Nashville Predators vs. New York RangersOct 4, 2018

FinalThursday, Oct 4, 2018· Madison Square Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	2	3		NSH	9	15	9	33
NYR	0	1	1	2		NYR	7	17	12	36

: NSH 61NYR 58
: NSH 3.42NYR 2.94
PP goals: NSH 0NYR 0
Hits: NSH 21NYR 24
Blocks: NSH 11NYR 20
PIM: NSH 6NYR 4
: NSH 52%NYR 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge New York Rangers 3–2

Nashville Predators beat New York Rangers 3–2 at NYR. Colton Sissons (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +8 against a season average of 28.2; the win.

Points
Colton Sissons had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:48.Sissons
Points
Mattias Ekholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:57.Ekholm
Goalie
Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +8 against a season average of 28.2; the win.Rinne
Usage
Vladislav Namestnikov (NYR) played 9:35, −6:17 down on his 15:52 season average over 77 games.Namestnikov
Usage
Brett Howden (NYR) played 10:36, −4:24 down on his 15:00 season average over 65 games.Howden
Usage
Adam McQuaid (NYR) played 19:21, +3:39 up on his 15:42 season average over 49 games.McQuaid
Luck
Craig Smith (NSH) generated 1.20 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Smith
Usage
Brendan Smith (NYR) played 18:18, +3:03 up on his 15:15 season average over 62 games.Smith

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)NYR attacks right (top on phones) →

NYR
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · NYR 58 · NSH 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NYR
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NYR 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 42% of the game, NYR 23%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NYR

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	NYR
	67	61
	3.07	3.19
	3.04	3.11
	10	17
	8	6
	28	18
	+0.073	−0.073
	42%	23%

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 – Arvidsson
12:2854% CF
L2Bonino – Jarnkrok – Hartman
10:5159% CF
L3Turris – Smith – Fiala
10:3046% CF
L4Rinaldo – Salomaki – Sissons
5:4871% CF
D1Subban – Ekholm
16:0953% CF
D2Josi – Ellis
16:0853% CF
D3Hamhuis – Weber
11:1950% CF

PP1Subban – Smith – Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
1:03100% CF
PP2Bonino – Turris – Josi – Ellis – Fiala
0:54
PK1FJarnkrok – Sissons
0:43
PK2FJohansen – Forsberg
0:38
PK1DJosi – Ellis
0:58
PK2DSubban – Ekholm
0:54

Current NSH line combinations →

New York Rangers

L1Kreider – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
13:0852% CF
L2Zuccarello – Hayes – Vesey
12:5250% CF
L3Spooner – Fast – Chytil
10:0833% CF
L4Namestnikov – Howden – Lettieri
8:0154% CF
D1McQuaid – Skjei
15:2457% CF
D2Shattenkirk – Smith
14:3640% CF
D3Staal – Pionk
14:2543% CF

PP1Shattenkirk – Kreider – Zuccarello – Zibanejad – Buchnevich
1:09100% CF
PP2Spooner – Hayes – Vesey – Chytil – Pionk
0:46
PK1FHayes – Fast
0:56
PK2FZuccarello – Zibanejad
0:29
PK1DStaal – Pionk
1:13
PK2DMcQuaid – Skjei
0:40

Current NYR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:54
NSHFilip Forsberg (Kyle Turris, Craig Smith)wrist0.08 xG
NSH: Subban, Turris, Ekholm, Smith, ForsbergNYR: Namestnikov, Skjei, Howden, Lettieri, Pionk
NSH 1 – 0 NYR
7:37
NYRJesper Fast (Filip Chytil)snap0.17 xG
NSH: Bonino, Subban, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, HartmanNYR: McQuaid, Spooner, Fast, Skjei, Chytil
NSH 1 – 1 NYR

3rd period

3:28
NSHP.K. Subban (Mattias Ekholm, Colton Sissons)slap0.05 xG
NSH: Subban, Rinaldo, Ekholm, Salomaki, SissonsNYR: Shattenkirk, Smith, Spooner, Howden, Lettieri
NSH 2 – 1 NYR
18:36
NSHColton SissonsEN (Ryan Ellis, Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.40 xG
NSH: Bonino, Ellis, Ekholm, SissonsNYR: Shattenkirk, Kreider, Zuccarello, Zibanejad, Buchnevich
NSH 3 – 1 NYR
19:25
NYRPavel Buchnevich (Mika Zibanejad, Mats Zuccarello)tip-in0.06 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Josi, Johansen, ForsbergNYR: Shattenkirk, Kreider, Zuccarello, Zibanejad, Buchnevich
NSH 3 – 2 NYR

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	1	0	1	0	4	0.36	0	1	0	18:28	—	—	50	47
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	52	38
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	2	1	0	17:12	—	—	59	44
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	16:00	—	—	59	23
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	15:13	—	—	54	27
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:00	—	—	57	24
Kyle Turris C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.11	0	1	2	16:05	—	—	36	51
Craig Smith C	L3	0	1	1	+1	6	1.21	1	1	0	14:56	—	—	47	63
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	14:09	—	—	51	55
Colton Sissons C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.40	3	0	0	13:48	—	—	65	78
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:17	—	—	53	65
Zac Rinaldo C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.23	2	0	2	7:46	—	—	62	55
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.08	1	1	0	22:57	—	—	56	57
P.K. Subban D	D1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.09	3	2	2	22:39	—	—	54	58
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	0	0	23:03	—	—	56	43
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	22:42	—	—	50	39
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:04	—	—	39	38
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	1	1	0	13:32	—	—	55	55

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	36	34	2	.944	2.94	60:00

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	3	0	0	18:33	—	—	48	21
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	1	2	18:20	—	—	52	25
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	54	32
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.45	1	1	0	19:56	—	—	51	60
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	4	0	0	17:36	—	—	53	61
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	1	1	0	16:40	—	—	50	63
Jesper Fast R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.52	2	1	0	14:18	—	—	39	77
Ryan Spooner C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	1	1	0	12:59	—	—	37	59
Filip Chytil C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	39	64
Vinni Lettieri C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	3	0	2	10:45	—	—	48	35
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	55	43
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:35	—	—	50	21
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	2	0	20:20	—	—	61	65
Adam McQuaid D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	2	0	19:21	—	—	47	59
Kevin Shattenkirk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	7	0.24	1	4	0	20:41	—	—	50	53
Brendan Smith D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	4	0	18:18	—	—	38	43
Neal Pionk D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	1	0	19:48	—	—	43	39
Marc Staal D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	1	2	0	18:06	—	—	47	43

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	3.03	58:52

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.