Nashville Predators vs. Philadelphia FlyersDec 20, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 20, 2018· Wells Fargo Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	0	1		NSH	8	11	13	32
PHI	1	1	0	2		PHI	9	14	8	31

: NSH 65PHI 47
: NSH 1.81PHI 2.27
PP goals: NSH 0PHI 0
Hits: NSH 17PHI 14
Blocks: NSH 6PHI 24
PIM: NSH 8PHI 22
: NSH 41%PHI 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Philadelphia Flyers edge Nashville Predators 2–1

Philadelphia Flyers beat Nashville Predators 2–1 at home. Claude Giroux (PHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NSH: Bonino–Watson–Salomaki skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for NSH: Bonino–Watson–Salomaki skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Watson Salomaki
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Yannick Weber (NSH) played 20:58, +9:12 up on his 11:46 season average over 61 games.Weber
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Ivan Provorov (PHI) played 17:53, −7:19 down on his 25:12 season average over 81 games.Provorov
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Oskar Lindblom (PHI) played 6:22, −7:28 down on his 13:50 season average over 80 games.Lindblom
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Kevin Fiala (NSH) played 22:28, +6:55 up on his 15:33 season average over 82 games.Fiala
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Ryan Hartman (NSH) played 19:55, +6:53 up on his 13:02 season average over 82 games.Hartman
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Calle Jarnkrok (NSH) played 18:59, +3:36 up on his 15:23 season average over 78 games.Jarnkrok
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Travis Konecny (PHI) played 11:50, −3:28 down on his 15:18 season average over 81 games.Konecny

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)PHI attacks right (top on phones) →

PHI
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · PHI 47 · NSH 65

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PHI
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PHI 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, PHI 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PHI

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	PHI
	52	30
	0.91	1.08
	0.88	1.07
	6	2
	2	2
	12	12
	−0.054	+0.054
	33%	31%

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 – Hartman – Fiala
10:1460% CF
L2Bonino – Watson – Salomaki
7:4660% CF
L3Turris – Smith – Jarnkrok
7:2658% CF
L4Rinaldo – Grimaldi – Gaudreau
3:59100% CF
D1Weber – Josi
12:2360% CF
D2Hamhuis – Ellis
10:4065% CF
D3Irwin – Bitetto
9:2857% CF

PP1Josi – Ellis – Johansen – Hartman – Fiala
5:1683% CF
PP2Bonino – Turris – Weber – Smith – Jarnkrok
1:35100% CF
PK1FWatson – Johansen
2:17
PK2FBonino – Jarnkrok
2:03
PK1DJosi – Ellis
3:35
PK2DHamhuis – Weber
1:54

Current NSH line combinations →

Philadelphia Flyers

L1Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier
10:1750% CF
L2Giroux – van Riemsdyk – Konecny
9:2235% CF
L3Laughton – Raffl – Patrick
8:1833% CF
L4Weise – Varone – Lindblom
3:5560% CF
D1Sanheim – Provorov
12:1156% CF
D2Gostisbehere – Hagg
10:2830% CF
D3MacDonald – Gudas
9:4735% CF

PP1Giroux – Voracek – Simmonds – Couturier – Gostisbehere
6:19100% CF
PP2van Riemsdyk – Sanheim – Konecny – Provorov – Patrick
1:10
PK1FGiroux – Couturier
1:44
PK2FWeise – Raffl
1:10
PK1DGudas – Hagg
1:50
PK2DMacDonald – Sanheim
0:51

Current PHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:10
PHIJakub Voracek (Sean Couturier, Radko Gudas)wrist0.24 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Ellis, Watson, Johansen, HartmanPHI: MacDonald, Voracek, Simmonds, Gudas, Couturier
NSH 0 – 1 PHI

2nd period

4:04
NSHNick Bonino (Calle Jarnkrok, Ryan Ellis)wrist0.16 xG
NSH: Bonino, Josi, Ellis, Jarnkrok, HartmanPHI: van Riemsdyk, Sanheim, Konecny, Provorov, Patrick
NSH 1 – 1 PHI
8:33
PHIClaude Giroux (Travis Konecny)wrist0.03 xG
NSH: Turris, Irwin, Watson, Bitetto, SalomakiPHI: Giroux, MacDonald, van Riemsdyk, Gudas, Konecny
NSH 1 – 2 PHI

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 Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	23:21	—	—	52	30
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	0	0	22:28	—	—	60	37
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	2	19:55	—	—	56	44
Austin Watson L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	2	2	0	15:35	—	—	53	31
Nick Bonino C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	15:18	—	—	69	90
Miikka Salomaki R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.07	4	0	0	10:02	—	—	67	71
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	1	0	0	18:59	—	—	67	54
Kyle Turris C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	55	19
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	0	2	16:16	—	—	53	22
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	8:02	—	—	100	100
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	0	0	5:59	—	—	100	100
Zac Rinaldo C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	4:26	—	—	100	100
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.35	0	1	0	29:50	—	—	66	67
Yannick Weber D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	20:58	—	—	63	54
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	1	2	27:02	—	—	56	46
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	68	25
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	2	0	0	13:08	—	—	67	43
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	10:30	—	—	56	20

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	31	29	2	.935	2.27	56:01

Philadelphia Flyers

PHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Couturier C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	23:25	—	—	50	84
Jakub Voracek R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	41	80
Wayne Simmonds R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	1	1	2	18:39	—	—	44	84
Claude Giroux R	L2	1	0	1	+1	10	0.32	0	0	0	21:51	—	—	32	34
James van Riemsdyk L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.65	0	1	0	12:27	—	—	35	23
Travis Konecny R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	11:50	—	—	37	25
Michael Raffl L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	2	16:01	—	—	29	44
Scott Laughton C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	2	2	2	15:25	—	—	35	51
Nolan Patrick C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:52	—	—	32	43
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:48	—	—	57	69
Oskar Lindblom L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	6:22	—	—	43	20
Phil Varone C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	6:09	—	—	38	20
Travis Sanheim D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	5	0	21:58	—	—	46	41
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	12	17:53	—	—	50	50
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	5	0	20:59	—	—	26	41
Shayne Gostisbehere D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	1	0	19:17	—	—	25	47
Andrew MacDonald D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	2	2	17:14	—	—	33	60
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.03	2	1	2	16:50	—	—	36	69

PHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carter Hart(start)	W	32	31	1	.969	1.81	60:00

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.