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Minnesota Wild, 2017-18

Be the GM of the Minnesota Wild Take over the 2017-18 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Central Division, Western Conference Made the playoffs

2017-18 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
8 82 45-26-11 101 0.616 253 232 +21 27-6-8 18-20-3

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 82 games. 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. What these numbers mean

47.2Corsi for %29th of 31 · 3,434 attempts for, 3,843 against
48.1Fenwick for %23rd of 31 · unblocked attempts
49.7Shots for %20th of 31 · shots on goal
53.3Expected goals for %3rd of 31 · 152.2 expected for, 133.3 against
52.6Goals for %9th of 31 · 160 for, 144 against
100.9PDO8.2% shooting + 92.7% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 31 teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

40%45%50%55%60%65%Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

Each point looks back over the last 10 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the season.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikko Koivu · Jason Zucker · Mikael Granlund53407:4750.264.816-12
Eric Staal · Jason Zucker · Nino Niederreiter27185:3655.061.611-3
Daniel Winnik · Marcus Foligno · Joel Eriksson Ek24174:4049.652.37-6
Eric Staal · Jason Zucker · Mikael Granlund34149:0653.263.910-7
Mikko Koivu · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund21134:2747.953.65-3
Matt Cullen · Tyler Ennis · Charlie Coyle20112:0051.560.67-3
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon59910:2951.459.526-35
Jonas Brodin · Mathew Dumba59798:4546.850.441-29
Ryan Suter · Mathew Dumba53491:4948.855.019-17
Jonas Brodin · Ryan Murphy18241:0345.349.18-6
Nate Prosser · Gustav Olofsson22208:5247.062.38-5

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Shots for
Shots against

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
1st Round Winnipeg Jets Lost 1-4

Value for money

$73.4MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 25 ranked players
$76MWorth at the going rate98.2 goals above replacement
+$2.6MValue15th of 31 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits CF% xGF% Rating Cap hit Value
Eric Staal C 82 42 34 76 8 42 241 42 49.6 54.8 +10.4 $3.5M+$3.7M
Mikael Granlund C 77 21 46 67 13 18 193 47 49.9 60.5 +14.9 $5.75M+$4.4M
Jason Zucker L 82 33 31 64 8 44 222 80 49.9 59.3 +15.5 $2M+$8.5M
Ryan Suter D 78 6 45 51 -1 34 149 78 49.3 56.6 +9.0 $7.538M-$1.2M
Mathew Dumba D 82 14 36 50 15 41 176 136 47.2 50.8 +3.6 $2.55M+$356K
Mikko Koivu C 82 14 31 45 9 46 170 51 49.2 59.7 +5.7 $6.75M-$2.5M
Charlie Coyle C 66 11 26 37 8 18 117 76 45.0 51.1 +4.1 $3.2M+$40K
Jared Spurgeon D 61 9 28 37 -6 8 110 64 50.3 58.8 +11.8 $5.188M+$2.9M
Nino Niederreiter R 63 18 14 32 14 36 133 58 53.0 56.1 +6.1 $5.25M-$735K
Zach Parise L 42 15 9 24 0 14 119 26 46.7 52.8 +3.9 $7.538M-$4.4M
Daniel Winnik L 81 6 17 23 5 27 82 27 45.1 46.6 -0.6 $660K-$419K
Marcus Foligno L 77 8 15 23 2 72 79 185 47.8 50.6 +2.3 $2.875M-$783K
Matt Cullen C 79 11 11 22 -1 20 104 14 40.9 45.2 -0.9 $1M-$941K
Tyler Ennis R 73 8 14 22 -1 12 115 51 47.1 55.3 +5.2 $4.6M-$701K
Jonas Brodin D 73 6 15 21 23 30 77 34 46.1 50.8 +2.1 $4.167M-$2.2M
Joel Eriksson Ek C 75 6 10 16 2 22 124 134 47.7 52.1 +1.6 $894K+$767K
Chris Stewart R 47 9 4 13 -1 27 59 37 42.3 47.0 -1.6 $1.15M-$1.5M
Mike Reilly D 38 2 8 10 -6 18 36 24 44.0 45.1 -3.2 $725K-$2.2M
Nate Prosser D 56 3 6 9 8 19 27 56 42.7 51.6 +2.6 $650K+$1.6M
Gustav Olofsson D 41 0 8 8 0 14 22 23 46.5 54.9 +0.6 $725K+$279K
Ryan Murphy D 21 2 3 5 8 16 25 5 46.8 49.3 -1.1 $700K-$792K
Zack Mitchell R 23 3 2 5 -2 4 17 26 34.0 40.8 +0.0 $660K-$23K
Luke Kunin C 19 2 2 4 -3 13 32 34 48.3 42.2 -1.6 $925K
Nick Seeler D 22 0 4 4 10 21 17 20 49.5 57.8 +1.0 $718K+$511K
Kyle Quincey D 18 0 3 3 -4 28 11 21 41.0 46.8 -1.9 $1.25M
Louie Belpedio D 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 54.3 59.9 +0.2 $925K
Jordan Greenway L 6 0 1 1 0 0 4 5 44.4 50.5 +0.4 $917K
Kyle Rau C 3 0 1 1 0 0 4 7 47.5 42.5 -0.2 $700K
Landon Ferraro C 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 35.7 57.9 +0.2 $700K
Cal O'Reilly C 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 31.3 38.3 +0.0 $700K
Carson Soucy D 3 0 0 0 -2 2 4 4 47.2 52.0 +0.5 $925K
Christoph Bertschy C 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 25.0 29.7 -0.4 $776K
Justin Kloos C 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 60.0 90.6 -0.1 $793K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Devan Dubnyk 60 351675 1769 1624 145 2.52 0.918 -10.8 +2.9 $4.333M-$3.1M
Alex Stalock 28 101041 787 716 71 2.85 0.910 -5.6 +1.1 $650K+$227K

