Nashville Predators vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 15, 2019

FinalTuesday, Oct 15, 2019· T-Mobile Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

5

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	3	1	5		NSH	10	12	17	39
VGK	2	0	0	2		VGK	18	9	8	35

: NSH 62VGK 59
: NSH 3.73VGK 3.08
PP goals: NSH 1VGK 1
Hits: NSH 28VGK 41
Blocks: NSH 19VGK 14
PIM: NSH 18VGK 18
: NSH 49%VGK 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2

Nashville Predators beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–2 at VGK. Nick Bonino (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:09 together.

Points
Kyle Turris had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:52.Turris
Points
Nick Bonino had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:12.Bonino
Points
Ryan Ellis had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:45.Ellis
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore and Glass) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 3:09 together.Stastny Pacioretty Stone Theodore Glass
Goalie
Marc-Andre Fleury (VGK) faced 39 shots and stopped 34 (.872), +10 against a season average of 28.6; the loss.Fleury
Usage
Filip Forsberg (NSH) played 12:40, −4:46 down on his 17:26 season average over 62 games.Forsberg
New line
New look for NSH: Turris–Watson–Grimaldi skated 7:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Turris Watson Grimaldi
Goalie
Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +7 against a season average of 27.9; the win.Rinne

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 121 of 121 attempts · VGK 59 · NSH 62

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 41% 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
	50	65
	2.41	3.08
	2.35	2.90
	7	11
	4	7
	25	19
	+0.002	−0.001
	41%	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

L1Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
10:1844% CF
L2Bonino – Smith – Sissons
8:0150% CF
L3Turris – Watson – Grimaldi
7:4650% CF
L4Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
6:5520% CF
D1Ekholm – Fabbro
14:3643% CF
D2Josi – Ellis
13:3945% CF
D3Hamhuis – Weber
6:1141% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
4:34100% CF
PP2Bonino – Turris – Ellis – Smith – Granlund
2:58100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Watson
1:49
PK2FJohansen – Arvidsson
1:31
PK1DJosi – Ellis
2:08
PK2DHamhuis – Ekholm
1:47

Current NSH line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:0154% CF
L2Eakin – Zykov – Glass
8:2660% CF
L3Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone
7:5477% CF
L4Reaves – Carrier – Nosek
6:2938% CF
D1Holden – Merrill
13:5738% CF
D2Engelland – Hague
12:2055% CF
D3McNabb – Theodore
10:5572% CF

PP1Stastny – Pacioretty – Stone – Theodore – Glass
3:09100% CF
PP2Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault – Theodore – Zykov
2:160% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
3:49
PK2FEakin – Stone
2:03
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:18
PK2DHolden – Merrill
2:09

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:14
NSHKyle Turris (Ryan Ellis, Rocco Grimaldi)tip-in0.05 xG
NSH: Turris, Josi, Ellis, Watson, GrimaldiVGK: Reaves, McNabb, Theodore, Carrier, Nosek
NSH 1 – 0 VGK
9:55
VGKMark StonePP (Cody Glass, Paul Stastny)snap0.18 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Jarnkrok, WatsonVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Stone, Theodore, Glass
NSH 1 – 1 VGK
17:23
VGKReilly Smith (Jonathan Marchessault, William Karlsson)snap0.12 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Turris, Weber, Watson, GrimaldiVGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Hague
NSH 1 – 2 VGK

2nd period

0:44
NSHColton Sissons (Nick Bonino)backhand0.64 xG
NSH: Bonino, Ellis, Ekholm, Smith, SissonsVGK: Engelland, Reaves, Carrier, Nosek, Hague
NSH 2 – 2 VGK
5:08
NSHCalle Jarnkrok (Viktor Arvidsson, Roman Josi)slap0.09 xG
NSH: Turris, Weber, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, ArvidssonVGK: Stastny, Pacioretty, Holden, Merrill, Stone
NSH 3 – 2 VGK
6:52
NSHFilip Forsbergwrist0.17 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Weber, Duchene, Granlund, ForsbergVGK: Stastny, McNabb, Stone, Marchessault, Theodore
NSH 4 – 2 VGK

3rd period

4:00
NSHNick BoninoPP (Kyle Turris, Ryan Ellis)tip-in0.15 xG
NSH: Bonino, Turris, Ellis, Smith, GranlundVGK: Engelland, Stastny, Holden, Eakin
NSH 5 – 2 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	3	0.07	1	0	0	18:52	—	—	36	20
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.23	1	1	0	18:05	—	—	42	26
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	55	44
Colton Sissons C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.69	2	0	0	14:14	—	—	52	70
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.57	2	0	0	14:13	—	—	44	57
Nick Bonino C	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.28	0	2	2	14:12	—	—	50	64
Kyle Turris C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:52	—	—	50	49
Austin Watson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	2	0	14:32	—	—	50	53
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	54	62
Matt Duchene C	L4	0	0	0	+1	4	0.48	2	1	0	15:36	—	—	33	40
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	32	30
Filip Forsberg L	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.41	0	0	2	12:40	—	—	25	23
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	2	6	2	24:09	—	—	39	47
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	2	2	19:05	—	—	50	28
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	2	2	5	24:07	—	—	47	27
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.19	2	1	0	22:45	—	—	44	53
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	6	2	5	12:14	—	—	41	43
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	11:00	—	—	42	51

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.08	59:33

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	3	0	0	19:38	—	—	57	82
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	19:25	—	—	54	62
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	4	0	0	17:23	—	—	57	63
Cody Glass C	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.69	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	61	77
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	15:07	—	—	52	78
Valentin Zykov L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	4	1	2	13:17	—	—	65	82
Mark Stone R	L3	1	0	1	-2	4	0.38	1	1	5	16:45	—	—	59	42
Paul Stastny C	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.33	2	0	0	16:14	—	—	78	74
Max Pacioretty L	L3	0	0	0	-1	7	0.63	3	0	7	15:32	—	—	76	77
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.01	2	0	0	9:42	—	—	40	16
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	5	1	0	9:30	—	—	35	7
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	7	1	0	8:54	—	—	45	9
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	18:53	—	—	43	60
Nick Holden D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:53	—	—	39	44
Deryk Engelland D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:10	—	—	55	35
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	1	2	0	18:10	—	—	55	41
Shea Theodore D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	0	1	0	21:20	—	—	73	71
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	2	4	17:50	—	—	62	67

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	39	34	5	.872	3.73	60:00

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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.