Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville PredatorsNov 30, 2017

FinalThursday, Nov 30, 2017· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	2	3	5		VAN	8	12	12	32
NSH	0	3	0	3		NSH	11	10	11	32

: VAN 51NSH 59
: VAN 3.49NSH 3.09
PP goals: VAN 1NSH 1
Hits: VAN 15NSH 19
Blocks: VAN 12NSH 14
PIM: VAN 8NSH 8
: VAN 42%NSH 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 5–3

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 5–3 at NSH. Brock Boeser (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Subban, Smith, Johansen, Forsberg and Arvidsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:53 together.

Points
Brock Boeser had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:48.Boeser
Points
Daniel Sedin had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 12:34.Sedin
Points
Henrik Sedin had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 13:34.Sedin
Points
Loui Eriksson had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:48.Eriksson
Points
Craig Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:48.Smith
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Subban, Smith, Johansen, Forsberg and Arvidsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 3:53 together.Subban Smith Johansen Forsberg Arvidsson
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Horvat and Boeser) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 3:24 together.Sedin Sedin Edler Horvat Boeser
New line
New look for VAN: Horvat–Goldobin–Boeser skated 10:41 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Horvat Goldobin Boeser

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

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

NSH
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · NSH 59 · VAN 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 21% 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

NSH

VAN

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	VAN	NSH
	49	54
	2.53	2.72
	2.43	2.64
	11	14
	5	1
	22	23
	−0.023	+0.023
	21%	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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser
10:4188% CF
L2Vanek – Gagner – Baertschi
9:3240% CF
L3Granlund – Gaunce – Virtanen
8:2125% CF
L4Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson
7:3267% CF
D1Edler – Tanev
14:3754% CF
D2Del Zotto – Pouliot
14:0133% CF
D3Hutton – Stecher
12:1564% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Horvat – Boeser
3:24100% CF
PP2Vanek – Eriksson – Gagner – Baertschi – Pouliot
1:14100% CF
PK1FEriksson – Horvat
3:46
PK2FGranlund – Gaunce
1:37
PK1DEdler – Tanev
1:50
PK2DDel Zotto – Hutton
1:31

Current VAN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
12:1241% CF
L2Turris – Smith – Fiala
8:4256% CF
L3Bonino – Jarnkrok – Sissons
7:2355% CF
L4Watson – Salomaki – Gaudreau
6:0475% CF
D1Josi – Ekholm
16:2244% CF
D2Emelin – Subban
14:4962% CF
D3Irwin – Bitetto
11:5750% CF

PP1Subban – Smith – Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
3:5389% CF
PP2Turris – Josi – Ekholm – Sissons – Fiala
2:29100% CF
PK1FWatson – Sissons
3:03
PK2FJarnkrok – Arvidsson
1:23
PK1DJosi – Ekholm
3:03
PK2DEmelin – Subban
1:16

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:42
NSHCraig Smith (Matt Irwin)backhand0.12 xG
VAN: Del Zotto, Granlund, Gaunce, Hutton, VirtanenNSH: Turris, Smith, Irwin, Bitetto, Forsberg
VAN 0 – 1 NSH
2:54
VANBrock Boeser (Bo Horvat, Alexander Edler)wrist0.06 xG
VAN: Edler, Tanev, Horvat, Goldobin, BoeserNSH: Josi, Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson
VAN 1 – 1 NSH
4:31
NSHFilip ForsbergPP (Craig Smith)wrist0.12 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Edler, Tanev, HorvatNSH: Subban, Smith, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson
VAN 1 – 2 NSH
14:11
VANLoui Eriksson (Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin)backhand0.17 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Eriksson, Tanev, HuttonNSH: Turris, Smith, Irwin, Bitetto, Fiala
VAN 2 – 2 NSH
16:45
NSHNick Bonino (Calle Jarnkrok, Roman Josi)wrist0.16 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Eriksson, Hutton, StecherNSH: Bonino, Josi, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Sissons
VAN 2 – 3 NSH

3rd period

10:22
VANDaniel SedinPP (Brock Boeser, Henrik Sedin)wrist0.10 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Edler, Horvat, BoeserNSH: Emelin, Irwin, Jarnkrok, Arvidsson
VAN 3 – 3 NSH
14:08
VANBrock Boeser (Nikolay Goldobin, Ben Hutton)wrist0.12 xG
VAN: Pouliot, Hutton, Horvat, Goldobin, BoeserNSH: Josi, Ekholm, Watson, Johansen, Arvidsson
VAN 4 – 3 NSH
19:03
VANLoui ErikssonEN (Daniel Sedin, Henrik Sedin)wrist0.70 xG
VAN: Sedin, Sedin, Eriksson, Edler, TanevNSH: Bonino, Subban, Josi, Johansen, Fiala, Arvidsson
VAN 5 – 3 NSH

Box score

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

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.73	0	3	0	23:28	—	—	65	78
Brock Boeser R	L1	2	1	3	+2	5	0.35	1	0	0	17:48	—	—	69	76
Nikolay Goldobin R	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:02	—	—	79	87
Sam Gagner C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	16:31	—	—	41	35
Sven Baertschi L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	14:26	—	—	44	31
Thomas Vanek L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	12:28	—	—	39	37
Brendan Gaunce C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.28	2	1	0	14:01	—	—	16	3
Markus Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	2	12:10	—	—	25	16
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	9:17	—	—	22	3
Loui Eriksson L	L4	2	0	2	+1	3	0.88	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	59	40
Henrik Sedin C	L4	0	3	3	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:34	—	—	61	77
Daniel Sedin L	L4	1	2	3	+1	4	0.34	1	0	0	12:34	—	—	56	59
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.16	3	0	2	22:55	—	—	58	70
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	2	1	2	21:32	—	—	47	45
Derrick Pouliot D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	3	0	19:29	—	—	33	16
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	2	18:16	—	—	25	8
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	0	2	0	18:38	—	—	65	72
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	16:04	—	—	48	36

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anders Nilsson(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	3.09	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.19	2	3	0	22:20	—	—	46	56
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.10	0	1	0	21:58	—	—	40	48
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.72	0	1	4	20:02	—	—	47	65
Craig Smith C	L2	1	1	2	0	6	0.77	3	0	0	15:48	—	—	63	57
Kyle Turris C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	2	15:43	—	—	52	35
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.38	0	1	0	14:34	—	—	55	59
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	2	1	0	16:26	—	—	41	35
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	64	81
Nick Bonino C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	62	79
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	0	0	13:42	—	—	59	32
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	8:37	—	—	75	72
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	0	0	7:29	—	—	70	76
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	2	0	24:32	—	—	43	40
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.07	0	2	0	23:27	—	—	44	41
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	2	24:26	—	—	66	81
Alexei Emelin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:12	—	—	59	76
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	13:09	—	—	52	40
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	12:07	—	—	50	39

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	2.79	58:46

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.