Nashville Predators vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 2, 2018

FinalTuesday, Jan 2, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	4	14	11	29
VGK	0	2	1	3		VGK	15	11	5	31

: NSH 60VGK 55
: NSH 2.69VGK 2.88
PP goals: NSH 0VGK 1
Hits: NSH 23VGK 18
Blocks: NSH 13VGK 16
PIM: NSH 0VGK 4
: NSH 55%VGK 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 3–0

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 3–0 at home. Alex Tuch (VGK) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NSH scored 0 goals on 2.69 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Alex Tuch had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 11:45.Tuch
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 2.69 expected goals (60 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: McLeod–Watson–Salomaki skated 4:38 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McLeod Watson Salomaki
Usage
Alex Tuch (VGK) played 11:45, −3:33 down on his 15:18 season average over 77 games.Tuch
Usage
Austin Watson (NSH) played 6:34, −5:51 down on his 12:25 season average over 75 games.Watson
Usage
Kevin Fiala (NSH) played 20:36, +5:31 up on his 15:05 season average over 79 games.Fiala
Usage
Ryan Ellis (NSH) played 18:28, −5:00 down on his 23:28 season average over 43 games.Ellis
Usage
Miikka Salomaki (NSH) played 6:01, −4:20 down on his 10:21 season average over 57 games.Salomaki

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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · VGK 55 · NSH 60

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK 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 38% of the game, VGK 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

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	VGK
	64	60
	2.25	2.08
	2.14	1.85
	2	4
	6	4
	26	31
	+0.073	−0.073
	38%	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

L1Turris – Smith – Fiala
14:2658% CF
L2Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
12:2937% CF
L3Hartnell – Bonino – Sissons
8:5061% CF
L4McLeod – Watson – Salomaki
4:3857% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
15:5156% CF
D2Emelin – Subban
15:2559% CF
D3Ekholm – Bitetto
12:3243% CF

PP1Turris – Josi – Ekholm – Sissons – Fiala
2:0775% CF
PP2Subban – Smith – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
0:46100% CF
PK1FBonino – Sissons
0:44
PK2FJarnkrok – Watson
0:34
PK1DEmelin – Subban
0:59
PK2DJosi – Ekholm
0:39

Current NSH line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
13:0058% CF
L2Neal – Perron – Haula
12:2627% CF
L3Lindberg – Bellemare – Nosek
9:1075% CF
L4Eakin – Leipsic – Tuch
9:0956% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
18:4345% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
15:4357% CF
D3Merrill – Miller
15:3448% CF

PP1Neal – Perron – Haula – Miller – Theodore
0:56100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Schmidt – Tuch
0:45100% CF
PK1FBellemare – Nosek
1:38
PK2FSmith – Eakin
0:30
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
2:21
PK2DMiller – Schmidt
0:29

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:10
VGKReilly SmithPP (Nate Schmidt, Alex Tuch)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Emelin, Bonino, Subban, JohansenVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt, Tuch
NSH 0 – 1 VGK
13:41
VGKShea Theodore (Deryk Engelland, Alex Tuch)slap0.05 xG
NSH: Ellis, Johansen, Bitetto, Fiala, ArvidssonVGK: Engelland, Eakin, Leipsic, Theodore, Tuch
NSH 0 – 2 VGK

3rd period

17:37
VGKJonathan MarchessaultEN (David Perron, Erik Haula)wrist0.93 xG
NSH: Bonino, Josi, Ekholm, Johansen, Sissons, FialaVGK: Engelland, Perron, McNabb, Haula, Marchessault
NSH 0 – 3 VGK

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	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	-2	0	0.06	0	1	20:36	—	—	50	59
Craig Smith C	L1	0	3	0.55	1	1	18:39	—	—	57	70
Kyle Turris C	L1	0	1	0.09	0	1	18:18	—	—	53	70
Ryan Johansen C	L2	-2	0	0.00	2	0	21:04	—	—	40	38
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	-1	4	0.26	1	1	20:08	—	—	42	36
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	1	0.07	0	0	20:02	—	—	44	42
Nick Bonino C	L3	-1	1	0.19	0	0	15:34	—	—	65	59
Colton Sissons C	L3	-1	4	0.71	2	1	15:31	—	—	59	59
Scott Hartnell L	L3	0	5	0.15	2	0	14:08	—	—	70	65
Austin Watson L	L4	0	1	0.07	0	0	6:34	—	—	56	40
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	0	0.00	3	1	6:01	—	—	50	40
Cody McLeod L	L4	0	0	0.00	3	0	5:27	—	—	56	31
Roman Josi D	D1	-1	3	0.23	1	1	22:49	—	—	57	60
Ryan Ellis D	D1	-1	2	0.06	1	2	18:28	—	—	46	45
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	3	0.08	3	0	21:52	—	—	62	69
Alexei Emelin D	D2	0	0	0.03	1	2	18:18	—	—	59	67
Mattias Ekholm D	D3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	20:23	—	—	50	42
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	-1	1	0.14	3	1	16:23	—	—	33	26

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	1.94	58:04

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.21	2	0	0	16:58	—	—	55	49
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	1.00	1	0	2	16:20	—	—	52	50
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	64	59
David Perron L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	17:26	—	—	23	27
Erik Haula L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	2	0	0	16:34	—	—	24	27
James Neal L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	14:56	—	—	27	29
Tomas Nosek L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	0	1	0	14:30	—	—	65	83
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	13:52	—	—	62	78
Oscar Lindberg L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	0	1	0	11:36	—	—	57	82
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.11	0	1	0	14:35	—	—	49	40
Brendan Leipsic L	L4	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	0	0	0	12:16	—	—	53	47
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	2	2	+1	2	0.17	2	0	0	11:45	—	—	59	43
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	4	2	0	23:00	—	—	49	55
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.16	0	3	0	21:34	—	—	44	50
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.05	0	1	0	20:02	—	—	58	46
Shea Theodore D	D2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	2	0	18:20	—	—	53	46
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	4	0	0	19:50	—	—	39	27
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	0	16:29	—	—	50	47

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	2.69	59:52

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.