Edgehalla

Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 7, 2018

Final· Bridgestone Arena
Goals123TShots123T
CBJ0112CBJ1310831
NSH3014NSH1510227
CBJ 51NSH 56
CBJ 2.00NSH 3.36
PP goals
CBJ 0NSH 2
Hits
CBJ 19NSH 14
Blocks
CBJ 15NSH 10
PIM
CBJ 20NSH 14
CBJ 35%NSH 65%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Nashville Predators beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2

Nashville Predators beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–2 at home. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Hartnell, Subban, Smith, Johansen and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:47 together.

  1. Points
    Filip Forsberg had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:07.Forsberg
  2. PP1
    NSH's first power-play unit (Hartnell, Subban, Smith, Johansen and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:47 together.HartnellSubbanSmithJohansenForsberg
  3. New line
    New look for CBJ: Vanek–Broadhurst–Jenner skated 10:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (52.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.VanekBroadhurstJenner
  4. Usage
    Scott Harrington (CBJ) played 18:29, +5:21 up on his 13:08 season average over 31 games.Harrington
  5. New line
    New look for CBJ: Letestu–Anderson–Robinson skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.LetestuAndersonRobinson
  6. New line
    New look for NSH: Hartnell–Johansen–Forsberg skated 9:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (68.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HartnellJohansenForsberg
  7. Usage
    Josh Anderson (CBJ) played 14:53, −3:12 down on his 18:05 season average over 62 games.Anderson
  8. Usage
    Markus Hannikainen (CBJ) played 11:25, +3:08 up on his 8:17 season average over 32 games.Hannikainen

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Shot map, CBJ at NSH: 107 attempts, 58 on goal, 6 goals, 5.36 expected goals; best chance Filip Forsberg at 0.44 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← CBJ attacks left (bottom on phones)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NSH
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 107 of 107 attempts · NSH 56 · CBJ 51

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, CBJ at NSH: expected goals 3.36 to 2.00 (NSH led the chances), shot attempts 56 to 51, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNSHCBJWFFADFnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NSH
  • CBJ
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NSHCBJcontrol2nd3rdWatson · 1st 7:52Forsberg · 1st 11:04Forsberg · 1st 19:59Anderson · 2nd 7:55Dubinsky · 3rd 7:20Forsberg · 3rd 19:20
  • NSH pressure
  • CBJ pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 15% of the game, NSH 31%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

Shift chart, CBJ at NSH: 39 players over 60:00; most ice Pekka Rinne (40:00) for NSH and Joonas Korpisalo (59:46) for CBJ, 6 goals.

NSH
CBJ
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatCBJNSH
5454
1.962.49
1.932.46
716
74
2024
−0.074+0.074
15%31%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Current CBJ line combinations →

Nashville Predators

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 7:52
    CBJ 0 – 1 NSH
  2. 11:04
    CBJ 0 – 2 NSH
  3. 19:59
    CBJ 0 – 3 NSH

2nd period

  1. 7:55
    CBJ 1 – 3 NSH

3rd period

  1. 7:20
    CBJ 2 – 3 NSH
  2. 19:20
    CBJ 2 – 4 NSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Boone Jenner CL1000050.2830017:32——5943
Thomas Vanek LL1000-140.3902016:00——5463
Alex Broadhurst CL1000010.0300014:47——5954
Matt Calvert LL2000-130.1921014:52——4441
Brandon Dubinsky CL2101030.4520012:41——4558
Markus Hannikainen LL2011000.0000011:25——3826
Pierre-Luc Dubois CL3000-120.16221016:39——3522
Sonny Milano LL3000-100.0000013:54——3322
Oliver Bjorkstrand RL3000-120.0700012:35——4319
Mark Letestu CL4011+100.0000014:59——5850
Josh Anderson RL4101020.1001214:53——6546
Eric Robinson LL4000+120.1500011:21——6155
David Savard DD1000-110.0422222:51——4736
Ian Cole DD1000-120.1111620:23——4940
Jack Johnson DD2000+210.0003023:07——6171
Taylor Chorney DD2000+200.0030016:41——5463
Scott Harrington DD3011010.0142018:29——4627
Dean Kukan DD3000-120.0301016:30——4322
CBJ goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)L26233.8852.9259:46

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kyle Turris CL1011010.0402017:49——5242
Craig Smith CL1011-120.3600017:26——5651
Kevin Fiala LL1000040.2800016:46——4841
Colton Sissons CL2000-110.2420017:17——3860
Ryan Hartman RL2000-100.0910013:12——3646
Nick Bonino CL2000-100.0601012:47——2341
Mike Fisher CL3011+220.4810013:04——5685
Miikka Salomaki RL3000+130.1720013:02——4667
Austin Watson LL3101+220.02011012:34——4258
Filip Forsberg LL4303061.2200017:07——6879
Ryan Johansen CL4011-120.0610015:42——7179
Scott Hartnell LL4011-100.1010014:33——6865
Mattias Ekholm DD1000000.0311019:08——5058
Matt Irwin DD1000-100.0021018:28——5961
Roman Josi DD2000+110.0310020:01——4428
Ryan Ellis DD2000+100.0011019:48——5340
P.K. Subban DD3000020.1311021:19——4668
Alexei Emelin DD3000010.0302415:57——4868
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Pekka Rinne(start)W23221.9571.2840:00
Juuse Saros—871.8750.7220:00