Nashville Predators vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 10, 2021

FinalFriday, Dec 10, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	2	1	3		NSH	3	18	6	27
NJD	0	1	1	2		NJD	6	9	16	31

: NSH 51NJD 55
: NSH 3.20NJD 3.33
PP goals: NSH 1NJD 0
Hits: NSH 34NJD 18
Blocks: NSH 6NJD 9
PIM: NSH 15NJD 11
: NSH 52%NJD 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge New Jersey Devils 3–2

Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at NJD. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:18 together.

Points
Roman Josi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 9 shots in 23:05.Josi
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:18 together.Josi Johansen Granlund Forsberg Tolvanen
New line
New look for NSH: Cousins–Trenin–Jeannot skated 9:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cousins Trenin Jeannot
Usage
Eeli Tolvanen (NSH) played 19:25, +6:04 up on his 13:21 season average over 74 games.Tolvanen
Usage
Ben Harpur (NSH) played 5:58, −8:12 down on his 14:10 season average over 18 games.Harpur
New line
New look for NSH: Granlund–Forsberg–Tomasino skated 7:47 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Granlund Forsberg Tomasino
Usage
Yakov Trenin (NSH) played 19:01, +4:24 up on his 14:37 season average over 79 games.Trenin
Usage
Jesper Bratt (NJD) played 20:36, +3:13 up on his 17:23 season average over 75 games.Bratt

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 106 of 106 attempts · NJD 55 · NSH 51

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 33% of the game, NJD 29%.

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
	52	47
	2.71	2.47
	2.50	2.41
	6	11
	1	2
	16	10
	+0.027	−0.027
	33%	29%

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

L1Johansen – Kunin – Tolvanen
9:4650% CF
L2Cousins – Trenin – Jeannot
9:2267% CF
L3Granlund – Forsberg – Tomasino
7:4727% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
11:4821% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
8:4356% CF
D3Borowiecki – Benning
7:5460% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg – Tolvanen
2:1886% CF
PP2Cousins – Novak – Carrier – Kunin – Tomasino
1:07
PK1FJohansen – Kunin
1:57
PK2FGranlund – Jeannot
1:31
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
3:22
PK2DBorowiecki – Benning
3:12

Current NSH line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Zacha – Bratt – Hischier
9:1264% CF
L2Johnsson – Sharangovich – Hughes
7:0060% CF
L3Tatar – Vesey – Mercer
5:0960% CF
L4Bastian – McLeod – Kuokkanen
3:5420% CF
D1Subban – Smith
12:1045% CF
D2Hamilton – Graves
11:2733% CF
D3Severson – Siegenthaler
11:0265% CF

PP1Tatar – Severson – Johnsson – Smith – Mercer
4:0333% CF
PP2Hamilton – Zacha – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes
3:31100% CF
PK1FMcLeod – Hischier
1:04
PK2FVesey – Kuokkanen
0:45
PK1DSeverson – Graves
2:40
PK2DSubban – Siegenthaler
0:45

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

11:34
NJDPavel Zacha (Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier)wrist0.09 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Granlund, Forsberg, Benning, TomasinoNJD: Severson, Siegenthaler, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier
NSH 0 – 1 NJD
13:11
NSHRoman Josi (Philip Tomasino, Filip Forsberg)snap0.11 xG
NSH: Josi, Granlund, Forsberg, Harpur, TomasinoNJD: Hamilton, Graves, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier
NSH 1 – 1 NJD
17:53
NSHEeli TolvanenPP (Mikael Granlund, Roman Josi)slap0.12 xG
NSH: Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg, TolvanenNJD: Severson, Graves, Kuokkanen, Hischier
NSH 2 – 1 NJD

3rd period

6:11
NSHYakov Trenin (Nick Cousins, Tanner Jeannot)wrist0.05 xG
NSH: Cousins, Harpur, Trenin, Carrier, JeannotNJD: Severson, Johnsson, Siegenthaler, McLeod, Kuokkanen
NSH 3 – 1 NJD
18:55
NJDYegor Sharangovich (Jack Hughes, Andreas Johnsson)slap0.14 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Granlund, Trenin, Fabbro, JeannotNJD: Tatar, Hamilton, Johnsson, Smith, Sharangovich, Hughes
NSH 3 – 2 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
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.45	2	1	2	19:25	—	—	45	46
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	18:35	—	—	54	48
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	3	1	0	18:12	—	—	52	47
Yakov Trenin C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	19:01	—	—	65	71
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.51	4	1	0	17:25	—	—	64	67
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.30	2	0	0	14:05	—	—	70	72
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	2	0	7	18:18	—	—	44	45
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	1	1	0	17:56	—	—	52	50
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	31	34
Roman Josi D	D1	1	1	2	+1	9	0.53	3	1	0	23:05	—	—	42	48
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	2	21:02	—	—	31	29
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	19:44	—	—	62	60
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	3	1	2	18:23	—	—	68	66
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	15:55	—	—	70	63
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:26	—	—	61	60
Tommy Novak C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	11:41	—	—	40	41
Matt Luff R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	7:40	—	—	46	53
Ben Harpur D	—	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	0	2	5:58	—	—	73	47

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	3.33	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.38	0	0	0	20:36	—	—	60	70
Pavel Zacha C	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.70	1	0	0	19:27	—	—	56	69
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	0	0	7	19:25	—	—	58	52
Jack Hughes C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.13	1	0	0	20:51	—	—	52	65
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.40	0	0	0	17:04	—	—	56	60
Andreas Johnsson L	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.50	0	1	0	16:11	—	—	44	38
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.08	2	0	0	18:04	—	—	46	33
Dawson Mercer C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	15:43	—	—	50	42
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	11:48	—	—	31	19
Michael McLeod C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	9:42	—	—	17	12
Janne Kuokkanen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	8:37	—	—	20	8
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:04	—	—	11	2
Ty Smith D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	0	2	0	22:30	—	—	48	52
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	17:49	—	—	33	27
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	1	2	22:12	—	—	41	47
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.29	0	3	0	15:20	—	—	35	57
Damon Severson D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	21:45	—	—	60	53
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	16:57	—	—	59	51

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	3.20	55:30

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.