Nashville Predators vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 5, 2019

FinalSaturday, Jan 5, 2019· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	1	1	4		NSH	16	11	5	32
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	11	9	8	28

: NSH 53MTL 64
: NSH 2.86MTL 2.32
PP goals: NSH 0MTL 0
Hits: NSH 26MTL 32
Blocks: NSH 18MTL 12
PIM: NSH 0MTL 4
: NSH 53%MTL 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Nashville Predators beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at MTL. Craig Smith (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. P.K. Subban (NSH) played 14:45, −8:03 down on his 22:48 season average over 62 games.

Points
Craig Smith had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 11:36.Smith
Points
Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:54.Ekholm
Points
P.K. Subban had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:45.Subban
Usage
P.K. Subban (NSH) played 14:45, −8:03 down on his 22:48 season average over 62 games.Subban
New line
New look for NSH: Grimaldi–Di Giuseppe–Gaudreau skated 11:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grimaldi Di Giuseppe Gaudreau
New line
New look for NSH: Bonino–Watson–Hartman skated 10:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (20.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Watson Hartman
New line
New look for NSH: Smith–Sissons–Fiala skated 8:27 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Sissons Fiala
Usage
Rocco Grimaldi (NSH) played 14:13, +4:17 up on his 9:56 season average over 52 games.Grimaldi

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · MTL 64 · NSH 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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 36% of the game, MTL 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

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	MTL
	55	67
	2.19	2.51
	2.18	2.48
	6	8
	4	6
	25	17
	+0.033	−0.033
	36%	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

L1Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
11:5548% CF
L2Grimaldi – Di Giuseppe – Gaudreau
11:3282% CF
L3Bonino – Watson – Hartman
10:4021% CF
L4Smith – Sissons – Fiala
8:2745% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
19:5346% CF
D2Hamhuis – Ekholm
13:0944% CF
D3Subban – Irwin
7:2845% CF

PP1Josi – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
2:09100% CF
PP2Bonino – Subban – Ekholm – Smith – Fiala
1:42100% CF
PK1FWatson – Sissons
0:57
PK2FBonino – Jarnkrok
0:36
PK1DJosi – Ellis
0:57
PK2DHamhuis – Ekholm
0:36

Current NSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Byron – Drouin – Domi
10:4758% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:3546% CF
L3Deslauriers – Chaput – Agostino
9:0650% CF
L4Armia – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
6:4067% CF
D1Weber – Mete
17:1258% CF
D2Petry – Reilly
16:0248% CF
D3Benn – Kulak
12:1765% CF

PP1Petry – Byron – Gallagher – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
0:57100% CF
PP2Weber – Tatar – Armia – Drouin – Domi
0:54100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:26
PK2FByron – Armia
0:40
PK1DWeber – Benn
2:11
PK2DPetry – Mete
1:26

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:44
NSHCraig Smith (P.K. Subban, Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: Subban, Ekholm, Smith, Sissons, FialaMTL: Petry, Byron, Reilly, Drouin, Domi
NSH 1 – 0 MTL
19:24
NSHMattias Ekholm (Rocco Grimaldi, Calle Jarnkrok)slap0.01 xG
NSH: Ellis, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Grimaldi, GaudreauMTL: Petry, Byron, Reilly, Drouin, Domi
NSH 2 – 0 MTL

2nd period

12:47
MTLShea Weber (Jesperi Kotkaniemi)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: Subban, Irwin, Jarnkrok, Johansen, ArvidssonMTL: Weber, Armia, Lehkonen, Mete, Kotkaniemi
NSH 2 – 1 MTL
13:05
NSHCraig Smith (P.K. Subban, Kevin Fiala)wrap-around0.04 xG
NSH: Subban, Smith, Irwin, Sissons, FialaMTL: Benn, Armia, Kulak, Lehkonen, Kotkaniemi
NSH 3 – 1 MTL

3rd period

19:15
NSHViktor ArvidssonENwrist0.44 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Jarnkrok, Johansen, ArvidssonMTL: Petry, Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, Drouin, Domi
NSH 4 – 1 MTL

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
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.61	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	42	46
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	17:05	—	—	47	51
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.46	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	52	56
Rocco Grimaldi R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	1	0	0	14:13	—	—	82	82
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	73	74
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	12:58	—	—	65	66
Austin Watson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	0	17:06	—	—	30	20
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	16:37	—	—	21	20
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.64	4	0	0	15:42	—	—	35	20
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	48	61
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.14	1	0	0	12:23	—	—	44	55
Craig Smith C	L4	2	0	2	+2	3	0.11	0	1	0	11:36	—	—	39	56
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.17	0	5	0	24:41	—	—	47	46
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	+2	5	0.13	1	2	0	24:37	—	—	45	46
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.04	2	1	0	23:54	—	—	44	60
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	4	0	19:49	—	—	45	31
P.K. Subban D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.04	3	1	0	14:45	—	—	46	76
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	12:14	—	—	44	22

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.32	59:44

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.08	1	0	0	18:21	—	—	55	75
Paul Byron L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	3	0	2	16:22	—	—	52	68
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.25	2	0	0	16:21	—	—	55	70
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	3	0	19:24	—	—	50	49
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	1.16	0	0	0	18:37	—	—	55	57
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.09	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	47	56
Nicolas Deslauriers L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	11:15	—	—	53	23
Kenny Agostino L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	5	1	0	11:11	—	—	53	23
Michael Chaput C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	2	10:30	—	—	50	23
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	15:50	—	—	65	47
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	68	77
Artturi Lehkonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	0	0	13:41	—	—	64	47
Shea Weber D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	4	1	0	24:52	—	—	58	63
Victor Mete D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:49	—	—	54	44
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.07	2	2	0	21:07	—	—	53	60
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	0	2	0	17:24	—	—	46	37
Jordie Benn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	15:53	—	—	64	68
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	4	1	0	15:26	—	—	61	52

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	1.96	57:45

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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.