Nashville Predators vs. New Jersey DevilsApr 7, 2024

Final / SOSunday, Apr 7, 2024· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	1	0	1	0	1	3		NSH	12	13	8	2	35
NJD	1	0	1	0	0	2		NJD	8	9	5	3	25

: NSH 68NJD 50
: NSH 2.84NJD 2.01
PP goals: NSH 1NJD 0
Hits: NSH 17NJD 13
Blocks: NSH 9NJD 16
PIM: NSH 4NJD 8
: NSH 56%NJD 44%

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 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 in a shootout at NJD. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:21 together.

Points
Filip Forsberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:03.Forsberg
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:31.O'Reilly
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 2:21 together.Josi Nyquist O'Reilly Forsberg Evangelista
Usage
Tomas Nosek (NJD) played 17:02, +5:22 up on his 11:40 season average over 35 games.Nosek
New line
New look for NJD: Palat–Nosek–Bowers skated 8:01 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (38.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Palat Nosek Bowers
New line
New look for NJD: Tierney–Holtz–Halonen skated 4:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tierney Holtz Halonen
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 28:29, +3:54 up on his 24:35 season average over 81 games.Josi
Usage
Brendan Smith (NJD) played 21:47, +5:46 up on his 16:01 season average over 62 games.Smith

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 118 of 118 attempts · NJD 50 · NSH 68

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 46% of the game, NJD 20%.

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
	68	50
	2.32	1.76
	2.24	1.73
	16	7
	6	11
	29	24
	+0.026	−0.025
	46%	20%

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
12:2452% CF
L2McCarron – Sherwood – Smith
10:3667% CF
L3Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
7:2381% CF
L4Zucker – Sissons – Beauvillier
6:0433% CF
D1McDonagh – Josi
16:3775% CF
D2Lauzon – Carrier
15:0661% CF
D3Schenn – Stastney
9:1747% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
2:21100% CF
PP2Josi – Zucker – Jankowski – Sissons – Novak
0:360% CF
PK1FSissons – Smith
0:54
PK2FO'Reilly – Jankowski
0:48
PK1DMcDonagh – Carrier
1:31
PK2DSchenn – Stastney
0:47

Current NSH line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Meier – Hischier – Mercer
11:2744% CF
L2Haula – Bratt – Hughes
10:3750% CF
L3Palat – Nosek – Bowers
8:0138% CF
L4Tierney – Holtz – Halonen
4:1133% CF
D1DeSimone – Hughes
16:1034% CF
D2Smith – Bahl
15:3252% CF
D3Siegenthaler – Nemec
14:5434% CF

PP1Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Hughes – Hughes
2:4450% CF
PP2Haula – Palat – Mercer – Holtz – Nemec
0:39
PK1FHaula – Nosek
1:35
PK2FBratt – Hischier
1:00
PK1DSmith – Bahl
1:37
PK2DHughes – Nemec
0:25

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:49
NJDJack Hughes (Luke Hughes, Jesper Bratt)wrist0.04 xG
NSH: Josi, Zucker, Sissons, Beauvillier, LauzonNJD: Haula, Bratt, DeSimone, Hughes, Hughes
NSH 0 – 1 NJD
8:39
NSHRoman Josi (Filip Forsberg, Ryan O'Reilly)slap0.04 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, ForsbergNJD: Smith, Nosek, Meier, Bahl, Mercer
NSH 1 – 1 NJD

3rd period

2:11
NJDChris Tierney (Tomas Nosek)snap0.03 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, CarrierNJD: Smith, Tierney, Nosek, Bowers, Bahl
NSH 1 – 2 NJD
12:45
NSHLuke EvangelistaPP (Ryan O'Reilly, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.11 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, EvangelistaNJD: Smith, Nosek, Hischier, Bahl
NSH 2 – 2 NJD

Decided in the shootout: 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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	2	2	0	3	0.61	0	1	0	22:31	—	—	45	43
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	2	2	0	4	0.19	0	1	0	21:03	—	—	48	47
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	19:07	—	—	48	46
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	15:17	—	—	63	61
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	4	0	0	14:30	—	—	67	69
Michael McCarron C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	62	69
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.64	0	0	0	15:51	—	—	82	86
Luke Evangelista R	L3	1	0	1	0	5	0.35	0	0	0	15:42	—	—	79	81
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	76	71
Jason Zucker L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.19	1	0	0	14:00	—	—	41	42
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	1	2	12:40	—	—	48	47
Anthony Beauvillier R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:34	—	—	30	19
Roman Josi D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	28:29	—	—	66	50
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	3	0	23:16	—	—	64	42
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	20:42	—	—	54	62
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	2	19:07	—	—	62	75
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	1	0	15:00	—	—	36	42
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:38	—	—	54	66

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.01	65:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Hischier C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	0	0	20:49	—	—	37	45
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	3	0	0	18:57	—	—	41	41
Dawson Mercer C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	1	1	0	17:48	—	—	39	40
Jack Hughes C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	0	22:22	—	—	53	50
Jesper Bratt L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	20:35	—	—	47	43
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	3	0	18:01	—	—	53	39
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	45	52
Ondrej Palat L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	1	0	16:28	—	—	37	35
Shane Bowers C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	0	1	0	12:33	—	—	46	59
Alexander Holtz R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	1	0	9:57	—	—	24	16
Chris Tierney C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	8:04	—	—	33	43
Brian Halonen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	6:47	—	—	38	45
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	2	2	24:43	—	—	38	43
Nick DeSimone D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	2	0	17:22	—	—	40	43
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	1	0	21:47	—	—	58	58
Kevin Bahl D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	17:51	—	—	56	59
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	2	20:29	—	—	36	36
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	2	19:11	—	—	36	33

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen	O	30	29	1	.967	2.42	56:21
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	—	5	4	1	.800	0.42	8:39

Goal anatomy

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

Jack Hughes (NJD) 1st 1:49 · assists Luke Hughes, Jesper Bratt · Rush · passed in · 68.8 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Jack Hughes · 1st 1:49 · NJD

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 5
Shot: 68.8 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Chris Tierney · 3rd 2:11 · NJD

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 11.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s
Type: rebound

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Luke Evangelista · 3rd 12:45 · NSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Type: rebound

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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.