Nashville Predators vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 14, 2019

FinalThursday, Mar 14, 2019· STAPLES Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	2	0	3		NSH	10	15	9	34
LAK	0	1	0	1		LAK	8	9	9	26

: NSH 58LAK 60
: NSH 2.99LAK 2.11
PP goals: NSH 0LAK 0
Hits: NSH 15LAK 21
Blocks: NSH 19LAK 11
PIM: NSH 4LAK 2
: NSH 58%LAK 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1

Nashville Predators beat Los Angeles Kings 3–1 at LAK. Colton Sissons (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NSH: Boyle–Grimaldi–Gaudreau skated 8:08 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Colton Sissons had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:23.Sissons
New line
New look for NSH: Boyle–Grimaldi–Gaudreau skated 8:08 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyle Grimaldi Gaudreau
Usage
Mikael Granlund (NSH) played 15:21, −3:02 down on his 18:23 season average over 78 games.Granlund
Usage
P.K. Subban (NSH) played 25:41, +3:04 up on his 22:37 season average over 62 games.Subban
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 22:02, −3:10 down on his 25:12 season average over 81 games.Josi
Cats
Roman Josi (NSH) blocked 5 shots in 22:02.Josi

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)LAK attacks right (top on phones) →

LAK
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · LAK 60 · NSH 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

LAK 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 35% of the game, LAK 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

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	LAK
	65	62
	3.28	2.00
	3.01	1.92
	11	10
	6	5
	12	8
	+0.058	−0.057
	35%	27%

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

L1Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
13:2954% CF
L2Bonino – Simmonds – Granlund
12:1150% CF
L3Smith – Jarnkrok – Sissons
9:1875% CF
L4Boyle – Grimaldi – Gaudreau
8:0847% CF
D1Subban – Ekholm
18:3352% CF
D2Josi – Ellis
16:2045% CF
D3Weber – Irwin
10:3964% CF

PP1Boyle – Subban – Smith – Johansen – Arvidsson
0:5250% CF
PP2Bonino – Simmonds – Josi – Granlund – Forsberg
0:4750% CF
PK1FBonino – Sissons
1:09
PK2FJarnkrok – Forsberg
1:07
PK1DSubban – Ekholm
2:29
PK2DWeber – Josi
0:37

Current NSH line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
14:0864% CF
L2Toffoli – Kempe – Grundstrom
10:5171% CF
L3Kovalchuk – Carter – Leipsic
10:1224% CF
L4Lewis – Clifford – Wagner
8:0150% CF
D1Doughty – Forbort
18:4935% CF
D2Martinez – Roy
15:5449% CF
D3Phaneuf – LaDue
13:2170% CF

PP1Kovalchuk – Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Iafallo
2:0467% CF
PP2Carter – Martinez – Toffoli – Leipsic – Kempe
1:270% CF
PK1FCarter – Lewis
0:45
PK2FBrown – Kopitar
0:31
PK1DMartinez – Roy
1:00
PK2DDoughty – Forbort
0:51

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:04
NSHViktor Arvidsson (Ryan Johansen)slap0.01 xG
NSH: Subban, Ellis, Ekholm, Johansen, ArvidssonLAK: Kovalchuk, Phaneuf, Brown, Doughty, Iafallo
NSH 1 – 0 LAK

2nd period

2:54
LAKAustin Wagner (Trevor Lewis, Matt Roy)tip-in0.06 xG
NSH: Boyle, Josi, Irwin, Grimaldi, GaudreauLAK: Lewis, Martinez, Clifford, Wagner, Roy
NSH 1 – 1 LAK
15:32
NSHCraig Smith (Colton Sissons, Calle Jarnkrok)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Smith, Jarnkrok, SissonsLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Martinez, Roy, Iafallo
NSH 2 – 1 LAK
17:59
NSHColton Sissonsslap0.15 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Smith, Jarnkrok, SissonsLAK: Kovalchuk, Carter, Martinez, Leipsic, Roy
NSH 3 – 1 LAK

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 Johansen C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	1	0	0	20:11	—	—	48	63
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.31	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	50	64
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	54	66
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	48	29
Wayne Simmonds R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	1	2	15:36	—	—	48	33
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	1	0	15:21	—	—	54	40
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:15	—	—	53	85
Colton Sissons C	L3	1	1	2	+2	4	0.52	2	0	0	13:23	—	—	56	89
Craig Smith C	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.24	1	0	0	13:12	—	—	65	88
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	1	2	0	11:32	—	—	39	50
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	10:04	—	—	52	59
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	9:58	—	—	50	55
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	1	3	0	25:41	—	—	54	61
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	4	0	24:00	—	—	50	61
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.02	1	1	2	22:13	—	—	46	58
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.16	2	5	0	22:02	—	—	44	62
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	12:49	—	—	61	70
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	1	0	11:28	—	—	56	61

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.11	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	2	3	0	21:49	—	—	63	43
Dustin Brown R	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	1	0	0	21:18	—	—	59	42
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	16:56	—	—	63	52
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	67	64
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	61	47
Carl Grundstrom R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	3	1	0	14:00	—	—	55	40
Jeff Carter C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:43	—	—	26	15
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.27	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	23	18
Brendan Leipsic L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	14:57	—	—	23	18
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	53	55
Kyle Clifford L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.28	2	0	0	10:52	—	—	50	45
Austin Wagner L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	5	0	0	9:21	—	—	37	30
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	1	0	24:37	—	—	40	20
Derek Forbort D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	0	1	0	20:47	—	—	32	18
Alec Martinez D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.21	1	2	0	20:51	—	—	50	46
Matt Roy D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	3	1	0	17:50	—	—	46	41
Dion Phaneuf D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	2	15:10	—	—	70	47
Paul LaDue D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	71	50

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	2.99	57:31

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.