Vegas Golden Knights at Minnesota Wild

Dec 15, 2024 · Xcel Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Vegas Golden Knights	3	27
Minnesota Wild	2	22

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
01:30	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov (21)	Mats Zuccarello (10)	0 - 1
09:31	VGK	Victor Olofsson (6) PP	Shea Theodore (22), Jack Eichel (32)	1 - 1
2nd Period
06:04	VGK	Shea Theodore (4)	Jack Eichel (33), Mark Stone (18)	2 - 1
16:56	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov (22)	Brock Faber (14), Mats Zuccarello (11)	2 - 2
3rd Period
03:49	VGK	Victor Olofsson (7)	William Karlsson (8), Pavel Dorofeyev (6)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
09:24	MIN	Frederick Gaudreau	Closing hand on puck	2
17:00	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	Fighting	5
17:00	MIN	Marcus Foligno	Fighting	5
3rd Period
19:10	VGK	Nicolas Roy	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights	56	38	27	3	1.4	52.9
Minnesota Wild	51	33	22	2	2.1	47.1

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

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 1.4 expected, 3 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.1 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.

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
Tanner Pearson · Keegan Kolesar · Nicolas Roy	7:20	20.0	4.5	0-0
William Karlsson · Brett Howden · Pavel Dorofeyev	6:37	63.6	51.9	0-0
Mark Stone · Jack Eichel · Brett Howden	6:21	42.9	89.7	1-0
Mark Stone · Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel	4:49	60.0	49.2	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alex Pietrangelo · Noah Hanifin	19:40	50.0	38.6	1-0
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore	19:10	48.4	28.3	0-1
Nicolas Hague · Zach Whitecloud	15:05	58.3	47.6	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

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
95	Victor Olofsson	L	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	15:56	0.41	19-15	0.46-0.36
27	Shea Theodore	D	1	1	2	0	0	3	0	21:02	0.21	18-18	0.49-0.97
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	2	2	-1	0	1	0	20:58	0.02	14-15	0.57-0.49
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	14:30	0.04	15-12	0.36-0.32
61	Mark Stone	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	19:48	0.14	15-13	0.57-0.42
71	William Karlsson	C	0	1	1	1	0	5	0	17:08	0.14	17-14	0.43-0.45
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	22:11	0.03	17-19	0.35-0.95
7	Alex Pietrangelo	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	23:31		14-14	0.35-0.55
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	13:07		5-18	0.04-1.21
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	20:56	0.01	14-13	0.36-0.55
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	18:14	0.00	14-9	0.40-0.19
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	09:30		12-5	0.14-0.24
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	15:44	0.01	23-16	0.53-0.66
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	16:36	0.11	24-18	0.65-0.64
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	16:03	0.17	22-13	0.40-0.41
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	05:00	0.14	6-4	0.32-0.33
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	14:25	0.01	12-15	0.24-0.97
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	14:31		14-14	0.19-1.06

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Ilya Samsonov	W	22	20	2	60:00	2.16	+0.16

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mats Zuccarello · Kirill Kaprizov · Marco Rossi	17:45	51.9	62.4	2-1
Marcus Johansson · Ryan Hartman · Matt Boldy	13:05	25.0	39.3	0-0
Marcus Foligno · Frederick Gaudreau · Ben Jones	3:25	33.3	64.5	0-1
Devin Shore · Ben Jones · Marat Khusnutdinov	2:25	33.3	70.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jonas Brodin · Brock Faber	21:23	36.8	35.1	1-2
Jared Spurgeon · Declan Chisholm	14:38	65.0	81.3	0-0
Zach Bogosian · Jon Merrill	6:30	33.3	92.8	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	2	0	2	1	0	6	0	28:03	0.69	20-20	1.05-0.59
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	23:40		17-16	1.03-0.70
7	Brock Faber	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	25:59	0.07	16-29	0.53-0.99
4	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	07:33		5-11	0.42-0.11
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	23:01		14-21	0.44-0.40
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	-1	5	1	2	13:57	0.13	16-11	0.58-0.25
19	Devin Shore	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	05:06	0.09	5-6	0.15-0.06
23	Marco Rossi	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	23:19	0.10	16-16	1.07-0.52
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	13:28	0.02	15-11	0.62-0.05
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	23:35		17-25	0.52-0.81
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	17:49	0.15	12-20	0.32-0.57
39	Ben Jones	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	08:39	0.12	8-13	0.29-0.11
44	Travis Dermott	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	07:47	0.01	11-7	0.52-0.12
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:37	0.24	20-11	1.00-0.24
47	Declan Chisholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18:57		14-16	0.67-0.42
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	13:11	0.16	14-12	0.52-0.20
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	21:13	0.29	18-22	0.75-0.64
92	Marat Khusnutdinov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	06:17	0.06	7-8	0.23-0.08

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Jesper Wallstedt	L	27	24	3	57:42	1.44	-1.56