Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 20, 2025

FinalSaturday, Dec 20, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
TOR	1	1	1	3		TOR	7	7	8	22
NSH	0	2	3	5		NSH	10	14	10	34

: TOR 47NSH 73
: TOR 2.69NSH 4.45
PP goals: TOR 0NSH 1
Hits: TOR 21NSH 20
Blocks: TOR 23NSH 12
PIM: TOR 6NSH 4
: TOR 62%NSH 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3

Nashville Predators beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3 at home. Steven Stamkos (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for TOR: Tavares–Nylander–Maccelli skated 11:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Bobby McMann had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:33.McMann
Points
Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:49.Stamkos
Points
Brady Skjei had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:43.Skjei
Points
Nick Robertson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:36.Robertson
New line
New look for TOR: Tavares–Nylander–Maccelli skated 11:56 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tavares Nylander Maccelli
New line
New look for TOR: Matthews–Knies–Cowan skated 11:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Matthews Knies Cowan
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New look for NSH: Jost–Svechkov–Wood skated 5:55 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jost Svechkov Wood
New line
New look for TOR: Jarnkrok–Laughton–Joshua skated 6:52 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jarnkrok Laughton Joshua

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

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

NSH
TOR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · NSH 73 · TOR 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
TOR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: TOR 20% of the game, NSH 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

TOR

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

NSH skaters (rows) against TOR skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NSH side.

Matchup matrix

NSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	TOR	NSH
	50	73
	2.63	2.92
	2.41	2.76
	16	16
	0	4
	16	25
	+0.039	−0.039
	20%	38%

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Tavares – Nylander – Maccelli
11:5662% CF
L2Matthews – Knies – Cowan
11:3436% CF
L3Roy – Robertson – McMann
7:4229% CF
L4Jarnkrok – Laughton – Joshua
6:5230% CF
D1McCabe – Stecher
14:4550% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Benoit
10:4448% CF
D3Rielly – Myers
8:2328% CF

PP1Rielly – Matthews – Robertson – Knies – Cowan
1:0450% CF
PP2Tavares – Ekman-Larsson – Nylander – Roy – Maccelli
0:51100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Laughton
1:29
PK2FRoy – Matthews
0:40
PK1DMcCabe – Stecher
1:08
PK2DRielly – Myers
0:40

Current TOR line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1McCarron – Smith – Schaefer
8:4775% CF
L2Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg
5:5757% CF
L3Jost – Svechkov – Wood
5:5567% CF
L4Haula – Bunting – Evangelista
5:2164% CF
D1Josi – Perbix
14:3258% CF
D2Skjei – Wilsby
14:2056% CF
D3Hague – Blankenburg
13:4172% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
1:54100% CF
PP2Haula – Skjei – Bunting – Blankenburg – Wood
0:460% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Haula
0:29
PK1DHague – Wilsby
0:52

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.

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Nylander R	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.22	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	53	55
John Tavares C	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.29	2	0	0	17:45	—	—	59	62
Matias Maccelli L	L1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.30	0	1	0	16:19	—	—	56	52
Matthew Knies L	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.10	0	2	0	18:28	—	—	35	37
Auston Matthews C	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.35	0	1	2	18:23	—	—	37	45
Easton Cowan R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:17	—	—	36	37
Nicolas Roy C	L3	1	0	1	+2	2	0.15	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	25	19
Nick Robertson L	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.27	1	0	0	12:36	—	—	33	24
Bobby McMann C	L3	1	1	2	+2	3	0.07	0	0	0	11:33	—	—	33	27
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:06	—	—	39	75
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	31	69
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.61	1	0	0	10:35	—	—	29	69
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	2	0	22:22	—	—	46	50
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	3	3	2	21:57	—	—	50	56
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	3	0	22:15	—	—	40	49
Simon Benoit D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	3	2	16:27	—	—	39	41
Morgan Rielly D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	6	0	19:19	—	—	36	41
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:07	—	—	23	36

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	L	32	29	3	.906	2.96	58:23

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Cole Smith R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	1.09	7	0	2	15:16	—	—	57	70
Michael McCarron C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	50	44
Reid Schaefer L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	3	1	0	11:39	—	—	53	40
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.44	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	61	49
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	1	0	0	17:45	—	—	72	65
Steven Stamkos C	L2	1	1	2	-1	4	1.23	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	52	43
Matthew Wood R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:03	—	—	56	19
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:44	—	—	50	28
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	10:34	—	—	56	31
Erik Haula L	L4	1	0	1	-1	5	0.40	0	3	0	17:48	—	—	63	66
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	+1	6	0.37	1	0	0	16:46	—	—	62	68
Luke Evangelista R	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.32	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	71	73
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.21	0	2	0	21:35	—	—	53	68
Nick Perbix D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	20:17	—	—	59	69
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.03	0	3	0	20:43	—	—	55	33
Adam Wilsby D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	19:56	—	—	49	30
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	1	2	18:28	—	—	77	75
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:05	—	—	70	76

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	2.69	59:59

Goal anatomy

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

Nicolas Roy (TOR) 1st 1:32 · assists Bobby McMann, Nick Robertson · Deflection · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 36.2 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Nicolas Roy · 1st 1:32 · TOR

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 36.2 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: deflection

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Cole Smith · 3rd 19:51 · NSH EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.6 mph
Distance: 46 ft
Entry to goal: 1.4 s

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Erik Haula · 2nd 4:56 · NSH PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 47.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: deflection

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John Tavares · 2nd 11:57 · TOR

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 20.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Adam Wilsby · 2nd 19:26 · NSH

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 56.2 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 6.5 s

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Luke Evangelista · 3rd 9:18 · NSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 27.8 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Steven Stamkos · 3rd 18:25 · NSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 24.7 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Bobby McMann · 3rd 19:06 · TOR

Play: cycle
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 67.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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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.

Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 20, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators beat Toronto Maple Leafs 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Toronto Maple Leafs

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Toronto Maple Leafs

Nashville Predators

Goal anatomy

Nicolas Roy · 1st 1:32 · TOR

Cole Smith · 3rd 19:51 · NSH EN

Erik Haula · 2nd 4:56 · NSH PP

John Tavares · 2nd 11:57 · TOR

Adam Wilsby · 2nd 19:26 · NSH

Luke Evangelista · 3rd 9:18 · NSH

Steven Stamkos · 3rd 18:25 · NSH EN

Bobby McMann · 3rd 19:06 · TOR