Florida Panthers vs. Nashville PredatorsMar 6, 2021

FinalSaturday, Mar 6, 2021· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	1	3	2	6		FLA	9	11	12	32
NSH	1	0	1	2		NSH	12	6	12	30

: FLA 53NSH 60
: FLA 2.79NSH 1.91
PP goals: FLA 1NSH 1
Hits: FLA 14NSH 13
Blocks: FLA 16NSH 11
PIM: FLA 9NSH 13
: FLA 47%NSH 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers rout Nashville Predators 6–2

Florida Panthers beat Nashville Predators 6–2 at NSH. Noel Acciari (FLA) led the scoring with 3G 0A. FLA scored 6 goals on 2.79 expected goals (53 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Noel Acciari had a hat trick (3 points) on 5 shots in 12:37.Acciari
Points
Aaron Ekblad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:59.Ekblad
Points
Frank Vatrano had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:19.Vatrano
Points
Jonathan Huberdeau had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:17.Huberdeau
Points
Filip Forsberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:37.Forsberg
Points
Keith Yandle had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:23.Yandle
Luck
FLA scored 6 goals on 2.79 expected goals (53 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for FLA: Marchment–Luostarinen–Denisenko skated 11:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchment Luostarinen Denisenko

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 113 of 113 attempts · NSH 60 · FLA 53

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 35% of the game, NSH 32%.

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
	42	67
	1.71	2.00
	1.68	1.97
	5	7
	6	2
	12	12
	−0.027	+0.027
	35%	32%

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
11:3629% CF
L2Marchment – Luostarinen – Denisenko
11:2844% CF
L3Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg
9:1936% CF
L4Lammikko – Acciari – Lomberg
8:2958% CF
D1Weegar – Ekblad
14:0329% CF
D2Connauton – Forsling
8:2754% CF
D3Yandle – Gudas
7:3938% CF

PP1Yandle – Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Barkov – Ekblad
6:30100% CF
PP2Gudas – Verhaeghe – Wennberg – Forsling – Vatrano
1:16100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Luostarinen
0:52
PK2FLammikko – Acciari
0:44
PK1DWeegar – Ekblad
1:36
PK2DGudas – Forsling
0:31

Current FLA line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
11:5773% CF
L2Granlund – Grimaldi – Tolvanen
9:3856% CF
L3Jarnkrok – Cousins – Sissons
8:1271% CF
L4Richardson – Haula – Olivier
6:4556% CF
D1Josi – Carrier
18:0048% CF
D2Ekholm – Fabbro
14:5674% CF
D3Borowiecki – Benning
10:4077% CF

PP1Ekholm – Haula – Jarnkrok – Cousins – Arvidsson
1:05100% CF
PP2Josi – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg – Tolvanen
1:02100% CF
PK1FRichardson – Haula
2:43
PK2FGranlund – Sissons
2:05
PK1DBorowiecki – Benning
4:32
PK2DEkholm – Fabbro
2:41

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:46
NSHEeli TolvanenPP (Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi)slap0.05 xG
FLA: Weegar, Wennberg, Ekblad, LuostarinenNSH: Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg, Tolvanen
FLA 0 – 1 NSH
19:47
FLAAaron Ekbladsnap0.04 xG
FLA: Hornqvist, Huberdeau, Weegar, Wennberg, EkbladNSH: Josi, Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson
FLA 1 – 1 NSH

2nd period

1:15
FLAJonathan Huberdeau (Patric Hornqvist, Radko Gudas)wrist0.20 xG
FLA: Yandle, Hornqvist, Gudas, Huberdeau, WennbergNSH: Richardson, Josi, Haula, Carrier, Olivier
FLA 2 – 1 NSH
11:17
FLANoel Acciari (Aaron Ekblad, Frank Vatrano)wrist0.14 xG
FLA: Weegar, Ekblad, Lammikko, Vatrano, AcciariNSH: Ekholm, Haula, Jarnkrok, Arvidsson, Carrier
FLA 3 – 1 NSH
18:46
FLANoel Acciari (Keith Yandle)backhand0.22 xG
FLA: Yandle, Connauton, Lammikko, Acciari, LombergNSH: Richardson, Josi, Haula, Jarnkrok, Carrier
FLA 4 – 1 NSH

3rd period

0:19
NSHViktor Arvidsson (Filip Forsberg, Ryan Johansen)wrist0.10 xG
FLA: Weegar, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad, VatranoNSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson, Fabbro
FLA 4 – 2 NSH
14:56
FLAFrank Vatrano (Aleksander Barkov)wrist0.16 xG
FLA: Yandle, Gudas, Verhaeghe, Barkov, VatranoNSH: Josi, Borowiecki, Granlund, Grimaldi, Tolvanen
FLA 5 – 2 NSH
16:58
FLANoel AcciariPP (Keith Yandle, Jonathan Huberdeau)backhand0.18 xG
FLA: Yandle, Huberdeau, Barkov, Ekblad, AcciariNSH: Borowiecki, Haula, Granlund, Benning
FLA 6 – 2 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	1	1	0	3	0.21	0	4	0	20:42	—	—	32	23
Frank Vatrano R	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.17	1	0	2	17:19	—	—	30	27
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	29	19
Mason Marchment L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:16	—	—	46	55
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:41	—	—	41	48
Grigori Denisenko L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	1	1	2	12:59	—	—	38	38
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.26	0	1	0	17:17	—	—	29	60
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	2	1	0	16:11	—	—	44	78
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	15:47	—	—	33	42
Noel Acciari C	L4	3	0	3	+2	5	0.87	0	1	0	12:37	—	—	59	84
Juho Lammikko C	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:00	—	—	53	82
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	2	1	0	10:46	—	—	53	62
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.29	0	1	0	24:59	—	—	33	33
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	2	0	19:42	—	—	25	22
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.24	1	0	0	20:54	—	—	53	55
Kevin Connauton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	41	53
Keith Yandle D	D3	0	2	2	+3	3	0.12	0	1	0	21:23	—	—	34	59
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.11	2	0	5	18:40	—	—	42	53

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Bobrovsky(start)	W	30	28	2	.933	1.91	59:56

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	2	18:46	—	—	73	75
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.14	1	0	2	17:37	—	—	71	70
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.35	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	72	74
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	64	66
Rocco Grimaldi R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	62	66
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.26	0	1	0	12:48	—	—	55	50
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	46	21
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	70	83
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	1	7	10:49	—	—	67	80
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.23	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	46	26
Brad Richardson R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	2	0	13:21	—	—	46	26
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	8:09	—	—	56	38
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	-4	3	0.06	0	1	0	22:03	—	—	51	42
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.02	1	1	2	19:52	—	—	46	42
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	70	60
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	3	0	20:30	—	—	69	69
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	1	0	18:01	—	—	72	74
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.00	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	68	60

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	32	26	6	.813	2.79	59:44

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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.