Nashville Predators vs. Boston BruinsMar 28, 2023

FinalTuesday, Mar 28, 2023· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	1	2		NSH	10	9	4	23
BOS	0	0	1	1		BOS	8	12	16	36

: NSH 42BOS 74
: NSH 2.48BOS 3.15
PP goals: NSH 0BOS 0
Hits: NSH 20BOS 24
Blocks: NSH 18BOS 12
PIM: NSH 10BOS 10
: NSH 49%BOS 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Boston Bruins 2–1

Nashville Predators beat Boston Bruins 2–1 at BOS. Cody Glass (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BOS: Hathaway–Nosek–Greer skated 6:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (10% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Cody Glass had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:56.Glass
New line
New look for BOS: Hathaway–Nosek–Greer skated 6:49 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (10% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hathaway Nosek Greer
Luck
BOS scored 1 goal on 3.15 expected goals (74 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +3 against a season average of 32.8; the win.Saros
Usage
Dante Fabbro (NSH) played 22:37, +5:14 up on his 17:23 season average over 78 games.Fabbro
New line
New look for BOS: Bergeron–Marchand–Pastrnak skated 5:21 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bergeron Marchand Pastrnak
New line
New look for BOS: Krejci–Zacha–DeBrusk skated 4:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (87.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Krejci Zacha DeBrusk
New line
New look for NSH: Jankowski–McCarron–Asplund skated 5:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski McCarron Asplund

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)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 116 of 116 attempts · BOS 74 · NSH 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS 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 20% of the game, BOS 46%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

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	BOS
	28	62
	0.94	2.08
	0.93	1.96
	6	8
	5	12
	8	23
	−0.022	+0.022
	20%	46%

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

L1Glass – Tomasino – Afanasyev
8:2360% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Smith
6:5618% CF
L3Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista
6:2743% CF
L4Jankowski – McCarron – Asplund
5:4820% CF
D1McDonagh – Fabbro
13:3032% CF
D2Barrie – Lauzon
12:3526% CF
D3Gravel – Foote
9:0425% CF

PP1Barrie – Novak – Glass – Tomasino – Evangelista
5:3369% CF
PP2Sissons – Trenin – Fabbro – Sherwood – Afanasyev
1:41100% CF
PK1FSissons – Smith
3:30
PK2FJankowski – Trenin
3:04
PK1DMcDonagh – Fabbro
3:32
PK2DLauzon – Foote
1:00

Current NSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Coyle – Bertuzzi – Frederic
8:3172% CF
L2Hathaway – Nosek – Greer
6:4910% CF
L3Bergeron – Marchand – Pastrnak
5:21100% CF
L4Krejci – Zacha – DeBrusk
4:0388% CF
D1Lindholm – Carlo
10:2877% CF
D2Orlov – Clifton
9:5272% CF
D3Grzelcyk – McAvoy
9:4362% CF

PP1Krejci – Bertuzzi – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy
4:0080% CF
PP2Bergeron – Marchand – Lindholm – Pastrnak – DeBrusk
3:3750% CF
PK1FBergeron – Marchand
1:56
PK2FCoyle – Nosek
1:52
PK1DOrlov – McAvoy
1:47
PK2DLindholm – Clifton
1:36

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

18:11
NSHCody Glass (Ryan McDonagh, Dante Fabbro)wrist0.16 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Fabbro, Glass, Tomasino, AfanasyevBOS: Lindholm, Hathaway, Nosek, Greer, Carlo
NSH 1 – 0 BOS

3rd period

18:41
NSHCole SmithEN (Jeremy Lauzon, Cody Glass)wrist0.45 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Lauzon, Trenin, Glass, SmithBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Bertuzzi, Pastrnak, McAvoy
NSH 2 – 0 BOS
19:58
BOSDavid Pastrnak (Jake DeBrusk, Charlie McAvoy)wrist0.08 xG
NSH: Jankowski, Lauzon, Foote, Glass, SherwoodBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Lindholm, Pastrnak, DeBrusk, McAvoy
NSH 2 – 1 BOS

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
Philip Tomasino R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	1	1	0	19:09	—	—	46	52
Cody Glass C	L1	1	1	2	+1	1	0.27	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	56	67
Egor Afanasyev L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	1	2	12:13	—	—	50	62
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:13	—	—	13	10
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	13	11
Cole Smith R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.62	2	1	0	16:05	—	—	12	10
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:24	—	—	30	21
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	14:17	—	—	35	36
Luke Evangelista R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.33	0	0	2	13:37	—	—	39	44
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	1	0	0	14:13	—	—	16	37
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	9:10	—	—	31	46
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	8:15	—	—	20	34
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.25	0	1	0	23:11	—	—	30	26
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	1	1	2	22:37	—	—	32	26
Tyson Barrie D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	0	2	0	21:23	—	—	30	21
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	7	2	2	20:58	—	—	31	37
Kevin Gravel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	0	13:35	—	—	27	29
Cal Foote D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	2	12:40	—	—	32	48

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	36	35	1	.972	3.15	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	2	0	0	16:59	—	—	67	83
Charlie Coyle C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	73	88
Trent Frederic C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	11:46	—	—	72	71
Tomas Nosek L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	3	0	11:54	—	—	25	22
Garnet Hathaway R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	1	0	9:17	—	—	10	4
A.J. Greer L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	1	0	8:49	—	—	36	32
David Pastrnak R	L3	1	0	1	0	8	0.56	1	0	2	20:06	—	—	95	86
Brad Marchand L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	4	18:23	—	—	88	83
Patrice Bergeron C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	94	90
David Krejci C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	68	50
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	16:40	—	—	70	55
Jake DeBrusk L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	84	72
Hampus Lindholm D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	0	2	0	22:20	—	—	85	78
Brandon Carlo D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	3	0	2	15:26	—	—	71	75
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	1	0	22:18	—	—	58	60
Connor Clifton D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	3	1	0	17:34	—	—	77	77
Charlie McAvoy D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.01	2	2	2	21:51	—	—	59	39
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	13:34	—	—	69	75

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	22	21	1	.955	2.03	57:57

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.