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 7, 2018 @ SJS W 6-3 24 30
Apr 5, 2018 @ LAK L 4-5 (OT) 27 28
Apr 4, 2018 @ ANA L 1-3 27 30
Apr 2, 2018 vs EDM W 3-0 40 22
Mar 31, 2018 @ DAL L 1-4 34 36
Mar 29, 2018 vs DAL W 5-2 22 31
Mar 27, 2018 @ NSH L 1-2 (SO) 23 29
Mar 25, 2018 vs BOS L 1-2 (OT) 25 28
Mar 24, 2018 vs NSH W 4-1 30 20
Mar 19, 2018 vs LAK L 3-4 (OT) 27 30
Mar 17, 2018 @ ARI W 3-1 33 31
Mar 16, 2018 @ VGK W 4-2 30 28
Mar 13, 2018 vs COL L 1-5 34 22
Mar 10, 2018 @ EDM L 1-4 33 28
Mar 9, 2018 @ VAN W 5-2 36 32
Mar 6, 2018 vs CAR W 6-2 31 31
Mar 4, 2018 vs DET W 4-1 27 29
Mar 2, 2018 @ COL L 1-7 32 26
Mar 1, 2018 @ ARI L 3-5 35 25
Feb 27, 2018 vs STL W 8-3 33 25
Feb 25, 2018 vs SJS W 3-2 (OT) 41 28
Feb 23, 2018 @ NYR W 4-1 37 23
Feb 22, 2018 @ NJD W 4-2 25 40
Feb 19, 2018 @ NYI W 5-3 32 35
Feb 17, 2018 vs ANA L 2-3 (SO) 38 31
Feb 15, 2018 vs WSH L 2-5 34 27
Feb 13, 2018 vs NYR W 3-2 29 34
Feb 10, 2018 vs CHI W 3-0 19 44
Feb 8, 2018 vs ARI L 3-4 (OT) 28 40
Feb 6, 2018 @ STL W 6-2 20 37
Feb 3, 2018 @ DAL L 1-6 31 38
Feb 2, 2018 vs VGK W 5-2 35 24
Jan 30, 2018 @ CBJ W 3-2 (SO) 43 30
Jan 25, 2018 @ PIT L 3-6 26 39
Jan 22, 2018 vs OTT W 3-1 36 38
Jan 20, 2018 vs TBL W 5-2 35 23
Jan 14, 2018 vs VAN L 2-3 (OT) 23 25
Jan 13, 2018 vs WPG W 4-1 41 33
Jan 10, 2018 @ CHI W 2-1 27 35
Jan 9, 2018 vs CGY L 2-3 (OT) 35 29
Jan 6, 2018 @ COL L 2-7 36 38
Jan 4, 2018 vs BUF W 6-2 27 31
Jan 2, 2018 vs FLA W 5-1 41 26
Dec 30, 2017 @ NSH L 0-3 29 29
Dec 29, 2017 vs NSH W 4-2 38 43
Dec 27, 2017 vs DAL W 4-2 31 26
Dec 23, 2017 @ TBL L 0-3 22 31
Dec 22, 2017 @ FLA L 2-4 31 34
Dec 19, 2017 @ OTT W 6-4 40 32
Dec 17, 2017 @ CHI L 1-4 28 46
Dec 16, 2017 vs EDM L 2-3 31 29
Dec 14, 2017 vs TOR W 2-0 26 28
Dec 12, 2017 vs CGY W 2-1 (SO) 22 27
Dec 10, 2017 @ SJS W 4-3 (OT) 24 34
Dec 8, 2017 @ ANA W 3-2 (OT) 31 28
Dec 5, 2017 @ LAK L 2-5 21 28
Dec 2, 2017 vs STL W 2-1 (OT) 25 42
Nov 30, 2017 vs VGK W 4-2 32 31
Nov 27, 2017 @ WPG L 2-7 19 28
Nov 25, 2017 @ STL L 3-6 25 40
Nov 24, 2017 vs COL W 3-2 (SO) 27 30
Nov 22, 2017 @ BUF W 5-4 32 34
Nov 20, 2017 vs NJD L 3-4 (OT) 36 25
Nov 18, 2017 @ WSH L 1-3 31 43
Nov 16, 2017 vs NSH W 6-4 36 30
Nov 14, 2017 vs PHI W 3-0 20 30
Nov 11, 2017 @ PHI W 1-0 27 32
Nov 9, 2017 @ MTL W 3-0 35 41
Nov 8, 2017 @ TOR L 2-4 37 19
Nov 6, 2017 @ BOS L 3-5 27 34
Nov 4, 2017 vs CHI L 0-2 24 35
Nov 2, 2017 vs MTL W 6-3 27 31
Oct 31, 2017 vs WPG L 1-2 29 19
Oct 28, 2017 vs PIT W 2-1 29 30
Oct 26, 2017 vs NYI W 6-4 33 33
Oct 24, 2017 vs VAN L 0-1 29 25
Oct 21, 2017 @ CGY W 4-2 32 37
Oct 20, 2017 @ WPG L 3-4 27 30
Oct 14, 2017 vs CBJ L 4-5 (OT) 21 35
Oct 12, 2017 @ CHI W 5-2 34 38
Oct 7, 2017 @ CAR L 4-5 (SO) 27 42
Oct 5, 2017 @ DET L 2-4 39 31