Nashville Predators vs. St. Louis BluesJan 19, 2023

FinalThursday, Jan 19, 2023· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	1	2		NSH	12	7	7	26
STL	0	3	2	5		STL	10	15	8	33

: NSH 48STL 56
: NSH 2.91STL 3.73
PP goals: NSH 0STL 1
Hits: NSH 30STL 20
Blocks: NSH 10STL 10
PIM: NSH 15STL 13
: NSH 29%STL 71%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Nashville Predators 5–2

St. Louis Blues beat Nashville Predators 5–2 at home. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. STL's first power-play unit (Schenn, Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:11 together.

Points
Brandon Saad had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:11.Saad
Points
Robert Thomas had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:29.Thomas
Points
Tyler Pitlick had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:38.Pitlick
PP1
STL's first power-play unit (Schenn, Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou and Thomas) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:11 together.Schenn Faulk Buchnevich Kyrou Thomas
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Buchnevich–Neighbours skated 8:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Buchnevich Neighbours
New line
New look for STL: Leivo–Barbashev–Acciari skated 7:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Leivo Barbashev Acciari
Usage
Brayden Schenn (STL) played 15:13, −3:15 down on his 18:28 season average over 81 games.Schenn
Usage
Mikael Granlund (NSH) played 12:27, −5:27 down on his 17:54 season average over 78 games.Granlund

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 104 of 104 attempts · STL 56 · NSH 48

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 27% of the game, STL 42%.

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
	35	56
	1.76	3.41
	1.66	2.92
	10	12
	4	5
	17	17
	−0.111	+0.111
	27%	42%

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 – Forsberg – Glass
9:4250% CF
L2Novak – Trenin – Jeannot
8:5740% CF
L3Johansen – Granlund – Niederreiter
7:4340% CF
L4Sissons – Parssinen – Smith
5:3867% CF
D1McDonagh – Josi
15:4345% CF
D2Lauzon – Fabbro
12:1424% CF
D3Ekholm – Carrier
11:1613% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Forsberg – Novak – Parssinen
2:38100% CF
PP2Josi – Duchene – Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
0:5950% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
2:50
PK2FTrenin – Smith
0:32
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
2:56
PK2DEkholm – Carrier
0:46

Current NSH line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Saad – Kyrou – Thomas
10:0858% CF
L2Schenn – Buchnevich – Neighbours
8:5170% CF
L3Pitlick – Walker – Toropchenko
8:3073% CF
L4Leivo – Barbashev – Acciari
7:5070% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
13:4159% CF
D2Rosen – Tucker
11:1367% CF
D3Faulk – Mikkola
11:0960% CF

PP1Schenn – Faulk – Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
3:1183% CF
PP2Pitlick – Faulk – Walker – Rosen – Toropchenko
0:48100% CF
PK1FSaad – Thomas
1:26
PK2FBuchnevich – Acciari
1:00
PK1DFaulk – Mikkola
2:07
PK2DLeddy – Tucker
0:34

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:11
STLBrayden Schenn (Justin Faulk, Niko Mikkola)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Johansen, Granlund, NiederreiterSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Buchnevich, Mikkola, Neighbours
NSH 0 – 1 STL
2:36
NSHColton Sissons (Cole Smith)wrist0.13 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Sissons, Parssinen, SmithSTL: Leddy, Pitlick, Parayko, Walker, Toropchenko
NSH 1 – 1 STL
8:30
STLBrandon Saad (Tyler Pitlick, Tyler Tucker)backhand0.16 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Novak, Trenin, JeannotSTL: Pitlick, Saad, Mikkola, Thomas, Tucker
NSH 1 – 2 STL
15:34
STLJordan KyrouPP (Robert Thomas, Pavel Buchnevich)backhand0.10 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Sissons, Lauzon, JeannotSTL: Schenn, Faulk, Buchnevich, Kyrou, Thomas
NSH 1 – 3 STL

3rd period

1:03
STLRobert Thomas (Brandon Saad, Calle Rosen)tip-in0.08 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Novak, Trenin, Carrier, JeannotSTL: Saad, Kyrou, Thomas, Rosen, Tucker
NSH 1 – 4 STL
2:01
STLAlexey Toropchenko (Tyler Pitlick, Nathan Walker)tip-in0.08 xG
NSH: Johansen, Granlund, Lauzon, Fabbro, SmithSTL: Pitlick, Walker, Rosen, Toropchenko, Tucker
NSH 1 – 5 STL
17:52
NSHMattias Ekholm (Alexandre Carrier, Tommy Novak)backhand0.04 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Novak, Trenin, CarrierSTL: Barbashev, Rosen, Tucker, Neighbours
NSH 2 – 5 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	0	2	0.05	2	0	2	16:08	—	—	53	35
Cody Glass C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	39	35
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	13:38	—	—	40	33
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.38	2	0	0	16:33	—	—	35	33
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	4	1	0	16:33	—	—	29	29
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.39	0	0	0	15:09	—	—	41	37
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:59	—	—	40	38
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	3	0	2	13:04	—	—	29	33
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	1	0	2	12:27	—	—	35	39
Juuso Parssinen C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	1	0	2	16:35	—	—	37	30
Colton Sissons C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	1	1	0	14:52	—	—	35	31
Cole Smith R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	2	0	5	10:14	—	—	53	39
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.54	0	2	0	24:51	—	—	51	40
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.35	1	0	0	21:13	—	—	47	38
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	6	1	0	18:34	—	—	25	37
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	2	2	16:29	—	—	39	42
Mattias Ekholm D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	35	21
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	2	2	0	16:25	—	—	16	9

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	33	28	5	.848	3.73	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.32	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	53	75
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	1	0	1	+1	8	0.94	0	1	0	16:52	—	—	56	77
Brandon Saad L	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.38	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	61	83
Pavel Buchnevich L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	1	1	2	17:53	—	—	56	47
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	1	1	2	15:13	—	—	67	66
Jake Neighbours L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	13:01	—	—	79	85
Alexey Toropchenko R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	13:57	—	—	57	68
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.25	3	0	0	11:38	—	—	64	75
Nathan Walker L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	1	0	0	11:13	—	—	69	79
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	2	0	0	14:14	—	—	71	49
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	1	0	0	14:02	—	—	53	30
Josh Leivo L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	2	0	0	11:13	—	—	71	47
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	2	2	21:44	—	—	61	70
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	2	0	20:26	—	—	61	71
Calle Rosen D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	74	63
Tyler Tucker D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	1	5	15:35	—	—	61	60
Justin Faulk D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	2	23:34	—	—	58	63
Niko Mikkola D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	1	1	0	17:37	—	—	58	69

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	26	24	2	.923	2.91	60:00

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.