Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 26, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	1	0	2		VAN	3	6	3	12
NSH	0	0	1	1		NSH	5	11	14	30

: VAN 33NSH 71
: VAN 1.19NSH 2.63
PP goals: VAN 2NSH 0
Hits: VAN 25NSH 32
Blocks: VAN 28NSH 11
PIM: VAN 14NSH 10
: VAN 37%NSH 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Nashville Predators 2–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 2–1 at NSH. J.T. Miller (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Lindholm, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:21 together.

Points
J.T. Miller had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:35.Miller
Points
Quinn Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) in 19:29.Hughes
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Lindholm, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 2:21 together.Miller Lindholm Boeser Pettersson Hughes
Usage
Quinn Hughes (VAN) played 19:29, −5:21 down on his 24:50 season average over 12 games.Hughes
Usage
Luke Evangelista (NSH) played 16:43, +4:00 up on his 12:43 season average over 5 games.Evangelista
Luck
NSH scored 1 goal on 2.63 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Alexandre Carrier (NSH) played 18:13, −3:28 down on his 21:41 season average over 5 games.Carrier
Usage
Filip Forsberg (NSH) played 25:02, +5:32 up on his 19:30 season average over 5 games.Forsberg

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 104 of 104 attempts · NSH 71 · VAN 33

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 14% of the game, NSH 49%.

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
	30	58
	1.00	2.09
	0.98	2.01
	5	6
	1	4
	16	7
	−0.040	+0.040
	14%	49%

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 – Boeser – Suter
7:1450% CF
L2Lindholm – Joshua – Garland
7:058% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Blueger – Lafferty
5:4025% CF
L4Pettersson – Hoglander – Mikheyev
5:0640% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
12:3941% CF
D2Myers – Soucy
10:3721% CF
D3Cole – Zadorov
10:3635% CF

PP1Miller – Lindholm – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
2:21100% CF
PP2Miller – Boeser – Garland – Suter – Hughes
0:31100% CF
PK1FLindholm – Joshua
2:06
PK2FDi Giuseppe – Suter
0:59
PK1DCole – Zadorov
3:20
PK2DMyers – Soucy
2:08

Current VAN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg
13:0865% CF
L2McCarron – Sherwood – Smith
7:2557% CF
L3Zucker – Sissons – Beauvillier
6:5370% CF
L4Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
6:0264% CF
D1McDonagh – Josi
14:0571% CF
D2Lauzon – Carrier
8:2950% CF
D3Schenn – Stastney
5:4367% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
5:15100% CF
PP2McDonagh – Zucker – Sissons – Novak – Beauvillier
2:35
PK1FO'Reilly – McCarron
1:04
PK2FSissons – Smith
0:51
PK1DLauzon – Carrier
1:21
PK2DSchenn – Stastney
0:34

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.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	1	1	2	0	6	0.35	3	1	2	19:35	—	—	47	66
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.21	0	1	2	17:36	—	—	43	40
Pius Suter C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	12:38	—	—	50	52
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	21:37	—	—	13	0
Dakota Joshua C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	2	15:15	—	—	6	0
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:05	—	—	24	1
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	2	13:00	—	—	39	16
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:03	—	—	25	0
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:06	—	—	19	0
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	2	0	17:41	—	—	44	59
Ilya Mikheyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	52	60
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	7:52	—	—	60	56
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	2	2	-1	0	0.01	1	2	2	19:29	—	—	33	23
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	3	1	0	18:57	—	—	33	21
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	3	2	21:58	—	—	33	35
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	17:25	—	—	20	37
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	2	20:46	—	—	38	42
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	5	0	19:18	—	—	41	45

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.63	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.78	0	1	0	25:37	—	—	65	75
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	4	0	0	25:02	—	—	65	76
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	0	2	23:14	—	—	68	74
Michael McCarron C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	2	11:19	—	—	73	82
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	10:55	—	—	55	50
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:16	—	—	70	69
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.33	3	0	0	17:04	—	—	63	56
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	2	0	0	12:56	—	—	67	75
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:28	—	—	64	51
Luke Evangelista R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.32	0	0	2	16:43	—	—	71	83
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	12:37	—	—	68	79
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	8:29	—	—	57	45
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	3	2	30:31	—	—	68	75
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	3	2	24:59	—	—	70	70
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	1	1	0	18:13	—	—	56	83
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:41	—	—	56	79
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	71	50
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:36	—	—	67	29

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	12	10	2	.833	1.19	58:13

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

J.T. Miller (VAN PP) 1st 13:23 · assists Quinn Hughes, Elias Pettersson · Forecheck turnover · 67.1 mph shot.

J.T. Miller · 1st 13:23 · VAN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 67.1 mph
Distance: 37 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Brock Boeser · 2nd 4:33 · VAN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 22.0 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Luke Evangelista · 3rd 16:48 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.0 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 4.7 s

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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.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 26, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks edge Nashville Predators 2–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Nashville Predators

Goal anatomy

J.T. Miller · 1st 13:23 · VAN PP

Brock Boeser · 2nd 4:33 · VAN PP

Luke Evangelista · 3rd 16:48 · NSH