Minnesota Wild

MIN · 1-0-0

3–1

FinalW

Nashville Predators

NSH · 0-1-0

1ST2ND3RDT MIN 2909112330 NSH 061707120 goals · shots on goal

Season opener for both teams ·First meeting this season — the Wild lead the season series 1–0

MIN 1-0-0 · NSH 0-1-0 · First meeting this season — the Wild lead the season series 1–0

Wild beat the Predators

The Wild earned it: 2.6 expected goals to 1.5, and a 3–1 win to show for it.

▶ Recap ↗ ▶ Condensed game ↗

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★ NHL first starBlake Coleman

MIN · LW · #20 1 G · 0 A · 1 P

Who had the better chances

The Wild created the better chances: 2.6 expected goals to 1.5, on 30 and 20 shots on goal.

MIN 2.6 xG · 30 shots NSH 1.5 xG · 20 shots

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1

2

1st 1.0 · 0.6

2nd 0.9 · 0.4

3rd 0.6 · 0.5

Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.

Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Wild win 69.

MIN 69%NSH 31%

Goals and penalties

4 goals · 8 penalties

← Wild shoot this way Predators shoot this way →

On net Missed Bigger = better chance 1Goal, numbered to the list

1st period

PEN

03:05

Jared Spurgeon· Holding

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

06:22

Nick Perbix· High-sticking

Killed

2 min
Minor

1

09:35

Nick Foligno

Michael McCarron, Olli Maatta · wrist shot on a rebound, a good chance (17%)

1–0 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

10:47

Mavrik Bourque· Tripping

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

12:07

Jack Drury· Tripping

Coleman scored on this power play

2 min
Minor

2

13:48

Blake Coleman PPGWG

Bobby Brink, Danila Yurov · Power play (Drury, tripping) · wrist shot, a good chance (17%)

2–0 ▶ Watch ↗

2nd period

PEN

04:26

Matt Boldy· High-sticking

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

07:20

Ryan Hartman· Tripping

Killed

2 min
Minor

3

09:23

Roman Josi

Filip Forsberg, Steven Stamkos · slap shot, a low-percentage shot (2%) that found a way in

2–1 ▶ Watch ↗

3rd period

4

04:42

Kirill Kaprizov

Quinn Hughes, Jared Spurgeon · tip in shot, a good chance (12%)

3–1 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

05:12

Blake Coleman· Holding the stick

Killed

2 min
Minor

PEN

08:02

Jonathan Marchessault· Tripping

Killed

2 min
Minor

NHL three stars

the league's pick

★ 1st star

Blake Coleman

MIN · LW · #20 1 G · 0 A · 1 P1G 0A ★ 2nd star

Nick Foligno

MIN · LW · #71 1 G · 0 A · 1 P1G 0A ★ 3rd star

Roman Josi

NSH · D · #59 1 G · 0 A · 1 P1G 0A

Goaltending

Jesper Wallstedt

MIN

+0.3

vs expected

19/20 saves · 1 GA · 1.3 xGA Gave up about what the shots he faced would predict.

Juuse Saros

NSH

−0.2

vs expected

27/30 saves · 3 GA · 2.8 xGA Gave up about what the shots he faced would predict.

Team MINNSH

Shots on goal

30

20

Expected goals

2.6

1.5

Hits

0

Blocks

0

Faceoffs

48%

52%

Power play

1/4

0/4

Penalty minutes

8

The Wild went 1-for-4 on the power play and killed all 4 Predators power plays.

Box score

xG and GSAx are Inside the Game numbers

Forwards	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
12Matt BoldyM. BoldyLW	0	0	0	0	2	5	21:28	19	—	0	1	0	0.7
97Kirill KaprizovK. KaprizovLW	1	0	1	+1	0	3	20:53	19	—	0	1	0	0.7
14Joel Eriksson EkJ. Eriksson EkC	0	0	0	+1	0	3	20:20	18	46%	0	1	0	0.1
49Maxim ShabanovM. ShabanovRW	0	0	0	0	0	0	15:09	15	—	0	1	1	0.1
20Blake ColemanB. ColemanLW	1	0	1	0	2	2	13:44	20	—	1	2	1	0.3
47Michael McCarronM. McCarronC	0	1	1	+1	0	4	13:24	16	53%	0	0	0	0.2
38Ryan HartmanR. HartmanRW	0	0	0	−1	2	0	12:54	16	50%	0	2	0	0.1
13Yakov TreninY. TreninC	0	0	0	−1	0	0	12:44	15	—	0	1	0	0.0
22Danila YurovD. YurovRW	0	1	1	0	0	1	12:29	18	100%	0	1	0	0.2
71Nick FolignoN. FolignoLW	1	0	1	+1	0	2	12:29	16	33%	0	0	0	0.2
17Marcus FolignoM. FolignoLW	0	0	0	+1	0	1	12:16	15	—	0	0	0	0.0
10Bobby BrinkB. BrinkRW	0	1	1	0	0	2	11:37	14	—	0	0	0	0.1

