Eriksson Ek line
Kaprizov – Boldy – Eriksson Ek65.5%chance share xGF%
100 min · 10 GPGF–GA 5–0CF% 60OZ 71%
Top 68%Mid 19%
Minnesota Wild
As deployed last game
Oct 22 @ CGY, from shift data: the most-used combinations at 5v5, not a projection.Forwards
Defence
PP1
HughesKaprizovBoldyEriksson EkYurov
5:19PP2
HuntColemanHartmanSpurgeonBrink
1:26PK1
BogosianTreninYurovMaatta
1:18PK2
BrodinSpurgeonMcCarronSturm
1:15Split up since the game before: Trenin–Yurov–Shabanov
Line board
Forward lines with 30+ minutes together at 5v5. The big number is chance share (xGF%) shrunk toward the team’s 55.0% until a line has enough chances of its own; hover it for the raw value.Hartman line
Coleman – Hartman – Brink52.7%chance share xGF%
42 min · 10 GPGF–GA 1–1CF% 54OZ 58%
Top 41%Mid 31%Depth 28%
Yurov line
Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov52.0%chance share xGF%
31 min · 8 GPGF–GA 0–1CF% 59OZ 63%
Top 69%Mid 21%
Which lines are workingper 60 at 5v5
Every dot is a forward line with 30+ minutes; grey dots are the rest of the league. Lines are centred on the league’s median line.
Line stability
Top 4 lines’ share of line time44%League rank14th most stableLines used 5+ minutes18Games with shift data10 (1 left out)
Stable lines are a coach’s choice, not a grade. Games are left out when the NHL’s shift chart is missing or doesn’t match the box score.
Defence pairs
| Pair | Min | GP | xGF% | CF% | GF–GA | OZ% | vs top |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes–Spurgeon | 96 | 7 | 57.5 | 53.9 | 4–2 | 67 | 60% |
| Hughes–Brodin | 78 | 10 | 64.4 | 60.5 | 5–2 | 68 | 66% |
| Hunt–Bogosian | 74 | 9 | 47.1 | 42.5 | 2–2 | 34 | 51% |
| Brodin–Maatta | 64 | 6 | 52.2 | 51.0 | 0–1 | 44 | 68% |
Power play and penalty kill units
The five skaters at 5-on-4 and the four at 4-on-5, with 5+ minutes together.| Unit | Skaters | Min | GF–GA | xGF/60 | xGA/60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PP1 | Hughes, Kaprizov, Boldy, Eriksson Ek, Shabanov | 23 | 4–1 | 9.05 | 2.36 |
| PP2 | Hughes, Kaprizov, Boldy, Eriksson Ek, Yurov | 6 | 0–0 | 10.87 | 0.00 |
| PK1 | Brodin, Coleman, Spurgeon, McCarron | 6 | 0–1 | 0.00 | 9.45 |
Every line
All forward lines with 10+ minutes together at 5v5. Raw and shrunk chance share side by side; k = 4 expected goals.| Line | Min | GP | Last used | xGF% (shrunk) | xGF% (raw) | CF% | GF–GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaprizov – Boldy – Eriksson Ek | 100 | 10 | Oct 22 | 65.5 | 69.6 | 60.2 | 5–0 |
| Coleman – Hartman – Brink | 42 | 10 | Oct 22 | 52.7 | 49.4 | 54.3 | 1–1 |
| Kaprizov – Yurov – Shabanov | 31 | 8 | Oct 20 | 52.0 | 44.1 | 58.7 | 0–1 |
| Boldy – Coleman – Eriksson Ek | 29 | 10 | Oct 22 | 52.7 | 49.2 | 48.2 | 1–1 |
| Trenin – Yurov – Shabanov | 25 | 6 | Oct 20 | 53.9 | 51.2 | 41.2 | 2–0 |
| Trenin – Hartman – Brink | 20 | 6 | Oct 15 | 52.9 | 45.1 | 43.2 | 0–1 |
| Foligno – Foligno – McCarron | 20 | 3 | Oct 6 | 59.5 | 71.7 | 52.9 | 2–0 |
| Coleman – Hartman – Shabanov | 19 | 4 | Oct 20 | 44.4 | 24.0 | 50.0 | 0–1 |
| Trenin – McCarron – Sturm | 16 | 5 | Oct 22 | 56.5 | 62.6 | 61.3 | 0–1 |
| Lorenz – McCarron – Pitlick | 14 | 3 | Oct 22 | 58.0 | 73.4 | 77.8 | 0–1 |
| Lorenz – Brink – Yurov | 12 | 3 | Oct 22 | 58.7 | 72.2 | 66.7 | 1–0 |
| McCarron – Sturm – Pitlick | 11 | 2 | Oct 22 | 49.9 | 27.0 | 50.0 | 1–0 |
Source: NHL.com data. Results through Oct 22.