Minnesota Wild Lines

The most-used Minnesota Wild forward line in the Oct 18 game vs CBJ was Matt Boldy – Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek (12:34 together at 5-on-5).

Next game

Tue, Oct 20, 9:00 PM ET · at Edmonton Oilers

Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 48:36 at 5-on-5, 5:24 on the power play and 4:00 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Matt Boldy – Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek	12:34	25.9%
L2	Blake Coleman – Bobby Brink – Ryan Hartman	10:37	21.8%
L3	Rieger Lorenz(moved up) – Michael McCarron(moved up) – Tyler Pitlick(moved up)	7:20	15.1%
L4	Yakov Trenin(moved down) – Maxim Shabanov(moved down) – Danila Yurov(moved down)	7:11	14.8%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Jonas Brodin – Quinn Hughes	16:23	33.7%
D2	Daemon Hunt(moved up) – Zach Bogosian(moved up)	14:50	30.5%
D3	Matt Kiersted(moved down) – David Spacek(moved down)	10:54	22.4%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Matt Boldy – Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek – Maxim Shabanov – Quinn Hughes	4:36	85.2%
PP2	Blake Coleman – Ryan Hartman – Danila Yurov – Quinn Hughes – David Spacek	0:22	6.8%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Yakov Trenin – Danila Yurov – Jonas Brodin – Daemon Hunt	0:58	24.2%
PK2	Blake Coleman – Michael McCarron – Zach Bogosian – Daemon Hunt	0:36	15.0%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 240:05 at 5-on-5, 23:39 on the power play and 27:21 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Matt Boldy – Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek	66:30	27.7%	5
L2	Blake Coleman – Bobby Brink – Ryan Hartman	22:36	9.4%	5
L3	Yakov Trenin – Maxim Shabanov – Danila Yurov	14:34	6.1%	2
L4	Rieger Lorenz – Michael McCarron – Tyler Pitlick	13:52	5.8%	2

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Jonas Brodin – Quinn Hughes	55:40	23.2%	5
D2	Daemon Hunt – Zach Bogosian	35:10	14.6%	4
D3	Matt Kiersted – David Spacek	21:14	8.8%	2

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Matt Boldy – Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek – Maxim Shabanov – Quinn Hughes	14:26	61.0%	5
PP2	Blake Coleman – Bobby Brink – Ryan Hartman – Danila Yurov – David Spacek	3:26	14.5%	2

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Blake Coleman – Michael McCarron – Jonas Brodin – Jared Spurgeon	2:53	10.5%	2
PK2	Yakov Trenin – Danila Yurov – Jonas Brodin – Daemon Hunt	1:51	6.8%	2

Over 9 games, the team played 431:16 at 5-on-5, 43:41 on the power play and 50:13 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Matt Boldy – Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek	85:12	19.8%	9
L2	Blake Coleman – Bobby Brink – Ryan Hartman	25:39	5.9%	8
L3	Marcus Foligno – Nick Foligno – Michael McCarron	19:50	4.6%	3
L4	Yakov Trenin – Maxim Shabanov – Danila Yurov	16:15	3.8%	4

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Quinn Hughes – Jared Spurgeon	93:38	21.7%	6
D2	Daemon Hunt – Zach Bogosian	64:48	15.0%	8
D3	Jonas Brodin – Olli Maatta	63:30	14.7%	5

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Matt Boldy – Kirill Kaprizov – Joel Eriksson Ek – Maxim Shabanov – Quinn Hughes	28:34	65.4%	9
PP2	Blake Coleman – Bobby Brink – Ryan Hartman – Danila Yurov – David Spacek	3:26	7.9%	2

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Blake Coleman – Michael McCarron – Jonas Brodin – Jared Spurgeon	5:08	10.2%	6
PK2	Yakov Trenin – Danila Yurov – Jonas Brodin – Daemon Hunt	1:51	3.7%	2

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 18 vs CBJ): Jesper Wallstedt

Goalie	Starts this season
Jesper Wallstedt	8
Calvin Pickard	1
Filip Gustavsson	0

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#17 Marcus Foligno, Left wing
#71 Nick Foligno, Left wing
#37 Hunter Haight, Center
#78 Nico Sturm, Center
#7 Brock Faber, Defense
#55 Carson Lambos, Defense
#3 Olli Maatta, Defense
#46 Jared Spurgeon, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.