Wild lines
The Minnesota Wild's lines as deployed against the Blue Jackets (W 2-1) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.
Next game
Tue, Oct 20, 9:00 PM ET — at the Oilers.
No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.
Lines, last two games
Wild
vs Blue Jackets · Oct 18 · W 2-1
- PP1KaprizovLWBoldyLWEriksson EkCShabanovRWHughesD4:36
Kaprizov also took 1:08 with L4. Brink also took 2:31 with L4.
What changed since Thu, Oct 15
The top line held: Kaprizov, Boldy and Eriksson Ek together again. Moved: Lorenz (L4 → L3), McCarron (L4 → L3), Pitlick (L4 → L3), Shabanov (L3 → L4), Trenin (L3 → L4), Yurov (L3 → L4) and 4 more.
In net this season
Jesper Wallstedt has started 7 of the Wild's 8 games, Calvin Pickard 1. Jesper Wallstedt started the last one.
| Goalie | GS | GP | SV% | Last start |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesper Wallstedt | 7 | 8 | .920 | Thu, Oct 15 |
| Calvin Pickard | 1 | 8 | .800 | Tue, Oct 13 |
How these lines are built
Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.
Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Wild live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.
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