Nashville Predators vs. Colorado AvalancheDec 17, 2022

FinalSaturday, Dec 17, 2022· Ball Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	1	1		NSH	10	8	8	26
COL	0	2	1	3		COL	8	12	10	30

: NSH 54COL 63
: NSH 1.77COL 3.59
PP goals: NSH 0COL 1
Hits: NSH 27COL 17
Blocks: NSH 18COL 18
PIM: NSH 6COL 4
: NSH 54%COL 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Colorado Avalanche beat Nashville Predators 3–1

Colorado Avalanche beat Nashville Predators 3–1 at home. Cale Makar (COL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. COL's first power-play unit (Compher, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 3:17 together.

Points
Cale Makar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 26:01.Makar
PP1
COL's first power-play unit (Compher, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Rantanen and Makar) scored 1 power-play goal on 14 attempts in 3:17 together.Compher Lehkonen Nichushkin Rantanen Makar
New line
New look for COL: Compher–Lehkonen–Rantanen skated 9:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Compher Lehkonen Rantanen
New line
New look for NSH: Duchene–Johansen–Forsberg skated 7:18 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (53.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duchene Johansen Forsberg
New line
New look for COL: Nichushkin–Rodrigues–Newhook skated 8:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nichushkin Rodrigues Newhook
New line
New look for COL: Cogliano–O'Connor–Meyers skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano O'Connor Meyers
New line
New look for NSH: Granlund–Jankowski–Smith skated 5:37 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Granlund Jankowski Smith
Usage
Jean-Luc Foudy (COL) played 5:00, −5:40 down on his 10:40 season average over 8 games.Foudy

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

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

COL
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · COL 63 · NSH 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 21% of the game, COL 37%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

COL

NSH

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	NSH	COL
	53	52
	1.45	1.77
	1.40	1.70
	8	7
	2	0
	16	14
	+0.004	−0.004
	21%	37%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Johansen – Forsberg
7:1853% CF
L2Trenin – Jeannot – Parssinen
6:5846% CF
L3Niederreiter – Sissons – Glass
6:1783% CF
L4Granlund – Jankowski – Smith
5:3750% CF
D1Ekholm – Fabbro
15:0950% CF
D2Josi – Gross
14:5665% CF
D3Gravel – Lauzon
10:1150% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Forsberg – Gross – Parssinen
2:03100% CF
PP2Duchene – Ekholm – Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
1:1175% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
2:18
PK2FJankowski – Smith
1:00
PK1DEkholm – Fabbro
3:00
PK2DGravel – Lauzon
1:39

Current NSH line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Compher – Lehkonen – Rantanen
9:5850% CF
L2Nichushkin – Rodrigues – Newhook
8:5446% CF
L3Cogliano – O'Connor – Meyers
8:1460% CF
L4Hudon – Hunt – Foudy
3:0844% CF
D1Toews – Makar
16:3459% CF
D2Johnson – Girard
14:3937% CF
D3Hunt – Englund
9:1054% CF

PP1Compher – Lehkonen – Nichushkin – Rantanen – Makar
3:1788% CF
PP2Hudon – Toews – Rodrigues – Girard – Newhook
1:15
PK1FLehkonen – Nichushkin
1:19
PK2FRodrigues – O'Connor
0:46
PK1DToews – Makar
2:22
PK2DJohnson – Girard
1:22

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:38
COLMikko RantanenPP (Cale Makar)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Gravel, Jankowski, Lauzon, SmithCOL: Compher, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, Rantanen, Makar
NSH 0 – 1 COL
19:44
COLAlex Newhook (Evan Rodrigues, Valeri Nichushkin)wrist0.14 xG
NSH: Gravel, Lauzon, Trenin, Jeannot, ParssinenCOL: Johnson, Nichushkin, Rodrigues, Girard, Newhook
NSH 0 – 2 COL

3rd period

3:25
NSHMatt Duchene (Nino Niederreiter)wrist0.04 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Niederreiter, Glass, GrossCOL: Johnson, Hudon, Toews, Hunt, Foudy
NSH 1 – 2 COL
19:28
COLCale MakarENwrist0.50 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, Niederreiter, ForsbergCOL: Compher, Lehkonen, Toews, Rantanen, Makar
NSH 1 – 3 COL

Box score

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

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matt Duchene C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	42	37
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	1	0	17:04	—	—	44	42
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	2	1	2	14:20	—	—	40	39
Juuso Parssinen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	16:05	—	—	42	12
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	2	0	0	14:04	—	—	35	13
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.21	1	0	2	12:14	—	—	38	6
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	71	72
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.22	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	76	70
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:17	—	—	67	71
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	2	0	16:22	—	—	58	55
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	2	0	13:59	—	—	41	59
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	11:31	—	—	47	55
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	21:27	—	—	54	73
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	4	0	21:27	—	—	48	57
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.12	1	0	0	26:03	—	—	53	48
Jordan Gross D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	2	1	2	18:58	—	—	61	48
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	2	0	15:39	—	—	46	27
Kevin Gravel D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	2	2	0	14:41	—	—	40	17

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	3.09	59:02

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Compher L	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.36	1	4	0	22:38	—	—	47	52
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.27	0	0	2	22:09	—	—	50	60
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	21:10	—	—	50	54
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	1.15	0	2	0	20:27	—	—	48	62
Evan Rodrigues C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	52	66
Alex Newhook C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.24	3	0	0	15:08	—	—	58	82
Logan O'Connor R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	3	0	15:02	—	—	50	49
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:23	—	—	54	59
Ben Meyers C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	14:09	—	—	58	75
Dryden Hunt L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	6:13	—	—	29	11
Charles Hudon L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:13	—	—	58	23
Jean-Luc Foudy C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:00	—	—	33	28
Cale Makar D	D1	1	1	2	+1	7	0.93	3	1	0	26:01	—	—	54	60
Devon Toews D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	25:51	—	—	60	62
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	3	0	20:30	—	—	43	61
Erik Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	2	0	19:18	—	—	40	50
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	13:34	—	—	56	43
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	11:23	—	—	42	35

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	1.77	59:28

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.