Nashville Predators vs. Anaheim DucksFeb 25, 2024

FinalSunday, Feb 25, 2024· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	3	4		NSH	7	13	9	29
ANA	0	1	1	2		ANA	8	12	11	31

: NSH 68ANA 67
: NSH 2.08ANA 2.90
PP goals: NSH 0ANA 0
Hits: NSH 27ANA 33
Blocks: NSH 21ANA 22
PIM: NSH 11ANA 13
: NSH 54%ANA 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2

Nashville Predators beat Anaheim Ducks 4–2 at ANA. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for ANA: Vatrano–Leason–McTavish skated 11:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brett Leason had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:47.Leason
Points
Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:22.Forsberg
Points
Dante Fabbro had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:39.Fabbro
New line
New look for ANA: Vatrano–Leason–McTavish skated 11:58 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (48.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vatrano Leason McTavish
Usage
Adam Henrique (ANA) played 22:42, +5:55 up on his 16:47 season average over 81 games.Henrique
Luck
NSH scored 4 goals on 2.08 expected goals (68 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Mason McTavish (ANA) played 19:23, +3:09 up on his 16:14 season average over 63 games.McTavish
Usage
Frank Vatrano (ANA) played 21:27, +3:09 up on his 18:18 season average over 81 games.Vatrano

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)ANA attacks right (top on phones) →

ANA
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 135 of 135 attempts · ANA 67 · NSH 68

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

ANA
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

ANA 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 30% of the game, ANA 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

ANA

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	ANA
	59	62
	1.35	2.64
	1.30	2.52
	8	8
	6	2
	11	6
	+0.009	−0.009
	30%	38%

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
9:0340% CF
L2McCarron – Sherwood – Smith
8:4961% CF
L3Sissons – Trenin – Glass
7:3250% CF
L4Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
7:0359% CF
D1Lauzon – Carrier
12:3643% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
11:5156% CF
D3McDonagh – Schenn
11:2548% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Sissons
3:10100% CF
PP2Josi – Nyquist – Forsberg – Novak – Evangelista
3:01100% CF
PK1FJankowski – McCarron
1:32
PK2FSissons – Smith
1:12
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
2:44
PK2DSchenn – Fabbro
0:37

Current NSH line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Vatrano – Leason – McTavish
11:5848% CF
L2Killorn – Henrique – Carlsson
11:0154% CF
L3Silfverberg – Strome – Lundeström
5:4060% CF
L4Carrick – Johnston – Jones
5:0850% CF
D1Gudas – Vaakanainen
14:4650% CF
D2Fowler – Lindstrom
14:0853% CF
D3Lyubushkin – Mintyukov
10:1933% CF

PP1Henrique – Silfverberg – Fowler – Strome – Vatrano
2:27100% CF
PP2Killorn – Carrick – McTavish – Mintyukov – Carlsson
1:21
PK1FHenrique – Vatrano
2:28
PK2FSilfverberg – Lundeström
2:11
PK1DFowler – Lyubushkin
4:15
PK2DVaakanainen – Mintyukov
1:03

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:00
NSHRoman Josi (Filip Forsberg, Dante Fabbro)slap0.06 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, FabbroANA: Killorn, Henrique, Lyubushkin, McTavish, Mintyukov
NSH 1 – 0 ANA
11:55
ANAIsac Lundeström (Max Jones, Brett Leason)wrist0.15 xG
NSH: Schenn, Josi, Forsberg, Novak, EvangelistaANA: Gudas, Jones, Vaakanainen, Lundeström, Leason
NSH 1 – 1 ANA

3rd period

3:26
NSHFilip Forsberg (Tommy Novak)wrist0.04 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, Forsberg, Novak, FabbroANA: Gudas, Johnston, Jones, Lundeström, Mintyukov
NSH 2 – 1 ANA
8:43
NSHMichael McCarron (Dante Fabbro, Kiefer Sherwood)tip-in0.08 xG
NSH: Josi, McCarron, Fabbro, Sherwood, SmithANA: Killorn, Henrique, Lyubushkin, Mintyukov, Carlsson
NSH 3 – 1 ANA
17:36
ANABrett Leason (Mason McTavish, Adam Henrique)tip-in0.12 xG
NSH: Sissons, Lauzon, Trenin, Carrier, GlassANA: Henrique, Fowler, Vatrano, Leason, McTavish, Mintyukov
NSH 3 – 2 ANA
17:58
NSHGustav NyquistEN (Ryan O'Reilly)snap0.24 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, ForsbergANA: Fowler, Strome, Vatrano, Jones, Lundeström, Mintyukov
NSH 4 – 2 ANA

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
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.31	2	0	0	19:22	—	—	35	23
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:23	—	—	38	23
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	1	0	1	+3	1	0.27	1	0	0	17:10	—	—	41	24
Michael McCarron C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.18	1	0	0	14:39	—	—	52	46
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	1	1	0	14:11	—	—	55	62
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	5	0	2	13:08	—	—	50	43
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	50	39
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	5	0	12:48	—	—	48	37
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	57	51
Luke Evangelista R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.20	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	58	38
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	52	28
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	12:06	—	—	48	17
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	8	1	5	20:15	—	—	46	15
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	3	2	18:42	—	—	44	18
Roman Josi D	D2	1	0	1	+3	4	0.46	0	2	2	23:12	—	—	53	48
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.04	2	2	0	14:39	—	—	57	53
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	1	5	0	22:42	—	—	44	22
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	13:24	—	—	48	27

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	31	29	2	.935	2.90	59:54

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Frank Vatrano R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	21:27	—	—	49	79
Mason McTavish C	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.36	1	0	0	19:23	—	—	50	79
Brett Leason R	L1	1	1	2	+2	2	0.37	4	2	0	15:47	—	—	49	81
Adam Henrique C	L2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.48	2	3	0	22:42	—	—	47	51
Leo Carlsson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.54	0	0	0	19:25	—	—	57	67
Alex Killorn L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	2	0	0	18:45	—	—	59	68
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	13:09	—	—	59	62
Isac Lundeström C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.33	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	55	67
Jakob Silfverberg R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	1	0	11:25	—	—	56	52
Sam Carrick C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	3	0	7	10:03	—	—	50	78
Max Jones L	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	9:39	—	—	50	65
Ross Johnston L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	2	1	0	6:11	—	—	46	53
Radko Gudas D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	5	6	18:58	—	—	51	60
Urho Vaakanainen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:53	—	—	56	49
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	26:14	—	—	53	73
Gustav Lindstrom D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	2	0	15:50	—	—	61	70
Pavel Mintyukov D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.11	0	1	0	17:31	—	—	42	70
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	4	4	0	17:10	—	—	36	64

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Lukas Dostal(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	1.84	57:23

Goal anatomy

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

Michael McCarron (NSH) 3rd 8:43 · assists Dante Fabbro, Kiefer Sherwood · Deflection · 28.5 mph shot.

Michael McCarron · 3rd 8:43 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Brett Leason · 3rd 17:36 · ANA

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Roman Josi · 2nd 1:00 · NSH

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4
Shot: 69.5 mph
Distance: 59 ft
Type: one-timer

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Gustav Nyquist · 3rd 17:58 · NSH EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 6.0 mph
Distance: 25 ft

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Isac Lundeström · 2nd 11:55 · ANA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 42.5 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Filip Forsberg · 3rd 3:26 · NSH

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.5 mph
Distance: 48 ft

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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.