New Jersey Devils vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 7, 2019

FinalSaturday, Dec 7, 2019· Bridgestone Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	2	1	1	4		NJD	11	12	10	33
NSH	2	2	2	6		NSH	13	12	12	37

: NJD 55NSH 63
: NJD 2.82NSH 3.34
PP goals: NJD 1NSH 0
Hits: NJD 11NSH 9
Blocks: NJD 13NSH 13
PIM: NJD 10NSH 8
: NJD 46%NSH 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 6–4

Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 6–4 at home. Taylor Hall (NJD) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NJD's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, Gusev and Zacha) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:36 together.

Points
Dante Fabbro had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:50.Fabbro
Points
Nick Bonino had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:58.Bonino
Points
Rocco Grimaldi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 9:10.Grimaldi
Points
Taylor Hall had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:14.Hall
Points
Mattias Ekholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 24:14.Ekholm
Points
Sami Vatanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:48.Vatanen
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, Gusev and Zacha) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:36 together.Palmieri Vatanen Hall Gusev Zacha
New line
New look for NSH: Turris–Duchene–Carr skated 11:00 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Turris Duchene Carr

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

← NJD attacks left (bottom on phones)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · NSH 63 · NJD 55

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH pressure
NJD pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 23% of the game, NSH 24%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NSH

NJD

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	NJD	NSH
	58	58
	2.85	2.64
	2.78	2.58
	7	12
	6	7
	17	19
	−0.018	+0.018
	23%	24%

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.

New Jersey Devils

L1Palmieri – Hall – Hughes
11:2157% CF
L2Zajac – Coleman – Gusev
10:2464% CF
L3Simmonds – Wood – Rooney
7:4350% CF
L4Zacha – Bratt – Boqvist
7:2427% CF
D1Greene – Subban
12:4034% CF
D2Vatanen – Severson
11:5770% CF
D3Butcher – Mueller
10:2645% CF

PP1Palmieri – Vatanen – Hall – Gusev – Zacha
2:3683% CF
PP2Subban – Simmonds – Butcher – Bratt – Hughes
0:48100% CF
PK1FZacha – Rooney
2:18
PK2FZajac – Coleman
1:57
PK1DGreene – Severson
2:08
PK2DVatanen – Mueller
1:22

Current NJD line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Turris – Duchene – Carr
11:0048% CF
L2Jarnkrok – Johansen – Forsberg
10:4361% CF
L3Watson – Sissons – Trenin
7:1533% CF
L4Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi
5:3862% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
14:5855% CF
D2Ekholm – Fabbro
13:0138% CF
D3Hamhuis – Weber
9:3346% CF

PP1Bonino – Turris – Ellis – Ekholm – Smith
2:3550% CF
PP2Josi – Duchene – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Forsberg
2:17100% CF
PK1FBonino – Sissons
1:01
PK2FWatson – Johansen
1:00
PK1DJosi – Ellis
1:47
PK2DHamhuis – Ekholm
1:40

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:46
NSHDaniel Carr (Dan Hamhuis, Yannick Weber)deflected0.11 xG
NJD: Greene, Subban, Simmonds, Wood, RooneyNSH: Hamhuis, Turris, Weber, Duchene, Carr
NJD 0 – 1 NSH
2:13
NSHDante Fabbro (Nick Bonino, Craig Smith)wrist0.05 xG
NJD: Zajac, Coleman, Gusev, Butcher, MuellerNSH: Bonino, Ekholm, Smith, Grimaldi, Fabbro
NJD 0 – 2 NSH
2:45
NJDJesper Bratt (Pavel Zacha, Sami Vatanen)wrist0.09 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Severson, Zacha, Bratt, BoqvistNSH: Hamhuis, Weber, Watson, Sissons, Trenin
NJD 1 – 2 NSH
3:59
NJDTravis Zajac (Nikita Gusev, Blake Coleman)wrist0.16 xG
NJD: Zajac, Coleman, Severson, Gusev, ButcherNSH: Turris, Duchene, Ekholm, Carr, Fabbro
NJD 2 – 2 NSH

