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Nashville Predators vs. Seattle KrakenJan 1, 2026

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NSH
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SEA
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Goals123TShots123T
NSH0101NSH79925
SEA3014SEA137323
NSH 64SEA 54
NSH 1.91SEA 2.69
PP goals
NSH 1SEA 0
Hits
NSH 23SEA 20
Blocks
NSH 16SEA 21
PIM
NSH 2SEA 4
NSH 53%SEA 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Seattle Kraken beat Nashville Predators 4–1

Seattle Kraken beat Nashville Predators 4–1 at home. Matty Beniers (SEA) led the scoring with 2G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:50 together.

  1. Points
    Matty Beniers had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:55.Beniers
  2. PP1
    NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:50 together.StamkosJosiO'ReillyForsbergEvangelista
  3. Usage
    Ryker Evans (SEA) played 20:48, +3:02 up on his 17:46 season average over 66 games.Evans
  4. Usage
    Erik Haula (NSH) played 12:48, −3:55 down on his 16:43 season average over 80 games.Haula
  5. Usage
    Tyson Jost (NSH) played 9:26, −3:01 down on his 12:27 season average over 68 games.Jost
  6. Cats
    Eeli Tolvanen (SEA) blocked 5 shots in 17:38.Tolvanen

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.

Shot map, NSH at SEA: 118 attempts, 48 on goal, 5 goals, 4.60 expected goals; best chance Jared McCann at 0.37 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)SEA attacks right (top on phones) →
  • SEA
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · SEA 54 · NSH 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NSH at SEA: expected goals 2.69 to 1.91 (SEA led the chances), shot attempts 54 to 64, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.01st2nd3rdSEANSHBOBJMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • SEA
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
SEANSHcontrol2nd3rdBeniers · 1st 3:48Oleksiak · 1st 10:41Beniers · 1st 10:51Josi · 2nd 17:34McCann · 3rd 17:47
  • SEA 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, SEA 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NSH at SEA: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Philipp Grubauer (60:00) for SEA and Juuse Saros (57:49) for NSH, 5 goals.

SEA
NSH
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

SEA skaters (rows) against NSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the SEA side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, SEA rows versus NSH columns: 249 matchups; most common Gaudreau vs O'Reilly, 11:22 at 4% xGF.

SEA ↓ · NSH →McCarronSmithSchaeferO'ReillyForsbergStamkosEvangelistaBuntingHaulaWoodSvechkovJostHagueBlankenburgJosiPerbixSkjeiWilsbyL1 GaudreauL1 TolvanenL1 StephensonL2 BeniersL2 EberleL2 KakkoL3 MeyersL3 WintertonL3 MelansonL4 McCannL4 CattonL4 WrightD1 LarssonD1 DunnD2 EvansD2 OleksiakD3 FleuryD3 Lindgren
SEA xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatNSHSEA
7261
2.102.20
2.002.10
2613
78
2826
+0.030−0.031
35%32%

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

Current NSH line combinations →

Seattle Kraken

Current SEA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 3:48
    SEAMatty Beniers (Ryker Evans)tip-in0.07 xG
    NSH: Jost, Hague, Smith, Wilsby, SvechkovSEA: Eberle, Oleksiak, Kakko, Beniers, Evans
    NSH 0 – 1 SEA
  2. 10:41
    SEAJamie Oleksiak (Ryan Winterton, Jacob Melanson)wrist0.06 xG
    NSH: Josi, Forsberg, Wilsby, Svechkov, WoodSEA: Eberle, Oleksiak, Winterton, Evans, Meyers
    NSH 0 – 2 SEA
  3. 10:51
    SEAMatty Beniers (Jordan Eberle, Kaapo Kakko)other0.11 xG
    NSH: Josi, Forsberg, Jost, Perbix, WoodSEA: Eberle, Larsson, Dunn, Kakko, Beniers
    NSH 0 – 3 SEA

2nd period

  1. 17:34
    NSHRoman JosiPP (Ryan O'Reilly, Luke Evangelista)wrist0.14 xG
    NSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, EvangelistaSEA: Oleksiak, Stephenson, Lindgren, Tolvanen
    NSH 1 – 3 SEA

3rd period

  1. 17:47
    SEAJared McCannEN (Ryan Lindgren)wrist0.37 xG
    NSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Bunting, EvangelistaSEA: Eberle, Larsson, McCann, Lindgren, Beniers
    NSH 1 – 4 SEA

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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Michael McCarron CL1000040.2441014:24——7454
Cole Smith RL1000-120.0350013:36——6852
Reid Schaefer LL1000010.0830012:23——7157
Ryan O'Reilly CL2011-130.1700021:26——7481
Filip Forsberg LL2000-310.0410020:19——5836
Steven Stamkos CL2000-120.3911019:16——7979
Luke Evangelista RL3011-110.0501018:55——4158
Michael Bunting LL3000-110.1700016:35——5160
Erik Haula LL3000030.1712212:48——5264
Matthew Wood RL4000-200.0001011:25——2615
Fedor Svechkov CL4000-210.1000011:25——2014
Tyson Jost CL4000-210.103009:26——3641
Nicolas Hague DD1000-110.0222019:51——6152
Nick Blankenburg DD1000000.1421018:13——6862
Roman Josi DD2101-330.1802023:48——3945
Nick Perbix DD2000-100.0102017:48——4851
Brady Skjei DD3000010.0212020:39——5839
Adam Wilsby DD3000-200.0001017:54——6231
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Juuse Saros(start)L22193.8641.8357:49

Seattle Kraken

SEA skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Frederick Gaudreau CL1000000.0002017:58——163
Eeli Tolvanen RL1000010.1255017:38——1515
Chandler Stephenson CL1000000.0011017:20——1215
Matty Beniers CL2202+320.5000017:55——3540
Jordan Eberle RL2011+410.2901016:02——3645
Kaapo Kakko RL2011+220.2200013:32——4252
Ben Meyers CL3000+110.0720013:28——6876
Ryan Winterton CL3011+120.2700011:46——6875
Jacob Melanson RL3011010.2850011:05——6873
Jared McCann LL4101+140.4710014:28——7276
Berkly Catton CL4000030.2710014:18——7073
Shane Wright CL4000010.0100013:11——6988
Adam Larsson DD1000+220.0932222:43——5248
Vince Dunn DD1000+100.0001220:40——5965
Ryker Evans DD2011+200.0013020:48——5075
Jamie Oleksiak DD2101+210.0604018:27——5373
Cale Fleury DD3000000.0101018:03——3428
Ryan Lindgren DD3011+120.0211017:52——2613
SEA goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Philipp Grubauer(start)W25241.9601.9160:00

Goal anatomy

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

Matty Beniers (SEA) 1st 3:48 · assists Ryker Evans · Deflection · 46.1 mph shot.

Matty Beniers · 1st 10:51 · SEA

Play
rebound
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
9.8 mph
Distance
15 ft
Entry to goal
4.7 s
Type
rebound

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