Nashville Predators vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 5, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	6	10	13	29
MTL	1	0	2	3		MTL	13	12	5	30

: NSH 72MTL 53
: NSH 3.25MTL 4.69
PP goals: NSH 0MTL 1
Hits: NSH 19MTL 26
Blocks: NSH 11MTL 23
PIM: NSH 6MTL 8
: NSH 44%MTL 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Nashville Predators 3–0

Montreal Canadiens beat Nashville Predators 3–0 at home. Jake Evans (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:49 together.

Points
Jake Evans had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:15.Evans
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:49 together.Laine Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský
New line
New look for NSH: Stamkos–Nyquist–Forsberg skated 10:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (76.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stamkos Nyquist Forsberg
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 3.25 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–McCarron–Smith skated 6:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons McCarron Smith
Usage
Lane Hutson (MTL) played 16:36, −6:13 down on his 22:49 season average over 81 games.Hutson
Usage
Arber Xhekaj (MTL) played 19:27, +4:54 up on his 14:33 season average over 69 games.Xhekaj
New line
New look for NSH: Parssinen–Evangelista–Svechkov skated 5:59 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Parssinen Evangelista Svechkov

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 125 of 125 attempts · MTL 53 · NSH 72

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 32% of the game, MTL 36%.

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
	62	43
	1.96	2.19
	1.85	2.14
	17	5
	1	12
	14	30
	−0.042	+0.042
	32%	36%

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 – Nyquist – Forsberg
10:2976% CF
L2Sissons – McCarron – Smith
6:1256% CF
L3Parssinen – Evangelista – Svechkov
5:5938% CF
L4Marchessault – Jankowski – L'Heureux
3:02100% CF
D1Josi – Carrier
11:4558% CF
D2Schenn – Wilsby
10:5359% CF
D3Skjei – Blankenburg
10:2943% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – Nyquist – Marchessault – Forsberg
7:1379% CF
PP2Skjei – Carrier – Parssinen – Evangelista – Svechkov
1:59
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
1:06
PK2FSissons – L'Heureux
0:37
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
1:53
PK2DSchenn – Wilsby
0:42

Current NSH line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Laine – Dach – Slafkovský
10:1323% CF
L2Suzuki – Caufield – Newhook
8:0581% CF
L3Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
6:4090% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Heineman
6:0120% CF
D1Savard – Xhekaj
7:2238% CF
D2Struble – Hutson
6:2750% CF
D3Matheson – Barron
3:5057% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
3:49100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dach – Newhook – Heineman
0:42
PK1FAnderson – Dvorak
3:58
PK2FArmia – Evans
2:56
PK1DSavard – Matheson
4:24
PK2DStruble – Xhekaj
0:28

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:50
MTLJake EvansSHsnap0.14 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Josi, Nyquist, Marchessault, ForsbergMTL: Savard, Armia, Evans, Struble
NSH 0 – 1 MTL

3rd period

1:14
MTLPatrik LainePP (Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki)snap0.20 xG
NSH: Josi, McCarron, CarrierMTL: Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, Slafkovský
NSH 0 – 2 MTL
19:14
MTLJoel ArmiaEN (Jake Evans, Arber Xhekaj)snap0.74 xG
NSH: Josi, Marchessault, Jankowski, Forsberg, Carrier, SvechkovMTL: Armia, Matheson, Evans, Suzuki, Xhekaj
NSH 0 – 3 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Steven Stamkos C	L1	-1	3	0.41	1	1	0	22:38	—	—	76	70
Filip Forsberg L	L1	-2	4	0.78	4	0	0	21:52	—	—	69	64
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	-1	1	0.36	0	0	2	21:09	—	—	68	63
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	1	0.07	0	1	2	14:45	—	—	42	31
Michael McCarron C	L2	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	13:32	—	—	42	17
Cole Smith R	L2	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	12:27	—	—	46	22
Luke Evangelista R	L3	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	54	57
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	12:51	—	—	67	58
Juuso Parssinen C	L3	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	11:58	—	—	56	50
Jonathan Marchessault R	L4	-2	5	0.44	0	0	0	19:43	—	—	66	47
Zachary L'Heureux L	L4	0	3	0.19	2	1	0	11:04	—	—	64	63
Mark Jankowski L	L4	-1	2	0.14	0	0	2	10:35	—	—	56	38
Roman Josi D	D1	-2	1	0.29	2	3	0	27:40	—	—	62	42
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	-1	1	0.09	1	2	0	17:36	—	—	67	48
Adam Wilsby D	D2	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:06	—	—	65	53
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	13:43	—	—	66	54
Brady Skjei D	D3	0	1	0.19	0	1	0	21:06	—	—	50	48
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:19	—	—	42	34

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	29	27	2	.931	3.72	58:04

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrik Laine L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.41	1	3	0	17:05	—	—	20	34
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.81	4	1	0	16:37	—	—	19	28
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	13:19	—	—	20	29
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.40	0	2	0	16:06	—	—	83	90
Cole Caufield R	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.60	2	0	0	14:50	—	—	76	82
Alex Newhook C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:22	—	—	64	71
Christian Dvorak C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	17:24	—	—	53	74
Josh Anderson R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:37	—	—	55	84
Brendan Gallagher R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	13:54	—	—	73	88
Jake Evans C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.30	2	1	0	15:15	—	—	22	31
Joel Armia R	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.98	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	24	31
Emil Heineman L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	9:10	—	—	14	1
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	2	3	2	21:08	—	—	41	51
Arber Xhekaj D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	3	2	19:27	—	—	24	33
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	5	1	2	17:12	—	—	52	61
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	16:36	—	—	40	37
Mike Matheson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	2	1	0	28:17	—	—	58	68
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	1	0	13:29	—	—	33	57

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	3.25	59:56

Goal anatomy

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

Jake Evans (MTL SH) 1st 7:50 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · carried in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 62.7 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Jake Evans · 1st 7:50 · MTL SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 62.7 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Patrik Laine · 3rd 1:14 · MTL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 61.4 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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Joel Armia · 3rd 19:14 · MTL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.4 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 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.