Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 4, 2019

FinalThursday, Apr 4, 2019· Bridgestone Arena

away

Vancouver CanucksVAN

2

@

home

Nashville PredatorsNSH

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	2	0	0	2		VAN	16	8	8	32
NSH	0	1	2	3		NSH	9	12	12	33

: VAN 54NSH 58
: VAN 2.23NSH 4.35
PP goals: VAN 2NSH 0
Hits: VAN 13NSH 14
Blocks: VAN 11NSH 11
PIM: VAN 4NSH 2
: VAN 43%NSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Vancouver Canucks 3–2

Nashville Predators beat Vancouver Canucks 3–2 at home. Tanner Pearson (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Leivo–Virtanen–Gaudette skated 5:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nick Bonino had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:24.Bonino
Points
Tanner Pearson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:10.Pearson
Points
Austin Watson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:20.Watson
Points
Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:24.Hughes
New line
New look for VAN: Leivo–Virtanen–Gaudette skated 5:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leivo Virtanen Gaudette
New line
New look for VAN: Spooner–Boeser–Pettersson skated 4:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (83.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Spooner Boeser Pettersson
Usage
Ryan Spooner (VAN) played 15:43, +4:22 up on his 11:21 season average over 51 games.Spooner
Usage
Wayne Simmonds (NSH) played 8:49, −6:56 down on his 15:45 season average over 78 games.Simmonds

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 112 of 112 attempts · NSH 58 · VAN 54

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 26% of the game, NSH 40%.

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
	53	64
	1.98	4.97
	1.82	4.66
	16	18
	6	5
	28	16
	−0.051	+0.052
	26%	40%

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

L1Eriksson – Pearson – Horvat
9:4754% CF
L2Beagle – Granlund – Schaller
6:1363% CF
L3Leivo – Virtanen – Gaudette
5:1425% CF
L4Spooner – Boeser – Pettersson
4:2783% CF
D1Edler – Stecher
16:2837% CF
D2Schenn – Hughes
9:5055% CF
D3Hutton – Rafferty
8:1456% CF

PP1Edler – Leivo – Horvat – Boeser – Pettersson
2:1180% CF
PP2Spooner – Granlund – Pearson – Gaudette – Hughes
1:3767% CF
PK1FBeagle – Granlund
1:56
PK2FEriksson – Pearson
1:22
PK1DEdler – Stecher
2:29
PK2DSchenn – Hutton
1:31

Current VAN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
13:1868% CF
L2Bonino – Watson – Sissons
12:1855% CF
L3Turris – Smith – Granlund
10:5055% CF
L4Boyle – Simmonds – Jarnkrok
5:4440% CF
D1Subban – Ekholm
15:4971% CF
D2Josi – Ellis
15:2342% CF
D3Hamhuis – Fabbro
9:5647% CF

PP1Boyle – Subban – Smith – Johansen – Arvidsson
2:06100% CF
PP2Turris – Simmonds – Josi – Granlund – Forsberg
1:45100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Forsberg
1:23
PK2FJohansen – Arvidsson
1:06
PK1DSubban – Ekholm
2:08
PK2DJosi – Ellis
1:36

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:49
VANMarkus GranlundPP (Quinn Hughes, Tanner Pearson)backhand0.11 xG
VAN: Granlund, Pearson, Gaudette, Stecher, HughesNSH: Subban, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Forsberg
VAN 1 – 0 NSH
19:48
VANTanner PearsonPP (Quinn Hughes, Ryan Spooner)wrist0.10 xG
VAN: Spooner, Granlund, Pearson, Gaudette, HughesNSH: Josi, Ellis, Forsberg, Sissons
VAN 2 – 0 NSH

2nd period

0:37
NSHColton Sissons (Nick Bonino, Austin Watson)wrist0.08 xG
VAN: Eriksson, Edler, Beagle, Schaller, StecherNSH: Bonino, Subban, Ekholm, Watson, Sissons
VAN 2 – 1 NSH

3rd period

15:40
NSHNick Bonino (Austin Watson, Ryan Ellis)wrist0.05 xG
VAN: Leivo, Hutton, Virtanen, Gaudette, RaffertyNSH: Bonino, Josi, Ellis, Watson, Sissons
VAN 2 – 2 NSH
19:39
NSHRyan Johansen (Filip Forsberg)wrist0.12 xG
VAN: Edler, Spooner, Boeser, Stecher, PetterssonNSH: Subban, Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson
VAN 2 – 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	0	0	0	3	0.33	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	65	74
Tanner Pearson L	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.26	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	45	52
Loui Eriksson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	38	40
Jay Beagle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	0	0	11:34	—	—	39	17
Markus Granlund C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	11:25	—	—	57	56
Tim Schaller L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	8:59	—	—	59	36
Josh Leivo L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	1	0	15:35	—	—	37	30
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:00	—	—	32	7
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	2	0	0	13:23	—	—	27	6
Brock Boeser R	L4	0	0	0	-1	7	0.56	1	1	0	18:04	—	—	53	26
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	0	1	2	16:13	—	—	43	13
Ryan Spooner C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	46	28
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.14	1	2	0	27:36	—	—	45	31
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	3	0	23:08	—	—	38	44
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	2	2	0	2	0.02	1	0	2	18:24	—	—	50	24
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	16:16	—	—	44	24
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	0	1	0	18:54	—	—	41	18
Brogan Rafferty D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	61	35

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	4.35	59:40

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Johansen C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	19:38	—	—	57	58
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.27	2	1	0	19:20	—	—	71	71
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.87	0	1	0	19:20	—	—	61	74
Colton Sissons C	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.30	2	0	0	16:03	—	—	46	74
Nick Bonino C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.17	0	2	0	15:24	—	—	44	62
Austin Watson L	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.14	3	1	0	14:20	—	—	50	66
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.81	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	60	79
Kyle Turris C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	0	0	15:57	—	—	62	86
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	3	0	0	15:44	—	—	63	80
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	9:45	—	—	44	36
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	2	8:49	—	—	43	62
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	8:45	—	—	33	36
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	23:51	—	—	65	76
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.31	1	1	0	22:35	—	—	66	84
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.21	1	1	0	24:07	—	—	41	57
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	42	70
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	11:59	—	—	52	64
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:56	—	—	55	68

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.23	60:00

More

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.