St. Louis Blues vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 1, 2023

FinalSaturday, Apr 1, 2023· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	0	1	1		STL	3	15	4	22
NSH	2	2	2	6		NSH	10	10	15	35

: STL 51NSH 66
: STL 2.55NSH 3.19
PP goals: STL 0NSH 2
Hits: STL 20NSH 17
Blocks: STL 13NSH 17
PIM: STL 10NSH 10
: STL 25%NSH 75%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators rout St. Louis Blues 6–1

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 6–1 at home. Tommy Novak (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 3A. NSH's first power-play unit (Barrie, Novak, Glass, Tomasino and Evangelista) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:21 together.

Points
Tommy Novak had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 16:29.Novak
Points
Luke Evangelista had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:16.Evangelista
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Barrie, Novak, Glass, Tomasino and Evangelista) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 4:21 together.Barrie Novak Glass Tomasino Evangelista
Luck
NSH scored 6 goals on 3.19 expected goals (66 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Cole Smith (NSH) played 4:21, −8:31 down on his 12:52 season average over 68 games.Smith
Usage
Marco Scandella (STL) played 10:28, −7:45 down on his 18:13 season average over 19 games.Scandella
Goalie
Thomas Greiss (STL) faced 35 shots and stopped 29 (.829), +5 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.Greiss
Usage
Dante Fabbro (NSH) played 23:43, +6:21 up on his 17:22 season average over 78 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 117 of 117 attempts · NSH 66 · STL 51

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 20% of the game, NSH 55%.

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
	42	65
	1.72	2.72
	1.56	2.54
	6	11
	2	6
	6	14
	−0.114	+0.114
	20%	55%

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

L1Pitlick – Walker – Toropchenko
9:2544% CF
L2Leivo – Brown – Neighbours
5:5038% CF
L3Kapanen – Blais – Kyrou
4:0530% CF
L4Schenn – Saad – Vrana
3:2529% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
12:5128% CF
D2Krug – Rosen
7:4040% CF
D3Scandella – Faulk
4:4625% CF

PP1Schenn – Krug – Vrana – Kapanen – Kyrou
4:5083% CF
PP2Faulk – Leivo – Saad – Blais – Neighbours
1:51100% CF
PK1FSchenn – Toropchenko
2:04
PK2FSaad – Kapanen
1:57
PK1DScandella – Faulk
2:21
PK2DLeddy – Parayko
2:14

Current STL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista
9:2862% CF
L2Glass – Tomasino – Afanasyev
9:1068% CF
L3Jankowski – McCarron – Asplund
8:3659% CF
L4Sissons – Trenin – Smith
4:0571% CF
D1McDonagh – Fabbro
15:3251% CF
D2Gravel – Foote
14:5368% CF
D3Barrie – Stastney
11:5867% CF

PP1Barrie – Novak – Glass – Tomasino – Evangelista
4:21100% CF
PP2Sissons – Trenin – Asplund – Fabbro – Sherwood
1:25100% CF
PK1FJankowski – McCarron
3:20
PK2FSissons – Trenin
2:42
PK1DMcDonagh – Fabbro
4:35
PK2DGravel – Foote
1:22

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
Alexey Toropchenko R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	14:27	—	—	46	37
Nathan Walker L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	13:13	—	—	46	34
Tyler Pitlick C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	2	10:40	—	—	44	37
Jake Neighbours L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	14:50	—	—	36	29
Logan Brown C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:52	—	—	44	57
Josh Leivo L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	2	11:49	—	—	39	51
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.14	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	37	45
Sammy Blais L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	4	0	4	17:21	—	—	37	29
Jordan Kyrou R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.18	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	42	37
Brayden Schenn C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	18:46	—	—	29	28
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.51	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	35	43
Brandon Saad L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	30	47
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	1	4	0	24:23	—	—	30	30
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	0	0	0	22:57	—	—	39	32
Torey Krug D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.32	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	60	76
Calle Rosen D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.06	0	2	0	16:53	—	—	39	41
Justin Faulk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	2	0	21:17	—	—	40	30
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:28	—	—	41	29

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thomas Greiss(start)	L	35	29	6	.829	3.19	59:27

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Luke Evangelista R	L1	1	2	3	+2	3	0.33	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	57	49
Tommy Novak C	L1	1	3	4	+2	2	0.29	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	67	72
Kiefer Sherwood L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.14	2	0	4	15:39	—	—	63	76
Philip Tomasino R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.43	2	1	0	16:05	—	—	69	70
Cody Glass C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	68	65
Egor Afanasyev L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.09	2	0	0	12:31	—	—	69	72
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	2	1	0	15:38	—	—	64	68
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	0	0	15:03	—	—	50	40
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	1	0	0	14:44	—	—	54	48
Colton Sissons C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	0	2	0	18:01	—	—	57	66
Yakov Trenin C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.35	0	1	0	16:35	—	—	50	63
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	4	4:21	—	—	71	68
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.02	2	2	0	23:43	—	—	50	53
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.01	0	5	0	22:02	—	—	53	55
Kevin Gravel D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	3	0	18:55	—	—	68	64
Cal Foote D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	2	1	2	18:20	—	—	68	68
Tyson Barrie D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.06	1	0	0	18:22	—	—	68	70
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	1	0	13:16	—	—	65	71

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.55	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 PredatorsApr 1, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators rout St. Louis Blues 6–1

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