Nashville Predators vs. Los Angeles KingsMar 11, 2023

Final / SOSaturday, Mar 11, 2023· Crypto.com Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	1	0	0	0	1	2		NSH	10	8	7	5	30
LAK	1	0	0	0	0	1		LAK	10	6	8	3	27

: NSH 63LAK 69
: NSH 2.68LAK 3.14
PP goals: NSH 1LAK 0
Hits: NSH 33LAK 23
Blocks: NSH 21LAK 15
PIM: NSH 8LAK 6
: NSH 45%LAK 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Los Angeles Kings 2–1 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 in a shootout at LAK. Tommy Novak (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for LAK: Danault–Arvidsson–Moore skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for LAK: Danault–Arvidsson–Moore skated 12:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Danault Arvidsson Moore
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 3.14 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Jankowski–McCarron–Afanasyev skated 7:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jankowski McCarron Afanasyev
Luck
NSH scored 1 goal on 2.68 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Tommy Novak (NSH) played 17:57, +3:22 up on his 14:35 season average over 50 games.Novak
Usage
Cole Smith (NSH) played 17:38, +4:58 up on his 12:40 season average over 68 games.Smith
Usage
Phillip Danault (LAK) played 22:21, +4:04 up on his 18:17 season average over 81 games.Danault
Usage
Viktor Arvidsson (LAK) played 20:56, +3:53 up on his 17:03 season average over 76 games.Arvidsson

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 132 of 132 attempts · LAK 69 · NSH 63

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 24% of the game, LAK 40%.

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
	52	71
	1.24	2.96
	1.21	2.81
	8	8
	2	6
	8	6
	−0.013	+0.013
	24%	40%

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

L1Duchene – Glass – Tomasino
12:0043% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Smith
10:5721% CF
L3Novak – Sherwood – Evangelista
10:2341% CF
L4Jankowski – McCarron – Afanasyev
7:1740% CF
D1McDonagh – Barrie
15:5320% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
13:4350% CF
D3Lauzon – Foote
11:1557% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Novak – Glass – Evangelista
0:53100% CF
PP2Barrie – Sissons – Trenin – Sherwood – Tomasino
0:46100% CF
PK1FSissons – Smith
3:29
PK2FJankowski – Trenin
1:20
PK1DMcDonagh – Fabbro
2:05
PK2DLauzon – Foote
1:18

Current NSH line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
12:5266% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
10:4363% CF
L3Vilardi – Iafallo – Lizotte
10:0257% CF
L4Grundstrom – MacEwen – Kupari
8:2035% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
19:1862% CF
D2Gavrikov – Roy
16:2550% CF
D3Edler – Walker
10:0765% CF

PP1Danault – Arvidsson – Moore – Iafallo – Walker
3:0775% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Vilardi – Byfield
2:3550% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
0:54
PK2FMoore – Lizotte
0:38
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
0:46
PK2DGavrikov – Roy
0:38

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:32
LAKMikey Anderson (Gabriel Vilardi, Alex Iafallo)snap0.13 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Barrie, Novak, Sherwood, EvangelistaLAK: Doughty, Anderson, Vilardi, Iafallo, Lizotte
NSH 0 – 1 LAK
19:04
NSHTommy NovakPP (Cody Glass)snap0.07 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Novak, Glass, EvangelistaLAK: Edler, Danault, Walker, Kupari
NSH 1 – 1 LAK

Decided in the shootout: NSH 2 – 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
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.16	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	50	37
Cody Glass C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.30	1	0	0	17:24	—	—	49	35
Philip Tomasino R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.53	1	2	0	16:26	—	—	40	26
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	2	2	0	19:29	—	—	27	17
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	0	0	17:38	—	—	27	8
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	2	2	2	15:40	—	—	35	15
Tommy Novak C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.35	1	1	0	17:57	—	—	48	31
Luke Evangelista R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	43	34
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	8	0	2	14:01	—	—	52	39
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	1	0	11:01	—	—	44	32
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	8:41	—	—	40	32
Egor Afanasyev L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	8:24	—	—	44	32
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	5	0	23:55	—	—	27	13
Tyson Barrie D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	0	1	0	22:43	—	—	32	18
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.14	0	1	2	27:19	—	—	47	41
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	4	2	2	18:46	—	—	52	37
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	3	0	0	16:44	—	—	43	23
Cal Foote D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:49	—	—	56	36

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	3.14	64:51

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	1	0	0	22:21	—	—	67	70
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.35	2	2	0	20:56	—	—	61	66
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:59	—	—	57	60
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	2	0	20:43	—	—	66	78
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.40	3	0	2	18:37	—	—	61	66
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	15:12	—	—	65	76
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	2	15:39	—	—	53	73
Gabriel Vilardi C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	2	0	0	14:12	—	—	56	72
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	53	66
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.51	2	0	0	10:33	—	—	38	66
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	4	1	0	10:29	—	—	52	76
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.37	3	0	0	10:22	—	—	50	76
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	0	0	28:47	—	—	63	71
Mikey Anderson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.21	2	3	0	21:17	—	—	62	69
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	4	0	20:35	—	—	51	65
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	3	2	20:23	—	—	51	69
Sean Walker D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	16:28	—	—	62	78
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	62	77

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	O	30	29	1	.967	2.68	65:00

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.