Nashville Predators vs. Washington CapitalsDec 30, 2023

Final / SOSaturday, Dec 30, 2023· Capital One Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	2	0	0	0	1	3		NSH	11	13	10	2	36
WSH	1	1	0	0	0	2		WSH	13	4	10	2	29

: NSH 80WSH 61
: NSH 4.20WSH 2.04
PP goals: NSH 1WSH 0
Hits: NSH 25WSH 21
Blocks: NSH 17WSH 21
PIM: NSH 13WSH 11
: NSH 61%WSH 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Washington Capitals 3–2 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat Washington Capitals 3–2 in a shootout at WSH. Luke Evangelista (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Sissons) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:17 together.

PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Sissons) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:17 together.Josi Nyquist O'Reilly Forsberg Sissons
New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–Sherwood–Parssinen skated 10:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons Sherwood Parssinen
New line
New look for WSH: Ovechkin–Kuznetsov–Strome skated 11:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ovechkin Kuznetsov Strome
Goalie
Hunter Shepard (WSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +5 against a season average of 30.8; the overtime loss.Shepard
Luck
NSH scored 2 goals on 4.20 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: McCarron–Trenin–Tomasino skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McCarron Trenin Tomasino
New line
New look for NSH: Novak–Smith–Evangelista skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Novak Smith Evangelista
New line
New look for WSH: Wilson–Phillips–Lapierre skated 6:31 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Wilson Phillips Lapierre

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)WSH attacks right (top on phones) →

WSH
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 141 of 141 attempts · WSH 61 · NSH 80

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WSH
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WSH 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 49% of the game, WSH 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WSH

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	WSH
	83	55
	4.03	1.98
	3.74	1.90
	17	13
	1	4
	16	14
	+0.087	−0.087
	49%	23%

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
12:0655% CF
L2Sissons – Sherwood – Parssinen
10:0057% CF
L3McCarron – Trenin – Tomasino
9:2970% CF
L4Novak – Smith – Evangelista
7:1661% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
15:1970% CF
D2McDonagh – Schenn
14:4149% CF
D3Lauzon – Carrier
13:4061% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Sissons
2:1775% CF
PP2Josi – Novak – Tomasino – Parssinen – Evangelista
0:3550% CF
PK1FSissons – Smith
2:21
PK2FO'Reilly – Trenin
1:09
PK1DLauzon – Carrier
2:21
PK2DMcDonagh – Schenn
1:21

Current NSH line combinations →

Washington Capitals

L1Dowd – Aube-Kubel – Malenstyn
11:2730% CF
L2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Strome
11:1146% CF
L3Mantha – McMichael – Protas
9:4454% CF
L4Wilson – Phillips – Lapierre
6:3145% CF
D1Carlson – Edmundson
15:5945% CF
D2Bear – Sandin
12:5826% CF
D3Jensen – van Riemsdyk
8:2642% CF

PP1Ovechkin – Carlson – Kuznetsov – Wilson – Mantha
3:3567% CF
PP2Ovechkin – Kuznetsov – Sandin – McMichael – Protas
1:04
PK1FDowd – Malenstyn
1:35
PK2FKuznetsov – Wilson
0:26
PK1DCarlson – van Riemsdyk
1:18
PK2DJensen – Edmundson
0:26

Current WSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:44
NSHLuke Evangelista (Dante Fabbro, Tommy Novak)wrist0.38 xG
NSH: Josi, Novak, Fabbro, Smith, EvangelistaWSH: Ovechkin, Jensen, Wilson, Strome, Sandin
NSH 1 – 0 WSH
6:55
NSHRoman JosiPP (Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, SissonsWSH: Carlson, Dowd, Edmundson, Malenstyn
NSH 2 – 0 WSH
10:25
WSHBeck Malenstyn (Nic Dowd, Trevor van Riemsdyk)wrist0.26 xG
NSH: Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Lauzon, CarrierWSH: Dowd, van Riemsdyk, Aube-Kubel, Bear, Malenstyn
NSH 2 – 1 WSH

2nd period

14:59
WSHAlex Ovechkin (Dylan Strome, Aliaksei Protas)slap0.12 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Schenn, McCarron, Trenin, EvangelistaWSH: Ovechkin, Strome, Sandin, McMichael, Protas
NSH 2 – 2 WSH

Decided in the shootout: NSH 3 – 2 WSH.

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	1	1	-1	4	0.25	0	1	0	21:06	—	—	58	50
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.38	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	60	51
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	-1	8	0.63	1	1	0	18:40	—	—	60	45
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	1	2	0	17:59	—	—	63	65
Juuso Parssinen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	50	64
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	5	1	0	14:01	—	—	56	66
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	5	0	0	16:08	—	—	68	73
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.27	4	0	7	13:31	—	—	62	66
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	12:20	—	—	67	70
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.29	0	1	0	13:31	—	—	59	92
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.11	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	62	93
Luke Evangelista R	L4	1	0	1	0	4	1.02	0	0	2	10:40	—	—	59	87
Roman Josi D	D1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	3	0	26:52	—	—	70	84
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	68	81
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	23:59	—	—	55	60
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	2	17:21	—	—	47	43
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	20:21	—	—	60	76
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	4	5	2	19:37	—	—	62	70

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.04	65:00

Washington Capitals

WSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nic Dowd C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.15	1	1	0	16:26	—	—	27	45
Beck Malenstyn L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.44	1	2	0	16:23	—	—	29	39
Nicolas Aube-Kubel R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:44	—	—	33	50
Alex Ovechkin L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	3	0	2	22:06	—	—	39	26
Evgeny Kuznetsov C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	0	21:28	—	—	38	27
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.27	1	3	0	18:41	—	—	43	28
Aliaksei Protas L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.20	2	1	0	17:23	—	—	52	52
Connor McMichael L	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.20	1	1	2	16:39	—	—	49	54
Anthony Mantha R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	52	48
Tom Wilson R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	1	5	18:36	—	—	35	4
Hendrix Lapierre C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	44	6
Matthew Phillips R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:59	—	—	46	13
John Carlson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	3	0	27:46	—	—	43	42
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	1	2	20:13	—	—	44	39
Rasmus Sandin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	22:41	—	—	35	17
Ethan Bear D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.08	0	3	0	20:05	—	—	30	24
Trevor van Riemsdyk D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	17:38	—	—	42	63
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	0	0	14:53	—	—	44	29

WSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Hunter Shepard(start)	O	36	34	2	.944	4.20	64:54

Goal anatomy

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

Luke Evangelista (NSH) 1st 2:44 · assists Dante Fabbro, Tommy Novak · Rebound · 23.1 mph shot.

Luke Evangelista · 1st 2:44 · NSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 23.1 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Roman Josi · 1st 6:55 · NSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 54.8 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Beck Malenstyn · 1st 10:25 · WSH

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.4 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s
Type: rebound

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Alex Ovechkin · 2nd 14:59 · WSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 65.7 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
Type: one-timer

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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.