Nashville Predators vs. Utah Hockey ClubApr 10, 2025

Final / SOThursday, Apr 10, 2025· Delta Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	0	1	2	0	1	4		NSH	5	13	11	2	31
UTA	0	2	1	0	0	3		UTA	11	11	19	1	42

: NSH 58UTA 79
: NSH 2.97UTA 4.73
PP goals: NSH 2UTA 0
Hits: NSH 25UTA 18
Blocks: NSH 18UTA 15
PIM: NSH 6UTA 8
: NSH 58%UTA 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Utah Hockey Club 4–3 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat Utah Hockey Club 4–3 in a shootout at UTA. Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg and Blankenburg) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:03 together.

Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:37.O'Reilly
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg and Blankenburg) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:03 together.Stamkos O'Reilly Marchessault Forsberg Blankenburg
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 39 (.929), +15 against a season average of 27.4; the win.Saros
Usage
Brady Skjei (NSH) played 26:10, +4:20 up on his 21:50 season average over 81 games.Skjei
Luck
UTA scored 3 goals on 4.73 expected goals (79 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Justin Barron (NSH) played 24:01, +6:42 up on his 17:19 season average over 61 games.Barron
Usage
Nick Blankenburg (NSH) played 23:19, +3:50 up on his 19:29 season average over 59 games.Blankenburg
Usage
Dylan Guenther (UTA) played 20:40, +3:43 up on his 16:57 season average over 69 games.Guenther

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)UTA attacks right (top on phones) →

UTA
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 137 of 137 attempts · UTA 79 · NSH 58

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

UTA
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

UTA 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 18% of the game, UTA 48%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

UTA

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	UTA
	53	85
	2.12	4.95
	2.02	4.51
	10	23
	4	2
	29	34
	+0.070	−0.070
	18%	48%

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
13:0048% CF
L2Stamkos – Marchessault – Forsberg
8:0518% CF
L3McCarron – Smith – Wood
7:4324% CF
L4Vrana – L'Heureux – Svechkov
2:1917% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
16:3838% CF
D2Del Gaizo – Barron
9:1258% CF
D3Oesterle – Englund
7:4036% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg – Blankenburg
3:03100% CF
PP2Stamkos – Marchessault – Skjei – Forsberg – Svechkov
0:34100% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
1:07
PK2FL'Heureux – Svechkov
0:38
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
1:17
PK2DOesterle – Barron
0:38

Current NSH line combinations →

Utah Mammoth

L1Keller – Guenther – Cooley
13:1265% CF
L2Schmaltz – Yamamoto – Hayton
12:2874% CF
L3Crouse – McBain – Doan
9:4352% CF
L4Bjugstad – Kerfoot – Stenlund
9:4269% CF
D1Sergachev – Durzi
16:5566% CF
D2Cole – Kesselring
14:4848% CF
D3Maatta – DeSimone
11:4976% CF

PP1Schmaltz – Keller – Sergachev – Hayton – Guenther
1:3067% CF
PP2Yamamoto – Durzi – McBain – Doan – Cooley
0:27100% CF
PK1FKerfoot – Stenlund
1:38
PK2FHayton – McBain
1:04
PK1DSergachev – Durzi
1:23
PK2DMaatta – DeSimone
1:04

Current UTA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:49
UTANick Bjugstad (Alexander Kerfoot)snap0.04 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Marchessault, Forsberg, Del Gaizo, BarronUTA: Cole, Bjugstad, Kerfoot, Stenlund, Kesselring
NSH 0 – 1 UTA
13:54
UTAJosh Doan (Jack McBain, Nick DeSimone)wrist0.10 xG
NSH: Skjei, McCarron, Oesterle, Smith, WoodUTA: Maatta, Crouse, DeSimone, McBain, Doan
NSH 0 – 2 UTA
17:21
NSHNick BlankenburgPP (Jonathan Marchessault, Ryan O'Reilly)snap0.06 xG
NSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg, BlankenburgUTA: Cole, Maatta, Stenlund, McBain
NSH 1 – 2 UTA

