Vancouver Canucks vs. Nashville PredatorsMay 3, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	0	1	1		VAN	5	12	12	29
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	6	13	9	28

: VAN 60NSH 65
: VAN 2.22NSH 2.87
PP goals: VAN 0NSH 0
Hits: VAN 27NSH 25
Blocks: VAN 16NSH 24
PIM: VAN 8NSH 2
: VAN 56%NSH 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Nashville Predators 1–0

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 1–0 at NSH. Pius Suter (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NSH: Sissons–Beauvillier–Parssinen skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–Beauvillier–Parssinen skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (22.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons Beauvillier Parssinen
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 2.87 expected goals (65 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Zucker–McCarron–Sherwood skated 8:10 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zucker McCarron Sherwood
Usage
Elias Pettersson (VAN) played 15:46, −3:39 down on his 19:25 season average over 12 games.Pettersson
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 29 shots and stopped 28 (.966), +9 against a season average of 20.0; the loss.Saros
Usage
Anthony Beauvillier (NSH) played 16:28, +4:09 up on his 12:19 season average over 5 games.Beauvillier
Usage
Luke Evangelista (NSH) played 9:53, −4:12 down on his 14:05 season average over 5 games.Evangelista
Usage
Jason Zucker (NSH) played 17:24, +3:43 up on his 13:41 season average over 5 games.Zucker

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 125 of 125 attempts · NSH 65 · VAN 60

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 32% of the game, NSH 39%.

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
	71	59
	2.60	2.47
	2.51	2.38
	11	14
	2	5
	18	20
	+0.030	−0.030
	32%	39%

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

L1Lindholm – Joshua – Garland
12:4146% CF
L2Miller – Boeser – Suter
11:4665% CF
L3Pettersson – Hoglander – Mikheyev
7:4160% CF
L4Di Giuseppe – Blueger – Lafferty
7:3038% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
16:5371% CF
D2Myers – Soucy
14:4526% CF
D3Cole – Zadorov
13:5157% CF

PK1FBlueger – Lindholm
1:23
PK2FPettersson – Mikheyev
0:53
PK1DCole – Zadorov
1:17
PK2DMyers – Soucy
0:28

Current VAN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg
12:4657% CF
L2Sissons – Beauvillier – Parssinen
11:3623% CF
L3Zucker – McCarron – Sherwood
8:1044% CF
L4Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
5:1160% CF
D1Lauzon – Carrier
17:1740% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
12:2856% CF
D3McDonagh – Schenn
11:5042% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Carrier
2:21100% CF
PP2McDonagh – Zucker – Sissons – Novak – Evangelista
1:2375% CF

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

18:21
VANPius Suter (Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson)wrist0.26 xG
VAN: Zadorov, Boeser, Hronek, Pettersson, SuterNSH: Sissons, Beauvillier, Lauzon, Carrier, Sherwood
VAN 1 – 0 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 Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.13	2	2	2	18:30	—	—	50	21
Dakota Joshua C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	4	1	0	17:26	—	—	46	23
Conor Garland R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	16:19	—	—	50	20
J.T. Miller C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.52	3	0	0	19:37	—	—	61	66
Brock Boeser R	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	1	1	4	18:13	—	—	62	71
Pius Suter C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.50	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	64	74
Elias Pettersson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	54	56
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	10:17	—	—	60	67
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	8:57	—	—	63	43
Teddy Blueger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	2	0	12:55	—	—	41	38
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	10:08	—	—	52	71
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:52	—	—	38	38
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	22:20	—	—	69	55
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	21:20	—	—	73	68
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	4	0	19:52	—	—	31	22
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	18:06	—	—	30	33
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	2	2	20:27	—	—	58	53
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:35	—	—	60	57

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.87	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	3	0.11	1	3	0	22:03	—	—	49	55
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0.08	1	1	0	21:21	—	—	54	50
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	55	64
Colton Sissons C	L2	-1	2	0.15	3	3	0	19:06	—	—	30	34
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	-1	1	0.26	5	0	0	16:28	—	—	24	33
Juuso Parssinen C	L2	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	15:11	—	—	24	29
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	4	0.55	3	0	0	17:24	—	—	33	55
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	1	0.02	2	2	0	11:52	—	—	44	47
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	-1	0	0.02	2	2	0	11:11	—	—	33	26
Luke Evangelista R	L4	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	9:53	—	—	67	74
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	1	0.08	0	0	2	9:07	—	—	78	98
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	8:28	—	—	69	97
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	-1	3	0.13	1	5	0	22:44	—	—	44	37
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	20:16	—	—	36	31
Roman Josi D	D2	0	4	0.35	0	1	0	24:45	—	—	48	58
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0.05	0	2	0	14:19	—	—	56	74
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	0	1	0.19	1	2	0	22:20	—	—	50	55
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	13:03	—	—	43	78

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	29	28	1	.966	2.22	58:54

Goal anatomy

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

Pius Suter (VAN) 3rd 18:21 · assists Brock Boeser, Elias Pettersson · Rebound · 34.0 mph shot.

Pius Suter · 3rd 18:21 · VAN

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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

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.