Nashville Predators vs. Vancouver CanucksApr 30, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	2	2		NSH	4	11	7	22
VAN	0	0	1	1		VAN	7	4	9	20

: NSH 57VAN 55
: NSH 1.48VAN 2.10
PP goals: NSH 1VAN 0
Hits: NSH 37VAN 38
Blocks: NSH 15VAN 19
PIM: NSH 4VAN 8
: NSH 61%VAN 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Vancouver Canucks 2–1

Nashville Predators beat Vancouver Canucks 2–1 at VAN. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Barrie and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:05 together.

Points
Filip Forsberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:59.Forsberg
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Barrie and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 4:05 together.Josi Nyquist O'Reilly Barrie Forsberg
Usage
Conor Garland (VAN) played 12:06, −3:14 down on his 15:20 season average over 12 games.Garland
Cats
Kiefer Sherwood (NSH) threw 9 hits, a night for hits leagues.Sherwood

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 112 of 112 attempts · VAN 55 · NSH 57

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 31% of the game, VAN 38%.

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
	58	56
	1.32	2.22
	1.31	2.18
	6	13
	7	6
	8	11
	+0.069	−0.069
	31%	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

L1Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg
10:5563% CF
L2McCarron – Sherwood – Smith
9:5937% CF
L3Zucker – Sissons – Beauvillier
7:1625% CF
L4Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
6:1962% CF
D1Lauzon – Carrier
13:1746% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
11:3353% CF
D3McDonagh – Barrie
10:3146% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Barrie – Forsberg
4:05100% CF
PP2Barrie – Zucker – Sissons – Novak – Beauvillier
0:39
PK1FO'Reilly – McCarron
0:59
PK2FJankowski – Sherwood
0:37
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
1:14
PK2DJosi – Fabbro
0:56

Current NSH line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – Suter
9:1750% CF
L2Lindholm – Joshua – Garland
8:5044% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Blueger – Lafferty
7:5645% CF
L4Pettersson – Hoglander – Mikheyev
7:4546% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
14:1163% CF
D2Cole – Zadorov
13:4152% CF
D3Myers – Soucy
10:5838% CF

PP1Miller – Lindholm – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes
2:4733% CF
PP2Miller – Soucy – Joshua – Hronek – Suter
0:39
PK1FBlueger – Lindholm
2:52
PK2FDi Giuseppe – Joshua
1:06
PK1DMyers – Soucy
2:37
PK2DCole – Zadorov
1:14

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

3:11
VANNikita Zadorov (Quinn Hughes)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Barrie, McCarron, Sherwood, SmithVAN: Cole, Miller, Zadorov, Boeser, Suter
NSH 0 – 1 VAN
7:15
NSHRoman JosiPP (Filip Forsberg, Tyson Barrie)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Barrie, ForsbergVAN: Cole, Blueger, Lindholm, Zadorov
NSH 1 – 1 VAN
12:46
NSHAlexandre Carrier (Gustav Nyquist, Filip Forsberg)slap0.02 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, CarrierVAN: Miller, Boeser, Hronek, Suter, Hughes
NSH 2 – 1 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 O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:48	—	—	67	64
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.05	5	1	0	19:59	—	—	65	56
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	18:18	—	—	61	55
Michael McCarron C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	15:19	—	—	38	33
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.18	9	0	0	14:12	—	—	38	35
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	2	1	0	14:02	—	—	44	36
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	4	0	0	15:16	—	—	32	13
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	2	0	0	14:41	—	—	35	21
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	2	10:55	—	—	26	22
Luke Evangelista R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:01	—	—	65	45
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	10:39	—	—	60	37
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	3	0	0	10:06	—	—	50	24
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	0	3	0	20:30	—	—	47	43
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	19:31	—	—	40	30
Roman Josi D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.16	0	2	0	26:23	—	—	58	40
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	2	0	13:11	—	—	50	38
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	1	3	2	21:27	—	—	51	32
Tyson Barrie D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.13	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	55	49

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	20	19	1	.950	2.10	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	6	2	2	22:21	—	—	52	68
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	0	0	0	20:23	—	—	55	71
Pius Suter C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	52	65
Elias Lindholm C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	3	1	0	18:27	—	—	45	32
Dakota Joshua C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	2	2	14:17	—	—	40	28
Conor Garland R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	12:06	—	—	47	29
Teddy Blueger C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	13:51	—	—	57	59
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	3	1	0	12:13	—	—	52	58
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	2	0	0	9:29	—	—	43	45
Elias Pettersson C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	2	2	0	20:03	—	—	52	90
Ilya Mikheyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.44	2	0	0	12:20	—	—	37	65
Nils Hoglander L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:24	—	—	50	79
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.17	1	1	0	22:48	—	—	57	62
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	0	1	0	22:36	—	—	58	66
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	4	0	2	21:10	—	—	52	71
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	16:32	—	—	50	72
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	3	2	0	17:17	—	—	44	47
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	4	0	17:10	—	—	36	54

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arturs Silovs(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	1.48	57:38

Goal anatomy

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

Nikita Zadorov (VAN) 3rd 3:11 · assists Quinn Hughes · Odd-man rush · carried in · 4-on-2 at the blue line · 68.7 mph shot · 2.4 s from entry to goal.

Nikita Zadorov · 3rd 3:11 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 68.7 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Roman Josi · 3rd 7:15 · NSH PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 0
Shot: 1.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 4.9 s

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Alexandre Carrier · 3rd 12:46 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 71.4 mph
Distance: 61 ft

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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.