St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 16, 2020

FinalSunday, Feb 16, 2020· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	0	1		STL	13	12	14	39
NSH	0	1	1	2		NSH	6	6	12	24

: STL 69NSH 44
: STL 2.69NSH 1.88
PP goals: STL 0NSH 0
Hits: STL 14NSH 20
Blocks: STL 9NSH 16
PIM: STL 4NSH 6
: STL 33%NSH 67%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge St. Louis Blues 2–1

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 at home. Tyler Bozak (STL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +11 against a season average of 27.9; the win.

Goalie
Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 38 (.974), +11 against a season average of 27.9; the win.Rinne
New line
New look for STL: Blais–Kyrou–Thomas skated 7:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blais Kyrou Thomas
New line
New look for STL: Steen–Sundqvist–Barbashev skated 9:27 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Sundqvist Barbashev
Luck
STL scored 1 goal on 2.69 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Filip Forsberg (NSH) played 14:05, −3:19 down on his 17:24 season average over 62 games.Forsberg
Usage
Kyle Turris (NSH) played 18:44, +3:22 up on his 15:22 season average over 61 games.Turris
Usage
Yannick Weber (NSH) played 19:23, +5:30 up on his 13:53 season average over 40 games.Weber
Usage
Dante Fabbro (NSH) played 15:15, −3:50 down on his 19:05 season average over 63 games.Fabbro

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 113 of 113 attempts · NSH 44 · STL 69

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 52% of the game, NSH 20%.

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
	71	48
	2.74	2.12
	2.56	1.96
	7	10
	4	2
	23	13
	−0.094	+0.094
	52%	20%

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

L1Perron – O'Reilly – Sanford
12:5261% CF
L2Bozak – Schenn – Schwartz
10:0367% CF
L3Steen – Sundqvist – Barbashev
9:2756% CF
L4Blais – Kyrou – Thomas
7:3860% CF
D1Faulk – Parayko
18:0838% CF
D2Gunnarsson – Pietrangelo
12:1066% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
8:2283% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
2:0750% CF
PP2Bozak – Parayko – Sanford – Dunn – Thomas
1:40100% CF
PK1FSteen – O'Reilly
0:51
PK2FSundqvist – Barbashev
0:41
PK1DGunnarsson – Bortuzzo
1:14
PK2DPietrangelo – Faulk
0:46

Current STL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Turris – Duchene – Forsberg
11:1355% CF
L2Johansen – Granlund – Arvidsson
10:1524% CF
L3Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi
10:1540% CF
L4Jarnkrok – Watson – Sissons
8:0257% CF
D1Weber – Josi
18:0043% CF
D2Ekholm – Tinordi
15:0944% CF
D3Hamhuis – Fabbro
9:4533% CF

PP1Duchene – Ekholm – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
1:17100% CF
PP2Turris – Josi – Smith – Granlund – Forsberg
0:430% CF
PK1FBonino – Sissons
2:21
PK2FJarnkrok – Granlund
0:37
PK1DHamhuis – Ekholm
2:00
PK2DJosi – Tinordi
0:33

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:55
NSHCraig Smith (Rocco Grimaldi, Nick Bonino)wrist0.02 xG
STL: Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Blais, Kyrou, ThomasNSH: Bonino, Ekholm, Smith, Tinordi, Grimaldi
STL 0 – 1 NSH
10:58
STLTyler Bozak (Carl Gunnarsson, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.06 xG
STL: Gunnarsson, Pietrangelo, Bozak, Schenn, SchwartzNSH: Hamhuis, Turris, Josi, Duchene, Forsberg
STL 1 – 1 NSH

3rd period

17:48
NSHKyle Turris (Filip Forsberg, Matt Duchene)wrist0.06 xG
STL: Steen, Faulk, Parayko, Sundqvist, BarbashevNSH: Turris, Duchene, Ekholm, Tinordi, Forsberg
STL 1 – 2 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	21:25	—	—	57	53
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	0	2	18:02	—	—	62	58
Zachary Sanford L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.60	0	1	2	16:52	—	—	61	60
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	4	0	0	18:30	—	—	63	84
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	64	76
Tyler Bozak C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.34	0	1	0	15:09	—	—	58	70
Alexander Steen L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	12:37	—	—	60	46
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	2	1	0	12:19	—	—	47	37
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	12:01	—	—	55	46
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	68	48
Sammy Blais L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	10:55	—	—	64	21
Jordan Kyrou R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:39	—	—	50	20
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	1	0	24:27	—	—	46	46
Justin Faulk D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	1	0	24:19	—	—	43	47
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.16	0	1	0	22:18	—	—	67	60
Carl Gunnarsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	1	1	0	16:25	—	—	65	48
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	88	93
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	11:00	—	—	85	84

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	1.88	58:16

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Turris C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	18:44	—	—	51	46
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	16:00	—	—	50	42
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	1	1	0	6	0.47	4	1	0	14:05	—	—	56	53
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	2	16:54	—	—	25	23
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	0	15:23	—	—	26	25
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:28	—	—	30	26
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:12	—	—	33	37
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	0	1	0	12:07	—	—	35	37
Craig Smith C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	1	1	0	11:45	—	—	39	44
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	36	64
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	3	0	0	14:33	—	—	39	80
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	4	10:53	—	—	42	67
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	0	0	24:41	—	—	46	50
Yannick Weber D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	41	40
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.14	0	0	0	24:46	—	—	40	42
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	2	4	0	18:55	—	—	42	36
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	15:15	—	—	33	56
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	14:54	—	—	29	53

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	39	38	1	.974	2.69	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.