Nashville Predators vs. Anaheim DucksMar 14, 2025

FinalFriday, Mar 14, 2025· Honda Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	1	1		NSH	8	11	10	29
ANA	0	1	1	2		ANA	5	6	4	15

: NSH 66ANA 45
: NSH 2.33ANA 1.99
PP goals: NSH 1ANA 0
Hits: NSH 11ANA 22
Blocks: NSH 8ANA 23
PIM: NSH 4ANA 6
: NSH 54%ANA 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Anaheim Ducks edge Nashville Predators 2–1

Anaheim Ducks beat Nashville Predators 2–1 at home. Jakub Vrana (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for ANA: Nesterenko–McTavish–Gauthier skated 9:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for ANA: Nesterenko–McTavish–Gauthier skated 9:11 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nesterenko McTavish Gauthier
Usage
Alex Killorn (ANA) played 12:33, −4:47 down on his 17:20 season average over 81 games.Killorn
New line
New look for NSH: Vrana–Bunting–Svechkov skated 4:48 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vrana Bunting Svechkov
Usage
Leo Carlsson (ANA) played 13:04, −3:13 down on his 16:17 season average over 75 games.Carlsson
Usage
Trevor Zegras (ANA) played 13:54, −3:12 down on his 17:06 season average over 56 games.Zegras
Usage
Pavel Mintyukov (ANA) played 13:07, −4:33 down on his 17:40 season average over 67 games.Mintyukov
Usage
Nikita Nesterenko (ANA) played 13:16, +3:06 up on his 10:10 season average over 19 games.Nesterenko
Cats
Jansen Harkins (ANA) threw 6 hits, a night for hits leagues.Harkins

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 111 of 111 attempts · ANA 45 · NSH 66

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 36% of the game, ANA 26%.

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
	66	46
	2.26	1.87
	2.21	1.84
	10	7
	4	1
	14	22
	+0.013	−0.013
	36%	26%

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

L1McCarron – Bellows – Smith
8:5861% CF
L2Stamkos – O'Reilly – Evangelista
8:1345% CF
L3Marchessault – Forsberg – Sissons
5:2514% CF
L4Vrana – Bunting – Svechkov
4:4858% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
16:1166% CF
D2Oesterle – Barron
12:5478% CF
D3Stastney – Del Gaizo
12:3440% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg – Blankenburg
2:58100% CF
PP2Skjei – Sissons – Vrana – Evangelista – Svechkov
1:22
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
2:01
PK2FSissons – Svechkov
0:40
PK1DStastney – Del Gaizo
1:45
PK2DSkjei – Blankenburg
1:12

Current NSH line combinations →

Anaheim Ducks

L1Strome – Vatrano – Terry
12:5644% CF
L2Nesterenko – McTavish – Gauthier
9:1167% CF
L3Harkins – Lundeström – Leason
8:5225% CF
L4Killorn – Zegras – Carlsson
8:2431% CF
D1Gudas – LaCombe
15:2937% CF
D2Trouba – Zellweger
15:1048% CF
D3Helleson – Mintyukov
12:5542% CF

PP1Terry – Zegras – LaCombe – McTavish – Carlsson
1:57100% CF
PP2Killorn – Strome – Vatrano – Zellweger – Gauthier
1:3880% CF
PK1FLundeström – Leason
1:03
PK2FVatrano – Harkins
0:57
PK1DGudas – LaCombe
1:03
PK2DTrouba – Helleson
0:54

Current ANA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

15:52
ANATroy Terry (Frank Vatrano)snap0.18 xG
NSH: Marchessault, Sissons, Oesterle, Bunting, BarronANA: Vatrano, Terry, Helleson, McTavish, Mintyukov
NSH 0 – 1 ANA

3rd period

4:25
NSHJakub VranaPP (Brady Skjei, Ryan O'Reilly)slap0.05 xG
NSH: O'Reilly, Skjei, Vrana, Bunting, EvangelistaANA: Gudas, Lundeström, Leason, LaCombe
NSH 1 – 1 ANA
11:20
ANAAlex Killorn (Trevor Zegras, Leo Carlsson)wrist0.19 xG
NSH: Marchessault, Skjei, Bunting, Svechkov, BlankenburgANA: Killorn, Zegras, Helleson, Mintyukov, Carlsson
NSH 1 – 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
Michael McCarron C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	0	1	0	14:44	—	—	68	74
Cole Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	69	79
Kieffer Bellows L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	62	67
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:32	—	—	50	28
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	18:31	—	—	56	29
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	61	40
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	0	2	17:42	—	—	56	40
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.37	2	0	0	16:31	—	—	48	47
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	1	0	2	15:16	—	—	57	54
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.17	0	0	0	15:04	—	—	59	60
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	1	0	14:42	—	—	56	47
Jakub Vrana L	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.13	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	67	63
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.13	0	0	0	23:41	—	—	62	55
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.30	2	1	0	20:29	—	—	69	65
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	1	0	0	17:37	—	—	74	51
Jordan Oesterle D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	16:28	—	—	68	48
Marc Del Gaizo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	3	2	0	18:12	—	—	42	49
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	18:07	—	—	43	52

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	15	13	2	.867	1.99	58:47

Anaheim Ducks

ANA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Troy Terry R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.28	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	45	42
Frank Vatrano R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.29	0	2	0	18:46	—	—	46	41
Ryan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:40	—	—	42	33
Mason McTavish C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.23	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	64	62
Cutter Gauthier L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	68	68
Nikita Nesterenko C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	5	1	0	13:16	—	—	48	37
Jansen Harkins C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	6	0	0	13:41	—	—	16	27
Isac Lundeström C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:18	—	—	19	46
Brett Leason R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	2	12:20	—	—	23	62
Trevor Zegras C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.21	0	1	0	13:54	—	—	32	52
Leo Carlsson C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:04	—	—	26	44
Alex Killorn L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.37	0	1	2	12:33	—	—	35	54
Jackson LaCombe D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	2	0	22:32	—	—	38	49
Radko Gudas D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	4	2	20:35	—	—	35	41
Jacob Trouba D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	23:16	—	—	47	40
Olen Zellweger D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	3	0	19:02	—	—	44	37
Drew Helleson D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	5	0	0	17:50	—	—	41	52
Pavel Mintyukov D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	1	1	0	13:07	—	—	42	55

ANA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Lukas Dostal(start)	W	29	28	1	.966	2.33	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Troy Terry (ANA) 2nd 15:52 · assists Frank Vatrano · Forecheck turnover · 67.2 mph shot.

Troy Terry · 2nd 15:52 · ANA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 67.2 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Jakub Vrana · 3rd 4:25 · NSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 21.8 mph
Distance: 51 ft
Type: one-timer

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Alex Killorn · 3rd 11:20 · ANA

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 45.8 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s
Type: one-timer

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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.