Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 18, 2022

FinalTuesday, Jan 18, 2022· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	1	2	3		VAN	9	10	5	24
NSH	0	1	0	1		NSH	7	15	10	32

: VAN 52NSH 58
: VAN 3.14NSH 3.16
PP goals: VAN 1NSH 1
Hits: VAN 31NSH 31
Blocks: VAN 14NSH 12
PIM: VAN 14NSH 20
: VAN 48%NSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 3–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 3–1 at NSH. Philip Tomasino (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Pearson, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 5:48 together.

PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Pearson, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 5:48 together.Miller Pearson Boeser Pettersson Hughes
New line
New look for VAN: Pettersson–Hoglander–Podkolzin skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pettersson Hoglander Podkolzin
Luck
NSH scored 1 goal on 3.16 expected goals (58 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Cousins–McCarron–Tomasino skated 7:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cousins McCarron Tomasino
New line
New look for VAN: Chiasson–Dowling–Dickinson skated 5:06 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Chiasson Dowling Dickinson
Usage
Juho Lammikko (VAN) played 16:21, +4:08 up on his 12:13 season average over 74 games.Lammikko
Usage
Mark Borowiecki (NSH) played 18:21, +5:19 up on his 13:02 season average over 56 games.Borowiecki
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 29:13, +3:43 up on his 25:30 season average over 79 games.Josi

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 58 · VAN 52

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 36% of the game, NSH 36%.

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
	42	50
	2.18	2.70
	2.00	2.62
	8	10
	1	4
	30	8
	−0.035	+0.035
	36%	36%

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

L1Miller – Pearson – Boeser
10:4050% CF
L2Pettersson – Hoglander – Podkolzin
9:5976% CF
L3Motte – Lammikko – Highmore
7:269% CF
L4Chiasson – Dowling – Dickinson
5:0643% CF
D1Myers – Ekman-Larsson
14:2746% CF
D2Poolman – Hughes
14:2263% CF
D3Schenn – Burroughs
11:3627% CF

PP1Miller – Pearson – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
5:48100% CF
PP2Motte – Poolman – Dickinson – Lammikko – Hughes
1:00
PK1FDickinson – Lammikko
0:58
PK2FMiller – Highmore
0:56
PK1DSchenn – Hughes
1:23
PK2DMyers – Poolman
0:56

Current VAN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
11:3650% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
9:0760% CF
L3Johansen – Kunin – Tolvanen
8:4443% CF
L4Cousins – McCarron – Tomasino
7:4355% CF
D1Josi – Carrier
15:5674% CF
D2Benning – Davies
11:0370% CF
D3Borowiecki – Myers
10:1624% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
2:3883% CF
PP2Cousins – Carrier – Kunin – Tolvanen – Tomasino
1:03100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
2:30
PK2FGranlund – Kunin
2:02
PK1DJosi – Carrier
2:56
PK2DBorowiecki – Benning
2:15

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

2:51
NSHPhilip TomasinoPP (Alexandre Carrier, Eeli Tolvanen)snap0.07 xG
VAN: Myers, Ekman-Larsson, Pearson, LammikkoNSH: Cousins, Carrier, Kunin, Tolvanen, Tomasino
VAN 0 – 1 NSH
7:23
VANElias Pettersson (Vasily Podkolzin, Nils Hoglander)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Poolman, Pettersson, Hughes, Hoglander, PodkolzinNSH: Sissons, Trenin, Myers, Davies, Jeannot
VAN 1 – 1 NSH

3rd period

3:41
VANBrock BoeserPP (J.T. Miller, Quinn Hughes)deflected0.13 xG
VAN: Miller, Pearson, Boeser, Pettersson, HughesNSH: Borowiecki, Sissons, Benning, Trenin
VAN 2 – 1 NSH
12:19
VANJuho Lammikko (Tyler Motte)wrist0.19 xG
VAN: Motte, Poolman, Dickinson, Lammikko, HughesNSH: Duchene, Granlund, Forsberg, Benning, Davies
VAN 3 – 1 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
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.21	4	1	0	22:28	—	—	54	43
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.50	1	0	2	20:00	—	—	50	38
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.76	2	1	0	19:16	—	—	50	38
Elias Pettersson C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	20:17	—	—	65	63
Vasily Podkolzin R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	1	1	0	14:02	—	—	71	70
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.41	1	1	0	12:39	—	—	74	71
Juho Lammikko C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	0	0	0	16:21	—	—	16	26
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:05	—	—	17	27
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	11:25	—	—	7	0
Jason Dickinson C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	3	2	0	12:55	—	—	38	48
Alex Chiasson R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	0	0	9:38	—	—	33	40
Justin Dowling C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:59	—	—	40	36
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	0	0	20:05	—	—	40	67
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	2	5	19:23	—	—	43	65
Quinn Hughes D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.13	0	1	0	26:39	—	—	56	40
Tucker Poolman D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.16	1	1	0	19:32	—	—	60	49
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	16:23	—	—	20	2
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	7	0	5	12:29	—	—	33	2

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	3.16	59:43

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	0	21:43	—	—	46	51
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.33	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	44	52
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.51	3	1	2	17:54	—	—	54	52
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:24	—	—	68	63
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.39	2	0	0	14:48	—	—	62	59
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	3	0	5	13:33	—	—	59	55
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	0	0	14:22	—	—	50	20
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	5	0	0	14:06	—	—	40	8
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	13:25	—	—	44	9
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	0	0	12:22	—	—	63	84
Philip Tomasino R	L4	1	0	1	0	5	0.43	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	60	78
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	0	5	8:47	—	—	50	70
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	1	2	0	29:13	—	—	71	73
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	2	3	2	22:47	—	—	69	60
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	2	2	17:53	—	—	65	64
Jeremy Davies D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.08	0	0	2	12:30	—	—	58	57
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	0	18:21	—	—	28	33
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	2	14:25	—	—	24	37

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	24	21	3	.875	3.14	58:00

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.