Nashville Predators vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 10, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	1	0	2		NSH	11	15	6	32
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	9	14	14	37

: NSH 55MTL 66
: NSH 3.24MTL 2.93
PP goals: NSH 1MTL 0
Hits: NSH 34MTL 33
Blocks: NSH 12MTL 15
PIM: NSH 10MTL 8
: NSH 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Montreal Canadiens 2–1

Nashville Predators beat Montreal Canadiens 2–1 at MTL. Colton Sissons (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Sissons) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:08 together.

Points
Colton Sissons had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:21.Sissons
Points
Roman Josi had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:49.Josi
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Sissons) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:08 together.Josi Nyquist O'Reilly Forsberg Sissons
New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–Trenin–Parssinen skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons Trenin Parssinen
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +8 against a season average of 28.8; the win.Saros
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.93 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Armia–Stephens–Pezzetta skated 5:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Armia Stephens Pezzetta
New line
New look for MTL: Gallagher–Dvorak–Ylonen skated 6:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gallagher Dvorak Ylonen

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 121 of 121 attempts · MTL 66 · NSH 55

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 33% of the game, MTL 38%.

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
	52	65
	2.53	2.21
	2.41	2.01
	7	18
	5	2
	14	20
	−0.033	+0.033
	33%	38%

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

L1Sissons – Trenin – Parssinen
8:1437% CF
L2Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg
7:3233% CF
L3Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista
5:3833% CF
L4McCarron – Tomasino – Smith
4:0130% CF
D1McDonagh – Carrier
12:5441% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
12:1243% CF
D3Barrie – Lauzon
8:4631% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Sissons
2:08100% CF
PK1FSissons – Smith
2:17
PK2FO'Reilly – Trenin
1:28
PK1DLauzon – Fabbro
2:09
PK2DMcDonagh – Carrier
1:52

Current NSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Monahan – Evans
11:2554% CF
L2Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
9:5555% CF
L3Gallagher – Dvorak – Ylonen
6:0677% CF
L4Armia – Stephens – Pezzetta
5:1067% CF
D1Savard – Matheson
13:2755% CF
D2Guhle – Barron
12:5552% CF
D3Kovacevic – Struble
10:4253% CF

PP1Matheson – Monahan – Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
3:3525% CF
PP2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak – Ylonen – Barron
1:35100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
2:08
PK1DSavard – Guhle
1:22

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:41
NSHColton SissonsPP (Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi)tip-in0.09 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, SissonsMTL: Savard, Armia, Matheson, Evans
NSH 1 – 0 MTL

2nd period

7:03
NSHColton Sissons (Dante Fabbro, Roman Josi)snap0.21 xG
NSH: Josi, Sissons, Trenin, Fabbro, EvangelistaMTL: Anderson, Monahan, Guhle, Barron, Slafkovský
NSH 2 – 0 MTL
19:25
MTLJake Evansbackhand0.08 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, LauzonMTL: Savard, Matheson, Anderson, Monahan, Evans
NSH 2 – 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
Colton Sissons C	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.62	2	0	2	19:21	—	—	43	55
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.39	3	0	0	17:28	—	—	52	52
Juuso Parssinen C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	16:46	—	—	44	43
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	0	0	0	17:53	—	—	46	43
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	16:10	—	—	36	38
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	1	1	2	14:51	—	—	44	41
Luke Evangelista R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	2	11:08	—	—	41	66
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	5	1	0	10:40	—	—	35	83
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	9:58	—	—	46	87
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	14:22	—	—	46	24
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	2	0	0	11:45	—	—	59	36
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	9:13	—	—	41	29
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	23:54	—	—	45	53
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	1	2	20:16	—	—	44	51
Roman Josi D	D2	0	2	2	+1	3	0.17	1	2	2	23:49	—	—	44	46
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.04	4	0	0	18:09	—	—	48	53
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	6	2	0	18:00	—	—	44	70
Tyson Barrie D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	14:19	—	—	39	57

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	2.93	59:58

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Monahan C	L1	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:04	—	—	52	25
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	4	0.27	3	0	0	16:21	—	—	54	25
Jake Evans C	L1	1	1	+1	2	0.20	2	0	0	16:03	—	—	56	29
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	21:48	—	—	48	23
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	0	20:19	—	—	46	22
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	-1	2	0.24	2	0	2	17:36	—	—	52	35
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	10	0.89	1	0	4	14:57	—	—	69	73
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	71	96
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:56	—	—	52	56
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	12:26	—	—	63	87
Mitchell Stephens C	L4	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	9:19	—	—	47	36
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	2	0.09	8	1	0	8:35	—	—	50	39
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	+1	3	0.19	1	1	2	25:21	—	—	54	46
David Savard D	D1	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	5	0	20:10	—	—	57	47
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	-1	0	0.02	4	2	0	21:53	—	—	56	50
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	-1	2	0.07	3	2	0	19:31	—	—	53	46
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	12:24	—	—	57	46
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:56	—	—	57	45

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	3.24	58:32

Goal anatomy

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

Colton Sissons (NSH PP) 1st 11:41 · assists Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi · Deflection · 53.4 mph shot.

Colton Sissons · 1st 11:41 · NSH PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 53.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: deflection

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Colton Sissons · 2nd 7:03 · NSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.8 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: rebound

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Jake Evans · 2nd 19:25 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 44.8 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 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.