Nashville Predators vs. Montreal CanadiensMar 10, 2020

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	4	0	4		NSH	14	18	4	36
MTL	0	0	2	2		MTL	7	14	13	34

: NSH 54MTL 76
: NSH 2.25MTL 3.69
PP goals: NSH 1MTL 0
Hits: NSH 17MTL 36
Blocks: NSH 27MTL 8
PIM: NSH 4MTL 8
: NSH 62%MTL 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2

Nashville Predators beat Montreal Canadiens 4–2 at MTL. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Turris, Josi, Smith, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:52 together.

Points
Filip Forsberg had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 20:11.Forsberg
Points
Roman Josi had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:29.Josi
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Turris, Josi, Smith, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:52 together.Turris Josi Smith Granlund Forsberg
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Hudon–Domi skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (19% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Hudon Domi
New line
New look for MTL: Weal–Lehkonen–Suzuki skated 9:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (81.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Weal Lehkonen Suzuki
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +6 against a season average of 30.3; the loss.Price
New line
New look for MTL: Byron–Armia–Danault skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Byron Armia Danault
New line
New look for NSH: Johansen–Sissons–Arvidsson skated 6:33 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (92.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansen Sissons Arvidsson

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 130 of 130 attempts · MTL 76 · NSH 54

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 22% of the game, MTL 41%.

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
	49	66
	2.14	2.45
	2.10	2.33
	8	12
	1	4
	20	24
	+0.068	−0.068
	22%	41%

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 – Granlund – Forsberg
12:0843% CF
L2Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi
8:2814% CF
L3Johansen – Sissons – Arvidsson
6:3392% CF
L4Turris – Jarnkrok – Trenin
4:5863% CF
D1Ekholm – Fabbro
16:0455% CF
D2Josi – Ellis
15:3344% CF
D3Holzer – Tinordi
11:3822% CF

PP1Turris – Josi – Smith – Granlund – Forsberg
3:5286% CF
PP2Duchene – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
1:55100% CF
PK1FBonino – Sissons
2:12
PK2FTurris – Jarnkrok
0:32
PK1DHolzer – Tinordi
1:04
PK2DEllis – Ekholm
0:52

Current NSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Gallagher – Hudon – Domi
11:3619% CF
L2Weal – Lehkonen – Suzuki
9:4782% CF
L3Byron – Armia – Danault
9:3974% CF
L4Weise – Evans – Vejdemo
6:5358% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
14:1560% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
13:4644% CF
D3Ouellet – Folin
10:5667% CF

PP1Weber – Petry – Gallagher – Domi – Suzuki
2:0180% CF
PP2Chiarot – Weal – Armia – Danault – Hudon
1:04100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:39
PK2FByron – Armia
0:54
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
2:08
PK2DPetry – Folin
1:03

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:51
NSHRyan Johansen (Filip Forsberg, Viktor Arvidsson)wrist0.10 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson, FabbroMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Armia, Hudon, Domi
NSH 1 – 0 MTL
2:57
NSHCalle Jarnkrok (Kyle Turris)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Turris, Josi, Ellis, Jarnkrok, TreninMTL: Weise, Ouellet, Folin, Evans, Vejdemo
NSH 2 – 0 MTL
8:18
NSHFilip ForsbergPP (Roman Josi, Craig Smith)wrist0.09 xG
NSH: Turris, Josi, Smith, Granlund, ForsbergMTL: Weber, Chiarot, Lehkonen, Evans
NSH 3 – 0 MTL
16:00
NSHFilip Forsberg (Roman Josi, Ryan Ellis)wrist0.11 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ellis, Granlund, ForsbergMTL: Weal, Ouellet, Lehkonen, Folin, Suzuki
NSH 4 – 0 MTL

3rd period

2:45
MTLArtturi Lehkonen (Xavier Ouellet, Nick Suzuki)wrist0.13 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Granlund, Arvidsson, FabbroMTL: Weal, Ouellet, Lehkonen, Folin, Suzuki
NSH 4 – 1 MTL
8:40
MTLLukas Vejdemo (Dale Weise, Jake Evans)wrist0.19 xG
NSH: Holzer, Duchene, Tinordi, Granlund, ForsbergMTL: Petry, Weise, Kulak, Evans, Vejdemo
NSH 4 – 2 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
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	21:48	—	—	28	31
Filip Forsberg L	L1	2	1	3	+1	5	0.45	1	0	2	20:11	—	—	34	42
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	1	1	0	17:36	—	—	40	44
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	4	0	14:28	—	—	30	47
Craig Smith C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.32	0	1	0	13:40	—	—	25	52
Rocco Grimaldi R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	11:52	—	—	27	43
Ryan Johansen C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	0	1	0	15:09	—	—	67	62
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	1	1	0	6	0.28	0	2	0	15:07	—	—	70	59
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	1	0	14:49	—	—	76	78
Kyle Turris C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	14:28	—	—	39	26
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	47	44
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	6	1	0	10:47	—	—	48	41
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	20:11	—	—	55	44
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	17:34	—	—	58	46
Roman Josi D	D2	0	2	2	+2	4	0.18	0	1	0	23:29	—	—	46	69
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.06	1	3	2	21:26	—	—	42	70
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	1	0	16:19	—	—	25	24
Korbinian Holzer D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	3	7	0	15:19	—	—	22	23

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	3.69	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.47	2	0	0	18:52	—	—	31	35
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.22	2	1	0	18:30	—	—	26	25
Charles Hudon L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	24	26
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.39	1	1	0	17:39	—	—	77	69
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.59	2	0	0	16:26	—	—	82	76
Jordan Weal C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	1	0	0	12:11	—	—	83	76
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	18:22	—	—	74	57
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.45	2	0	4	17:58	—	—	59	33
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	12:29	—	—	77	64
Jake Evans C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	2	0	10:32	—	—	56	66
Dale Weise R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.16	4	0	0	8:25	—	—	67	81
Lukas Vejdemo C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.36	2	0	0	8:15	—	—	54	73
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	24:55	—	—	62	56
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	59	50
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	5	1	2	23:50	—	—	51	42
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	1	0	0	23:43	—	—	41	42
Xavier Ouellet D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	4	1	2	16:11	—	—	65	62
Christian Folin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	13:09	—	—	67	66

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	2.25	58:02

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.