Nashville Predators vs. Los Angeles KingsJan 18, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	2	0	2		NSH	11	11	11	33
LAK	0	1	0	1		LAK	8	13	13	34

: NSH 66LAK 78
: NSH 2.55LAK 3.09
PP goals: NSH 1LAK 1
Hits: NSH 29LAK 22
Blocks: NSH 23LAK 16
PIM: NSH 10LAK 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

Nashville Predators beat Los Angeles Kings 2–1 at LAK. Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Sissons) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 2:35 together.

Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:10.O'Reilly
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Sissons) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 2:35 together.Josi Nyquist O'Reilly Forsberg Sissons
New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–Trenin–Smith skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons Trenin Smith
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 3.09 expected goals (78 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Gurianov–Glass–Tomasino skated 5:14 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gurianov Glass Tomasino
New line
New look for NSH: Novak–Parssinen–Evangelista skated 4:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Novak Parssinen Evangelista
Usage
Kevin Fiala (LAK) played 21:06, +3:06 up on his 18:00 season average over 81 games.Fiala
Usage
Trevor Lewis (LAK) played 6:38, −5:04 down on his 11:42 season average over 81 games.Lewis

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 144 of 144 attempts · LAK 78 · NSH 66

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 40% 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
	60	64
	1.84	1.48
	1.77	1.44
	10	11
	7	4
	16	11
	−0.013	+0.013
	40%	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

L1Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg
8:3561% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Smith
6:2642% CF
L3Gurianov – Glass – Tomasino
5:1456% CF
L4Novak – Parssinen – Evangelista
4:3475% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
13:2236% CF
D2Lauzon – Carrier
12:4744% CF
D3McDonagh – Schenn
11:1971% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Sissons
2:3592% CF
PP2Josi – Nyquist – Novak – Glass – Evangelista
0:52100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Trenin
2:41
PK2FSissons – Smith
2:31
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
3:14
PK2DSchenn – Carrier
2:23

Current NSH line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Fiala – Moore
12:1760% CF
L2Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
8:0443% CF
L3Dubois – Anderson-Dolan – Laferriere
6:0964% CF
L4Lewis – Grundstrom – Kaliyev
6:0264% CF
D1Gavrikov – Roy
15:1953% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
14:1356% CF
D3Englund – Spence
9:4455% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
5:17100% CF
PP2Danault – Dubois – Moore – Spence – Laferriere
1:5380% CF
PK1FDanault – Moore
2:15
PK2FKopitar – Byfield
0:38
PK1DGavrikov – Roy
2:10
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
0:38

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:56
NSHRyan O'ReillyPP (Roman Josi, Colton Sissons)tip-in0.10 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, SissonsLAK: Danault, Gavrikov, Roy, Anderson-Dolan
NSH 1 – 0 LAK
8:52
LAKDrew DoughtyPP (Adrian Kempe, Kevin Fiala)slap0.08 xG
NSH: Sissons, Lauzon, Carrier, SmithLAK: Kopitar, Doughty, Fiala, Kempe, Grundstrom
NSH 1 – 1 LAK
13:40
NSHGustav Nyquist (Luke Schenn, Ryan O'Reilly)snap0.20 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Schenn, Nyquist, O'Reilly, ForsbergLAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Englund, Moore, Spence
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
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	+1	6	0.69	4	0	2	18:50	—	—	59	80
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.25	0	3	0	18:10	—	—	63	88
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	1	2	+1	5	0.53	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	57	76
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	4	0	0	18:05	—	—	41	41
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	3	4	2	17:56	—	—	35	56
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	1	0	16:13	—	—	28	22
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	12:17	—	—	44	56
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:55	—	—	47	56
Denis Gurianov R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	1	1	0	10:52	—	—	50	64
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	12:10	—	—	64	56
Juuso Parssinen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	11:17	—	—	48	37
Luke Evangelista R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:41	—	—	40	26
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.23	0	5	0	23:13	—	—	42	43
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	2	2	14:47	—	—	37	45
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	4	5	2	20:36	—	—	39	61
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:43	—	—	48	63
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	0	0	2	23:30	—	—	65	63
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.07	3	1	0	15:26	—	—	63	62

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	34	33	1	.971	3.09	59:52

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.54	0	0	0	21:20	—	—	58	38
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	2	0	0	21:06	—	—	61	50
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	1	0	20:43	—	—	54	46
Anze Kopitar C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.19	1	0	0	23:26	—	—	37	19
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.21	3	0	0	21:51	—	—	29	13
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	2	16:59	—	—	45	39
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	3	0	2	17:32	—	—	46	51
Alex Laferriere R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.53	0	0	0	11:48	—	—	62	63
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	63	64
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	5	0	0	7:54	—	—	58	38
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	7:21	—	—	62	44
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	6:38	—	—	64	38
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	0	5	0	22:10	—	—	47	35
Matt Roy D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.07	2	3	2	18:43	—	—	54	38
Drew Doughty D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	0	3	0	26:31	—	—	50	35
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	16:17	—	—	55	43
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	0	2	0	15:44	—	—	52	55
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	11:19	—	—	55	58

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	33	31	2	.939	2.55	57:33

Goal anatomy

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

Ryan O'Reilly (NSH PP) 2nd 7:56 · assists Roman Josi, Colton Sissons · Deflection · 54.5 mph shot.

Ryan O'Reilly · 2nd 7:56 · NSH PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: deflection

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Drew Doughty · 2nd 8:52 · LAK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 77.2 mph
Distance: 44 ft

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Gustav Nyquist · 2nd 13:40 · NSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 50.5 mph
Distance: 14 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.