3rd period

1:19
NSHFilip ForsbergPP (Brady Skjei, Steven Stamkos)wrist0.19 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Marchessault, Skjei, Forsberg, SvechkovUTA: Maatta, DeSimone, Hayton, McBain
NSH 2 – 2 UTA
3:17
NSHRyan O'Reilly (Michael Bunting)wrist0.26 xG
NSH: O'Reilly, Englund, Bunting, Del Gaizo, EvangelistaUTA: Cole, Kerfoot, Stenlund, Yamamoto, Kesselring
NSH 3 – 2 UTA
5:42
UTADylan Guenther (Logan Cooley, Clayton Keller)snap0.48 xG
NSH: Skjei, Vrana, Evangelista, Svechkov, BlankenburgUTA: Keller, DeSimone, Durzi, Guenther, Cooley
NSH 3 – 3 UTA

Decided in the shootout: NSH 4 – 3 UTA.

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	1	1	2	+1	3	0.54	0	2	0	21:37	—	—	51	66
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.35	0	0	0	17:51	—	—	49	66
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	51	48
Filip Forsberg L	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.44	1	2	0	20:10	—	—	42	25
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:01	—	—	29	13
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	22	9
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	15:47	—	—	27	17
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:05	—	—	23	10
Matthew Wood R	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.41	2	0	0	9:57	—	—	38	26
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.41	0	1	2	13:11	—	—	48	22
Zachary L'Heureux L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	12:15	—	—	32	23
Jakub Vrana L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	44	19
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.08	0	3	0	26:10	—	—	31	12
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.11	1	1	2	23:19	—	—	38	8
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	2	3	0	24:01	—	—	46	46
Marc Del Gaizo D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	1	1	0	15:30	—	—	38	47
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	1	2	0	19:15	—	—	47	30
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	5	1	0	14:57	—	—	28	31

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	42	39	3	.929	4.73	64:59

Utah Mammoth

UTA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Dylan Guenther R	L1	1	0	1	+1	6	1.18	1	0	0	20:40	—	—	64	77
Clayton Keller R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	60	76
Logan Cooley C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.61	0	1	2	19:25	—	—	60	77
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	74	77
Barrett Hayton C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	74	76
Kailer Yamamoto R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	70	59
Jack McBain C	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.49	4	1	0	13:41	—	—	54	76
Josh Doan R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	52	73
Lawson Crouse L	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.16	2	0	0	11:06	—	—	54	75
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	2	14:53	—	—	59	47
Alexander Kerfoot C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.17	4	1	0	14:04	—	—	55	48
Nick Bjugstad C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.32	1	0	0	10:23	—	—	69	80
Mikhail Sergachev D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	1	0	26:09	—	—	64	82
Sean Durzi D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.19	1	4	2	26:09	—	—	64	82
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	4	2	20:26	—	—	48	48
Michael Kesselring D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	2	0	18:03	—	—	47	39
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	16:24	—	—	72	77
Nick DeSimone D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	0	0	0	16:08	—	—	73	83

UTA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Karel Vejmelka(start)	O	31	28	3	.903	2.97	65:00

Goal anatomy

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

Nick Bjugstad (UTA) 2nd 4:49 · assists Alexander Kerfoot · Forecheck turnover · 48.3 mph shot.

Nick Bjugstad · 2nd 4:49 · UTA

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.3 mph
Distance: 19 ft

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Josh Doan · 2nd 13:54 · UTA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s
Type: rebound

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Nick Blankenburg · 2nd 17:21 · NSH PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 61.2 mph
Distance: 51 ft

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Filip Forsberg · 3rd 1:19 · NSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.5 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Ryan O'Reilly · 3rd 3:17 · NSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: rebound

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Dylan Guenther · 3rd 5:42 · UTA

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.1 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s
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.