Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild

1st Round, Game 4 · May 22, 2021 · Xcel Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Vegas Golden Knights	4	18
Minnesota Wild	0	35

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
10:37	VGK	Nicolas Roy (1)	Keegan Kolesar (1)	1 - 0
2nd Period
09:08	VGK	Alex Tuch (3)	Chandler Stephenson (3), Zach Whitecloud (1)	2 - 0
13:41	VGK	Mark Stone (3) SH	Unassisted	3 - 0
3rd Period
18:32	VGK	Nicolas Roy (2)	Mattias Janmark (2), Keegan Kolesar (2)	4 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
00:11	VGK	William Carrier	Roughing	2
18:21	MIN	Carson Soucy	Cross checking	2
2nd Period
11:32	VGK	Zach Whitecloud	High sticking double minor	4

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights	42	30	18	4	2.3	39.3
Minnesota Wild	66	47	35	0	2.8	60.7

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

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 2.3 expected, 4 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.8 expected, 0 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

Vegas Golden Knights

Minnesota Wild

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.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault	11:03	40.9	33.5	0-0
Mattias Janmark · Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy	9:53	40.0	47.8	1-0
Mark Stone · Chandler Stephenson · Alex Tuch	9:06	40.9	35.8	1-0
Ryan Reaves · William Carrier · Patrick Brown	7:47	50.0	79.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Holden · Shea Theodore	17:32	31.3	38.6	0-0
Nicolas Hague · Zach Whitecloud	14:47	56.0	70.7	1-0
Alec Martinez · Alex Pietrangelo	12:20	31.8	20.7	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
10	Nicolas Roy	C	2	0	2	2	0	4	1	13:52	0.21	8-12	0.52-0.61
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	2	2	2	0	1	3	13:36	0.11	9-13	0.60-0.72
61	Mark Stone	R	1	0	1	2	0	1	1	17:07	0.24	11-17	0.41-0.80
89	Alex Tuch	R	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	13:58	0.26	12-15	0.47-0.72
9	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	16:30		10-16	0.40-0.84
13	Mattias Janmark	C	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	15:27		6-14	0.44-0.57
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	1	1	1	4	1	2	16:35	0.10	15-11	0.59-0.25
5	Nick Holden	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	20:03		10-26	0.51-0.97
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	21:12	0.00	10-18	0.32-0.96
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:16	0.10	9-15	0.20-0.48
25	Alec Martinez	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	19:37	0.04	8-18	0.21-0.94
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	23:21	0.15	13-24	0.62-0.95
28	William Carrier	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	10:59	0.30	8-11	0.30-0.34
38	Patrick Brown	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	11:10		7-9	0.25-0.08
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	18:14	0.14	14-11	0.59-0.25
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18:27	0.04	9-17	0.20-0.62
75	Ryan Reaves	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	10:24		7-9	0.25-0.16
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	16:12	0.03	9-14	0.20-0.53

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W, SO	35	35	0	60:00	2.57	+2.57

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marcus Foligno · Jordan Greenway · Joel Eriksson Ek	7:42	55.6	73.4	0-0
Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman · Kirill Kaprizov	7:21	41.7	39.8	0-0
Zach Parise · Kyle Rau · Nico Sturm	5:20	46.2	71.6	0-0
Mats Zuccarello · Ryan Hartman · Kevin Fiala	5:10	83.3	71.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba	17:16	54.8	68.6	0-0
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon	16:25	64.3	59.8	0-0
Ian Cole · Carson Soucy	12:11	65.0	63.9	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
7	Carson Soucy	D	-1	2	1	2	12:42	0.00	16-9	0.56-0.34
9	Zach Parise	L	-2	0	2	2	12:17	0.21	8-9	0.37-0.36
12	Nick Bonino	C	-2	0	1	0	12:19	0.01	4-4	0.15-0.32
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	3	4	16:22	0.20	24-9	0.89-0.21
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	-2	0	4	6	21:05	0.41	25-10	0.90-0.22
17	Marcus Foligno	L	-1	0	2	7	14:49	0.40	12-10	0.60-0.36
22	Ryan Suter	D	-1	0	0	0	21:29	0.01	18-11	0.77-0.52
22	Kevin Fiala	L	-2	0	6	3	18:52	0.60	15-6	0.65-0.49
24	Mathew Dumba	D	-2	0	1	0	23:08	0.04	18-16	0.76-0.56
25	Jonas Brodin	D	-1	0	1	1	20:56	0.04	21-15	0.80-0.40
28	Ian Cole	D	-1	0	1	0	13:58	0.02	16-8	0.59-0.37
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	-1	0	3	0	16:55	0.18	15-12	0.73-0.55
37	Kyle Rau	C	0	0	2	2	09:37	0.13	9-8	0.38-0.20
38	Ryan Hartman	R	-1	0	2	2	17:28	0.18	15-9	0.73-0.54
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	-2	0	2	3	23:07	0.14	18-12	0.77-0.65
49	Victor Rask	C	-1	0	1	2	12:47	0.06	4-7	0.13-0.30
78	Nico Sturm	C	-1	0	1	0	11:52	0.01	10-9	0.38-0.36
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	0	2	1	20:56	0.17	22-11	0.61-0.35

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Cam Talbot	L	17	14	3	57:21	1.57	-1.43