Nashville Predators vs. Winnipeg JetsDec 30, 2024

FinalMonday, Dec 30, 2024· Canada Life Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	9	7	6	22
WPG	0	1	2	3		WPG	9	8	11	28

: NSH 61WPG 59
: NSH 1.73WPG 3.58
PP goals: NSH 0WPG 2
Hits: NSH 28WPG 17
Blocks: NSH 15WPG 21
PIM: NSH 8WPG 4
: NSH 44%WPG 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Winnipeg Jets beat Nashville Predators 3–0

Winnipeg Jets beat Nashville Predators 3–0 at home. Gabriel Vilardi (WPG) led the scoring with 2G 0A. WPG's first power-play unit (Scheifele, Morrissey, Ehlers, Connor and Vilardi) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:47 together.

Points
Gabriel Vilardi had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:44.Vilardi
Points
Kyle Connor had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:51.Connor
Points
Nikolaj Ehlers had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:06.Ehlers
PP1
WPG's first power-play unit (Scheifele, Morrissey, Ehlers, Connor and Vilardi) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:47 together.Scheifele Morrissey Ehlers Connor Vilardi
New line
New look for WPG: Niederreiter–Lowry–Iafallo skated 10:02 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Niederreiter Lowry Iafallo
New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–Hinostroza–McCarron skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons Hinostroza McCarron
New line
New look for WPG: Barron–Kupari–Gustafsson skated 5:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Barron Kupari Gustafsson
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 1.73 expected goals (61 attempts), well short of its chances.

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)WPG attacks right (top on phones) →

WPG
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · WPG 59 · NSH 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

WPG
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

WPG 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 29% of the game, WPG 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

WPG

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	WPG
	64	50
	1.77	2.48
	1.70	2.41
	8	11
	2	6
	23	29
	−0.021	+0.021
	29%	42%

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

L1Stamkos – Marchessault – Forsberg
10:1873% CF
L2Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
7:4258% CF
L3Nyquist – O'Reilly – L'Heureux
5:2740% CF
L4Sissons – Hinostroza – McCarron
5:0450% CF
D1Schenn – Wilsby
13:1660% CF
D2Josi – Lauzon
11:1840% CF
D3Skjei – Blankenburg
10:0050% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
2:1688% CF
PP2Nyquist – Skjei – Novak – Evangelista – L'Heureux
1:24
PK1FJankowski – McCarron
2:05
PK2FNyquist – O'Reilly
0:31
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
4:10
PK2DSchenn – Wilsby
1:54

Current NSH line combinations →

Winnipeg Jets

L1Scheifele – Connor – Vilardi
12:2360% CF
L2Niederreiter – Lowry – Iafallo
10:0233% CF
L3Namestnikov – Ehlers – Perfetti
9:5633% CF
L4Barron – Kupari – Gustafsson
5:0540% CF
D1DeMelo – Morrissey
14:4948% CF
D2Stanley – Pionk
13:5946% CF
D3Miller – Coghlan
11:4044% CF

PP1Scheifele – Morrissey – Ehlers – Connor – Vilardi
4:4792% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Iafallo – Pionk – Perfetti
3:15100% CF
PK1FLowry – Iafallo
2:14
PK2FNamestnikov – Barron
1:06
PK1DDeMelo – Morrissey
1:07
PK2DMiller – Pionk
1:06

Current WPG line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

17:18
WPGDylan DeMelo (Morgan Barron, Logan Stanley)wrist0.14 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Josi, Marchessault, Forsberg, LauzonWPG: DeMelo, Lowry, Stanley, Iafallo, Barron
NSH 0 – 1 WPG

3rd period

13:44
WPGGabriel VilardiPP (Nikolaj Ehlers, Kyle Connor)snap0.20 xG
NSH: Skjei, Sissons, BlankenburgWPG: Scheifele, Morrissey, Ehlers, Connor, Vilardi
NSH 0 – 2 WPG
14:46
WPGGabriel VilardiPP (Kyle Connor, Nikolaj Ehlers)wrist0.53 xG
NSH: Skjei, Jankowski, Sissons, BlankenburgWPG: Scheifele, Morrissey, Ehlers, Connor, Vilardi
NSH 0 – 3 WPG

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
Filip Forsberg L	L1	-1	1	0.15	0	1	0	15:28	—	—	68	44
Steven Stamkos C	L1	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	15:20	—	—	70	45
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	15:08	—	—	71	55
Mark Jankowski L	L2	0	1	0.21	3	1	0	14:57	—	—	63	46
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	3	0.11	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	58	45
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0.02	1	0	0	12:38	—	—	46	34
Gustav Nyquist R	L3	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	46	46
Zachary L'Heureux L	L3	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	14:33	—	—	38	16
Ryan O'Reilly C	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	60	54
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	16:16	—	—	48	37
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	2	0.10	2	0	2	14:17	—	—	60	44
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	11:27	—	—	60	55
Adam Wilsby D	D1	0	3	0.05	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	61	36
Luke Schenn D	D1	0	0	0.00	5	1	0	18:13	—	—	63	49
Roman Josi D	D2	-1	2	0.23	0	3	0	21:05	—	—	45	37
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	-1	0	0.20	4	0	6	18:04	—	—	53	41
Brady Skjei D	D3	0	2	0.04	1	3	0	21:57	—	—	50	32
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	2	0.30	1	3	0	19:19	—	—	61	51

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	3.58	59:52

Winnipeg Jets

WPG skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mark Scheifele C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.53	1	2	0	21:06	—	—	52	64
Kyle Connor L	L1	0	2	2	0	4	0.56	0	1	0	20:51	—	—	50	63
Gabriel Vilardi C	L1	2	0	2	0	5	1.23	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	59	77
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:28	—	—	46	56
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	33	48
Adam Lowry C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.24	1	1	0	14:43	—	—	50	61
Cole Perfetti C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	16:34	—	—	31	40
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	2	0	16:15	—	—	29	44
Nikolaj Ehlers L	L3	0	2	2	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	44	64
Morgan Barron C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	2	1	0	9:07	—	—	40	56
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	7:47	—	—	43	53
David Gustafsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	6:58	—	—	40	62
Josh Morrissey D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	1	2	24:32	—	—	48	58
Dylan DeMelo D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	2	1	0	19:33	—	—	48	58
Neal Pionk D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	4	0	21:20	—	—	41	54
Logan Stanley D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	1	2	2	18:21	—	—	47	64
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	0	15:03	—	—	29	36
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	1	0	14:17	—	—	42	60

WPG goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Hellebuyck(start)	W	22	22	0	.1000	1.73	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Dylan DeMelo (WPG) 2nd 17:18 · assists Morgan Barron, Logan Stanley · Forecheck turnover · 46.1 mph shot.

Dylan DeMelo · 2nd 17:18 · WPG

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 46.1 mph
Distance: 25 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Gabriel Vilardi · 3rd 13:44 · WPG PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3
Shot: 40.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft

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Gabriel Vilardi · 3rd 14:46 · WPG PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 6.6 mph
Distance: 5 ft
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.