Nashville Predators vs. Vancouver CanucksJan 3, 2025

FinalFriday, Jan 3, 2025· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	2	3		NSH	9	3	7	19
VAN	0	0	0	0		VAN	9	10	8	27

: NSH 51VAN 61
: NSH 3.47VAN 2.31
PP goals: NSH 0VAN 0
Hits: NSH 21VAN 51
Blocks: NSH 19VAN 14
PIM: NSH 11VAN 9
: NSH 50%VAN 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Vancouver Canucks 3–0

Nashville Predators beat Vancouver Canucks 3–0 at VAN. Gustav Nyquist (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NSH: Sissons–McCarron–Wiesblatt skated 6:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Colton Sissons had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:25.Sissons
Points
Gustav Nyquist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:13.Nyquist
New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–McCarron–Wiesblatt skated 6:48 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (21.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons McCarron Wiesblatt
Luck
VAN scored 0 goals on 2.31 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Jankowski–Evangelista–Svechkov skated 5:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski Evangelista Svechkov
Usage
Vincent Desharnais (VAN) played 22:11, +6:23 up on his 15:48 season average over 50 games.Desharnais
Usage
Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) played 14:32, −4:31 down on his 19:03 season average over 78 games.O'Reilly
Usage
Derek Forbort (VAN) played 20:38, +3:36 up on his 17:02 season average over 53 games.Forbort

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 61 · NSH 51

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 24% of the game, VAN 30%.

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
	53	59
	2.24	2.11
	2.18	2.02
	10	12
	4	10
	7	26
	+0.013	−0.013
	24%	30%

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 – Marchessault – Forsberg
12:4536% CF
L2Sissons – McCarron – Wiesblatt
6:4821% CF
L3Jankowski – Evangelista – Svechkov
5:4773% CF
L4Nyquist – O'Reilly – Hinostroza
4:3960% CF
D1Josi – Barron
16:2653% CF
D2Skjei – Blankenburg
14:5945% CF
D3Schenn – Stastney
14:3343% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
2:0867% CF
PP2Nyquist – Skjei – Evangelista – Svechkov – Blankenburg
0:36100% CF
PK1FJankowski – Sissons
2:43
PK2FNyquist – McCarron
0:54
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
2:31
PK2DJosi – Stastney
1:32

Current NSH line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk
7:0645% CF
L2Heinen – Hoglander – Sasson
6:3250% CF
L3Di Giuseppe – Garland – Suter
4:4460% CF
L4Blueger – Joshua – Sherwood
4:4438% CF
D1Forbort – Desharnais
15:3281% CF
D2Soucy – Juulsen
12:3843% CF
D3Myers – Brisebois
11:5136% CF

PP1Myers – Miller – Boeser – DeBrusk – Garland
2:1780% CF
PP2Soucy – Heinen – Joshua – Suter – Sherwood
1:1450% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
1:23
PK2FHeinen – Sherwood
0:32
PK1DMyers – Forbort
1:36
PK2DJuulsen – Desharnais
0:32

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

16:53
NSHSteven Stamkos (Jonathan Marchessault, Filip Forsberg)slap0.12 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Josi, Marchessault, Forsberg, BarronVAN: Blueger, Heinen, Brisebois, Desharnais, Sherwood
NSH 1 – 0 VAN

3rd period

18:16
NSHGustav NyquistEN (Nick Blankenburg, Colton Sissons)wrist0.77 xG
NSH: Nyquist, O'Reilly, Skjei, Sissons, BlankenburgVAN: Miller, Soucy, Boeser, DeBrusk, Garland, Suter
NSH 2 – 0 VAN
19:29
NSHColton SissonsEN (Roman Josi, Gustav Nyquist)wrist0.61 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Sissons, BlankenburgVAN: Myers, Miller, Boeser, Garland, Suter, Sherwood
NSH 3 – 0 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
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	2	0	2	19:38	—	—	35	52
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	0	2	2	18:46	—	—	35	52
Steven Stamkos C	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	41	66
Colton Sissons C	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.61	2	2	0	14:25	—	—	32	26
Michael McCarron C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	5	13:07	—	—	33	31
Ozzy Wiesblatt C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	9:42	—	—	17	16
Luke Evangelista R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	0	0	2	14:44	—	—	71	61
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:33	—	—	59	53
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	0	0	11:55	—	—	56	44
Gustav Nyquist R	L4	1	1	2	+2	2	1.00	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	66	76
Ryan O'Reilly C	L4	0	0	0	+2	0	0.09	0	1	0	14:32	—	—	65	75
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	1	3	0	11:09	—	—	57	64
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.04	0	3	0	23:53	—	—	56	70
Justin Barron D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	0	2	0	18:07	—	—	52	64
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	3	0	21:38	—	—	46	38
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.08	2	1	0	21:21	—	—	47	40
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	41	46
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	8	2	0	15:23	—	—	45	50

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	2.31	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	-2	4	0.35	2	0	0	20:19	—	—	51	33
Brock Boeser R	L1	-2	0	0.01	0	2	0	19:45	—	—	51	44
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	-1	1	0.26	5	0	0	16:23	—	—	47	48
Danton Heinen L	L2	-1	2	0.15	0	0	2	14:18	—	—	53	57
Max Sasson C	L2	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	12:57	—	—	60	81
Nils Hoglander L	L2	0	0	0.43	1	0	2	12:12	—	—	60	75
Conor Garland R	L3	-2	1	0.08	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	57	38
Pius Suter C	L3	-2	1	0.19	2	0	0	17:06	—	—	56	45
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	2	0.11	9	0	0	13:06	—	—	45	18
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	-2	5	0.17	6	0	0	15:27	—	—	61	49
Teddy Blueger C	L4	-1	2	0.10	4	0	0	14:01	—	—	46	35
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0.00	5	1	5	10:23	—	—	50	68
Vincent Desharnais D	D1	-1	1	0.03	4	0	0	22:11	—	—	79	70
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	2	0.02	1	1	0	20:38	—	—	74	76
Carson Soucy D	D2	-1	1	0.04	4	3	0	17:33	—	—	48	41
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	1	0.04	5	1	0	16:23	—	—	41	28
Tyler Myers D	D3	-1	2	0.10	1	3	0	22:44	—	—	29	34
Guillaume Brisebois D	D3	-1	0	0.02	1	3	0	14:58	—	—	41	36

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	17	16	1	.941	2.09	58:05

Goal anatomy

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

Gustav Nyquist (NSH EN) 3rd 18:16 · assists Nick Blankenburg, Colton Sissons · Point shot · 56.7 mph shot.

Gustav Nyquist · 3rd 18:16 · NSH EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.7 mph
Distance: 80 ft

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Steven Stamkos · 2nd 16:53 · NSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 68.6 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 4.1 s

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Colton Sissons · 3rd 19:29 · NSH EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.9 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 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.