Nashville Predators vs. Columbus Blue JacketsMay 3, 2021

Final / OTMonday, May 3, 2021· Nationwide Arena

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	0	3	0	1	4		NSH	10	14	9	5	38
CBJ	0	0	3	0	3		CBJ	11	10	11	0	32

: NSH 61CBJ 48
: NSH 3.16CBJ 2.22
PP goals: NSH 1CBJ 1
Hits: NSH 21CBJ 13
Blocks: NSH 11CBJ 11
PIM: NSH 6CBJ 8
: NSH 56%CBJ 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 (OT)

Nashville Predators beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime at CBJ. Emil Bemstrom (CBJ) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:25 together.

Points
Emil Bemstrom had a hat trick (3 points) on 8 shots in 18:10.Bemstrom
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Roman Josi had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 24:58.Josi
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Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:06.Forsberg
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Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:03.Johansen
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Jack Roslovic had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 19:47.Roslovic
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Michael Del Zotto had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:24.Del Zotto
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Ryan Ellis had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:09.Ellis
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NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:25 together.Josi Johansen Granlund Forsberg Tolvanen

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)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 109 of 109 attempts · CBJ 48 · NSH 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ 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 33% of the game, CBJ 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

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	CBJ
	50	50
	1.38	2.35
	1.35	2.23
	11	13
	6	4
	12	13
	+0.026	−0.026
	33%	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.

Nashville Predators

L1Jarnkrok – Granlund – Kunin
10:0635% CF
L2Richardson – Trenin – Jeannot
9:5683% CF
L3Johansen – Forsberg – Tolvanen
9:5258% CF
L4Duchene – Haula – Cousins
8:3925% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
14:4145% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
14:1159% CF
D3Gudbranson – Benning
11:4355% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg – Tolvanen
4:2590% CF
PP2Duchene – Ellis – Ekholm – Haula – Jarnkrok
1:5475% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Granlund
3:02
PK2FRichardson – Haula
1:44
PK1DEllis – Ekholm
1:35
PK2DGudbranson – Carrier
1:05

Current NSH line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Grigorenko – Roslovic – Bemstrom
12:0567% CF
L2Bjorkstrand – Domi – Robinson
7:2075% CF
L3Atkinson – Laine – Texier
6:5823% CF
L4Gerbe – Dalpe – Foudy
2:4425% CF
D1Gavrikov – Lehtonen
16:1444% CF
D2Del Zotto – Jones
15:0161% CF
D3Kukan – Bayreuther
13:0738% CF

PP1Atkinson – Bjorkstrand – Jones – Roslovic – Laine
3:4160% CF
PP2Del Zotto – Grigorenko – Domi – Texier – Bemstrom
1:21
PK1FAtkinson – Texier
2:09
PK2FGerbe – Robinson
1:47
PK1DJones – Gavrikov
2:59
PK2DBayreuther – Lehtonen
1:30

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:01
NSHFilip Forsberg (Ryan Ellis, Ryan Johansen)wrist0.03 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Johansen, Forsberg, TolvanenCBJ: Gerbe, Dalpe, Bjorkstrand, Kukan, Bayreuther
NSH 1 – 0 CBJ
11:29
NSHRyan JohansenPP (Eeli Tolvanen, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.29 xG
NSH: Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg, TolvanenCBJ: Gerbe, Atkinson, Jones, Gavrikov
NSH 2 – 0 CBJ
19:16
NSHRoman Josi (Ryan Ellis, Nick Cousins)slap0.03 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ellis, Haula, CousinsCBJ: Dalpe, Gavrikov, Laine, Bemstrom, Lehtonen
NSH 3 – 0 CBJ

3rd period

1:54
CBJEmil Bemstrom (Jack Roslovic, Michael Del Zotto)backhand0.04 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ellis, Ekholm, Haula, CousinsCBJ: Del Zotto, Jones, Roslovic, Kukan, Bemstrom
NSH 3 – 1 CBJ
7:26
CBJEmil Bemstrom (Mikhail Grigorenko, Michael Del Zotto)wrist0.05 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ellis, Haula, CousinsCBJ: Del Zotto, Grigorenko, Jones, Roslovic, Bemstrom
NSH 3 – 2 CBJ
15:07
CBJEmil BemstromPP (Seth Jones, Jack Roslovic)wrist0.05 xG
NSH: Ellis, Jarnkrok, Granlund, BenningCBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Roslovic, Laine, Bemstrom
NSH 3 – 3 CBJ

OT period

3:24
NSHRoman Josi (Erik Haula, Calle Jarnkrok)wrist0.05 xG
NSH: Josi, Haula, JarnkrokCBJ: Bjorkstrand, Jones, Domi
NSH 4 – 3 CBJ

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
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	20:39	—	—	30	16
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.32	0	0	0	18:42	—	—	36	21
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	10:34	—	—	35	36
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	2	0	0	13:06	—	—	77	62
Brad Richardson R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	0	2	13:03	—	—	84	89
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	0	0	12:31	—	—	73	57
Ryan Johansen C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.36	1	1	0	19:03	—	—	57	46
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.27	1	0	0	18:27	—	—	58	50
Filip Forsberg L	L3	1	1	2	+1	4	0.48	0	0	2	18:06	—	—	57	46
Erik Haula L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.45	0	0	0	17:40	—	—	35	27
Matt Duchene C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	2	0	0	12:55	—	—	22	15
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:55	—	—	26	18
Roman Josi D	D1	2	0	2	+2	5	0.32	0	4	0	24:58	—	—	43	30
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	2	2	0	2	0.06	0	3	0	22:09	—	—	42	25
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	1	2	22:54	—	—	54	51
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	19:01	—	—	62	72
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	16:03	—	—	48	29
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	13:58	—	—	59	32

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	32	29	3	.906	2.22	63:24

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Roslovic C	L1	0	2	2	+2	6	0.26	0	0	0	19:47	—	—	71	85
Emil Bemstrom C	L1	3	0	3	+1	8	0.90	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	67	85
Mikhail Grigorenko C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.36	1	0	0	16:24	—	—	67	80
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.24	0	0	0	17:46	—	—	56	59
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	16:25	—	—	59	71
Eric Robinson L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	11:51	—	—	60	68
Cam Atkinson R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	2	0	23:12	—	—	25	28
Patrik Laine L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	28	28
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	2	15:28	—	—	24	16
Zac Dalpe C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:59	—	—	25	26
Nathan Gerbe C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:12	—	—	20	0
Liam Foudy C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:17	—	—	22	0
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	3	2	21:30	—	—	44	56
Mikko Lehtonen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	21:11	—	—	48	59
Seth Jones D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	0	2	0	26:07	—	—	61	86
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.03	3	2	2	20:24	—	—	60	83
Dean Kukan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	15:24	—	—	45	50
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	14:46	—	—	38	36

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	O	38	34	4	.895	3.16	63:24

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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.