St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville PredatorsNov 21, 2018

FinalWednesday, Nov 21, 2018· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	1	0	0	1		STL	10	9	10	29
NSH	1	1	2	4		NSH	7	14	13	34

: STL 55NSH 59
: STL 2.61NSH 5.34
PP goals: STL 0NSH 0
Hits: STL 16NSH 18
Blocks: STL 9NSH 14
PIM: STL 13NSH 12
: STL 47%NSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 4–1 at home. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for STL: Schenn–Fabbri–Thomas skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for STL: Schenn–Fabbri–Thomas skated 10:37 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Fabbri Thomas
Usage
Robert Thomas (STL) played 19:04, +6:05 up on his 12:59 season average over 69 games.Thomas
New line
New look for NSH: Bonino–Smith–Sissons skated 5:11 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Smith Sissons
New line
New look for STL: Perron–Bozak–Blais skated 7:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron Bozak Blais
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.61 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Dan Hamhuis (NSH) played 21:39, +5:42 up on his 15:57 season average over 56 games.Hamhuis
Usage
Oskar Sundqvist (STL) played 10:00, −3:52 down on his 13:52 season average over 73 games.Sundqvist
Usage
Miikka Salomaki (NSH) played 6:57, −3:36 down on his 10:33 season average over 36 games.Salomaki

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 114 of 114 attempts · NSH 59 · STL 55

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 19% of the game, NSH 44%.

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
	46	59
	1.62	4.04
	1.62	3.84
	8	19
	1	2
	13	25
	−0.035	+0.035
	19%	44%

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

L1O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Sanford
11:2733% CF
L2Schenn – Fabbri – Thomas
10:3767% CF
L3Perron – Bozak – Blais
7:0657% CF
L4Sundqvist – Barbashev – Soshnikov
5:2517% CF
D1Edmundson – Parayko
11:2332% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Dunn
10:2645% CF
D3Bouwmeester – Schmaltz
4:0550% CF

PP1Bozak – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko – Dunn
3:05100% CF
PP2Perron – Parayko – Sanford – Fabbri – Thomas
1:38
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:28
PK2FBozak – O'Reilly
1:08
PK1DBouwmeester – Schmaltz
1:34
PK2DEdmundson – Parayko
0:51

Current STL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Turris – Jarnkrok – Hartman
9:1345% CF
L2Johansen – Forsberg – Fiala
7:4076% CF
L3Bonino – Smith – Sissons
5:1129% CF
L4Watson – Salomaki – Gaudreau
3:0867% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
16:4660% CF
D2Hamhuis – Ekholm
14:3455% CF
D3Weber – Bitetto
8:5847% CF

PP1Bonino – Ekholm – Smith – Johansen – Forsberg
2:20100% CF
PP2Turris – Josi – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Sissons
1:55100% CF
PK1FBonino – Jarnkrok
1:26
PK2FJohansen – Forsberg
1:25
PK1DJosi – Ellis
2:30
PK2DHamhuis – Ekholm
1:45

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	22:29	—	—	28	13
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.38	1	1	0	20:39	—	—	27	10
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	5	14:34	—	—	36	16
Robert Thomas C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	19:04	—	—	60	65
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.81	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	63	69
Robby Fabbri C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:07	—	—	62	70
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.38	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	61	15
David Perron L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	0	2	17:06	—	—	54	18
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	7:49	—	—	60	18
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	0	0	0	10:00	—	—	17	8
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:25	—	—	15	7
Nikita Soshnikov R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:40	—	—	15	7
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.10	3	1	0	24:48	—	—	38	30
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	1	1	2	18:35	—	—	40	37
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	2	2	2	22:17	—	—	48	17
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	18:00	—	—	40	16
Jay Bouwmeester D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	3	0	20:10	—	—	47	36
Jordan Schmaltz D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	9:21	—	—	53	46

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	4.39	58:23

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.54	0	2	0	16:44	—	—	43	78
Kyle Turris C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:17	—	—	37	72
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	2	14:00	—	—	29	72
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	18:28	—	—	74	91
Filip Forsberg L	L2	1	0	1	+1	7	1.16	0	1	0	17:26	—	—	74	91
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	1.02	1	0	0	13:44	—	—	68	87
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	17:02	—	—	41	25
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	1	2	16:25	—	—	42	22
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	0	2	13:40	—	—	50	51
Austin Watson L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	11:47	—	—	53	30
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.30	0	0	0	6:59	—	—	64	73
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	0	0	+2	2	0.06	4	0	0	6:57	—	—	64	73
Ryan Ellis D	D1	1	0	1	+1	5	1.16	0	2	0	25:11	—	—	61	79
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.49	1	1	0	24:58	—	—	57	74
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	2	23:40	—	—	59	70
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	21:39	—	—	55	67
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:23	—	—	50	67
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	6	1	2	10:37	—	—	44	58

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.61	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.

St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville PredatorsNov 21, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

St. Louis Blues

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

St. Louis Blues

Nashville Predators