35	0.42	14-8	0.33-0.11
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	19:14	0.10	15-7	0.34-0.08
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	21:49	0.45	20-20	0.60-1.32
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	18:37	0.49	20-17	0.84-1.16

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	L	27	25	2	58:33	2.74	+0.74