Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights — March 6, 2026 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Minnesota Wild defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on March 6, 2026. Despite the result, the Vegas Golden Knights held the edge in expected goals (11.36 to 7.64) at 5-on-5, indicating the Minnesota Wild received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Vegas Golden Knights created 11 high-danger scoring chances compared to 8 from the Minnesota Wild at 5-on-5. Ryan Hartman was the most dangerous skater with 1.62 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Vegas Golden Knights outshot the Minnesota Wild 31-24 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Minnesota Wild vs Vegas Golden Knights progressed on Mar 6, 2026
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

MIN4 - 2VGK

Mar 6, 2026 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
VGK	P1	13	27	32.5	11	15	42.3	8	6	57.1	5	18	21.7	2	6	25.0	2.70	3.64	42.6	0	0	—
	P2	23	13	63.9	18	11	62.1	10	7	58.8	14	9	60.9	4	2	66.7	4.59	1.96	70.1	0	3	0.0
	P3	26	19	57.8	21	15	58.3	13	11	54.2	16	12	57.1	5	3	62.5	4.63	3.34	58.1	2	1	66.7
	Total	62	59	51.2	50	41	54.9	31	24	56.4	35	39	47.3	11	11	50.0	11.93	8.94	57.2	2	4	33.3
MIN	P1	27	13	67.5	15	11	57.7	6	8	42.9	18	5	78.3	6	2	75.0	3.64	2.70	57.4	0	0	—
	P2	13	23	36.1	11	18	37.9	7	10	41.2	9	14	39.1	2	4	33.3	1.96	4.59	29.9	3	0	100.0
	P3	19	26	42.2	15	21	41.7	11	13	45.8	12	16	42.9	3	5	37.5	3.34	4.63	41.9	1	2	33.3
	Total	59	62	48.8	41	50	45.1	24	31	43.6	39	35	52.7	11	11	50.0	8.94	11.93	42.8	4	2	66.7

Win Probability

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

MIN Attempts

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Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (VGK) performed against every skater on the away team (MIN) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = VGK players, Columns = MIN players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the VGK player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

VGK ↓ / MIN →	Eriksson Ek	Trenin	Sturm	McCarron	Fabbri	Kaprizov	Boldy	Hartman	Zuccarello	Tarasenko	Brink	Yurov	Hughes	Spurgeon	Bogosian	Brodin	Middleton	Faber
Eichel	48	71	60	71	25	57	43	64	69	64	55	40	59	54	38	50	71	63
Sissons	29	60	50	43	50	41	25	53	41	60	40	100	36	36	60	30	64	63
Hertl	40	56	43	20	33	55	42	73	73	50	33	50	58	48	60	33	80	29
Dowd	33	60	50	50	50	40	33	50	40	60	50	100	40	33	60	25	64	63
Barbashev	52	50	50	75	40	71	50	73	67	67	57	50	60	60	31	57	64	73
Saad	60	60	20	0	20	57	60	25	33	50	0	57	56	50	40	20	67	20
Bowman	50	71	60	67	33	58	45	67	63	73	52	50	50	56	38	55	77	64
Smith	29	60	43	50	40	38	29	46	38	60	50	100	22	40	60	25	67	50
Dorofeyev	53	45	33	50	33	47	62	64	67	45	80	14	47	43	54	50	64	50
Marner	47	50	33	57	33	44	50	67	57	58	80	17	33	44	57	62	71	50
Smith	83	0	0	25	20	33	86	33	43	29	67	0	36	33	14	75	17	50
Kolesar	50	50	33	20	29	57	50	33	33	50	0	60	56	55	20	33	33	25
Andersson	64	33	11	25	20	63	62	71	61	40	71	33	56	69	32	57	61	65
Hanifin	59	17	25	40	33	70	60	81	86	46	59	20	53	57	40	55	76	53
Theodore	33	71	50	50	50	36	29	38	35	71	27	100	41	36	44	29	50	42
McNabb	31	75	33	20	33	35	25	32	29	75	13	100	38	25	36	11	45	44
Lauzon	36	38	33	50	33	44	42	67	44	44	50	43	31	57	43	67	50	50
Korczak	100	33	50	50	50	100	100	100	100	43	100	33	75	46	75	50	89	80