Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis BluesNov 23, 2018

FinalFriday, Nov 23, 2018· Enterprise Center

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

2

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St. Louis BluesSTL

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	0	1	2		NSH	3	13	12	28
STL	3	2	1	6		STL	10	8	16	34

: NSH 60STL 57
: NSH 1.84STL 3.95
PP goals: NSH 1STL 0
Hits: NSH 24STL 29
Blocks: NSH 13STL 20
PIM: NSH 18STL 16
: NSH 53%STL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues rout Nashville Predators 6–2

St. Louis Blues beat Nashville Predators 6–2 at home. Ryan O'Reilly (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Bonino, Ekholm, Smith, Johansen and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:18 together.

Points
Alex Pietrangelo had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:37.Pietrangelo
Points
Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:09.Schenn
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:21.O'Reilly
Points
Robert Thomas had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:38.Thomas
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Bonino, Ekholm, Smith, Johansen and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 2:18 together.Bonino Ekholm Smith Johansen Forsberg
Usage
Kyle Turris (NSH) played 3:39, −12:16 down on his 15:55 season average over 54 games.Turris
New line
New look for STL: Maroon–Perron–Bozak skated 8:42 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Maroon Perron Bozak
Luck
STL scored 6 goals on 3.95 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 117 of 117 attempts · STL 57 · NSH 60

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 39%.

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
	60	54
	1.59	3.47
	1.57	3.41
	2	16
	6	8
	11	14
	+0.015	−0.015
	22%	39%

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 – Fiala
7:5257% CF
L2Watson – Salomaki – Gaudreau
3:2763% CF
L3Bonino – Smith – Jarnkrok
3:1167% CF
L4Turris – Sissons – Hartman
0:00
D1Josi – Ellis
17:5152% CF
D2Hamhuis – Ekholm
14:1366% CF
D3Weber – Bitetto
11:0525% CF

PP1Bonino – Ekholm – Smith – Johansen – Forsberg
2:18100% CF
PP2Josi – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Sissons – Fiala
1:45100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Sissons
0:49
PK2FJohansen – Forsberg
0:36
PK1DHamhuis – Ekholm
1:13
PK2DJosi – Ellis
0:36

Current NSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1O'Reilly – Tarasenko – Sanford
10:3454% CF
L2Sundqvist – Barbashev – Blais
9:1162% CF
L3Maroon – Perron – Bozak
8:4238% CF
L4Schenn – Fabbri – Thomas
7:2556% CF
D1Edmundson – Parayko
14:2375% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Dunn
14:2040% CF
D3Bouwmeester – Schmaltz
11:5628% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Tarasenko
2:00100% CF
PP2Maroon – Perron – Parayko – Dunn – Thomas
1:0950% CF
PK1FSchenn – Thomas
1:38
PK2FBozak – O'Reilly
1:04
PK1DPietrangelo – Edmundson
1:24
PK2DBouwmeester – Parayko
0:54

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:26
STLIvan Barbashev (Jordan Schmaltz)wrist0.09 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Ekholm, Johansen, Salomaki, HartmanSTL: Maroon, Schmaltz, Parayko, Barbashev, Blais
NSH 0 – 1 STL
13:09
STLRyan O'Reilly (Sammy Blais, Alex Pietrangelo)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: Josi, Johansen, Bitetto, Salomaki, HartmanSTL: Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Sundqvist, Blais, Dunn
NSH 0 – 2 STL
14:12
NSHNick BoninoPP (Mattias Ekholm, Ryan Johansen)backhand0.12 xG
NSH: Bonino, Ekholm, Smith, Johansen, ForsbergSTL: Bouwmeester, Pietrangelo, Bozak, O'Reilly
NSH 1 – 2 STL
15:09
STLBrayden Schennwrist0.04 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Ekholm, Salomaki, Hartman, GaudreauSTL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Fabbri, Dunn, Thomas
NSH 1 – 3 STL

2nd period

0:36
STLZachary Sanford (Ryan O'Reilly, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Johansen, Forsberg, FialaSTL: O'Reilly, Tarasenko, Edmundson, Parayko, Sanford
NSH 1 – 4 STL
11:53
STLRobby Fabbri (Robert Thomas)slap0.13 xG
NSH: Bonino, Josi, Ellis, Forsberg, FialaSTL: Schenn, Edmundson, Parayko, Fabbri, Thomas
NSH 1 – 5 STL

3rd period

14:50
STLAlex Pietrangelo (Brayden Schenn, Robert Thomas)tip-in0.06 xG
NSH: Weber, Smith, Jarnkrok, BitettoSTL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Dunn, Thomas
NSH 1 – 6 STL
16:13
NSHRyan Hartman (Kevin Fiala, Dan Hamhuis)wrist0.03 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Ekholm, Johansen, Hartman, FialaSTL: Maroon, Edmundson, Schmaltz, Sanford, Fabbri
NSH 2 – 6 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
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	2	1	0	18:27	—	—	42	24
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.02	1	0	0	17:24	—	—	54	39
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.36	2	1	2	14:28	—	—	64	55
Austin Watson L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	3	0	7	15:10	—	—	60	26
Miikka Salomaki R	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:57	—	—	44	14
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:56	—	—	58	42
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	44	25
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	3	2	0	17:22	—	—	54	46
Nick Bonino C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.15	1	1	0	14:53	—	—	48	17
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	57	52
Ryan Hartman R	L4	1	0	1	-2	3	0.23	0	0	7	12:09	—	—	61	42
Kyle Turris C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	3:39	—	—	67	0
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.20	0	0	0	25:12	—	—	49	39
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	2	3	0	25:02	—	—	53	58
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.20	1	1	0	22:13	—	—	65	39
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	66	39
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	14:37	—	—	25	5
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:54	—	—	28	12

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	15	10	5	.667	1.82	31:53
Pekka Rinne	—	19	18	1	.947	2.12	28:07

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.29	0	1	0	17:21	—	—	57	83
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.58	3	1	0	16:02	—	—	50	76
Zachary Sanford L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	13:19	—	—	52	65
Oskar Sundqvist C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	65	86
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	5	1	2	12:13	—	—	56	80
Sammy Blais L	L2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.71	2	0	0	11:19	—	—	71	90
David Perron L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	38	44
Tyler Bozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.53	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	35	34
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	0	5	13:35	—	—	39	46
Brayden Schenn C	L4	1	1	2	+3	1	0.08	4	1	5	16:09	—	—	43	62
Robert Thomas C	L4	0	2	2	+3	3	0.23	0	2	0	15:38	—	—	37	64
Robby Fabbri C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.49	3	0	0	13:21	—	—	39	61
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.02	2	3	0	22:27	—	—	62	73
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	69	81
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	1	1	2	+3	1	0.06	2	3	0	21:37	—	—	46	77
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	0	0	+3	3	0.15	2	4	0	19:36	—	—	41	67
Jay Bouwmeester D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	2	17:54	—	—	26	45
Jordan Schmaltz D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:48	—	—	33	63

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	1.84	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.