Fri, Mar 6, 2026·T-Mobile Arena, Paradise
Minnesota Wild 4, Vegas Golden Knights 2
Three stars
Expected result
Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 63% of the time.
29%
9%
55%
VGK winsMIN wins
Who was on the ice
Model-basedLine matchups and every shift of the game.
VGK forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against MIN's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.
| Zuccarello–Hartman–Kaprizov | Eriksson Ek–Brink–Boldy | Tarasenko–Trenin–Yurov | McCarron–Fabbri–Sturm | Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov–Boldy | Tarasenko–McCarron–Trenin | Fabbri–Sturm–Yurov | Zuccarello–Eriksson Ek–Kaprizov | Hughes–Faber | Spurgeon–Brodin | Bogosian–Middleton | Spurgeon–Hughes | Bogosian–Hughes | Brodin–Hughes | Brodin–Middleton | Bogosian–Brodin | Middleton–Hughes | Spurgeon–Middleton | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barbashev–Eichel–Bowman | 2:430.14–0.00 | 4:260.37–0.12 | 1:200.00–0.00 | 0:460.00–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.13 | 4:540.08–0.06 | 3:190.11–0.10 | 1:440.08–0.00 | 1:250.00–0.00 | 1:380.00–0.06 | 1:040.00–0.00 | 0:370.24–0.00 | ||||||
| Dowd–Sissons–Smith | 5:520.13–0.27 | 1:290.07–0.08 | 1:520.15–0.09 | 1:100.00–0.00 | 2:320.14–0.22 | 2:300.00–0.15 | 2:360.28–0.00 | 0:320.01–0.02 | 1:180.00–0.00 | 0:460.05–0.00 | ||||||||
| Smith–Marner–Dorofeyev | 1:330.03–0.51 | 1:250.04–0.00 | 2:230.00–0.18 | 0:310.00–0.01 | 0:330.00–0.08 | 2:060.04–0.00 | 1:470.00–0.08 | 0:350.00–0.44 | 1:070.10–0.01 | 0:540.03–0.07 | ||||||||
| Saad–Hertl–Kolesar | 1:200.00–0.00 | 1:590.07–0.07 | 1:190.00–0.18 | 0:540.25–0.02 | 1:310.08–0.09 | 2:200.00–0.17 | 1:220.00–0.00 | 1:150.32–0.00 | 0:330.00–0.02 | |||||||||
| Hertl–Marner–Dorofeyev | 1:000.29–0.11 | 0:340.22–0.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Smith–Eichel–Dorofeyev | 0:330.16–0.07 | 0:510.16–0.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Barbashev–Eichel–Dorofeyev | 0:400.12–0.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| McNabb–Theodore | 7:330.20–0.84 | 3:420.07–0.09 | 1:190.19–0.00 | 0:420.00–0.00 | 1:130.13–0.00 | 6:330.17–0.22 | 3:310.00–0.18 | 1:570.20–0.00 | 2:430.20–0.49 | 0:330.00–0.00 | 1:330.01–0.00 | 0:320.03–0.13 | ||||||
| Andersson–Lauzon | 2:010.24–0.00 | 2:050.06–0.05 | 1:300.20–0.00 | 0:550.00–0.09 | 0:360.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.08 | 2:090.06–0.14 | 1:490.11–0.00 | 3:420.28–0.14 | 0:390.00–0.00 | 0:370.05–0.00 | |||||||
| Hanifin–Korczak | 1:220.25–0.00 | 1:060.14–0.00 | 2:010.00–0.23 | 2:050.01–0.11 | 1:400.04–0.00 | 2:280.10–0.17 | 1:070.22–0.00 | 0:530.00–0.00 | 0:330.01–0.02 | 0:370.00–0.00 | ||||||||
| Hanifin–Andersson | 1:300.23–0.11 | 1:460.31–0.10 | 0:300.00–0.00 | 0:370.00–0.13 | 1:210.05–0.15 | 1:410.01–0.10 | 2:050.28–0.00 | 0:370.24–0.00 | ||||||||||
| Lauzon–Korczak | 0:320.00–0.00 | 0:320.00–0.00 | 1:010.00–0.00 | 0:300.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||||
| Theodore–Hanifin | 0:310.03–0.00 | 0:510.00–0.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hanifin–Lauzon | 0:300.00–0.02 |
Every shift, one row per player.
VGKMINFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.
Shift totals
 Quinn HughesMIN | 25 | 27:46 | 1:07 | 2:24 | 3 | 2 |
 Jack EichelVGK | 24 | 24:30 | 1:01 | 2:28 | 5 | 2 |
 Shea TheodoreVGK | 27 | 23:52 | 0:53 | 1:42 | 2 | 4 |
 Noah HanifinVGK | 30 | 22:57 | 0:46 | 1:41 | 7 | 2 |
 Kirill KaprizovMIN | 21 | 22:46 | 1:05 | 2:21 | 5 | 2 |
 Jared SpurgeonMIN | 25 | 21:37 | 0:52 | 2:24 | 0 | 4 |
 Rasmus AnderssonVGK | 29 | 20:58 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 5 | 4 |
 Brayden McNabbVGK | 26 | 20:54 | 0:48 | 1:42 | 1 | 4 |
 Matt BoldyMIN | 19 | 20:21 | 1:04 | 2:54 | 3 | 2 |
 Braeden BowmanVGK | 25 | 19:50 | 0:48 | 1:13 | 6 | 2 |
 Joel Eriksson EkMIN | 18 | 19:37 | 1:05 | 2:59 | 2 | 2 |
 Ivan BarbashevVGK | 23 | 19:30 | 0:51 | 1:15 | 5 | 2 |
 Jonas BrodinMIN | 23 | 19:23 | 0:51 | 2:14 | 1 | 4 |
 Pavel DorofeyevVGK | 20 | 18:01 | 0:54 | 2:17 | 3 | 1 |
 Mats ZuccarelloMIN | 18 | 17:52 | 1:00 | 1:41 | 4 | 1 |
 Brock FaberMIN | 21 | 16:41 | 0:48 | 2:22 | 3 | 1 |
 Ryan HartmanMIN | 18 | 16:40 | 0:56 | 1:35 | 3 | 0 |
 Zach BogosianMIN | 20 | 16:37 | 0:50 | 1:30 | 1 | 0 |
 Jake MiddletonMIN | 19 | 16:08 | 0:51 | 1:55 | 2 | 2 |
 Mitch MarnerVGK | 20 | 15:55 | 0:48 | 1:58 | 3 | 1 |
 Colton SissonsVGK | 21 | 14:39 | 0:42 | 1:06 | 3 | 6 |
 Jeremy LauzonVGK | 23 | 14:37 | 0:38 | 1:27 | 3 | 5 |
 Tomas HertlVGK | 21 | 14:27 | 0:41 | 1:56 | 5 | 2 |
 Cole SmithVGK | 21 | 13:41 | 0:39 | 1:15 | 2 | 6 |
 Bobby BrinkMIN | 18 | 13:28 | 0:45 | 1:14 | 2 | 2 |
 Nic DowdVGK | 20 | 13:17 | 0:40 | 1:08 | 3 | 5 |
 Vladimir TarasenkoMIN | 15 | 12:58 | 0:52 | 1:48 | 3 | 0 |
 Kaedan KorczakVGK | 20 | 12:08 | 0:36 | 1:02 | 3 | 1 |
 Yakov TreninMIN | 14 | 11:53 | 0:51 | 1:36 | 3 | 1 |
 Reilly SmithVGK | 16 | 11:31 | 0:43 | 1:16 | 0 | 1 |
 Danila YurovMIN | 13 | 10:59 | 0:51 | 1:36 | 2 | 0 |
 Nico SturmMIN | 13 | 10:59 | 0:51 | 1:35 | 0 | 3 |
 Michael McCarronMIN | 15 | 10:41 | 0:43 | 1:34 | 1 | 1 |
 Robby FabbriMIN | 12 | 10:39 | 0:53 | 1:37 | 0 | 1 |
 Brandon SaadVGK | 15 | 8:39 | 0:35 | 1:00 | 1 | 3 |
 Keegan KolesarVGK | 14 | 8:09 | 0:35 | 1:04 | 2 | 2 |