Nashville Predators vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 31, 2022

Final / OTSaturday, Dec 31, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

5

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	2	0	2	0	4		NSH	9	8	20	0	37
VGK	1	2	1	1	5		VGK	13	7	10	2	32

: NSH 64VGK 68
: NSH 2.80VGK 3.04
PP goals: NSH 0VGK 0
Hits: NSH 26VGK 29
Blocks: NSH 22VGK 17
PIM: NSH 21VGK 24
: NSH 51%VGK 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Nashville Predators 5–4 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 5–4 in overtime at home. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 8:31, −11:28 down on his 19:59 season average over 81 games.

Points
Filip Forsberg had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 19:56.Forsberg
Points
Chandler Stephenson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:33.Stephenson
Points
Mark Stone had 3 assists (3 points) in 22:11.Stone
Points
Keegan Kolesar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:14.Kolesar
Usage
Brayden McNabb (VGK) played 8:31, −11:28 down on his 19:59 season average over 81 games.McNabb
Usage
Nicolas Hague (VGK) played 27:59, +10:01 up on his 17:58 season average over 80 games.Hague
Usage
Daniil Miromanov (VGK) played 11:34, −5:53 down on his 17:27 season average over 13 games.Miromanov
Goalie
Logan Thompson (VGK) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +6 against a season average of 30.6; the win.Thompson

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 132 of 132 attempts · VGK 68 · NSH 64

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 29% of the game, VGK 44%.

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	73
	2.33	3.10
	2.26	2.99
	14	18
	4	6
	12	18
	−0.010	+0.010
	29%	44%

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

L1Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
10:3763% CF
L2Forsberg – Sissons – Parssinen
8:1028% CF
L3Duchene – Johansen – Trenin
6:1333% CF
L4Jankowski – Novak – Jeannot
3:4233% CF
D1Ekholm – Carrier
17:1747% CF
D2McDonagh – Josi
14:2642% CF
D3Lauzon – Fabbro
9:4035% CF

PP1Duchene – Ekholm – Granlund – Niederreiter – Glass
1:00100% CF
PP2Josi – Johansen – Forsberg – Novak – Parssinen
0:56100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
2:00
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
2:00

Current NSH line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Stephenson – Amadio
12:2358% CF
L2Carrier – Kolesar – Roy
11:1371% CF
L3Kessel – Smith – Karlsson
7:3847% CF
L4Leschyshyn – Rondbjerg – Rempal
6:0933% CF
D1Pietrangelo – Hague
19:5058% CF
D2Hutton – Pachal
17:0641% CF
D3McNabb – Miromanov
7:4663% CF

PP1Pietrangelo – Smith – Stone – Stephenson – Amadio
2:00100% CF
PK1FSmith – Karlsson
1:02
PK2FRoy – Rondbjerg
0:42
PK1DPietrangelo – Hague
1:39
PK2DHutton – Pachal
1:02

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:45
NSHFilip Forsbergwrist0.05 xG
NSH: Forsberg, Sissons, Lauzon, Fabbro, ParssinenVGK: McNabb, Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, Miromanov
NSH 1 – 0 VGK
11:22
NSHJeremy Lauzon (Mikael Granlund, Dante Fabbro)wrist0.04 xG
NSH: Granlund, Niederreiter, Lauzon, Fabbro, GlassVGK: McNabb, Leschyshyn, Rondbjerg, Rempal, Miromanov
NSH 2 – 0 VGK
15:55
VGKKeegan Kolesar (Daniil Miromanov, Brayden McNabb)tip-in0.08 xG
NSH: Duchene, Johansen, Lauzon, Trenin, FabbroVGK: McNabb, Carrier, Kolesar, Roy, Miromanov
NSH 2 – 1 VGK

2nd period

1:43
VGKMichael Amadio (Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson)slap0.13 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Johansen, Forsberg, SissonsVGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Amadio, Hague
NSH 2 – 2 VGK
8:53
VGKReilly Smith (Keegan Kolesar, William Karlsson)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Duchene, Novak, Lauzon, Fabbro, JeannotVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Hutton, Kolesar, Miromanov
NSH 2 – 3 VGK

3rd period

4:41
VGKChandler Stephenson (Mark Stone)snap0.13 xG
NSH: Josi, Forsberg, Sissons, Fabbro, GlassVGK: Pietrangelo, Stone, Stephenson, Amadio, Hague
NSH 2 – 4 VGK
11:41
NSHFilip Forsberg (Ryan McDonagh, Colton Sissons)tip-in0.09 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Johansen, Forsberg, SissonsVGK: Pietrangelo, Hague, Leschyshyn, Rondbjerg, Rempal
NSH 3 – 4 VGK
19:55
NSHFilip Forsberg (Matt Duchene, Roman Josi)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, Niederreiter, ForsbergVGK: Pietrangelo, Karlsson, Roy, Hague
NSH 4 – 4 VGK

OT period

2:04
VGKNicolas Hague (Mark Stone, Chandler Stephenson)slap0.16 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ekholm, GranlundVGK: Stone, Stephenson, Roy, Hague
NSH 4 – 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
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	21:56	—	—	56	56
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.43	3	0	0	19:59	—	—	55	54
Cody Glass C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	1	0	16:24	—	—	57	67
Filip Forsberg L	L2	3	0	3	0	6	0.35	2	1	0	19:56	—	—	35	25
Juuso Parssinen C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	2	1	0	15:06	—	—	36	37
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	39	29
Matt Duchene C	L3	0	1	1	-3	2	0.61	0	1	0	18:59	—	—	36	27
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	15:44	—	—	35	25
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	3	0	17	10:07	—	—	60	48
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	-1	5	0.32	4	2	0	14:41	—	—	53	44
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.17	0	0	0	11:16	—	—	57	41
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	4:18	—	—	33	31
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	4	0	23:36	—	—	47	51
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	2	20:36	—	—	44	49
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.13	1	2	2	25:57	—	—	52	47
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	5	0	20:30	—	—	39	31
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	5	0	0	14:04	—	—	38	23
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	51	36

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	O	32	27	5	.844	3.04	60:44

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Stone R	L1	0	3	3	+3	0	0.11	1	0	0	22:11	—	—	58	61
Chandler Stephenson C	L1	1	2	3	+3	1	0.23	3	1	0	20:33	—	—	59	63
Michael Amadio R	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.48	2	0	0	17:09	—	—	61	62
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	62	67
William Carrier L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	3	0	0	13:27	—	—	70	84
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.31	5	0	0	13:14	—	—	71	85
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.22	1	2	0	19:05	—	—	41	42
Reilly Smith R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	2	18:09	—	—	36	36
Phil Kessel R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	0	0	0	10:27	—	—	50	53
Jonas Rondbjerg R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:18	—	—	33	33
Jake Leschyshyn C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	7:59	—	—	29	5
Sheldon Rempal R	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:44	—	—	36	7
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	4	4	0	29:05	—	—	60	59
Nicolas Hague D	D1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.41	3	2	0	27:59	—	—	59	59
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	22:19	—	—	41	51
Brayden Pachal D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	4	1	0	20:47	—	—	40	49
Daniil Miromanov D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	11:34	—	—	62	68
Brayden McNabb D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	2	20	8:31	—	—	61	67

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Logan Thompson(start)	W	37	33	4	.892	2.80	61:30

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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.