Nashville Predators vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 16, 2019

FinalSaturday, Feb 16, 2019· T-Mobile Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	1	1		NSH	12	7	11	30
VGK	1	1	3	5		VGK	17	24	9	50

: NSH 52VGK 78
: NSH 1.60VGK 3.83
PP goals: NSH 0VGK 1
Hits: NSH 17VGK 33
Blocks: NSH 14VGK 13
PIM: NSH 6VGK 6
: NSH 46%VGK 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout Nashville Predators 5–1

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 5–1 at home. Max Pacioretty (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 50 shots and stopped 45 (.900), +22 against a season average of 28.1; the loss.

Points
Max Pacioretty had two goals (2 points) on 9 shots in 16:16.Pacioretty
Points
Oscar Lindberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 12:58.Lindberg
Points
Alex Tuch had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 15:16.Tuch
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 50 shots and stopped 45 (.900), +22 against a season average of 28.1; the loss.Saros
New line
New look for VGK: Pacioretty–Eakin–Lindberg skated 9:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pacioretty Eakin Lindberg
New line
New look for VGK: Stastny–Pirri–Tuch skated 8:22 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stastny Pirri Tuch
Usage
Paul Stastny (VGK) played 14:27, −3:44 down on his 18:11 season average over 49 games.Stastny
Usage
Shea Theodore (VGK) played 16:26, −3:43 down on his 20:09 season average over 78 games.Theodore

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 130 of 130 attempts · VGK 78 · NSH 52

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 14% of the game, VGK 56%.

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
	55	72
	1.70	3.76
	1.67	3.69
	8	20
	6	11
	18	22
	−0.037	+0.037
	14%	56%

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 – Forsberg – Arvidsson
12:1264% CF
L2Turris – Sissons – Fiala
10:3850% CF
L3Bonino – Smith – Hartman
9:4050% CF
L4Boyle – Jarnkrok – Grimaldi
8:5844% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
15:5638% CF
D2Subban – Ekholm
15:2951% CF
D3Hamhuis – Weber
11:1450% CF

PP1Boyle – Subban – Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
2:2625% CF
PP2Bonino – Turris – Josi – Ekholm – Smith
1:4567% CF
PK1FBoyle – Jarnkrok
1:01
PK2FSissons – Hartman
0:32
PK1DJosi – Ellis
2:31
PK2DHamhuis – Ekholm
0:49

Current NSH line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
13:1763% CF
L2Pacioretty – Eakin – Lindberg
9:2960% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
8:4933% CF
L4Stastny – Pirri – Tuch
8:2267% CF
D1Engelland – Schmidt
17:3545% CF
D2Merrill – Miller
14:4045% CF
D3McNabb – Theodore
13:5367% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Miller – Schmidt – Tuch
2:22100% CF
PP2Smith – Pirri – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore
1:22100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:46
PK2FEakin – Bellemare
1:25
PK1DEngelland – Schmidt
3:03
PK2DMerrill – Miller
0:33

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

17:17
VGKMax Pacioretty (Cody Eakin, Oscar Lindberg)wrist0.05 xG
NSH: Boyle, Josi, Ellis, Smith, JarnkrokVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Eakin, Lindberg, Theodore
NSH 0 – 1 VGK

2nd period

10:53
VGKBrandon PirriPP (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)wrist0.16 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Jarnkrok, ForsbergVGK: Smith, Pirri, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
NSH 0 – 2 VGK

3rd period

1:56
VGKShea Theodore (Paul Stastny, Alex Tuch)backhand0.14 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Turris, Weber, Sissons, FialaVGK: Stastny, McNabb, Pirri, Theodore, Tuch
NSH 0 – 3 VGK
4:17
NSHKevin Fiala (Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Subban, Turris, Ekholm, Sissons, FialaVGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Schmidt
NSH 1 – 3 VGK
13:48
VGKOscar Lindberg (Alex Tuch)snap0.05 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Ellis, Jarnkrok, Sissons, FialaVGK: McNabb, Eakin, Lindberg, Theodore, Tuch
NSH 1 – 4 VGK
15:17
VGKMax Paciorettysnap0.08 xG
NSH: Bonino, Ellis, Ekholm, Grimaldi, HartmanVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, McNabb, Lindberg, Merrill
NSH 1 – 5 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	18:39	—	—	56	38
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	2	17:51	—	—	60	46
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	5	1	0	16:01	—	—	55	41
Kyle Turris C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	38	33
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.33	0	2	0	15:01	—	—	39	30
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	12:34	—	—	44	33
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	2	16:09	—	—	38	33
Craig Smith C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	44	38
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	2	2	0	13:26	—	—	43	28
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:40	—	—	33	25
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	3	1	0	13:30	—	—	33	19
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	0	0	10:24	—	—	31	15
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.23	1	1	0	25:47	—	—	36	32
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.03	0	2	0	22:09	—	—	37	29
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	1	0	0	22:53	—	—	46	32
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	2	2	21:37	—	—	50	32
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	1	0	13:37	—	—	50	30
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	0	0	0	12:11	—	—	50	31

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	50	45	5	.900	3.83	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:20	—	—	63	71
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	0	0	2	19:01	—	—	58	67
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.54	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	66	77
Max Pacioretty L	L2	2	0	2	+2	9	0.56	2	0	0	16:16	—	—	67	85
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.27	6	0	0	15:00	—	—	58	66
Oscar Lindberg L	L2	1	1	2	+3	5	0.60	4	1	0	12:58	—	—	67	79
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	2	0	13:30	—	—	32	40
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	0	0	11:14	—	—	32	31
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	6	0	0	9:01	—	—	33	29
Alex Tuch R	L4	0	2	2	+2	6	0.68	4	0	0	15:16	—	—	61	69
Paul Stastny C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.06	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	71	85
Brandon Pirri C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	1	1	0	11:57	—	—	55	70
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.03	0	2	0	26:49	—	—	50	57
Deryk Engelland D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.04	1	3	0	21:49	—	—	46	52
Colin Miller D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	1	0	19:07	—	—	54	67
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	2	0	18:18	—	—	52	65
Shea Theodore D	D3	1	0	1	+3	4	0.32	0	1	0	16:26	—	—	69	81
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	+4	0	0.00	3	0	4	15:58	—	—	70	84

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	1.60	59:14

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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.