Nashville Predators vs. Arizona CoyotesMar 15, 2018

FinalThursday, Mar 15, 2018· Gila River Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	2	3		NSH	8	10	11	29
ARI	0	2	0	2		ARI	9	11	14	34

: NSH 56ARI 70
: NSH 3.32ARI 2.26
PP goals: NSH 0ARI 0
Hits: NSH 29ARI 29
Blocks: NSH 20ARI 15
PIM: NSH 10ARI 8
: NSH 51%ARI 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Arizona Coyotes 3–2

Nashville Predators beat Arizona Coyotes 3–2 at ARI. Kyle Turris (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for NSH: Bonino–Forsberg–Hartman skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kyle Turris had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:54.Turris
Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 16:06.Fiala
Points
Craig Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 12:40.Smith
New line
New look for NSH: Bonino–Forsberg–Hartman skated 5:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Forsberg Hartman
New line
New look for NSH: Hartnell–Johansen–Arvidsson skated 6:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (53.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hartnell Johansen Arvidsson
Usage
Jason Demers (ARI) played 17:00, −4:12 down on his 21:12 season average over 68 games.Demers
Usage
Richard Panik (ARI) played 19:05, +3:56 up on his 15:09 season average over 71 games.Panik
Usage
Niklas Hjalmarsson (ARI) played 17:37, −3:09 down on his 20:46 season average over 47 games.Hjalmarsson

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)ARI attacks right (top on phones) →

ARI
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · ARI 70 · NSH 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ARI
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ARI 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 29% of the game, ARI 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ARI

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	ARI
	54	55
	2.68	1.25
	2.66	1.21
	17	8
	4	7
	12	19
	−0.040	+0.040
	29%	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

L1Turris – Smith – Fiala
9:0386% CF
L2Watson – Salomaki – Sissons
7:2650% CF
L3Hartnell – Johansen – Arvidsson
6:4554% CF
L4Bonino – Forsberg – Hartman
5:0031% CF
D1Emelin – Subban
14:2250% CF
D2Ellis – Ekholm
11:5656% CF
D3Josi – Bitetto
11:1650% CF

PP1Josi – Ellis – Johansen – Forsberg – Fiala
1:53100% CF
PP2Hartnell – Subban – Ekholm – Johansen – Arvidsson
1:09100% CF
PK1FJohansen – Forsberg
3:18
PK2FBonino – Hartman
2:21
PK1DEllis – Ekholm
3:24
PK2DSubban – Josi
2:23

Current NSH line combinations →

Arizona Coyotes

L1Richardson – Cousins – Martinook
11:0135% CF
L2Stepan – Panik – Keller
10:5052% CF
L3Domi – Perlini – Dvorak
8:4463% CF
L4Hamilton – Archibald – Fischer
5:0657% CF
D1Demers – Ekman-Larsson
11:4854% CF
D2Goligoski – Chychrun
11:2343% CF
D3Hjalmarsson – Connauton
10:4443% CF

PP1Stepan – Ekman-Larsson – Panik – Keller – Chychrun
4:49100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Domi – Perlini – Dvorak – Fischer
4:4183% CF
PK1FRichardson – Martinook
1:26
PK2FStepan – Archibald
0:57
PK1DGoligoski – Hjalmarsson
1:29
PK2DDemers – Ekman-Larsson
0:54

Current ARI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:09
ARIChristian Dvorak (Max Domi)wrist0.00 xG
NSH: Emelin, Bonino, Bitetto, Forsberg, HartmanARI: Connauton, Domi, Perlini, Dvorak, Chychrun
NSH 0 – 1 ARI
5:49
NSHRyan Ellis (Craig Smith, Kyle Turris)wrist0.04 xG
NSH: Turris, Ellis, Smith, Bitetto, FialaARI: Demers, Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Keller
NSH 1 – 1 ARI
16:28
ARIOliver Ekman-Larsson (Clayton Keller, Derek Stepan)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Subban, Ekholm, Sissons, Hartman, ArvidssonARI: Stepan, Ekman-Larsson, Panik, Keller, Chychrun
NSH 1 – 2 ARI

3rd period

0:22
NSHKyle Turris (Kevin Fiala, Craig Smith)wrist0.14 xG
NSH: Turris, Ellis, Ekholm, Smith, FialaARI: Richardson, Goligoski, Hjalmarsson, Cousins, Martinook
NSH 2 – 2 ARI
4:31
NSHKevin Fiala (Kyle Turris)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Emelin, Subban, Turris, Smith, FialaARI: Richardson, Goligoski, Hjalmarsson, Cousins, Martinook
NSH 3 – 2 ARI

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
Kevin Fiala L	L1	1	1	2	+3	6	0.71	3	0	0	16:06	—	—	68	90
Kyle Turris C	L1	1	2	3	+3	2	0.21	0	0	2	15:54	—	—	54	70
Craig Smith C	L1	0	2	2	+3	2	0.18	5	0	2	12:40	—	—	72	84
Austin Watson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.51	3	1	0	14:09	—	—	50	77
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.56	1	1	2	13:10	—	—	47	73
Miikka Salomaki R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	9:29	—	—	47	34
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:50	—	—	50	59
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	38	39
Scott Hartnell L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	10:35	—	—	44	60
Filip Forsberg L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	4	0	0	15:38	—	—	33	63
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	6	0	13:48	—	—	28	28
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:53	—	—	29	31
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	4	0	0	23:10	—	—	44	44
Alexei Emelin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	16:22	—	—	46	62
Ryan Ellis D	D2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.19	0	1	0	23:12	—	—	61	73
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	22:08	—	—	47	61
Roman Josi D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	2	0	0	22:08	—	—	48	77
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	2	2	13:16	—	—	52	89

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	2.26	59:53

Arizona Coyotes

ARI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jordan Martinook L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	15:50	—	—	35	14
Brad Richardson R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	2	1	2	15:27	—	—	31	7
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	2	3	2	13:18	—	—	37	17
Derek Stepan C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	0	1	2	20:48	—	—	57	47
Clayton Keller R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.20	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	52	33
Richard Panik R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	4	0	0	19:05	—	—	57	30
Christian Dvorak C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.39	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	63	48
Brendan Perlini L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	1	1	0	15:42	—	—	65	39
Max Domi C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	2	0	0	15:20	—	—	64	38
Christian Fischer R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	5	0	0	11:46	—	—	62	66
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	3	0	0	9:03	—	—	46	46
Freddie Hamilton C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	0	0	6:31	—	—	60	48
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D1	1	0	1	0	5	0.39	2	1	2	22:33	—	—	65	51
Jason Demers D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:00	—	—	45	6
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	0	4	0	23:13	—	—	50	38
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	+2	5	0.30	3	1	0	20:15	—	—	51	27
Niklas Hjalmarsson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:37	—	—	43	42
Kevin Connauton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	1	0	0	13:51	—	—	48	16

ARI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.83	58:25

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.