Nashville Predators vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 6, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 6, 2018· Rogers Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	2	3		NSH	9	7	13	29
VAN	2	2	1	5		VAN	14	11	5	30

: NSH 63VAN 50
: NSH 2.23VAN 2.79
PP goals: NSH 0VAN 1
Hits: NSH 36VAN 21
Blocks: NSH 12VAN 22
PIM: NSH 6VAN 2
: NSH 50%VAN 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 5–3

Vancouver Canucks beat Nashville Predators 5–3 at home. Antoine Roussel (VAN) led the scoring with 0G 3A. VAN's first power-play unit (Edler, Horvat, Goldobin, Boeser and Pettersson) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:49 together.

Points
Antoine Roussel had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:02.Roussel
Points
Bo Horvat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:39.Horvat
Points
Colton Sissons had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:43.Sissons
Points
Elias Pettersson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:57.Pettersson
Points
Jake Virtanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:41.Virtanen
Points
Yannick Weber had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 11:39.Weber
PP1
VAN's first power-play unit (Edler, Horvat, Goldobin, Boeser and Pettersson) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:49 together.Edler Horvat Goldobin Boeser Pettersson
Luck
VAN scored 5 goals on 2.79 expected goals (50 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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · VAN 50 · NSH 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 27% of the game, VAN 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	72	49
	2.55	2.14
	2.46	2.01
	14	11
	6	7
	17	13
	−0.055	+0.055
	27%	32%

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

L1Johansen – Hartman – Fiala
12:2168% CF
L2Smith – Jarnkrok – Tolvanen
11:4759% CF
L3Bonino – Grimaldi – Gaudreau
9:1456% CF
L4Watson – Salomaki – Sissons
9:0852% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
19:0849% CF
D2Hamhuis – Ekholm
18:4263% CF
D3Weber – Irwin
11:0573% CF

PP1Josi – Ellis – Smith – Johansen – Sissons
0:59
PP2Josi – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Fiala – Tolvanen
0:44
PK1FWatson – Sissons
3:19
PK2FBonino – Hartman
0:20
PK1DJosi – Ellis
2:34
PK2DHamhuis – Ekholm
1:35

Current NSH line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Leivo – Boeser – Pettersson
10:5660% CF
L2Eriksson – Roussel – Gaudette
8:5043% CF
L3Horvat – Virtanen – Goldobin
7:5533% CF
L4Beagle – Granlund – Motte
5:5625% CF
D1Gudbranson – Hutton
20:1151% CF
D2Edler – Tanev
16:1040% CF
D3Pouliot – Stecher
12:3922% CF

PP1Edler – Horvat – Goldobin – Boeser – Pettersson
3:49100% CF
PP2Granlund – Hutton – Virtanen – Goldobin – Stecher
0:25
PK1FEriksson – Roussel
1:09
PK2FBeagle – Granlund
0:51
PK1DTanev – Stecher
1:02
PK2DGudbranson – Hutton
0:58

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:48
VANAlexander EdlerPP (Nikolay Goldobin, Elias Pettersson)slap0.05 xG
NSH: Bonino, Josi, Ellis, JarnkrokVAN: Edler, Horvat, Goldobin, Boeser, Pettersson
NSH 0 – 1 VAN
19:33
VANBo Horvat (Jake Virtanen, Antoine Roussel)wrist0.03 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Johansen, Hartman, FialaVAN: Edler, Roussel, Tanev, Horvat, Virtanen
NSH 0 – 2 VAN

2nd period

7:21
NSHRyan Hartman (Yannick Weber, Ryan Johansen)deflected0.58 xG
NSH: Weber, Irwin, Johansen, Hartman, FialaVAN: Edler, Tanev, Horvat, Virtanen, Goldobin
NSH 1 – 2 VAN
8:57
VANJake Virtanen (Antoine Roussel, Bo Horvat)snap0.09 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Johansen, Hartman, FialaVAN: Roussel, Gudbranson, Hutton, Horvat, Virtanen
NSH 1 – 3 VAN
18:49
VANElias PetterssonPSwrist0.30 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Bonino, Ekholm, Grimaldi, FialaVAN: Gudbranson, Leivo, Hutton, Boeser, Pettersson
NSH 1 – 4 VAN

3rd period

1:21
VANLoui Eriksson (Antoine Roussel)wrist0.13 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Weber, Ekholm, Johansen, HartmanVAN: Eriksson, Beagle, Roussel, Tanev, Hutton
NSH 1 – 5 VAN
5:17
NSHColton Sissons (Roman Josi, Miikka Salomaki)snap0.07 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Watson, Salomaki, SissonsVAN: Beagle, Pouliot, Boeser, Stecher, Pettersson
NSH 2 – 5 VAN
18:37
NSHMatt Irwin (Yannick Weber, Colton Sissons)deflected0.01 xG
NSH: Weber, Irwin, Watson, Salomaki, SissonsVAN: Eriksson, Roussel, Pouliot, Gaudette, Stecher
NSH 3 – 5 VAN

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 Hartman R	L1	1	0	1	-2	2	0.64	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	67	69
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.06	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	62	63
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	3	0	0	16:49	—	—	63	66
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	1	0	2	16:25	—	—	62	64
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	2	1	0	15:53	—	—	59	62
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	2	0	15:10	—	—	63	64
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	13:29	—	—	59	55
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	0	1	0	12:43	—	—	63	55
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:19	—	—	59	45
Colton Sissons C	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	0.15	3	1	0	15:43	—	—	54	31
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	3	0	2	14:40	—	—	50	29
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.03	7	1	0	10:17	—	—	54	43
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	3	1	0	25:48	—	—	49	42
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.09	1	2	0	25:35	—	—	46	41
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	0	2	23:03	—	—	58	38
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	2	0	20:56	—	—	66	52
Matt Irwin D	D3	1	0	1	+2	4	0.06	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	74	81
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	11:39	—	—	71	73

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	1.83	40:00
Juuse Saros	—	5	4	1	.800	0.95	18:53

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.68	1	0	0	21:00	—	—	55	77
Elias Pettersson C	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.59	0	1	0	19:57	—	—	52	71
Josh Leivo L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	1	0	0	13:28	—	—	63	88
Antoine Roussel L	L2	0	3	3	+2	1	0.14	0	2	0	16:02	—	—	44	50
Loui Eriksson L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.20	0	1	0	15:05	—	—	39	43
Adam Gaudette R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	1	0	0	11:29	—	—	50	61
Bo Horvat C	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.11	0	2	0	19:39	—	—	32	28
Jake Virtanen R	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.14	3	2	0	15:41	—	—	32	28
Nikolay Goldobin R	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.34	0	0	0	13:54	—	—	35	25
Markus Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	12:27	—	—	25	3
Tyler Motte C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:06	—	—	18	2
Jay Beagle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:57	—	—	24	20
Ben Hutton D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	1	3	0	23:32	—	—	49	62
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.06	3	0	0	21:11	—	—	51	65
Alexander Edler D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.06	3	1	2	21:58	—	—	42	34
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	19:59	—	—	39	35
Troy Stecher D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	25	38
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	3	4	0	13:28	—	—	24	36

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	29	26	3	.897	2.23	60:00

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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.