Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 21, 2023

Final / SOTuesday, Feb 21, 2023· Bridgestone Arena

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

4

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

5

Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VAN	0	2	2	0	0	4		VAN	13	10	14	2	39
NSH	1	2	1	0	1	5		NSH	8	7	9	2	26

: VAN 74NSH 55
: VAN 4.21NSH 3.48
PP goals: VAN 1NSH 1
Hits: VAN 28NSH 25
Blocks: VAN 15NSH 24
PIM: VAN 6NSH 8
: VAN 40%NSH 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Vancouver Canucks 5–4 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat Vancouver Canucks 5–4 in a shootout at home. Andrei Kuzmenko (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +6 against a season average of 32.8; the win.

Points
Andrei Kuzmenko had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 22:06.Kuzmenko
Points
Conor Garland had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:44.Garland
Points
Juuso Parssinen had 2 assists (2 points) in 16:28.Parssinen
Points
Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 30:11.Hughes
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +6 against a season average of 32.8; the win.Saros
Usage
Anthony Beauvillier (VAN) played 22:45, +6:34 up on his 16:11 season average over 81 games.Beauvillier
Usage
Andrei Kuzmenko (VAN) played 22:06, +5:56 up on his 16:10 season average over 80 games.Kuzmenko
Usage
Ethan Bear (VAN) played 24:20, +5:54 up on his 18:26 season average over 60 games.Bear

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 129 of 129 attempts · NSH 55 · VAN 74

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 35% of the game, NSH 25%.

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
	48	46
	1.91	2.37
	1.88	2.22
	12	14
	4	2
	17	11
	−0.104	+0.104
	35%	25%

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

L1Beauvillier – Pettersson – Kuzmenko
11:1979% CF
L2Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser
6:0736% CF
L3Joshua – Dries – Aman
4:318% CF
L4Garland – Studnicka – Podkolzin
2:4660% CF
D1Bear – Hughes
14:4556% CF
D2Myers – Wolanin
9:3041% CF
D3Burroughs – Stillman
4:1660% CF

PP1Miller – Beauvillier – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
4:5488% CF
PP2Boeser – Bear – Wolanin – Garland – Dries
1:06100% CF
PK1FMiller – Pettersson
1:23
PK2FDi Giuseppe – Joshua
1:19
PK1DMyers – Bear
1:39
PK2DBurroughs – Stillman
0:30

Current VAN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Sissons – Jeannot – Smith
7:3682% CF
L2Niederreiter – Novak – Parssinen
6:3770% CF
L3Duchene – Johansen – Granlund
5:500% CF
L4Trenin – Glass – Tomasino
5:2557% CF
D1McDonagh – Josi
12:0972% CF
D2Ekholm – Lauzon
11:0450% CF
D3Gravel – Fabbro
10:0327% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Niederreiter
3:2150% CF
PP2Ekholm – Novak – Glass – Tomasino – Parssinen
1:49100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
3:25
PK2FTrenin – Smith
1:33
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
3:08
PK2DJosi – Ekholm
2:50

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:38
NSHCole Smith (Colton Sissons, Jeremy Lauzon)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Di Giuseppe, Boeser, WolaninNSH: Ekholm, Sissons, Lauzon, Jeannot, Smith
VAN 0 – 1 NSH

2nd period

7:57
NSHPhilip TomasinoPP (Juuso Parssinen)wrist0.16 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Burroughs, PetterssonNSH: Ekholm, Novak, Glass, Tomasino, Parssinen
VAN 0 – 2 NSH
12:47
VANAndrei Kuzmenko (Ethan Bear, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.21 xG
VAN: Bear, Beauvillier, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoNSH: Josi, Ekholm, Novak, Jeannot, Smith
VAN 1 – 2 NSH
19:38
VANSheldon DriesPP (Brock Boeser, Conor Garland)wrist0.46 xG
VAN: Boeser, Bear, Wolanin, Garland, DriesNSH: Josi, Ekholm, Sissons, Jeannot
VAN 2 – 2 NSH
19:50
NSHNino Niederreiter (Tommy Novak, Roman Josi)backhand0.05 xG
VAN: Myers, Di Giuseppe, Joshua, Stillman, AmanNSH: McDonagh, Josi, Niederreiter, Novak, Parssinen
VAN 2 – 3 NSH

3rd period

7:44
NSHMikael Granlund (Cody Glass, Juuso Parssinen)backhand0.21 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, Garland, StillmanNSH: McDonagh, Josi, Granlund, Glass, Parssinen
VAN 2 – 4 NSH
18:53
VANConor Garland (Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson)tip-in0.12 xG
VAN: Miller, Beauvillier, Garland, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoNSH: McDonagh, Sissons, Lauzon, Jeannot, Smith
VAN 3 – 4 NSH
19:44
VANAndrei Kuzmenko (J.T. Miller, Anthony Beauvillier)tip-in0.07 xG
VAN: Miller, Beauvillier, Garland, Pettersson, Hughes, KuzmenkoNSH: McDonagh, Josi, Granlund, Niederreiter, Sissons
VAN 4 – 4 NSH

Decided in the shootout: VAN 4 – 5 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
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.22	0	0	0	25:17	—	—	70	65
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	1	1	+3	2	0.22	0	0	0	22:45	—	—	68	59
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L1	2	0	2	+3	5	0.66	1	1	0	22:06	—	—	75	75
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.67	4	1	0	25:58	—	—	54	41
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	1	1	-2	4	0.29	1	1	2	19:21	—	—	48	28
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.26	3	0	0	12:32	—	—	45	40
Nils Aman C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	2	3	0	12:30	—	—	29	19
Sheldon Dries C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.79	4	2	0	11:02	—	—	8	0
Dakota Joshua C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	10:08	—	—	24	18
Conor Garland R	L4	1	1	2	+1	6	0.42	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	64	52
Vasily Podkolzin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:59	—	—	80	96
Jack Studnicka C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	2	6:17	—	—	71	93
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	2	2	+3	2	0.15	1	0	0	30:11	—	—	48	48
Ethan Bear D	D1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.14	0	1	0	24:20	—	—	68	73
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	1	1	0	20:09	—	—	33	15
Christian Wolanin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	1	0	18:30	—	—	58	56
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	12:19	—	—	69	56
Riley Stillman D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	12:01	—	—	46	28

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Collin Delia(start)	O	26	22	4	.846	3.27	61:17

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.41	2	0	0	18:09	—	—	63	82
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.31	4	3	2	15:33	—	—	71	68
Cole Smith R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.33	5	1	0	14:55	—	—	67	68
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.52	3	0	0	19:15	—	—	61	50
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:55	—	—	52	36
Juuso Parssinen C	L2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.10	2	0	0	16:28	—	—	58	66
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	3	0	19:02	—	—	14	27
Mikael Granlund C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.33	0	1	0	18:02	—	—	33	61
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:07	—	—	0	0
Cody Glass C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.52	3	1	0	14:03	—	—	71	94
Philip Tomasino R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	47	69
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:13	—	—	29	12
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	0	6	0.36	0	3	2	25:31	—	—	67	60
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	3	0	24:54	—	—	63	64
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	3	0	23:26	—	—	42	49
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	20:04	—	—	44	66
Kevin Gravel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	32	38
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	12:03	—	—	22	28

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	39	35	4	.897	4.21	64:39

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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.