Florida Panthers vs. Nashville PredatorsMar 4, 2021

FinalThursday, Mar 4, 2021· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	2	2	1	5		FLA	17	13	8	38
NSH	0	2	2	4		NSH	10	15	10	35

: FLA 60NSH 65
: FLA 3.62NSH 3.15
PP goals: FLA 2NSH 0
Hits: FLA 9NSH 10
Blocks: FLA 14NSH 12
PIM: FLA 4NSH 8
: FLA 36%NSH 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers edge Nashville Predators 5–4

Florida Panthers beat Nashville Predators 5–4 at NSH. Aaron Ekblad (FLA) led the scoring with 2G 2A. FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Hornqvist, Huberdeau, Barkov and Ekblad) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:21 together.

Points
Aaron Ekblad had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 6 shots in 24:45.Ekblad
Points
Filip Forsberg had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:02.Forsberg
Points
Aleksander Barkov had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 22:51.Barkov
Points
Viktor Arvidsson had 3 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:48.Arvidsson
Points
Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:37.Huberdeau
Points
Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 27:14.Ekholm
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Yandle, Hornqvist, Huberdeau, Barkov and Ekblad) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:21 together.Yandle Hornqvist Huberdeau Barkov Ekblad
Goalie
Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 38 shots and stopped 33 (.868), +10 against a season average of 27.7; the loss.Rinne

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

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

NSH
FLA
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · NSH 65 · FLA 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
FLA
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: FLA 42% 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

FLA

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	FLA	NSH
	58	61
	3.36	2.78
	3.23	2.71
	12	14
	7	5
	18	17
	−0.110	+0.110
	42%	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.

Florida Panthers

L1Verhaeghe – Barkov – Vatrano
15:4170% CF
L2Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg
10:4731% CF
L3Acciari – Marchment – Luostarinen
10:3744% CF
L4Hinostroza – Lammikko – Lomberg
6:2523% CF
D1Gudas – Forsling
14:0052% CF
D2Weegar – Ekblad
13:4346% CF
D3Yandle – Stralman
8:4150% CF

PP1Yandle – Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Barkov – Ekblad
4:21100% CF
PP2Verhaeghe – Wennberg – Ekblad – Forsling – Vatrano
0:41
PK1FWennberg – Luostarinen
0:15
PK2FBarkov – Lammikko
0:10
PK1DWeegar – Ekblad
0:30

Current FLA line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Jarnkrok – Grimaldi
8:1653% CF
L2Granlund – Forsberg – Tolvanen
7:2028% CF
L3Richardson – Haula – Sissons
7:1842% CF
L4Johansen – Cousins – Arvidsson
5:3950% CF
D1Josi – Ekholm
13:1262% CF
D2Borowiecki – Benning
9:3247% CF
D3Harpur – Fabbro
7:4264% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg – Tolvanen
2:05100% CF
PP2Duchene – Ekholm – Jarnkrok – Grimaldi – Fabbro
0:10
PK1FJarnkrok – Sissons
2:19
PK2FRichardson – Haula
2:09
PK1DBorowiecki – Benning
3:09
PK2DEkholm – Fabbro
1:12

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:29
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Aleksander Barkov, Aaron Ekblad)wrist0.05 xG
FLA: Weegar, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, VatranoNSH: Josi, Granlund, Forsberg, Fabbro, Tolvanen
FLA 1 – 0 NSH
9:01
FLAMason Marchment (Aaron Ekblad)wrist0.04 xG
FLA: Weegar, Ekblad, Acciari, Marchment, LuostarinenNSH: Josi, Granlund, Forsberg, Fabbro, Tolvanen
FLA 2 – 0 NSH

