Nashville Predators vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 20, 2024

FinalTuesday, Feb 20, 2024· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	2	1	5		NSH	11	15	14	40
VGK	1	0	2	3		VGK	8	10	8	26

: NSH 81VGK 43
: NSH 3.95VGK 2.56
PP goals: NSH 0VGK 1
Hits: NSH 40VGK 30
Blocks: NSH 8VGK 19
PIM: NSH 8VGK 8
: NSH 55%VGK 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3

Nashville Predators beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3 at VGK. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for VGK: Amadio–Kolesar–Morelli skated 4:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alec Martinez had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:11.Martinez
Points
Roman Josi had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:21.Josi
Points
Ryan McDonagh had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 23:27.McDonagh
New line
New look for VGK: Amadio–Kolesar–Morelli skated 4:39 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (0% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Amadio Kolesar Morelli
Goalie
Adin Hill (VGK) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +11 against a season average of 28.0; the loss.Hill
Usage
Chandler Stephenson (VGK) played 22:57, +4:32 up on his 18:25 season average over 74 games.Stephenson
Usage
Mark Stone (VGK) played 13:14, −6:17 down on his 19:31 season average over 55 games.Stone
Usage
Nicolas Roy (VGK) played 19:14, +3:50 up on his 15:24 season average over 69 games.Roy

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

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VGK
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · VGK 43 · NSH 81

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 56% of the game, VGK 13%.

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
	77	34
	2.96	2.06
	2.86	1.95
	10	7
	6	1
	13	10
	+0.043	−0.043
	56%	13%

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

L1Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg
9:4871% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Glass
7:4265% CF
L3Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
6:4965% CF
L4McCarron – Sherwood – Smith
5:4880% CF
D1Lauzon – Carrier
13:2861% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
12:2373% CF
D3McDonagh – Schenn
11:5461% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Glass
4:5775% CF
PP2McDonagh – Sissons – Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista
1:5475% CF
PK1FSissons – Smith
2:13
PK2FO'Reilly – Trenin
2:07
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
4:24
PK2DSchenn – Carrier
2:22

Current NSH line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Marchessault – Barbashev – Roy
8:1638% CF
L2Amadio – Kolesar – Morelli
4:390% CF
L3Karlsson – Howden – Denisenko
3:3325% CF
L4Stone – Stephenson – Cotter
2:4071% CF
D1Martinez – Pietrangelo
13:1029% CF
D2McNabb – Theodore
12:0720% CF
D3Hague – Whitecloud
11:0517% CF

PP1Stone – Karlsson – Marchessault – Stephenson – Theodore
4:43100% CF
PP2Pietrangelo – Amadio – Roy – Cotter – Morelli
1:27100% CF
PK1FRoy – Howden
2:13
PK2FStone – Stephenson
1:18
PK1DPietrangelo – McNabb
4:53
PK2DHague – Whitecloud
1:40

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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 O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	20:57	—	—	75	48
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.39	1	2	0	19:11	—	—	77	62
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.52	1	1	0	18:20	—	—	75	56
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	0	0	2	18:52	—	—	54	43
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	3	0	2	15:30	—	—	63	39
Cody Glass C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.42	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	67	47
Luke Evangelista R	L3	1	0	1	+2	4	0.34	0	0	4	13:48	—	—	76	76
Tommy Novak C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.20	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	77	74
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	10:03	—	—	68	66
Cole Smith R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.57	6	0	0	13:03	—	—	59	72
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	6	1	0	12:54	—	—	60	79
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	5	0	0	9:14	—	—	79	80
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	6	0	0	20:47	—	—	64	52
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	2	0	19:14	—	—	69	55
Roman Josi D	D2	0	2	2	+3	3	0.24	0	0	0	21:21	—	—	79	71
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	4	0	0	13:08	—	—	73	67
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.15	2	1	0	23:27	—	—	67	53
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.14	4	1	0	15:50	—	—	66	55

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	2.56	59:52

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nicolas Roy C	L1	0	1	1	-3	2	0.22	0	0	0	19:14	—	—	36	45
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.60	1	0	2	18:04	—	—	35	41
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	13:41	—	—	52	55
Michael Amadio R	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	0	0	2	13:18	—	—	25	27
Mason Morelli L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	12:44	—	—	0	0
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	2	10:41	—	—	0	0
William Karlsson C	L3	1	0	1	-1	5	0.78	1	1	0	18:53	—	—	36	56
Brett Howden C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	14:05	—	—	11	4
Grigori Denisenko L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:01	—	—	14	6
Chandler Stephenson C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	1	1	2	22:57	—	—	33	39
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.47	6	0	0	15:20	—	—	50	64
Mark Stone R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	13:14	—	—	47	70
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	1	0	1	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	24:20	—	—	28	52
Alec Martinez D	D1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	19:11	—	—	38	48
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	0	1	0	21:03	—	—	32	48
Brayden McNabb D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	5	0	18:11	—	—	21	38
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	2	0	15:16	—	—	35	29
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:59	—	—	24	29

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	L	39	35	4	.897	3.49	58:48

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Luke Evangelista (NSH) 1st 5:35 · assists Roman Josi, Ryan McDonagh · Forecheck turnover · 67.2 mph shot.

Luke Evangelista · 1st 5:35 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.2 mph
Distance: 37 ft

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Gustav Nyquist · 3rd 18:11 · NSH EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.7 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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Alex Pietrangelo · 1st 14:09 · VGK

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 67.6 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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Cody Glass · 1st 19:08 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.0 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 s

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Tommy Novak · 2nd 8:04 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 2
Shot: 71.8 mph
Distance: 30 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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Cole Smith · 2nd 15:58 · NSH

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 46.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s
Type: deflection

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William Karlsson · 3rd 0:47 · VGK PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2
Shot: 77.5 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Michael Amadio · 3rd 17:01 · VGK

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 41.1 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: rebound

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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.

Nashville Predators vs. Vegas Golden KnightsFeb 20, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators beat Vegas Golden Knights 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Luke Evangelista · 1st 5:35 · NSH

Gustav Nyquist · 3rd 18:11 · NSH EN

Alex Pietrangelo · 1st 14:09 · VGK

Cody Glass · 1st 19:08 · NSH

Tommy Novak · 2nd 8:04 · NSH

Cole Smith · 2nd 15:58 · NSH

William Karlsson · 3rd 0:47 · VGK PP

Michael Amadio · 3rd 17:01 · VGK