Nashville Predators vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 1, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	9	7	9	25
PIT	1	1	1	3		PIT	9	14	13	36

: NSH 57PIT 70
: NSH 2.26PIT 4.27
PP goals: NSH 0PIT 0
Hits: NSH 19PIT 29
Blocks: NSH 15PIT 13
PIM: NSH 8PIT 4
: NSH 45%PIT 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 3–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 3–0 at home. Sidney Crosby (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for PIT: Heinen–Bunting–Glass skated 9:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:56.Crosby
Points
Erik Karlsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:08.Karlsson
Points
Rickard Rakell had 2 assists (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:47.Rakell
New line
New look for PIT: Heinen–Bunting–Glass skated 9:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Bunting Glass
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 2.26 expected goals (57 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +8 against a season average of 27.4; the loss.Saros
Usage
Anthony Beauvillier (PIT) played 16:07, +3:17 up on his 12:50 season average over 80 games.Beauvillier
Usage
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) played 18:47, +3:36 up on his 15:11 season average over 46 games.Joseph

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · PIT 70 · NSH 57

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 18% of the game, PIT 53%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

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	PIT
	59	74
	2.31	3.95
	2.15	3.72
	16	17
	8	2
	28	22
	−0.004	+0.004
	18%	53%

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

L1Sissons – McCarron – Smith
7:5053% CF
L2Novak – L'Heureux – Svechkov
7:3941% CF
L3Stamkos – Marchessault – Forsberg
6:2750% CF
L4Nyquist – O'Reilly – Evangelista
5:0257% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
13:1225% CF
D2Schenn – Josi
11:4155% CF
D3Barron – Wilsby
11:1950% CF

PK1FNyquist – McCarron
1:44
PK2FSissons – Smith
0:47
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
2:50
PK2DSchenn – Wilsby
1:42

Current NSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
12:3366% CF
L2Heinen – Bunting – Glass
9:2861% CF
L3Hayes – Beauvillier – Tomasino
6:4433% CF
L4Imama – Acciari – Lizotte
5:5956% CF
D1Karlsson – Grzelcyk
15:5471% CF
D2Letang – Joseph
15:5041% CF
D3Graves – Desharnais
13:4750% CF

PP1Crosby – Rust – Rakell – Grzelcyk – Bunting
3:2667% CF
PP2Letang – Karlsson – Hayes – Beauvillier – Tomasino
2:17

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Colton Sissons C	L1	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:33	—	—	48	30
Michael McCarron C	L1	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	48	40
Cole Smith R	L1	0	1	0.14	1	0	2	11:20	—	—	50	34
Fedor Svechkov C	L2	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	15:29	—	—	49	38
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	2	0.40	0	1	0	14:00	—	—	44	47
Zachary L'Heureux L	L2	0	1	0.17	4	1	4	11:57	—	—	43	45
Filip Forsberg L	L3	-1	3	0.19	1	1	0	16:52	—	—	43	31
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	-3	5	0.51	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	47	40
Steven Stamkos C	L3	-1	1	0.21	1	1	0	15:09	—	—	41	33
Gustav Nyquist R	L4	-1	0	0.19	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	36	24
Ryan O'Reilly C	L4	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	33	35
Luke Evangelista R	L4	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:26	—	—	50	43
Brady Skjei D	D1	-2	2	0.04	0	0	0	20:22	—	—	41	37
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:43	—	—	21	22
Roman Josi D	D2	-1	3	0.23	1	1	0	23:06	—	—	50	37
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	1	0.02	3	6	0	16:41	—	—	51	53
Adam Wilsby D	D3	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	20:09	—	—	42	38
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:04	—	—	48	34

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	35	33	2	.943	3.80	58:47

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.65	1	0	2	20:56	—	—	61	69
Rickard Rakell R	L1	0	2	2	+2	6	0.39	1	0	0	20:47	—	—	61	67
Bryan Rust R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.57	2	0	0	19:26	—	—	65	68
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.36	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	69	77
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	1	0	0	15:08	—	—	61	72
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	2	0	0	12:42	—	—	52	75
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	1	0	16:07	—	—	35	17
Kevin Hayes R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	2	0	0	12:14	—	—	44	43
Philip Tomasino R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	1	0	0	12:02	—	—	35	37
Noel Acciari C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	3	1	0	14:07	—	—	55	73
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	0	1	0	13:42	—	—	55	74
Bokondji Imama L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	4	0	2	6:52	—	—	56	81
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.17	0	0	0	22:08	—	—	71	80
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	20:56	—	—	74	79
Kris Letang D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.20	4	1	0	22:26	—	—	46	59
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	3	0	18:47	—	—	39	51
Vincent Desharnais D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	4	0	16:17	—	—	48	46
Ryan Graves D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:03	—	—	59	55

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.26	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Philip Tomasino (PIT) 1st 10:00 · assists Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang · Forecheck turnover · carried in · 56.9 mph shot · 9.8 s from entry to goal.

Philip Tomasino · 1st 10:00 · PIT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 56.9 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 9.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Sidney Crosby · 2nd 10:43 · PIT

Play: cycle
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 53.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: one-timer

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Bryan Rust · 3rd 17:59 · PIT EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.1 mph
Distance: 92 ft

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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.

Nashville Predators vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsFeb 1, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 3–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Pittsburgh Penguins

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Pittsburgh Penguins

Goal anatomy

Philip Tomasino · 1st 10:00 · PIT

Sidney Crosby · 2nd 10:43 · PIT

Bryan Rust · 3rd 17:59 · PIT EN