2nd period

0:59
FLAJonathan Huberdeau (Patric Hornqvist)wrist0.26 xG
FLA: Hornqvist, Gudas, Huberdeau, Wennberg, ForslingNSH: Johansen, Cousins, Harpur, Arvidsson, Fabbro
FLA 3 – 0 NSH
12:23
NSHMattias Ekholm (Viktor Arvidsson, Roman Josi)slap0.03 xG
FLA: Gudas, Hinostroza, Forsling, Marchment, LuostarinenNSH: Josi, Duchene, Ekholm, Cousins, Arvidsson
FLA 3 – 1 NSH
18:44
FLAAaron EkbladPP (Aleksander Barkov, Jonathan Huberdeau)wrist0.09 xG
FLA: Yandle, Hornqvist, Huberdeau, Barkov, EkbladNSH: Richardson, Borowiecki, Haula, Benning
FLA 4 – 1 NSH
19:34
NSHFilip Forsberg (Viktor Arvidsson, Mattias Ekholm)deflected0.10 xG
FLA: Stralman, Weegar, Acciari, Marchment, LuostarinenNSH: Josi, Duchene, Ekholm, Forsberg, Arvidsson
FLA 4 – 2 NSH

3rd period

9:07
FLAAaron EkbladPP (Aleksander Barkov, Keith Yandle)wrist0.08 xG
FLA: Yandle, Hornqvist, Huberdeau, Barkov, EkbladNSH: Richardson, Ekholm, Haula, Benning
FLA 5 – 2 NSH
12:40
NSHColton Sissons (Brad Richardson, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.21 xG
FLA: Yandle, Ekblad, Acciari, Marchment, LuostarinenNSH: Richardson, Borowiecki, Forsberg, Sissons, Benning
FLA 5 – 3 NSH
18:47
NSHRyan Johansen (Viktor Arvidsson, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.16 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, Forsling, VatranoNSH: Josi, Ekholm, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg, Arvidsson
FLA 5 – 4 NSH

Box score

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

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	0	3	3	0	4	0.24	0	2	0	22:51	—	—	67	88
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.24	0	0	0	19:30	—	—	69	90
Frank Vatrano R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.47	0	1	0	18:25	—	—	70	93
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.37	1	1	0	18:37	—	—	35	59
Patric Hornqvist R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.54	1	0	0	17:35	—	—	35	49
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	0	1	2	15:18	—	—	37	52
Noel Acciari C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	48	48
Eetu Luostarinen C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	0	0	0	13:36	—	—	40	39
Mason Marchment L	L3	1	0	1	-2	2	0.14	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	46	43
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	1	0	0	8:06	—	—	29	22
Juho Lammikko C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	7:59	—	—	31	25
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:55	—	—	20	2
Radko Gudas D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	4	0	0	21:53	—	—	52	63
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:53	—	—	48	64
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	2	2	4	0	6	0.73	0	0	0	24:45	—	—	44	46
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	2	3	0	21:20	—	—	51	57
Keith Yandle D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	53	51
Anton Stralman D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	2	0	11:52	—	—	42	50

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	35	31	4	.886	3.15	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	42	40
Rocco Grimaldi R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	1	0	13:02	—	—	54	54
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	+2	4	0.28	0	1	0	12:19	—	—	69	66
Filip Forsberg L	L2	1	2	3	+1	5	0.33	2	0	0	20:02	—	—	58	54
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	33	18
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	1	0	0	13:10	—	—	28	16
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:06	—	—	36	32
Colton Sissons C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.34	1	2	2	14:59	—	—	47	54
Brad Richardson R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	52	57
Ryan Johansen C	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.41	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	57	42
Viktor Arvidsson L	L4	0	3	3	+2	4	0.47	0	0	0	16:48	—	—	73	61
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	1	1	0	10:27	—	—	55	36
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	1	1	2	+3	4	0.18	0	1	0	27:14	—	—	63	60
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	0	0	4	25:29	—	—	50	40
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:00	—	—	36	34
Mark Borowiecki D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	1	2	14:27	—	—	42	37
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	3	0	18:51	—	—	49	45
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	57	51

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	38	33	5	.868	3.62	57:31

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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.