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Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis BluesDec 27, 2017

Final· Scottrade Center
Goals123TShots123T
NSH1102NSH712726
STL0011STL139830
NSH 64STL 55
NSH 2.94STL 1.90
PP goals
NSH 0STL 0
Hits
NSH 21STL 22
Blocks
NSH 16STL 19
PIM
NSH 9STL 15
NSH 48%STL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge St. Louis Blues 2–1

Nashville Predators beat St. Louis Blues 2–1 at STL. Craig Smith (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NSH: Bonino–Watson–Sissons skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

  1. New line
    New look for NSH: Bonino–Watson–Sissons skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.BoninoWatsonSissons
  2. New line
    New look for NSH: Hartnell–Johansen–Arvidsson skated 6:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.HartnellJohansenArvidsson
  3. Usage
    Calle Jarnkrok (NSH) played 11:30, −4:27 down on his 15:57 season average over 67 games.Jarnkrok
  4. Usage
    Vladimir Sobotka (STL) played 13:20, −3:50 down on his 17:10 season average over 80 games.Sobotka
  5. Usage
    Filip Forsberg (NSH) played 20:35, +3:09 up on his 17:26 season average over 66 games.Forsberg
  6. Usage
    Carl Gunnarsson (STL) played 11:01, −5:14 down on his 16:15 season average over 62 games.Gunnarsson
  7. Usage
    Joel Edmundson (STL) played 25:20, +4:40 up on his 20:40 season average over 68 games.Edmundson
  8. Usage
    Scott Hartnell (NSH) played 7:52, −4:13 down on his 12:05 season average over 61 games.Hartnell

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.

Shot map, NSH at STL: 119 attempts, 56 on goal, 3 goals, 4.84 expected goals; best chance Colton Sissons at 0.18 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)STL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • STL
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · STL 55 · NSH 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NSH at STL: expected goals 1.90 to 2.94 (NSH led the chances), shot attempts 55 to 64, 3 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdSTLNSHSJSnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • STL
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
STLNSHcontrol2nd3rdSmith · 1st 10:37Jarnkrok · 2nd 16:49Sobotka · 3rd 13:37
  • 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 40% of the game, STL 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NSH at STL: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Jake Allen (58:07) for STL and Pekka Rinne (59:44) for NSH, 3 goals.

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
StatNSHSTL
5856
2.292.19
2.172.10
1010
44
168
−0.004+0.004
40%23%

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

Current NSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 10:37
    NSH 1 – 0 STL

2nd period

  1. 16:49
    NSH 2 – 0 STL

3rd period

  1. 13:37
    NSH 2 – 1 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Craig Smith CL1101030.2520017:23——7488
Kyle Turris CL1000040.4801016:28——6473
Kevin Fiala LL1000000.3920016:20——6384
Filip Forsberg LL2011+140.4611220:35——4733
Calle Jarnkrok CL2101+130.0912011:30——5047
Pontus Aberg LL2000+120.0100010:29——4537
Colton Sissons CL3000010.1850016:09——384
Nick Bonino CL3000000.0013014:50——4556
Austin Watson LL3000000.0042014:01——3344
Ryan Johansen CL4000020.1500018:47——4221
Viktor Arvidsson LL4000000.1701218:23——4221
Scott Hartnell LL4000000.001057:52——4430
Roman Josi DD1011+140.3000025:34——5871
Mattias Ekholm DD1000+100.0001024:54——5869
P.K. Subban DD2000-110.1111023:39——4339
Alexei Emelin DD2000-100.0003017:37——3628
Matt Irwin DD3011+120.3530012:38——5240
Yannick Weber DD3000+100.0001011:05——5444
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Pekka Rinne(start)W30291.9671.9059:44

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Alexander Steen LL1000020.2410019:37——4433
Paul Stastny CL1000010.0721018:16——4841
Tage Thompson CL1000010.1210015:27——4334
Brayden Schenn CL2000-130.2900219:00——5359
Vladimir Tarasenko RL2000-110.0101018:42——5762
Patrik Berglund CL2000-120.2531416:50——5862
Vladimir Sobotka CL3101030.1920013:20——4368
Magnus Paajarvi LL3000-120.1901010:30——3562
Oskar Sundqvist CL3000-100.0100010:16——2538
Kyle Brodziak CL4011+130.1210012:58——6553
Dmitrij Jaskin RL4000+100.002009:46——6553
Scottie Upshall RL4000010.022049:17——5641
Alex Pietrangelo DD1011+130.1306027:26——5570
Joel Edmundson DD1000+120.1152025:20——5566
Vince Dunn DD2000-230.0701019:16——4639
Robert Bortuzzo DD2000-110.0513513:22——5251
Colton Parayko DD3000-110.0302021:29——4530
Carl Gunnarsson DD3000010.0121011:01——2710
STL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Allen(start)L26242.9232.9458:07