Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis BluesNov 24, 2017

FinalFriday, Nov 24, 2017· Scottrade Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	0	1	2		NSH	12	7	9	28
STL	0	0	0	0		STL	6	13	15	34

: NSH 50STL 61
: NSH 3.14STL 1.91
PP goals: NSH 0STL 0
Hits: NSH 27STL 25
Blocks: NSH 12STL 13
PIM: NSH 4STL 0
: NSH 53%STL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 2–0

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 2–0 at STL. Ryan Johansen (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NSH: Watson–Salomaki–Sissons skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:31.Johansen
New line
New look for NSH: Watson–Salomaki–Sissons skated 6:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Watson Salomaki Sissons
Luck
STL scored 0 goals on 1.91 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
P.K. Subban (NSH) played 21:04, −3:05 down on his 24:09 season average over 81 games.Subban
Usage
Alexei Emelin (NSH) played 21:15, +4:26 up on his 16:49 season average over 75 games.Emelin
Usage
Kevin Fiala (NSH) played 10:50, −4:22 down on his 15:12 season average over 79 games.Fiala
Usage
Chris Thorburn (STL) played 10:32, +3:34 up on his 6:58 season average over 49 games.Thorburn
Usage
Joel Edmundson (STL) played 17:30, −3:17 down on his 20:47 season average over 68 games.Edmundson

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · STL 61 · NSH 50

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 22% of the game, STL 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	54	64
	1.58	1.60
	1.55	1.55
	7	5
	8	10
	20	14
	+0.020	−0.019
	22%	36%

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

L1Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
12:0156% CF
L2Bonino – Jarnkrok – Aberg
9:2139% CF
L3Turris – Smith – Fiala
8:5341% CF
L4Watson – Salomaki – Sissons
6:0560% CF
D1Josi – Ekholm
19:0937% CF
D2Emelin – Subban
16:5050% CF
D3Irwin – Bitetto
11:5550% CF

PK1FWatson – Sissons
2:19
PK2FJarnkrok – Arvidsson
1:32
PK1DJosi – Ekholm
2:58
PK2DEmelin – Subban
2:25

Current NSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Steen – Stastny – Sobotka
12:3770% CF
L2Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
12:0650% CF
L3Thorburn – Upshall – Brodziak
8:1248% CF
L4Paajarvi – Jaskin – Sundqvist
7:1345% CF
D1Bouwmeester – Parayko
15:0952% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Edmundson
14:2050% CF
D3Bortuzzo – Dunn
10:4557% CF

PP1Steen – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
3:3483% CF
PP2Stastny – Sobotka – Parayko – Sundqvist – Dunn
2:100% CF

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:32
NSHRyan Johansen (Filip Forsberg, P.K. Subban)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Emelin, Subban, Johansen, Forsberg, ArvidssonSTL: Bortuzzo, Paajarvi, Jaskin, Parayko, Sundqvist
NSH 1 – 0 STL

3rd period

19:12
NSHAustin WatsonEN (Ryan Johansen)backhand0.96 xG
NSH: Bonino, Subban, Josi, Watson, JohansenSTL: Steen, Stastny, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz
NSH 2 – 0 STL

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
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.84	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	56	65
Ryan Johansen C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.25	1	1	2	17:31	—	—	50	63
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	51	61
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	35	36
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	3	0	14:50	—	—	36	41
Pontus Aberg L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	33	29
Kyle Turris C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	39	28
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	44	44
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	2	0	10:50	—	—	48	68
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	14:31	—	—	52	45
Austin Watson L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.99	2	0	0	12:08	—	—	46	42
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	5	1	0	10:13	—	—	53	36
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.13	2	1	0	25:23	—	—	42	48
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	24:50	—	—	35	43
Alexei Emelin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	5	1	0	21:15	—	—	50	64
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	4	1	0	21:04	—	—	53	64
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	2	13:56	—	—	45	30
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:34	—	—	55	45

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	34	34	0	.1000	1.91	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Alexander Steen L	L1	-1	4	0.36	1	0	20:26	—	—	66	57
Paul Stastny C	L1	-1	0	0.00	4	1	19:42	—	—	68	71
Vladimir Sobotka C	L1	0	4	0.13	3	0	18:54	—	—	65	61
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L2	-1	2	0.08	0	0	20:40	—	—	50	38
Brayden Schenn C	L2	-1	6	0.48	1	0	19:28	—	—	50	37
Jaden Schwartz L	L2	-1	0	0.00	2	0	18:44	—	—	50	50
Kyle Brodziak C	L3	0	2	0.18	2	1	12:11	—	—	46	53
Scottie Upshall R	L3	0	0	0.04	3	0	11:43	—	—	50	51
Chris Thorburn R	L3	0	3	0.10	2	1	10:32	—	—	46	52
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L4	-1	3	0.17	1	0	13:03	—	—	53	50
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	-1	0	0.00	2	0	11:43	—	—	46	39
Magnus Paajarvi L	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	1	8:56	—	—	47	42
Colton Parayko D	D1	-1	2	0.08	0	2	23:00	—	—	52	48
Jay Bouwmeester D	D1	0	1	0.06	0	1	18:04	—	—	61	65
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	-1	3	0.11	0	3	24:00	—	—	49	39
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0.02	2	1	17:30	—	—	53	47
Vince Dunn D	D3	0	2	0.04	1	1	18:21	—	—	56	56
Robert Bortuzzo D	D3	-1	2	0.05	1	1	14:51	—	—	55	48

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hutton(start)	L	27	26	1	.963	1.44	58:12

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.