Nashville Predators vs. Boston BruinsMar 4, 2025

FinalTuesday, Mar 4, 2025· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	1	3	6		NSH	14	9	7	30
BOS	1	1	1	3		BOS	5	8	8	21

: NSH 64BOS 51
: NSH 3.92BOS 1.98
PP goals: NSH 0BOS 0
Hits: NSH 16BOS 36
Blocks: NSH 14BOS 17
PIM: NSH 4BOS 0
: NSH 45%BOS 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Boston Bruins 6–3

Nashville Predators beat Boston Bruins 6–3 at BOS. Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for NSH: Sissons–Smith–Svechkov skated 9:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan O'Reilly had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:23.O'Reilly
Points
Steven Stamkos had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:33.Stamkos
Points
David Pastrnak had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:22.Pastrnak
Points
Luke Evangelista had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:32.Evangelista
New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–Smith–Svechkov skated 9:16 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons Smith Svechkov
New line
New look for NSH: Jankowski–McCarron–Bellows skated 7:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski McCarron Bellows
New line
New look for NSH: Marchessault–Forsberg–Novak skated 8:02 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchessault Forsberg Novak
Luck
NSH scored 6 goals on 3.91 expected goals (64 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)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · BOS 51 · NSH 64

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 43% of the game, BOS 25%.

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
	72	56
	3.83	2.11
	3.71	2.05
	13	8
	6	5
	30	19
	−0.036	+0.036
	43%	25%

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

L1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Evangelista
12:1855% CF
L2Sissons – Smith – Svechkov
9:1653% CF
L3Marchessault – Forsberg – Novak
8:0247% CF
L4Jankowski – McCarron – Bellows
7:0770% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
17:5443% CF
D2Schenn – Del Gaizo
16:2562% CF
D3Englund – Stastney
14:4755% CF

PK1FSissons – Smith
1:00
PK2FJankowski – McCarron
0:39
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
2:45
PK2DSchenn – Stastney
1:11

Current NSH line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie
13:1446% CF
L2Coyle – Lindholm – Merkulov
12:0555% CF
L3Brazeau – Koepke – Poitras
9:3856% CF
L4Viel – Kastelic – Beecher
6:4121% CF
D1Peeke – Lohrei
17:1041% CF
D2Zadorov – Carlo
13:5635% CF
D3Oesterle – Wotherspoon
13:2448% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie – Lohrei
2:24100% CF
PP2Coyle – Oesterle – Pastrnak – Brazeau – Merkulov
0:50

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	2	1	3	+2	2	0.33	0	2	0	17:23	—	—	51	56
Steven Stamkos C	L1	1	2	3	+2	4	0.35	0	0	2	16:33	—	—	53	51
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	56	53
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	2	1	0	15:45	—	—	59	71
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:08	—	—	60	66
Fedor Svechkov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	63	68
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	1	1	0	14:50	—	—	56	60
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	14:26	—	—	47	67
Tommy Novak C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	1	1	0	11:41	—	—	50	42
Mark Jankowski L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.81	0	1	0	14:40	—	—	59	94
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.85	1	1	0	14:06	—	—	68	88
Kieffer Bellows L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:40	—	—	62	79
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	24:20	—	—	44	64
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	22:17	—	—	44	64
Marc Del Gaizo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	2	0	20:31	—	—	68	77
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	4	0	0	18:18	—	—	62	67
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.09	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	65	64
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	2	0	16:31	—	—	52	49

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	21	18	3	.857	1.98	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	0	2	2	-2	4	0.25	0	0	19:22	—	—	47	30
Morgan Geekie C	L1	1	0	1	-2	1	0.16	1	1	19:18	—	—	47	30
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	2	0	18:05	—	—	46	30
Charlie Coyle C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.25	1	0	17:08	—	—	52	63
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.42	0	0	17:03	—	—	58	65
Georgii Merkulov C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	2	16:08	—	—	52	58
Matthew Poitras C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	15:42	—	—	48	23
Cole Koepke L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	4	1	15:19	—	—	46	29
Justin Brazeau R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	3	0	14:19	—	—	50	25
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	6	0	12:40	—	—	24	19
John Beecher C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	3	11:44	—	—	20	23
Jeffrey Viel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	9:03	—	—	24	10
Mason Lohrei D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.14	1	2	24:05	—	—	47	48
Andrew Peeke D	D1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	1	19:08	—	—	39	37
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	18:14	—	—	31	16
Brandon Carlo D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	1	17:59	—	—	46	57
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	1	3	18:20	—	—	47	28
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	17:31	—	—	51	28

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	3.33	58:52

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Charlie Coyle (BOS) 1st 4:25 · assists Elias Lindholm · Dump and chase · dumped in · 24.5 mph shot · 5.4 s from entry to goal.

Charlie Coyle · 1st 4:25 · BOS

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 5.4 s

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Tommy Novak · 1st 5:32 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 52.6 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s

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Ryan O'Reilly · 1st 11:33 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 36.7 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Jordan Oesterle · 2nd 5:08 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 32.9 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Steven Stamkos · 2nd 6:25 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 63.8 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: one-timer

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Morgan Geekie · 3rd 5:35 · BOS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 66.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jonathan Marchessault · 3rd 8:28 · NSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 21.9 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 5.6 s

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Ryan O'Reilly · 3rd 9:31 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.9 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Mark Jankowski · 3rd 17:52 · NSH EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.4 mph
Distance: 52 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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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.

Nashville Predators vs. Boston BruinsMar 4, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators beat Boston Bruins 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Boston Bruins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Boston Bruins

Goal anatomy

Charlie Coyle · 1st 4:25 · BOS

Tommy Novak · 1st 5:32 · NSH

Ryan O'Reilly · 1st 11:33 · NSH

Jordan Oesterle · 2nd 5:08 · BOS

Steven Stamkos · 2nd 6:25 · NSH

Morgan Geekie · 3rd 5:35 · BOS

Jonathan Marchessault · 3rd 8:28 · NSH

Ryan O'Reilly · 3rd 9:31 · NSH

Mark Jankowski · 3rd 17:52 · NSH EN