Nashville Predators vs. Carolina HurricanesMay 19, 2021

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, May 19, 2021· PNC Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	9	15	8	32
CAR	1	0	2	3		CAR	10	10	11	31

: NSH 62CAR 54
: NSH 2.94CAR 3.85
PP goals: NSH 0CAR 1
Hits: NSH 39CAR 52
Blocks: NSH 10CAR 17
PIM: NSH 10CAR 18
: NSH 52%CAR 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 3–0

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 3–0 at home. Sebastian Aho (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Trocheck, Hamilton, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:48 together.

Points
Sebastian Aho had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:05.Aho
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Staal, Trocheck, Hamilton, Aho and Svechnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:48 together.Staal Trocheck Hamilton Aho Svechnikov
New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–Trenin–Jeannot skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons Trenin Jeannot
New line
New look for NSH: Richardson–Duchene–Haula skated 6:47 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Richardson Duchene Haula
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 2.94 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Matt Benning (NSH) played 10:49, −9:44 down on his 20:33 season average over 4 games.Benning
Usage
Andrei Svechnikov (CAR) played 12:29, −6:43 down on his 19:12 season average over 10 games.Svechnikov
Usage
Alexandre Carrier (NSH) played 18:13, −8:28 down on his 26:41 season average over 5 games.Carrier

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 116 of 116 attempts · CAR 54 · NSH 62

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 28% of the game, CAR 33%.

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
	41	42
	1.91	2.31
	1.86	2.29
	10	6
	5	5
	17	24
	+0.036	−0.037
	28%	33%

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

L1Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
8:3227% CF
L2Richardson – Duchene – Haula
6:4741% CF
L3Granlund – Kunin – Tolvanen
5:2750% CF
L4Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
4:0250% CF
D1Ellis – Ekholm
11:1742% CF
D2Josi – Carrier
10:3750% CF
D3Gudbranson – Benning
7:2333% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg – Tolvanen
6:3388% CF
PP2Duchene – Ellis – Ekholm – Haula – Arvidsson
4:3050% CF
PK1FGranlund – Sissons
2:34
PK2FRichardson – Johansen
0:37
PK1DGudbranson – Carrier
1:23
PK2DEllis – Ekholm
1:03

Current NSH line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Martinook – McGinn – Lorentz
7:3942% CF
L2Niederreiter – Trocheck – Necas
7:0959% CF
L3Staal – Fast – Foegele
7:0565% CF
L4Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov
6:5436% CF
D1Hamilton – Skjei
11:2560% CF
D2Pesce – Bean
4:2160% CF
D3Gardiner – Hakanpää
4:05100% CF

PP1Staal – Trocheck – Hamilton – Aho – Svechnikov
2:48100% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Fast – Teravainen – Bean – Necas
0:54
PK1FTeravainen – Aho
2:40
PK2FStaal – McGinn
1:18
PK1DSkjei – Pesce
8:35
PK2DHakanpää – Hamilton
1:56

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:03
CARSebastian AhoPP (Andrei Svechnikov, Dougie Hamilton)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: Gudbranson, Granlund, Sissons, CarrierCAR: Staal, Trocheck, Hamilton, Aho, Svechnikov
NSH 0 – 1 CAR

3rd period

19:07
CARSebastian AhoEN (Brett Pesce)snap0.48 xG
NSH: Josi, Haula, Granlund, Forsberg, Arvidsson, TolvanenCAR: Hakanpää, Fast, Teravainen, Pesce, Aho
NSH 0 – 2 CAR
19:32
CARWarren Foegele (Jesper Fast)deflected0.17 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ellis, Ekholm, Haula, KuninCAR: Staal, Fast, Hamilton, Skjei, Foegele
NSH 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:36	—	—	33	9
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	12:55	—	—	38	7
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	11:28	—	—	36	2
Matt Duchene C	L2	-1	4	0.27	2	2	0	17:23	—	—	41	22
Erik Haula L	L2	-2	0	0.00	2	0	2	16:58	—	—	40	25
Brad Richardson R	L2	0	2	0.20	1	1	0	8:52	—	—	50	39
Mikael Granlund C	L3	-1	1	0.34	0	0	0	21:48	—	—	63	74
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:35	—	—	69	71
Luke Kunin C	L3	-1	1	0.28	4	0	0	10:14	—	—	56	59
Filip Forsberg L	L4	-1	5	0.68	1	0	0	19:28	—	—	53	79
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	1	0.10	1	1	2	17:31	—	—	60	65
Viktor Arvidsson L	L4	-1	1	0.01	2	0	2	13:24	—	—	53	79
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	-1	2	0.37	1	0	2	22:18	—	—	41	60
Ryan Ellis D	D1	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	21:13	—	—	50	66
Roman Josi D	D2	-1	8	0.42	4	0	0	26:29	—	—	63	27
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	3	0.06	5	2	0	18:13	—	—	52	17
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	2	0.09	2	3	0	12:03	—	—	36	19
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	10:49	—	—	44	29

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	3.37	58:44

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock McGinn L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	12:13	—	—	42	36
Jordan Martinook L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	12:03	—	—	33	15
Steven Lorentz C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	41	43
Martin Necas C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	3	0	0	16:18	—	—	60	76
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.49	0	0	2	15:28	—	—	58	69
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	3	0	2	12:22	—	—	57	69
Jordan Staal C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	2	0	2	18:20	—	—	61	51
Jesper Fast R	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	3	1	0	10:26	—	—	57	52
Warren Foegele L	L3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.41	2	0	2	10:01	—	—	63	55
Sebastian Aho C	L4	2	0	2	+1	5	1.55	5	0	2	18:05	—	—	38	46
Teuvo Teravainen C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	1	1	0	17:06	—	—	35	47
Andrei Svechnikov R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	12:29	—	—	46	46
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	4	1	0	27:43	—	—	59	68
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.24	4	2	2	21:52	—	—	54	65
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	5	2	28:02	—	—	50	45
Jake Bean D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	11:57	—	—	40	24
Jani Hakanpää D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	6	1	0	17:42	—	—	53	67
Jake Gardiner D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	3	0	9:07	—	—	46	49

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	2.94	60:00

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.