Nashville Predators vs. Columbus Blue JacketsOct 20, 2022

FinalThursday, Oct 20, 2022· Nationwide Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Columbus Blue JacketsCBJ

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	1	0	3		NSH	9	9	8	26
CBJ	0	1	4	5		CBJ	10	15	17	42

: NSH 56CBJ 78
: NSH 2.43CBJ 4.47
PP goals: NSH 0CBJ 0
Hits: NSH 15CBJ 28
Blocks: NSH 19CBJ 20
PIM: NSH 6CBJ 10
: NSH 54%CBJ 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Nashville Predators 5–3

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Nashville Predators 5–3 at home. Johnny Gaudreau (CBJ) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Kevin Lankinen (NSH) faced 41 shots and stopped 37 (.902), +10 against a season average of 30.7; the loss.

Points
Johnny Gaudreau had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:55.Gaudreau
Points
Nick Blankenburg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:36.Blankenburg
Points
Tanner Jeannot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:03.Jeannot
Points
Yakov Trenin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:19.Trenin
Points
Colton Sissons had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:37.Sissons
Points
Egor Chinakhov had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 11:01.Chinakhov
Goalie
Kevin Lankinen (NSH) faced 41 shots and stopped 37 (.902), +10 against a season average of 30.7; the loss.Lankinen
New line
New look for NSH: Glass–Sherwood–Smith skated 6:30 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Glass Sherwood Smith

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 134 of 134 attempts · CBJ 78 · NSH 56

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 30% of the game, CBJ 54%.

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
	48	73
	2.17	2.69
	2.04	2.53
	10	12
	7	10
	10	11
	+0.009	−0.009
	30%	54%

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 – Granlund – Forsberg
10:5337% CF
L2Johansen – Niederreiter – Tolvanen
7:5724% CF
L3Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
7:2343% CF
L4Glass – Sherwood – Smith
6:3067% CF
D1McDonagh – Ekholm
13:3432% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
12:2640% CF
D3Borowiecki – Carrier
8:1041% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
5:2578% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Carrier – Jeannot – Glass – Tolvanen
1:500% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
1:03
PK2FTrenin – Smith
0:48
PK1DMcDonagh – Ekholm
2:06
PK2DJosi – Fabbro
0:48

Current NSH line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Nyquist – Gaudreau – Jenner
12:0669% CF
L2Voracek – Roslovic – Johnson
8:4564% CF
L3Kuraly – Olivier – Robinson
7:4857% CF
L4Danforth – Chinakhov – Sillinger
7:3150% CF
D1Gavrikov – Peeke
12:5055% CF
D2Werenski – Blankenburg
11:1779% CF
D3Gudbranson – Bean
10:5544% CF

PP1Voracek – Nyquist – Gaudreau – Jenner – Werenski
3:07100% CF
PP2Roslovic – Bean – Danforth – Chinakhov – Johnson
1:05100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Robinson
3:03
PK2FNyquist – Roslovic
2:50
PK1DGavrikov – Peeke
2:40
PK2DGudbranson – Blankenburg
0:57

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:16
NSHTanner Jeannot (Colton Sissons, Yakov Trenin)snap0.02 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Sissons, Trenin, Carrier, JeannotCBJ: Gudbranson, Kuraly, Werenski, Olivier, Robinson
NSH 1 – 0 CBJ
10:45
NSHRyan Johansen (Mattias Ekholm, Nino Niederreiter)backhand0.16 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Ekholm, Johansen, Niederreiter, TolvanenCBJ: Nyquist, Gaudreau, Jenner, Werenski, Blankenburg
NSH 2 – 0 CBJ

2nd period

16:09
CBJJake Bean (Kent Johnson, Egor Chinakhov)snap0.04 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Carrier, Glass, TolvanenCBJ: Roslovic, Bean, Danforth, Chinakhov, Johnson
NSH 2 – 1 CBJ
17:38
NSHYakov Trenin (Tanner Jeannot, Colton Sissons)snap0.02 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Ekholm, Sissons, Trenin, JeannotCBJ: Gudbranson, Bean, Danforth, Chinakhov, Sillinger
NSH 3 – 1 CBJ

3rd period

0:38
CBJJohnny Gaudreau (Nick Blankenburg)snap0.01 xG
NSH: Josi, Johansen, Niederreiter, Fabbro, TolvanenCBJ: Nyquist, Gaudreau, Jenner, Werenski, Blankenburg
NSH 3 – 2 CBJ
12:07
CBJJustin Danforth (Egor Chinakhov, Andrew Peeke)snap0.19 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Duchene, Granlund, Forsberg, CarrierCBJ: Gavrikov, Peeke, Danforth, Chinakhov, Sillinger
NSH 3 – 3 CBJ
18:37
CBJNick Blankenburg (Jakub Voracek, Jack Roslovic)snap0.05 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Ekholm, Sissons, Trenin, JeannotCBJ: Voracek, Roslovic, Werenski, Johnson, Blankenburg
NSH 3 – 4 CBJ
19:14
CBJJohnny GaudreauEN (Gustav Nyquist)snap0.67 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, Niederreiter, ForsbergCBJ: Nyquist, Gaudreau, Jenner, Gavrikov, Peeke
NSH 3 – 5 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	-2	2	0.20	1	2	0	23:00	—	—	39	43
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.51	0	0	2	20:45	—	—	38	42
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.32	0	1	0	20:03	—	—	39	43
Ryan Johansen C	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.16	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	23	25
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	15:45	—	—	26	31
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	1	0	14:00	—	—	27	28
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.16	0	1	0	14:37	—	—	39	34
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.12	1	1	2	13:03	—	—	40	38
Yakov Trenin C	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	40	34
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	65	74
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	0	0	11:56	—	—	65	77
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.41	2	0	0	10:22	—	—	63	74
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:35	—	—	33	39
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	2	2	0	19:29	—	—	32	39
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	0	3	0	26:51	—	—	42	41
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	3	0	17:01	—	—	43	53
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:23	—	—	44	37
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	2	12:51	—	—	39	49

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	41	37	4	.902	3.80	57:59

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	1.31	1	3	0	21:16	—	—	64	60
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	4	1	0	21:11	—	—	60	58
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	2	0	2	+1	7	0.94	0	0	0	19:55	—	—	71	61
Jack Roslovic C	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.33	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	67	42
Jakub Voracek R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	14:54	—	—	64	41
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.25	0	0	0	10:54	—	—	64	42
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	2	0	14:10	—	—	60	31
Eric Robinson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	1	2	13:08	—	—	60	32
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	9:56	—	—	53	26
Justin Danforth R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.38	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	59	83
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	2	2	+1	4	0.15	2	1	0	11:01	—	—	46	83
Cole Sillinger C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	9:47	—	—	47	85
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	2	0	22:09	—	—	55	50
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	4	1	4	22:03	—	—	60	55
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	2	0	22:42	—	—	70	67
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.41	2	2	0	15:36	—	—	79	86
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	2	2	19:47	—	—	39	12
Jake Bean D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.04	1	2	2	13:53	—	—	50	26

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.43	60:00

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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.