Florida Panthers vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 22, 2024

FinalMonday, Jan 22, 2024· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
FLA	0	1	3	4		FLA	14	14	10	38
NSH	0	1	0	1		NSH	4	12	11	27

: FLA 71NSH 52
: FLA 3.52NSH 2.36
PP goals: FLA 1NSH 0
Hits: FLA 35NSH 31
Blocks: FLA 18NSH 18
PIM: FLA 15NSH 11
: FLA 46%NSH 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Nashville Predators 4–1

Florida Panthers beat Nashville Predators 4–1 at NSH. Sam Bennett (FLA) led the scoring with 0G 3A. FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Bennett, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:45 together.

Points
Sam Bennett had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:30.Bennett
Points
Carter Verhaeghe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:16.Verhaeghe
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:40.Tkachuk
PP1
FLA's first power-play unit (Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Bennett, Montour and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:45 together.Verhaeghe Reinhart Bennett Montour Tkachuk
New line
New look for NSH: Novak–Sherwood–Evangelista skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Novak Sherwood Evangelista
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +7 against a season average of 28.8; the loss.Saros
New line
New look for FLA: Rodrigues–Stenlund–Samoskevich skated 7:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (81.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Rodrigues Stenlund Samoskevich
Usage
Anton Lundell (FLA) played 19:06, +3:46 up on his 15:20 season average over 77 games.Lundell

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 123 of 123 attempts · NSH 52 · FLA 71

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 38% of the game, NSH 21%.

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
	62	38
	2.21	1.47
	2.16	1.46
	6	7
	8	2
	44	29
	−0.061	+0.061
	38%	21%

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 – Bennett – Tkachuk
10:2167% CF
L2Reinhart – Luostarinen – Lundell
9:3667% CF
L3Rodrigues – Stenlund – Samoskevich
7:5781% CF
L4Lorentz – Lomberg – Gadjovich
7:2142% CF
D1Montour – Mikkola
13:4263% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Ekblad
13:3460% CF
D3Kulikov – Mahura
9:2359% CF

PP1Verhaeghe – Reinhart – Bennett – Montour – Tkachuk
2:4583% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Ekblad – Rodrigues – Tkachuk – Lundell
1:33100% CF
PK1FReinhart – Lundell
3:23
PK2FStenlund – Luostarinen
2:38
PK1DEkman-Larsson – Kulikov
1:50
PK2DMontour – Mikkola
1:43

Current FLA line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg
10:2342% CF
L2Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista
7:5246% CF
L3Sissons – Gurianov – Trenin
6:5230% CF
L4McCarron – Tomasino – Smith
5:5842% CF
D1Lauzon – Carrier
11:4454% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
9:3131% CF
D3McDonagh – Schenn
5:1615% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Sissons
4:3480% CF
PP2McDonagh – Novak – Gurianov – Tomasino – Evangelista
2:34100% CF
PK1FSissons – Smith
1:41
PK2FNyquist – McCarron
0:19
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
1:54
PK2DCarrier – Fabbro
1:53

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:18
FLASam ReinhartPP (Sam Bennett)wrist0.06 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Reinhart, Bennett, Montour, TkachukNSH: McDonagh, Sissons, Lauzon, Smith
FLA 1 – 0 NSH
12:16
NSHJeremy Lauzon (Colton Sissons)wrist0.04 xG
FLA: Kulikov, Reinhart, Mahura, Luostarinen, LundellNSH: Sissons, Lauzon, Gurianov, Trenin, Carrier
FLA 1 – 1 NSH

3rd period

1:11
FLACarter Verhaeghe (Sam Bennett)wrist0.12 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Montour, Tkachuk, MahuraNSH: O'Reilly, Forsberg, Lauzon, Gurianov, Carrier
FLA 2 – 1 NSH
18:21
FLABrandon MontourEN (Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Bennett)wrist0.19 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Montour, Mikkola, TkachukNSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Sissons, Novak
FLA 3 – 1 NSH
19:40
FLAMatthew TkachukEN (Carter Verhaeghe)wrist0.59 xG
FLA: Verhaeghe, Bennett, Montour, Mikkola, TkachukNSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Sissons, Novak
FLA 4 – 1 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
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	1	1	2	+3	7	1.37	2	0	0	19:40	—	—	61	52
Sam Bennett C	L1	0	3	3	+3	1	0.18	7	1	0	17:30	—	—	56	45
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	1	1	2	+3	2	0.15	1	0	2	17:16	—	—	58	51
Sam Reinhart C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.21	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	67	74
Anton Lundell C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	0	1	0	19:06	—	—	69	72
Eetu Luostarinen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	2	16:57	—	—	63	78
Kevin Stenlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	4	0	0	14:14	—	—	78	88
Evan Rodrigues C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	1	0	12:17	—	—	74	57
Mackie Samoskevich R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.35	0	0	0	9:30	—	—	80	88
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:18	—	—	39	10
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	9:13	—	—	42	10
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	5	8:36	—	—	36	5
Brandon Montour D	D1	1	0	1	+3	4	0.38	1	3	0	24:55	—	—	60	56
Niko Mikkola D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	5	4	0	20:49	—	—	62	72
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	21:51	—	—	66	50
Aaron Ekblad D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	2	4	4	21:02	—	—	66	51
Dmitry Kulikov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	1	1	0	17:05	—	—	58	62
Josh Mahura D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	0	12:14	—	—	59	75

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anthony Stolarz(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	2.36	59:16

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.26	1	2	0	21:44	—	—	38	33
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	-3	5	0.53	1	0	0	21:36	—	—	41	39
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.57	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	43	50
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	35	6
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:15	—	—	39	35
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:48	—	—	47	86
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	18:23	—	—	25	27
Denis Gurianov R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	31	17
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.24	3	1	11	12:45	—	—	35	36
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	4	0	0	13:01	—	—	35	46
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:49	—	—	43	53
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	0	12:24	—	—	46	83
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	20:26	—	—	51	56
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	1	0	1	0	2	0.06	9	1	0	19:42	—	—	48	48
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.14	0	3	0	26:51	—	—	33	42
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	13:37	—	—	32	57
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	5	0	17:36	—	—	32	37
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:41	—	—	22	5

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	2.74	58:11

Goal anatomy

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

Brandon Montour (FLA EN) 3rd 18:21 · assists Matthew Tkachuk, Sam Bennett · Off the faceoff · 4.5 mph shot.

Brandon Montour · 3rd 18:21 · FLA EN

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.5 mph
Distance: 20 ft

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Sam Reinhart · 2nd 11:18 · FLA PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.4 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Jeremy Lauzon · 2nd 12:16 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.5 mph
Distance: 55 ft

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Carter Verhaeghe · 3rd 1:11 · FLA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 58.4 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s

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Matthew Tkachuk · 3rd 19:40 · FLA EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.3 mph
Distance: 54 ft
Entry to goal: 1.3 s

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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.