Minnesota Wild at Seattle Kraken

Jan 8, 2026 · Climate Pledge Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Minnesota Wild	3	34
Seattle Kraken	2	28

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
05:00	MIN	Ryan Hartman (11)	Kirill Kaprizov (26)	1 - 0
15:54	MIN	Brock Faber (10)	Quinn Hughes (33), Matt Boldy (23)	2 - 0
3rd Period
03:13	SEA	Adam Larsson (3)	Vince Dunn (18)	2 - 1
09:07	SEA	Matty Beniers (8) PP	Jared McCann (7), Vince Dunn (19)	2 - 2
Overtime
02:09	MIN	Mats Zuccarello (5)	Kirill Kaprizov (27), Brock Faber (16)	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
10:06	SEA	Adam Larsson	High sticking	2
16:36	MIN	Ryan Hartman	Tripping	2
3rd Period
06:49	MIN	Jake Middleton	Tripping	2
08:48	MIN	Yakov Trenin	Elbowing	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild	65	46	34	3	2.9	51.9
Seattle Kraken	63	54	28	2	2.9	48.1

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 Seattle Kraken had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Seattle Kraken: 2.9 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

Minnesota Wild

Seattle Kraken

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
Mats Zuccarello · Kirill Kaprizov · Danila Yurov	14:02	62.1	70.1	0-0
Marcus Foligno · Vladimir Tarasenko · Ryan Hartman	7:33	35.3	51.1	0-0
Vinnie Hinostroza · Yakov Trenin · Nico Sturm	6:03	23.1	6.5	0-0
Marcus Johansson · Joel Eriksson Ek · Matt Boldy	5:15	70.0	42.8	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Quinn Hughes · Brock Faber	21:24	62.2	53.0	2-1
Jared Spurgeon · Jonas Brodin	12:42	33.3	34.5	0-0
Jake Middleton · Daemon Hunt	8:12	30.8	39.6	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

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
7	Brock Faber	D	1	1	2	2	0	3	0	29:09	0.11	28-19	0.91-0.83
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	2	2	1	0	4	2	24:44	0.34	26-19	0.85-0.79
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	1	0	1	2	0	3	0	18:41	0.50	19-13	0.75-0.36
38	Ryan Hartman	R	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	18:41	0.43	17-17	0.76-0.66
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	20:09	0.38	21-4	0.61-0.14
43	Quinn Hughes	D	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	30:13	0.25	35-19	1.17-1.05
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	5	12:09	0.03	6-15	0.07-0.74
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	07:57	0.12	7-3	0.10-0.13
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	13:07	0.08	9-14	0.36-0.39
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	15:42	0.18	19-11	0.73-0.30
24	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	09:04	0.02	5-16	0.05-0.82
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:40	0.09	13-21	0.42-0.76
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16:30	0.06	14-21	0.46-0.74
48	Daemon Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11:35		6-11	0.10-0.41
55	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	13:06		12-9	0.42-0.16
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	11:21		6-16	0.06-0.78
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	16:18	0.25	19-7	0.56-0.40
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:02	0.08	8-15	0.33-0.39

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Jesper Wallstedt	W	28	26	2	62:09	2.81	+0.81

Seattle Kraken

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jared McCann · Kaapo Kakko · Matty Beniers	13:12	57.1	60.2	0-1
Chandler Stephenson · Frederick Gaudreau · Eeli Tolvanen	12:16	28.6	9.8	0-0
Tye Kartye · Jacob Melanson · Ben Meyers	9:58	57.9	62.5	1-0
Ryan Winterton · Shane Wright · Berkly Catton	8:34	42.9	57.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Adam Larsson · Vince Dunn	20:01	48.9	53.7	1-1
Jamie Oleksiak · Ryker Evans	14:38	54.2	35.8	0-1
Ryan Lindgren · Cale Fleury	13:44	39.1	51.7	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
29	Vince Dunn	D	0	2	2	0	0	4	0	25:32	0.21	25-24	1.01-0.85
6	Adam Larsson	D	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	23:51	0.07	27-29	1.27-0.91
10	Matty Beniers	C	1	0	1	-2	0	4	0	19:55	0.81	18-13	0.68-0.46
19	Jared McCann	L	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	18:48	0.33	17-13	0.67-0.44
4	Jamie Oleksiak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	16:32	0.03	13-12	0.21-0.39
8	Cale Fleury	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:32	0.04	10-18	0.49-0.50
9	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:30		9-22	0.11-0.78
17	Eeli Tolvanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	15:08	0.09	8-21	0.08-0.77
24	Tye Kartye	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	12:12	0.34	14-8	0.54-0.32
26	Ryan Winterton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	11:33		7-9	0.37-0.12
27	Berkly Catton	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:04	0.10	10-11	0.43-0.18
41	Ryker Evans	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	18:52	0.01	16-11	0.49-0.38
51	Shane Wright	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	11:24	0.19	7-11	0.14-0.18
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:56	0.07	10-14	0.49-0.45
59	Ben Meyers	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	13:38	0.36	15-8	1.04-0.32
63	Jacob Melanson	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	12:20		14-8	0.79-0.32
84	Kaapo Kakko	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	16:46	0.24	19-15	0.94-0.50
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	19:54	0.05	11-23	0.12-0.83

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Philipp Grubauer	OTL	34	31	3	62:09	2.80	-0.20