Nashville Predators vs. Florida PanthersMar 20, 2021

FinalSaturday, Mar 20, 2021· BB&T Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	7	6	8	21
FLA	0	1	1	2		FLA	22	12	15	49

: NSH 42FLA 76
: NSH 1.92FLA 5.62
PP goals: NSH 0FLA 1
Hits: NSH 20FLA 23
Blocks: NSH 21FLA 10
PIM: NSH 12FLA 8
: NSH 52%FLA 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Florida Panthers beat Nashville Predators 2–0

Florida Panthers beat Nashville Predators 2–0 at home. Anthony Duclair (FLA) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 48 shots and stopped 47 (.979), +18 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.

Points
Anthony Duclair had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:28.Duclair
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 48 shots and stopped 47 (.979), +18 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.Saros
Luck
FLA scored 2 goals on 5.62 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for FLA: Acciari–Marchment–Lomberg skated 9:31 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Acciari Marchment Lomberg
Usage
Mathieu Olivier (NSH) played 3:24, −7:47 down on his 11:11 season average over 29 games.Olivier
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 1.92 expected goals (42 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Carter Verhaeghe (FLA) played 14:48, −3:00 down on his 17:48 season average over 42 games.Verhaeghe
Usage
Mattias Ekholm (NSH) played 28:03, +5:17 up on his 22:46 season average over 47 games.Ekholm

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)FLA attacks right (top on phones) →

FLA
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · FLA 76 · NSH 42

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

FLA
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

FLA 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 17% of the game, FLA 64%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

FLA

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	FLA
	11	17
	0.24	0.66
	0.24	0.63
	0	6
	1	1
	2	1
	+0.022	−0.022
	17%	64%

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 – Tolvanen
8:1617% CF
L2Jarnkrok – Granlund – Arvidsson
7:1767% CF
L3Haula – Cousins – Grimaldi
4:1350% CF
L4Sissons – Trenin – Olivier
1:490% CF
D1Ekholm – Carrier
10:3263% CF
D2Harpur – Fabbro
7:3217% CF
D3Benning – Davies
7:1350% CF

PP1Ekholm – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg – Tolvanen
4:02
PP2Haula – Jarnkrok – Cousins – Arvidsson – Carrier
1:52
PK1FJarnkrok – Granlund
2:37
PK2FHaula – Sissons
1:06
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
3:55
PK2DBenning – Fabbro
2:19

Current NSH line combinations →

Florida Panthers

L1Duclair – Verhaeghe – Barkov
9:3986% CF
L2Acciari – Marchment – Lomberg
9:31100% CF
L3Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Wennberg
7:1620% CF
L4Vatrano – Tippett – Luostarinen
7:0625% CF
D1Weegar – Ekblad
13:15100% CF
D2Stralman – Forsling
11:3538% CF
D3Yandle – Gudas
6:5150% CF

PP1Yandle – Hornqvist – Huberdeau – Barkov – Ekblad
7:40100% CF
PP2Wennberg – Forsling – Vatrano – Marchment – Tippett
1:34100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Luostarinen
3:10
PK2FBarkov – Acciari
1:24
PK1DWeegar – Ekblad
3:37
PK2DGudas – Forsling
2:17

Current FLA line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:15
FLAAleksander BarkovPP (Anthony Duclair, MacKenzie Weegar)backhand0.10 xG
NSH: Grimaldi, Sissons, Harpur, Trenin, FabbroFLA: Gudas, Weegar, Duclair, Verhaeghe, Barkov
NSH 0 – 1 FLA

3rd period

19:45
FLAAnthony DuclairEN (Carter Verhaeghe)wrist0.97 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg, Sissons, TolvanenFLA: Weegar, Duclair, Verhaeghe, Barkov, Ekblad
NSH 0 – 2 FLA

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	2	0.40	0	0	0	21:09	—	—	30	33
Ryan Johansen C	L1	-1	0	0.13	0	1	0	20:48	—	—	13	15
Eeli Tolvanen R	L1	-1	4	0.30	2	1	0	17:08	—	—	14	19
Mikael Granlund C	L2	-1	1	0.02	1	2	0	21:26	—	—	50	49
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	16:32	—	—	57	39
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	1	0.26	0	0	0	15:46	—	—	50	49
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:22	—	—	75	84
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	2	0.20	0	0	2	14:25	—	—	50	65
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:52	—	—	75	84
Colton Sissons C	L4	-2	0	0.24	0	1	0	12:03	—	—	33	11
Yakov Trenin C	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:20	—	—	0	0
Mathieu Olivier R	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	3:24	—	—	25	9
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	-1	4	0.18	4	2	0	28:03	—	—	63	34
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	2	0.06	2	3	2	20:58	—	—	50	31
Dante Fabbro D	D2	-1	1	0.05	3	2	0	20:11	—	—	14	19
Ben Harpur D	D2	-1	1	0.03	1	3	2	16:23	—	—	25	21
Matt Benning D	D3	0	1	0.01	4	3	0	15:35	—	—	33	18
Jeremy Davies D	D3	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	50	32

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	48	47	1	.979	4.65	58:42

Florida Panthers

FLA skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Aleksander Barkov C	L1	1	0	1	+2	5	0.65	1	0	2	22:30	—	—	88	81
Anthony Duclair L	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	1.22	1	0	4	16:28	—	—	88	81
Carter Verhaeghe C	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.53	0	0	0	14:48	—	—	86	72
Noel Acciari C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:43	—	—	100	100
Mason Marchment L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	12:02	—	—	80	93
Ryan Lomberg L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	11:18	—	—	100	100
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L3	0	0	0	0	8	0.74	0	0	2	17:58	—	—	33	40
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	16:34	—	—	38	65
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	2	1	0	16:19	—	—	20	28
Eetu Luostarinen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:42	—	—	25	16
Owen Tippett R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	10:33	—	—	43	73
Frank Vatrano R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	9:24	—	—	33	70
Aaron Ekblad D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.47	0	1	0	29:55	—	—	100	100
MacKenzie Weegar D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.38	3	3	0	21:36	—	—	86	76
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	3	2	0	20:42	—	—	50	66
Anton Stralman D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	15:26	—	—	44	47
Keith Yandle D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	50	84
Radko Gudas D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	0	12:57	—	—	73	78

FLA goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Chris Driedger(start)	W	21	21	0	.1000	1.92	59:29

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.