Nashville Predators vs. Carolina HurricanesApr 17, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 17, 2021· PNC Arena

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	0	1		NSH	7	11	10	28
CAR	1	0	2	3		CAR	24	7	17	48

: NSH 55CAR 88
: NSH 2.28CAR 4.96
PP goals: NSH 0CAR 0
Hits: NSH 30CAR 28
Blocks: NSH 20CAR 17
PIM: NSH 4CAR 4
: NSH 45%CAR 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 3–1

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 3–1 at home. Jaccob Slavin (CAR) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 47 shots and stopped 45 (.957), +17 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.

Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 47 shots and stopped 45 (.957), +17 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.Saros
Luck
CAR scored 3 goals on 4.96 expected goals (88 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Duchene–Haula–Cousins skated 9:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (56.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duchene Haula Cousins
Usage
Jani Hakanpää (CAR) played 14:23, −3:42 down on his 18:05 season average over 56 games.Hakanpää
Usage
Ben Harpur (NSH) played 12:39, −3:54 down on his 16:33 season average over 33 games.Harpur
PP1
CAR's PP1 (Staal, Trocheck, Hamilton, Aho and Svechnikov) went scoreless in 3:13 of 5v4 time with 10 attempts.Staal Trocheck Hamilton Aho Svechnikov
Shots
Jaccob Slavin (CAR) led everyone with 7 shot on goals, scoring once.Slavin

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)CAR attacks right (top on phones) →

CAR
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 143 of 143 attempts · CAR 88 · NSH 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CAR
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CAR 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 21% of the game, CAR 47%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CAR

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	CAR
	56	91
	2.27	4.41
	2.23	4.13
	10	31
	6	6
	22	19
	−0.055	+0.056
	21%	47%

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 – Granlund – Kunin
11:3616% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
10:4942% CF
L3Johansen – Grimaldi – Arvidsson
9:3831% CF
L4Duchene – Haula – Cousins
9:1757% CF
D1Ellis – Ekholm
16:5736% CF
D2Josi – Gudbranson
8:0241% CF
D3Benning – Harpur
5:0042% CF

PP1Josi – Haula – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Granlund
2:42100% CF
PP2Duchene – Ellis – Ekholm – Arvidsson – Kunin
1:06
PK1FGranlund – Sissons
1:02
PK2FHaula – Jarnkrok
0:58
PK1DEllis – Ekholm
1:02
PK2DBenning – Harpur
0:58

Current NSH line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Fast – Aho – Svechnikov
13:1472% CF
L2Staal – Niederreiter – Foegele
10:3478% CF
L3Trocheck – Martinook – Necas
10:2932% CF
L4Paquette – Lorentz – Geekie
7:5869% CF
D1Skjei – Pesce
16:5358% CF
D2Hamilton – Slavin
15:0674% CF
D3Hakanpää – Bean
9:3165% CF

PP1Staal – Trocheck – Hamilton – Aho – Svechnikov
3:1391% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Fast – Pesce – Bean – Necas
0:27
PK1FFast – Martinook
0:56
PK2FStaal – Foegele
0:46
PK1DSkjei – Pesce
2:21
PK2DHamilton – Slavin
1:39

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

18:18
CARJaccob Slavin (Morgan Geekie, Steven Lorentz)snap0.13 xG
NSH: Josi, Sissons, Benning, Trenin, JeannotCAR: Trocheck, Hamilton, Slavin, Paquette, Geekie
NSH 0 – 1 CAR

2nd period

11:36
NSHRoman Josisnap0.25 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ellis, Haula, CousinsCAR: Niederreiter, Fast, Pesce, Bean, Necas
NSH 1 – 1 CAR

3rd period

8:55
CARJani Hakanpää (Vincent Trocheck)snap0.00 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ellis, Ekholm, Haula, CousinsCAR: Hakanpää, Trocheck, Martinook, Bean, Necas
NSH 1 – 2 CAR
18:09
CARAndrei SvechnikovEN (Sebastian Aho, Dougie Hamilton)snap0.42 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Gudbranson, Johansen, Granlund, ArvidssonCAR: Fast, Hamilton, Pesce, Aho, Svechnikov
NSH 1 – 3 CAR

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	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:35	—	—	24	22
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	15	15
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	3	1	0	15:21	—	—	20	22
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	47	32
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	2	0	12:39	—	—	43	27
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	2	12:30	—	—	41	22
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	4	0	2	15:36	—	—	31	24
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	2	1	0	15:21	—	—	32	23
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	2	0	10:57	—	—	31	24
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	2	0	0	16:17	—	—	54	57
Matt Duchene C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	3	0	0	14:46	—	—	59	63
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	12:45	—	—	61	65
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.06	1	3	0	25:46	—	—	45	47
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	25:26	—	—	35	24
Roman Josi D	D2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.44	1	4	0	22:48	—	—	37	38
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	0	0	15:40	—	—	46	36
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	4	0	16:14	—	—	24	10
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:39	—	—	50	55

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	47	45	2	.957	4.54	58:27

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.63	1	0	0	20:47	—	—	68	77
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.74	2	1	0	18:45	—	—	74	84
Jesper Fast R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	3	0	0	17:38	—	—	72	70
Jordan Staal C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.65	4	1	0	17:42	—	—	75	76
Warren Foegele L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	2	0	0	15:38	—	—	70	66
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.11	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	71	66
Vincent Trocheck C	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.32	3	1	0	16:54	—	—	41	42
Martin Necas C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	0	0	14:37	—	—	37	40
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	2	1	0	13:13	—	—	32	37
Morgan Geekie C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	0	0	0	10:07	—	—	73	95
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.30	0	1	0	9:42	—	—	62	94
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.28	3	1	0	9:04	—	—	68	95
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:23	—	—	55	52
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.18	1	0	0	22:38	—	—	60	63
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.22	1	3	0	21:51	—	—	72	88
Jaccob Slavin D	D2	1	0	1	+1	7	0.35	1	2	0	21:19	—	—	65	76
Jani Hakanpää D	D3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.23	4	4	2	14:23	—	—	55	62
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	2	13:11	—	—	59	51

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.28	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.