2nd period

5:52
NSHYakov Trenin (Rocco Grimaldi)slap0.13 xG
NJD: Vatanen, Severson, Zacha, Bratt, BoqvistNSH: Josi, Duchene, Grimaldi, Trenin, Fabbro
NJD 2 – 3 NSH
7:24
NSHFilip Forsberg (Calle Jarnkrok, Roman Josi)wrist0.20 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Hall, Butcher, Mueller, ZachaNSH: Josi, Ellis, Jarnkrok, Johansen, Forsberg
NJD 2 – 4 NSH
13:07
NJDKyle PalmieriPP (Taylor Hall, Sami Vatanen)wrist0.11 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, Gusev, ZachaNSH: Hamhuis, Ekholm, Watson, Johansen
NJD 3 – 4 NSH

3rd period

5:47
NSHNick Bonino (Dante Fabbro, Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.09 xG
NJD: Greene, Subban, Zacha, Bratt, BoqvistNSH: Bonino, Ekholm, Smith, Grimaldi, Fabbro
NJD 3 – 5 NSH
11:09
NJDTaylor Hall (Jack Hughes)wrist0.02 xG
NJD: Palmieri, Vatanen, Hall, Severson, HughesNSH: Turris, Duchene, Ekholm, Carr, Fabbro
NJD 4 – 5 NSH
12:44
NSHRocco Grimaldi (Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.10 xG
NJD: Greene, Subban, Simmonds, Wood, RooneyNSH: Bonino, Ekholm, Smith, Grimaldi, Fabbro
NJD 4 – 6 NSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Hall L	L1	1	1	2	0	3	0.41	2	1	0	18:14	—	—	52	47
Kyle Palmieri C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.42	1	0	0	18:09	—	—	56	48
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	0	0	0	17:29	—	—	52	57
Travis Zajac C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	19:05	—	—	62	73
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	1	1	0	7	0.65	3	1	4	16:19	—	—	63	78
Nikita Gusev L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	2	14:47	—	—	59	72
Wayne Simmonds R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	1	1	0	11:44	—	—	44	35
Kevin Rooney C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.22	1	0	0	11:21	—	—	52	38
Miles Wood L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.04	0	0	2	10:33	—	—	42	34
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	1	1	-2	1	0.06	0	0	0	15:30	—	—	29	38
Jesper Boqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	9:52	—	—	31	25
Jesper Bratt L	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	9:49	—	—	31	35
Andy Greene D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:54	—	—	37	42
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.05	0	3	2	18:20	—	—	36	49
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	0	0	23:11	—	—	61	73
Sami Vatanen D	D2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.08	0	3	0	21:48	—	—	70	61
Will Butcher D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	53	53
Mirco Mueller D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	1	0	16:50	—	—	52	41

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Louis Domingue(start)	L	37	31	6	.838	3.34	58:39

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	43	31
Kyle Turris C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	1	0	18:05	—	—	52	40
Daniel Carr L	L1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.11	2	1	0	13:06	—	—	46	31
Filip Forsberg L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.59	2	0	2	20:07	—	—	52	57
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	1	2	19:14	—	—	55	58
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	15:48	—	—	57	70
Austin Watson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	1	0	13:37	—	—	40	40
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:28	—	—	33	28
Yakov Trenin C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	1	1	0	7:53	—	—	38	52
Nick Bonino C	L4	1	1	2	+3	1	0.09	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	62	56
Craig Smith C	L4	0	1	1	+3	1	0.02	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	62	55
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	1	1	2	+4	3	0.28	0	0	0	9:10	—	—	60	60
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	+2	8	0.70	1	2	0	25:56	—	—	58	54
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	1	0	24:47	—	—	56	48
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.24	0	0	0	24:14	—	—	41	33
Dante Fabbro D	D2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.06	1	0	2	19:50	—	—	47	39
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	0	2	0	13:25	—	—	48	62
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	2	9:49	—	—	46	64

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	33	29	4	.879	2.82	59:28

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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.