Nashville Predators vs. New Jersey DevilsJan 25, 2018

FinalThursday, Jan 25, 2018· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	2	3		NSH	10	8	9	27
NJD	0	0	0	0		NJD	7	7	13	27

: NSH 45NJD 53
: NSH 3.26NJD 3.42
PP goals: NSH 0NJD 0
Hits: NSH 36NJD 29
Blocks: NSH 14NJD 7
PIM: NSH 4NJD 4
: NSH 60%NJD 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 3–0

Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 3–0 at NJD. Mattias Ekholm (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Stafford–Zajac–Coleman skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:36.Ekholm
Points
P.K. Subban had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:26.Subban
Points
Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:45.Arvidsson
New line
New look for NJD: Stafford–Zajac–Coleman skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stafford Zajac Coleman
Luck
NJD scored 0 goals on 3.42 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NJD: Palmieri–Zacha–Bratt skated 7:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palmieri Zacha Bratt
New line
New look for NJD: Boyle–Hayes–Rooney skated 7:23 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyle Hayes Rooney
Usage
Damon Severson (NJD) played 13:31, −6:15 down on his 19:46 season average over 75 games.Severson

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · NJD 53 · NSH 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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 35% of the game, NJD 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

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	NJD
	49	56
	3.77	3.68
	3.67	3.58
	14	12
	5	1
	22	17
	+0.069	−0.068
	35%	28%

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

L1Hartnell – Turris – Smith
10:5553% CF
L2Johansen – Aberg – Arvidsson
10:0767% CF
L3Bonino – Jarnkrok – Fiala
8:5557% CF
L4Watson – Salomaki – Sissons
5:4650% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
17:5942% CF
D2Ekholm – Irwin
12:5364% CF
D3Emelin – Subban
12:3840% CF

PP1Subban – Ekholm – Smith – Johansen – Arvidsson
2:09100% CF
PP2Turris – Josi – Ellis – Sissons – Fiala
1:20
PK1FBonino – Jarnkrok
2:14
PK2FWatson – Sissons
0:37
PK1DJosi – Ellis
2:30
PK2DSubban – Ekholm
1:15

Current NSH line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Stafford – Zajac – Coleman
8:4658% CF
L2Palmieri – Zacha – Bratt
7:5820% CF
L3Noesen – Wood – Hischier
7:4750% CF
L4Boyle – Hayes – Rooney
7:2364% CF
D1Greene – Vatanen
13:1245% CF
D2Moore – Severson
10:2138% CF
D3Lovejoy – Butcher
8:1229% CF

PP1Boyle – Stafford – Palmieri – Vatanen – Bratt
2:30100% CF
PP2Zajac – Butcher – Wood – Zacha – Hischier
1:1150% CF
PK1FZajac – Coleman
2:33
PK2FPalmieri – Zacha
0:56
PK1DGreene – Lovejoy
2:07
PK2DMoore – Vatanen
1:46

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:48
NSHP.K. Subban (Mattias Ekholm, Ryan Johansen)slap0.02 xG
NSH: Subban, Ekholm, Johansen, Aberg, ArvidssonNJD: Stafford, Zajac, Lovejoy, Moore, Coleman
NSH 1 – 0 NJD

3rd period

5:36
NSHMattias Ekholm (Kevin Fiala, Viktor Arvidsson)tip-in0.05 xG
NSH: Bonino, Ekholm, Irwin, Fiala, ArvidssonNJD: Palmieri, Moore, Vatanen, Zacha, Bratt
NSH 2 – 0 NJD
15:11
NSHViktor ArvidssonSH (P.K. Subban)slap0.02 xG
NSH: Subban, Ekholm, Sissons, ArvidssonNJD: Zajac, Butcher, Wood, Zacha, Hischier
NSH 3 – 0 NJD

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
Craig Smith C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	1	0	17:39	—	—	52	31
Kyle Turris C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	17:06	—	—	41	29
Scott Hartnell L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	5	1	0	14:21	—	—	46	58
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.30	0	0	0	17:06	—	—	42	35
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	1	1	2	+3	1	0.06	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	63	84
Pontus Aberg L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	0	0	0	11:58	—	—	53	33
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.38	1	1	0	17:37	—	—	56	74
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	1.13	1	1	0	15:48	—	—	46	66
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	2	0	0	15:16	—	—	50	64
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	3	1	0	13:30	—	—	36	24
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	0	2	10:01	—	—	25	17
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:47	—	—	44	29
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	3	0	24:14	—	—	43	38
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	1	0	22:34	—	—	42	26
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	1	1	2	+3	3	0.13	0	1	0	21:36	—	—	56	58
Matt Irwin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	2	0	15:03	—	—	60	62
P.K. Subban D	D3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.10	1	0	0	20:26	—	—	39	52
Alexei Emelin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	6	1	2	16:14	—	—	40	61

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	27	27	0	.1000	3.42	59:59

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Blake Coleman L	L1	-1	2	0.04	3	0	0	16:33	—	—	55	46
Travis Zajac C	L1	-2	1	0.00	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	61	36
Drew Stafford R	L1	-1	2	0.18	1	0	0	13:36	—	—	67	82
Kyle Palmieri C	L2	-1	1	0.11	0	0	0	17:21	—	—	39	22
Jesper Bratt L	L2	-1	1	0.01	0	0	2	16:18	—	—	26	30
Pavel Zacha C	L2	-2	0	0.09	2	0	0	14:13	—	—	32	11
Nico Hischier C	L3	-1	4	1.37	2	2	0	16:01	—	—	58	73
Miles Wood L	L3	-1	2	0.16	2	1	2	15:39	—	—	61	66
Stefan Noesen R	L3	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	58	57
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	3	0.34	1	0	0	15:06	—	—	65	96
Jimmy Hayes R	L4	0	4	0.38	2	0	0	12:41	—	—	62	64
Kevin Rooney C	L4	0	3	0.38	2	0	0	11:46	—	—	57	66
Sami Vatanen D	D1	-1	0	0.04	2	0	0	24:10	—	—	49	56
Andy Greene D	D1	0	1	0.10	2	1	0	21:27	—	—	66	86
John Moore D	D2	-2	1	0.15	3	1	0	21:04	—	—	43	15
Damon Severson D	D2	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:31	—	—	45	20
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	-1	1	0.04	4	0	0	18:21	—	—	63	75
Will Butcher D	D3	-1	0	0.01	1	2	0	17:45	—	—	52	48

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kenneth Appleby(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	3.26	59:44

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.