Nashville Predators vs. Vegas Golden KnightsApr 12, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	0	2	3		NSH	5	5	7	17
VGK	0	3	2	5		VGK	15	7	7	29

: NSH 48VGK 68
: NSH 1.59VGK 4.02
PP goals: NSH 0VGK 1
Hits: NSH 20VGK 11
Blocks: NSH 21VGK 18
PIM: NSH 6VGK 2
: NSH 43%VGK 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 5–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 5–3 at home. Nicolas Roy (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VGK: Barbashev–Kolesar–Roy skated 7:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brett Howden had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:56.Howden
Points
Nicolas Roy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:31.Roy
Points
Luke Evangelista had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:50.Evangelista
Points
Reilly Smith had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:52.Smith
New line
New look for VGK: Barbashev–Kolesar–Roy skated 7:06 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barbashev Kolesar Roy
Usage
Jordan Oesterle (NSH) played 22:23, +5:23 up on his 17:00 season average over 36 games.Oesterle
Usage
Justin Barron (NSH) played 22:55, +5:35 up on his 17:20 season average over 61 games.Barron
New line
New look for VGK: Pearson–Howden–Holtz skated 4:12 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pearson Howden Holtz

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 116 of 116 attempts · VGK 68 · NSH 48

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 16% of the game, VGK 52%.

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
	48	72
	1.71	3.13
	1.67	2.92
	8	14
	4	2
	31	30
	−0.046	+0.046
	16%	52%

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

L1O'Reilly – Bunting – Evangelista
12:3748% CF
L2Stamkos – Marchessault – Forsberg
8:4933% CF
L3McCarron – Smith – Wood
7:1431% CF
L4Vrana – L'Heureux – Svechkov
4:2633% CF
D1Oesterle – Barron
17:0432% CF
D2Skjei – Blankenburg
16:3040% CF
D3Englund – Del Gaizo
12:1144% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg – Blankenburg
0:54100% CF
PP2Stamkos – Skjei – Forsberg – Evangelista – Svechkov
0:35100% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
1:43
PK2FL'Heureux – Svechkov
0:33
PK1DOesterle – Barron
2:45
PK2DSkjei – Blankenburg
2:24

Current NSH line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
12:2262% CF
L2Barbashev – Kolesar – Roy
7:0664% CF
L3Smith – Stone – Karlsson
6:2858% CF
L4Pearson – Howden – Holtz
4:1240% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
16:3263% CF
D2Hanifin – Whitecloud
16:1971% CF
D3Hutton – Korczak
14:3948% CF

PP1Stone – Karlsson – Hertl – Theodore – Dorofeyev
3:22100% CF
PP2Smith – Saad – Barbashev – Hanifin – Roy
0:59100% CF
PK1FSaad – Howden
0:33
PK2FStone – Karlsson
0:26
PK1DMcNabb – Theodore
1:01
PK2DHanifin – Whitecloud
0:52

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	2	0.13	0	1	2	17:34	—	—	48	48
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.22	1	1	0	15:50	—	—	50	50
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:44	—	—	44	47
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	1	5	0	18:05	—	—	29	2
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:44	—	—	42	35
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.34	0	0	0	17:01	—	—	43	42
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	0	15:26	—	—	30	15
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	6	0	0	14:24	—	—	35	28
Matthew Wood R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	9:12	—	—	38	27
Zachary L'Heureux L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	2	1	0	14:07	—	—	48	51
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:08	—	—	33	31
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	10:11	—	—	26	10
Justin Barron D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.05	4	1	0	22:55	—	—	33	32
Jordan Oesterle D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	0	2	0	22:23	—	—	39	43
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.10	0	0	0	22:51	—	—	41	32
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	2	0	22:17	—	—	41	28
Marc Del Gaizo D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.13	0	2	0	14:43	—	—	45	44
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:01	—	—	42	34

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.10	58:41

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	0	0	0	17:52	—	—	61	58
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	1	1	0	17:30	—	—	63	58
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	62	58
Ivan Barbashev L	L2	1	0	1	+2	2	0.98	1	0	0	18:37	—	—	55	68
Nicolas Roy C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.36	1	3	0	18:31	—	—	55	80
Keegan Kolesar R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.11	1	0	0	12:11	—	—	64	87
Mark Stone R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	52	30
William Karlsson C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	68	51
Reilly Smith R	L3	0	2	2	0	1	0.15	0	0	2	13:52	—	—	68	55
Brett Howden C	L4	1	1	2	+1	2	0.30	2	0	0	13:56	—	—	40	68
Alexander Holtz R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.43	0	0	0	11:10	—	—	70	72
Tanner Pearson L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.52	0	1	0	10:17	—	—	50	74
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	22:42	—	—	63	56
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	20:55	—	—	64	55
Noah Hanifin D	D2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	21:39	—	—	71	75
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:43	—	—	68	80
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	5	0	15:57	—	—	46	48
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:09	—	—	48	48

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Adin Hill(start)	W	17	14	3	.824	1.59	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jordan Oesterle (NSH) 1st 8:11 · assists Luke Evangelista, Michael Bunting · Dump and chase · dumped in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 71.5 mph shot · 2.6 s from entry to goal.

Jordan Oesterle · 1st 8:11 · NSH

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 71.5 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Brett Howden · 2nd 4:02 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 22 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s

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Nicolas Roy · 2nd 5:36 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 29.4 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Alexander Holtz · 2nd 11:09 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 31.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jonathan Marchessault · 3rd 1:02 · NSH

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 29.1 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: rebound

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Marc Del Gaizo · 3rd 4:58 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 42.1 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: deflection

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Noah Hanifin · 3rd 18:05 · VGK

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 69.6 mph
Distance: 59 ft
Type: one-timer

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Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 19:58 · VGK EN

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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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 KnightsApr 12, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 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

Jordan Oesterle · 1st 8:11 · NSH

Brett Howden · 2nd 4:02 · VGK

Nicolas Roy · 2nd 5:36 · VGK

Alexander Holtz · 2nd 11:09 · VGK PP

Jonathan Marchessault · 3rd 1:02 · NSH

Marc Del Gaizo · 3rd 4:58 · NSH

Noah Hanifin · 3rd 18:05 · VGK

Ivan Barbashev · 3rd 19:58 · VGK EN