Nashville Predators vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 16, 2025

FinalSunday, Nov 16, 2025· Avicii Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	2	8	11	21
PIT	3	0	1	4		PIT	11	4	7	22

: NSH 52PIT 48
: NSH 1.92PIT 3.27
PP goals: NSH 0PIT 0
Hits: NSH 27PIT 15
Blocks: NSH 11PIT 14
PIM: NSH 0PIT 6
: NSH 59%PIT 41%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Pittsburgh Penguins rout Nashville Predators 4–0

Pittsburgh Penguins beat Nashville Predators 4–0 at home. Blake Lizotte (PIT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for PIT: Malkin–Hayes–Mantha skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for PIT: Malkin–Hayes–Mantha skated 11:50 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Malkin Hayes Mantha
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New look for PIT: Crosby–Rust–Dewar skated 10:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Crosby Rust Dewar
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New look for PIT: Heinen–Koppanen–Lizotte skated 7:13 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Heinen Koppanen Lizotte
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New look for PIT: Novak–Tomasino–Kindel skated 9:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Novak Tomasino Kindel
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 1.92 expected goals (52 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Sidney Crosby (PIT) played 15:31, −3:46 down on his 19:17 season average over 67 games.Crosby
Usage
Ryan Graves (PIT) played 20:06, +5:01 up on his 15:05 season average over 21 games.Graves
Usage
Justin Barron (NSH) played 10:12, −4:08 down on his 14:20 season average over 51 games.Barron

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 100 of 100 attempts · PIT 48 · NSH 52

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 22% of the game, PIT 40%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

PIT 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
Stat	NSH	PIT
	46	53
	1.03	3.47
	0.98	3.32
	7	17
	5	4
	20	22
	+0.079	−0.079
	22%	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

L1O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
10:4255% CF
L2Stamkos – Haula – Marchessault
9:1933% CF
L3McCarron – Bunting – Wiesblatt
4:5280% CF
D1Skjei – Perbix
14:4761% CF
D2Hague – Blankenburg
10:0728% CF
D3Stastney – Wilsby
7:5569% CF

PP1Stamkos – Marchessault – Bunting – Blankenburg – Wood
2:4383% CF
PP2O'Reilly – Haula – Skjei – Forsberg – Evangelista
2:02100% CF

Current NSH line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Hayes – Mantha
11:5065% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Dewar
10:5031% CF
L3Novak – Tomasino – Kindel
9:1571% CF
L4Heinen – Koppanen – Lizotte
7:1350% CF
D1Clifton – Graves
17:0827% CF
D2Letang – Shea
14:5262% CF
D3Karlsson – Wotherspoon
14:3158% CF

PK1FDewar – Lizotte
2:38
PK2FRust – Koppanen
2:10
PK1DKarlsson – Wotherspoon
2:21
PK2DLetang – Shea
1:22

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:19
PITParker Wotherspoon (Erik Karlsson, Joona Koppanen)snap0.04 xG
NSH: Skjei, Bunting, Perbix, Svechkov, WoodPIT: Karlsson, Heinen, Wotherspoon, Koppanen, Lizotte
NSH 0 – 1 PIT
8:08
PITEvgeni Malkin (Kevin Hayes, Anthony Mantha)wrist0.35 xG
NSH: McCarron, Bunting, Hague, Wiesblatt, BlankenburgPIT: Malkin, Letang, Hayes, Mantha, Shea
NSH 0 – 2 PIT
10:13
PITSidney Crosbywrist0.05 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Hague, Barron, Svechkov, WoodPIT: Crosby, Letang, Rust, Shea, Koppanen
NSH 0 – 3 PIT

3rd period

17:12
PITBlake LizotteENwrist0.25 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Haula, Marchessault, Skjei, Forsberg, BlankenburgPIT: Letang, Rust, Shea, Koppanen, Lizotte
NSH 0 – 4 PIT

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		PP	SH
Filip Forsberg L	L1	-1	1	0.05	6	0	20:42	—	—	67	35
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	2	0.28	2	0	19:54	—	—	63	31
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0.00	0	1	18:55	—	—	55	36
Steven Stamkos C	L2	-2	2	0.17	1	0	19:59	—	—	25	5
Jonathan Marchessault R	L2	-1	3	0.14	1	1	19:30	—	—	36	7
Erik Haula L	L2	-1	0	0.00	0	2	16:37	—	—	44	18
Michael Bunting L	L3	-2	1	0.00	0	0	18:34	—	—	57	25
Michael McCarron C	L3	-1	1	0.18	2	1	15:02	—	—	48	19
Ozzy Wiesblatt C	L3	-1	1	0.14	4	0	12:36	—	—	52	22
Brady Skjei D	D1	-2	3	0.11	2	0	19:34	—	—	58	32
Nick Perbix D	D1	-1	2	0.13	3	0	17:49	—	—	62	33
Nicolas Hague D	D2	-2	1	0.04	2	0	18:47	—	—	36	25
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	-2	0	0.07	1	2	17:23	—	—	29	16
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	1	0.01	0	1	14:51	—	—	62	30
Adam Wilsby D	D3	0	2	0.02	0	2	14:23	—	—	48	12
Matthew Wood R	—	-2	1	0.60	1	0	15:16	—	—	38	43
Fedor Svechkov C	—	-2	0	0.00	2	1	10:34	—	—	38	29
Justin Barron D	—	-1	0	0.00	0	0	10:12	—	—	20	3

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	3.02	59:22

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	1.21	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	58	92
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	0	0	14:06	—	—	57	90
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.38	1	1	0	13:27	—	—	60	93
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.01	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	39	53
Connor Dewar C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	27	53
Sidney Crosby C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	1	0	15:31	—	—	52	72
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	1	0	0	13:41	—	—	67	66
Ben Kindel C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	58	37
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	1	0	0	11:39	—	—	75	73
Blake Lizotte C	L4	1	0	1	+2	3	0.40	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	47	87
Joona Koppanen L	L4	0	1	1	+3	1	0.12	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	59	93
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.25	2	2	0	10:57	—	—	46	58
Ryan Graves D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	2	20:06	—	—	36	38
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	19:28	—	—	36	57
Kris Letang D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.02	0	1	0	20:28	—	—	62	84
Ryan Shea D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:30	—	—	63	84
Erik Karlsson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:00	—	—	57	84
Parker Wotherspoon D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	3	0	2	20:22	—	—	62	85

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Sergei Murashov(start)	W	21	21	0	.1000	1.92	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Parker Wotherspoon (PIT) 1st 2:19 · assists Erik Karlsson, Joona Koppanen · Point shot · 47.6 mph shot.

Parker Wotherspoon · 1st 2:19 · PIT

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4
Shot: 47.6 mph
Distance: 61 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Sidney Crosby · 1st 10:13 · PIT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 67.4 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Type: rebound

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Blake Lizotte · 3rd 17:12 · PIT EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 61.4 mph
Distance: 89 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

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.