Minnesota Wild at San Jose Sharks
Recap
written from the game dataThe Minnesota Wild beat the San Jose Sharks 5-2. The Wild scored first and never trailed. The Wild led 3-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Mats Zuccarello's goal at 8:01 of the second period, which took the Wild's chances from 47% to 65%. Expected goals favored the Wild, 3.9 to 2.1; shots on goal were MIN 31, SJS 26. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Wild win a replay of these chances 65% of the time. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 24 of 26 (.923); Vitek Vanecek stopped 26 of 30 (.867), 1.0 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Kirill Kaprizov (3 A), 2. Marc-Andre Fleury (24 saves, .923), 3. Macklin Celebrini (2 G).
Three stars
- ★K. Kaprizov3 A

- ★★M. Fleury24 saves, .923

- ★★★M. Celebrini2 G

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
7 goals1st period
1-02:22
2nd period
1-14:36
2-18:01
3-113:26
3rd period
4-16:02
4-216:08
5-218:25
Penalties
1st
- 10:02
Carl Grundstrom · Trippingdrawn by Ryan Hartman2 min
- 15:22
Barclay Goodrow · Hookingdrawn by Joel Eriksson Ek2 min
2nd
- 1:17
Brock Faber · Trippingdrawn by Tyler Toffoli2 min
- 12:28
Luke Kunin · Slashingdrawn by Matt Boldy2 min
- 16:31
Joel Eriksson Ek · Slashingdrawn by Fabian Zetterlund2 min
3rd
- 8:28
Jared Spurgeon · Holdingdrawn by Macklin Celebrini2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Mats Zuccarello, 2nd 8:01 — 47% → 65%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 3.94 G
- All situations
- 2 G2.1
- 2.23 G
- Even strength
- 2 G1.1
- 0.71 G
- Power play
- 0 G1.1
- 0.10 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.0
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 85 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 2.96 – 2.13
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 31
- Shots on goal
- 26
- 38%
- Faceoffs
- 63%
- 1/3
- Power play
- 0/3
- 6
- Penalty minutes
- 6
- 16
- Hits
- 20
- 9
- Blocked shots
- 17
- 13
- Giveaways
- 18
- 5
- Takeaways
- 5
Box score
every player line
Season series
MIN leads 3-0
5@
2this game
3@
1Final
7@
8OTFinal
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).