Defense	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	TOI	Shifts	FO%	GV
43Quinn HughesQ. HughesD	1	1	+1	0	5	27:30	21	—	1
3Olli MaattaO. MaattaD	1	1	0	0	0	21:34	24	—	0
25Jonas BrodinJ. BrodinD	0	0	0	0	0	20:28	25	—	1
46Jared SpurgeonJ. SpurgeonD	1	1	+1	2	1	19:09	27	—	1
24Zach BogosianZ. BogosianD	0	0	−1	0	1	14:32	19	—	1
48Daemon HuntD. HuntD	0	0	+1	0	0	10:06	14	—	0

Goalies	Saves	SA	GA	Sv%	EV	PP	SH	TOI	GS	GSAx
30Jesper WallstedtJ. WallstedtG	19	20	1	.950	14/15	5/5	0/0	59:14	✓	+0.3

Forwards	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	TOI	Shifts	FO%	GV	TK	xG
90Ryan O'ReillyR. O'ReillyC	0	0	0	0	4	21:31	25	59%	2	0	0.3
9Filip ForsbergF. ForsbergLW	1	1	0	0	2	19:29	20	—	1	0	0.2
91Steven StamkosS. StamkosC	1	1	0	0	1	18:46	20	71%	1	0	0.1
22Mavrik BourqueM. BourqueC	0	0	0	2	4	17:25	19	67%	1	0	0.2
71Matthew WoodM. WoodRW	0	0	0	0	0	17:22	22	12%	3	0	0.1
81Jonathan MarchessaultJ. MarchessaultC	0	0	−1	2	0	17:20	21	—	0	0	0.1
14Alexander KerfootA. KerfootC	0	0	0	0	1	13:20	19	—	0	1	0.0
18Jack DruryJ. DruryC	0	0	0	2	0	12:50	17	46%	0	0	0.0
79Ross ColtonR. ColtonC	0	0	0	0	2	12:15	16	—	1	0	0.0
49Reid SchaeferR. SchaeferLW	0	0	−1	0	1	11:35	13	—	0	0	0.1
84Adam EdstromA. EdstromC	0	0	0	0	1	10:50	15	—	0	0	0.1
21Nils HoglanderN. HoglanderLW	0	0	0	0	0	10:32	11	100%	0	0	0.0

Defense	G	P	+/−	PIM	S	TOI	Shifts	FO%	GV	TK	xG
59Roman JosiR. JosiD	1	1	0	0	3	24:53	23	—	2	0	0.1
76Brady SkjeiB. SkjeiD	0	0	0	0	0	20:53	24	—	1	1	0.0
48Nick PerbixN. PerbixD	0	0	−1	2	0	18:04	23	—	1	1	0.1
2Adam WilsbyA. WilsbyD	0	0	0	0	0	16:05	19	—	2	0	0.0
12Ryan UfkoR. UfkoD	0	0	−1	0	1	15:27	18	—	1	0	0.0
41Nicolas HagueN. HagueD	0	0	−1	0	0	15:23	17	—	0	0	0.0

Goalies	Saves	SA	GA	Sv%	EV	PP	SH	TOI	GS	GSAx
74Juuse SarosJ. SarosG	27	30	3	.900	18/20	7/8	2/2	58:19	✓	−0.2

EV / PP / SH = saves on shots at even strength, on the opponent's power play, and shorthanded. GS = started. A dash means the stat isn't on file for that player or game. Showing the short set. Tap "All columns" to scroll through every stat inside this card.

Last night's Cap Challenge

4 squads played

RO

PointsRyan Otto

7 pts · $32.4M

RO

GoalsRyan Otto

2 goals · $32.4M

RO

GoaliesRyan Otto

36 saves · $7.0M

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