St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 25, 2018

FinalSunday, Feb 25, 2018· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	0	0		STL	9	8	10	27
NSH	2	2	0	4		NSH	16	10	13	39

: STL 48NSH 62
: STL 1.90NSH 2.67
PP goals: STL 0NSH 1
Hits: STL 26NSH 19
Blocks: STL 14NSH 11
PIM: STL 4NSH 10
: STL 51%NSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators rout St. Louis Blues 4–0

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 4–0 at home. Kevin Fiala (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Thompson skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for STL: Schenn–Schwartz–Thompson skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Schwartz Thompson
New line
New look for STL: Stastny–Tarasenko–Barbashev skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Tarasenko Barbashev
Goalie
Jake Allen (STL) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +12 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.Allen
New line
New look for STL: Brodziak–Sobotka–Jaskin skated 7:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brodziak Sobotka Jaskin
New line
New look for STL: Steen–Berglund–Soshnikov skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Berglund Soshnikov
Luck
STL scored 0 goals on 1.90 expected goals (48 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Colton Sissons (NSH) played 12:48, −3:20 down on his 16:08 season average over 80 games.Sissons
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 21:17, −3:14 down on his 24:31 season average over 74 games.Josi

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.

Strength

Period

Team

← STL attacks left (bottom on phones)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · NSH 62 · STL 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH pressure
STL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 24% of the game, NSH 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

STL

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
Stat	STL	NSH
	37	62
	1.28	2.46
	1.26	2.36
	5	12
	7	4
	22	18
	+0.008	−0.008
	24%	37%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Schwartz – Thompson
9:4336% CF
L2Stastny – Tarasenko – Barbashev
8:5163% CF
L3Steen – Berglund – Soshnikov
8:5123% CF
L4Brodziak – Sobotka – Jaskin
7:3727% CF
D1Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
13:4347% CF
D2Bouwmeester – Parayko
8:2120% CF
D3Schmaltz – Dunn
5:4945% CF

PP1Steen – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz – Dunn
4:44100% CF
PP2Stastny – Sobotka – Berglund – Pietrangelo – Parayko
4:3764% CF
PK1FBrodziak – Sobotka
0:52
PK2FSteen – Stastny
0:37
PK1DBouwmeester – Pietrangelo
2:35
PK2DGunnarsson – Parayko
0:40

Current STL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Turris – Smith – Fiala
11:4070% CF
L2Hartnell – Bonino – Jarnkrok
11:0659% CF
L3Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
9:1556% CF
L4Watson – Salomaki – Sissons
6:0975% CF
D1Subban – Ekholm
17:4855% CF
D2Josi – Ellis
13:1469% CF
D3Emelin – Weber
12:2268% CF

PP1Subban – Smith – Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
1:53100% CF
PP2Turris – Josi – Ellis – Sissons – Fiala
1:4050% CF
PK1FWatson – Sissons
3:44
PK2FBonino – Jarnkrok
3:26
PK1DJosi – Ellis
5:18
PK2DSubban – Ekholm
3:17

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:45
NSHColton SissonsPP (Kyle Turris, Roman Josi)wrist0.06 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Brodziak, Sobotka, PietrangeloNSH: Turris, Josi, Ellis, Sissons, Fiala
STL 0 – 1 NSH
14:21
NSHKevin Fiala (Craig Smith)wrist0.14 xG
STL: Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Schwartz, ThompsonNSH: Subban, Turris, Josi, Smith, Fiala
STL 0 – 2 NSH

2nd period

1:20
NSHScott Hartnell (Calle Jarnkrok, Ryan Ellis)tip-in0.11 xG
STL: Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Schwartz, ThompsonNSH: Hartnell, Bonino, Josi, Ellis, Jarnkrok
STL 0 – 3 NSH
13:24
NSHAustin WatsonSH (Ryan Johansen)wrist0.12 xG
STL: Stastny, Sobotka, Berglund, Pietrangelo, ParaykoNSH: Emelin, Ekholm, Watson, Johansen
STL 0 – 4 NSH

Box score

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

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	-2	2	0.13	3	0	0	18:50	—	—	34	33
Brayden Schenn C	L1	-2	0	0.00	1	0	2	18:16	—	—	36	31
Tage Thompson C	L1	-2	2	0.05	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	39	35
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	0	5	0.44	3	1	0	17:24	—	—	50	41
Paul Stastny C	L2	-1	0	0.17	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	61	46
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	61	44
Patrik Berglund C	L3	-1	0	0.06	0	0	0	17:09	—	—	22	35
Nikita Soshnikov R	L3	0	2	0.16	4	0	0	15:27	—	—	32	27
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	2	0.26	2	0	0	14:52	—	—	23	33
Vladimir Sobotka C	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	24	24
Kyle Brodziak C	L4	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	12:40	—	—	32	26
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	10:58	—	—	32	26
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	-3	4	0.29	2	1	0	23:17	—	—	42	34
Carl Gunnarsson D	D1	-1	2	0.05	0	3	2	16:00	—	—	40	38
Colton Parayko D	D2	-1	3	0.20	2	1	0	22:48	—	—	25	29
Jay Bouwmeester D	D2	-1	1	0.02	3	3	0	20:06	—	—	30	9
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:21	—	—	35	44
Jordan Schmaltz D	D3	0	2	0.02	0	2	0	12:37	—	—	52	48

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	2.67	59:55

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.24	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	69	78
Kyle Turris C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.45	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	67	76
Craig Smith C	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.17	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	66	77
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.28	2	1	0	18:05	—	—	62	69
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.34	0	1	0	16:04	—	—	63	71
Scott Hartnell L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.11	1	2	0	13:36	—	—	52	65
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	1	0	0	16:51	—	—	52	51
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	0	2	14:39	—	—	52	50
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.25	0	1	4	13:29	—	—	55	54
Colton Sissons C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.07	3	1	0	12:48	—	—	75	14
Austin Watson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.16	3	1	0	11:28	—	—	78	32
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	2	7:25	—	—	80	33
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	0	0	2	25:35	—	—	55	56
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	2	1	0	22:20	—	—	53	53
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	0	1	0	21:58	—	—	69	92
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.01	2	1	0	21:17	—	—	66	90
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	68	43
Alexei Emelin D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	1	1	0	13:28	—	—	68	43

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	1.90	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.