Nashville Predators vs. Carolina HurricanesMay 25, 2021

Final / OTPlayoffsTuesday, May 25, 2021· PNC Arena

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Carolina HurricanesCAR

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
NSH	1	1	0	0	2		NSH	5	11	9	0	25
CAR	1	0	1	1	3		CAR	10	14	11	2	37

: NSH 49CAR 67
: NSH 2.36CAR 3.62
PP goals: NSH 0CAR 1
Hits: NSH 40CAR 66
Blocks: NSH 16CAR 12
PIM: NSH 8CAR 8
: NSH 41%CAR 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Carolina Hurricanes edge Nashville Predators 3–2 (OT)

Carolina Hurricanes beat Nashville Predators 3–2 in overtime at home. Martin Necas (CAR) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Hamilton, Teravainen, Aho and Necas) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:10 together.

Points
Martin Necas had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:58.Necas
Points
Yakov Trenin had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:42.Trenin
PP1
CAR's first power-play unit (Trocheck, Hamilton, Teravainen, Aho and Necas) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:10 together.Trocheck Hamilton Teravainen Aho Necas
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 37 shots and stopped 34 (.919), -5 against a season average of 42.0; the loss.Saros
New line
New look for NSH: Haula–Cousins–Tolvanen skated 7:16 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Cousins Tolvanen
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 22:47, −5:00 down on his 27:47 season average over 5 games.Josi
Usage
Jake Bean (CAR) played 7:54, −7:09 down on his 15:03 season average over 10 games.Bean
Usage
Jordan Staal (CAR) played 15:36, −4:36 down on his 20:12 season average over 10 games.Staal

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 67 · NSH 49

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 18% of the game, CAR 35%.

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
	52	70
	2.42	3.37
	2.38	3.24
	6	12
	7	4
	29	7
	−0.026	+0.026
	18%	35%

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
12:5833% CF
L2Duchene – Johansen – Forsberg
11:2755% CF
L3Jarnkrok – Granlund – Kunin
10:3733% CF
L4Haula – Cousins – Tolvanen
7:1643% CF
D1Josi – Carrier
16:5662% CF
D2Ellis – Ekholm
15:3746% CF
D3Benning – Harpur
12:0523% CF

PP1Josi – Granlund – Carrier – Kunin – Tolvanen
2:21100% CF
PP2Ekholm – Haula – Jarnkrok – Cousins – Forsberg
2:16100% CF
PK1FHaula – Sissons
0:58
PK2FJarnkrok – Granlund
0:56
PK1DEllis – Ekholm
1:24
PK2DBenning – Harpur
0:58

Current NSH line combinations →

Carolina Hurricanes

L1Teravainen – Aho – Svechnikov
13:4065% CF
L2Niederreiter – Trocheck – Necas
11:1070% CF
L3Martinook – McGinn – Lorentz
8:4950% CF
L4Staal – Fast – Foegele
8:3942% CF
D1Hamilton – Slavin
20:2166% CF
D2Skjei – Pesce
17:1656% CF
D3Hakanpää – Bean
6:4143% CF

PP1Trocheck – Hamilton – Teravainen – Aho – Necas
2:10100% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Fast – Aho – Bean – Svechnikov
0:44100% CF
PK1FMartinook – McGinn
1:06
PK2FStaal – Teravainen
0:58
PK1DSkjei – Pesce
1:47
PK2DHakanpää – Slavin
1:46

Current CAR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:44
NSHYakov Trenin (Roman Josi)snap0.11 xG
NSH: Josi, Sissons, Trenin, Carrier, JeannotCAR: Hakanpää, Martinook, McGinn, Lorentz, Bean
NSH 1 – 0 CAR
14:21
CARMartin NecasPP (Dougie Hamilton)snap0.14 xG
NSH: Haula, Jarnkrok, Harpur, CarrierCAR: Trocheck, Hamilton, Teravainen, Aho, Necas
NSH 1 – 1 CAR

2nd period

0:53
NSHYakov Trenin (Colton Sissons)snap0.13 xG
NSH: Ellis, Ekholm, Sissons, Trenin, KuninCAR: Hamilton, Martinook, McGinn, Pesce, Lorentz
NSH 2 – 1 CAR

3rd period

12:55
CARMartin Necas (Jaccob Slavin)wrap-around0.07 xG
NSH: Duchene, Johansen, Forsberg, Benning, HarpurCAR: Niederreiter, Trocheck, Hamilton, Slavin, Necas
NSH 2 – 2 CAR

OT period

2:03
CARJordan Staaldeflected0.28 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Johansen, GranlundCAR: Staal, Slavin, Pesce, Svechnikov
NSH 2 – 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
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	5	1	0	17:15	—	—	38	44
Yakov Trenin C	L1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.24	4	0	0	15:42	—	—	37	36
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	3	1	0	14:26	—	—	38	30
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.67	2	0	2	17:03	—	—	47	40
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	15:35	—	—	46	38
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.21	4	0	0	14:41	—	—	53	40
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	1	0	0	18:10	—	—	36	46
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	3	1	0	17:29	—	—	39	53
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	5	0	2	15:53	—	—	42	69
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	0	0	15:32	—	—	39	46
Eeli Tolvanen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	12:25	—	—	39	19
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:32	—	—	44	45
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.12	1	2	0	22:47	—	—	50	51
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	0	2	20:48	—	—	63	74
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	0	3	0	22:18	—	—	46	55
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	3	0	22:17	—	—	44	52
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	17:24	—	—	32	21
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	2	15:27	—	—	21	5

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	37	34	3	.919	3.62	62:03

Carolina Hurricanes

CAR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Teuvo Teravainen C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	62	45
Sebastian Aho C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	5	0	0	18:34	—	—	58	41
Andrei Svechnikov R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	5	1	2	17:24	—	—	61	41
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.26	5	0	0	16:34	—	—	67	80
Martin Necas C	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.28	3	0	0	15:58	—	—	64	66
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.18	3	0	0	13:18	—	—	73	90
Brock McGinn L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.62	5	2	0	13:56	—	—	57	73
Jordan Martinook L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:45	—	—	53	54
Steven Lorentz C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	8	0	0	12:54	—	—	50	53
Jordan Staal C	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.80	7	0	0	15:36	—	—	53	65
Jesper Fast R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	13:06	—	—	54	59
Warren Foegele L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	6	0	2	12:50	—	—	43	60
Jaccob Slavin D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	26:08	—	—	67	63
Dougie Hamilton D	D1	0	1	1	0	8	0.52	2	2	2	24:08	—	—	62	59
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	2	2	0	25:15	—	—	56	58
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	23:17	—	—	54	61
Jani Hakanpää D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	0	0	14:57	—	—	44	48
Jake Bean D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:54	—	—	40	42

CAR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.36	62:03

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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.