Nashville Predators vs. Detroit Red WingsFeb 25, 2021

FinalThursday, Feb 25, 2021· Little Caesars Arena

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Detroit Red WingsDET

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	0	1	2		NSH	12	13	14	39
DET	1	1	3	5		DET	11	10	11	32

: NSH 61DET 57
: NSH 3.16DET 4.14
PP goals: NSH 1DET 0
Hits: NSH 13DET 15
Blocks: NSH 13DET 9
PIM: NSH 8DET 8
: NSH 42%DET 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Detroit Red Wings beat Nashville Predators 5–2

Detroit Red Wings beat Nashville Predators 5–2 at home. Sam Gagner (DET) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:03 together.

Points
Sam Gagner had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 13:06.Gagner
Points
Luke Glendening had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:02.Glendening
Points
Bobby Ryan had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:19.Ryan
Points
Darren Helm had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:04.Helm
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:03 together.Josi Johansen Granlund Forsberg Tolvanen
New line
New look for DET: Mantha–Larkin–Fabbri skated 9:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Mantha Larkin Fabbri
New line
New look for DET: Ryan–Namestnikov–Zadina skated 8:58 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ryan Namestnikov Zadina
Goalie
Jonathan Bernier (DET) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +7 against a season average of 31.5; the win.Bernier

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)DET attacks right (top on phones) →

DET
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · DET 57 · NSH 61

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DET
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DET 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 32% of the game, DET 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DET

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	DET
	60	55
	3.24	3.21
	3.12	2.97
	12	13
	5	0
	8	6
	−0.045	+0.045
	32%	27%

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

L1Granlund – Forsberg – Arvidsson
9:5263% CF
L2Duchene – Jarnkrok – Grimaldi
9:4240% CF
L3Haula – Sissons – Kunin
9:3455% CF
L4Johansen – Cousins – Tolvanen
9:0036% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
17:5856% CF
D2Harpur – Fabbro
12:3363% CF
D3Borowiecki – Benning
11:1138% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg – Tolvanen
3:0388% CF
PP2Duchene – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Grimaldi – Arvidsson
1:35100% CF
PK1FHaula – Grimaldi
1:08
PK2FJohansen – Granlund
0:53
PK1DBorowiecki – Benning
2:24
PK2DJosi – Ellis
1:57

Current NSH line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Mantha – Larkin – Fabbri
9:1058% CF
L2Ryan – Namestnikov – Zadina
8:5871% CF
L3Helm – Glendening – Erne
8:0653% CF
L4Filppula – Gagner – Brome
6:0417% CF
D1Staal – Merrill
15:0735% CF
D2DeKeyser – Hronek
11:3261% CF
D3Nemeth – Djoos
8:5550% CF

PP1Filppula – Erne – Fabbri – Hronek – Zadina
2:46100% CF
PP2Ryan – Gagner – Djoos – Mantha – Larkin
2:4367% CF
PK1FHelm – Glendening
1:37
PK2FGagner – Namestnikov
1:26
PK1DStaal – Nemeth
2:03
PK2DMerrill – DeKeyser
0:51

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:55
DETLuke Glendening (Filip Zadina, Darren Helm)backhand0.04 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Granlund, Forsberg, Benning, ArvidssonDET: Helm, Nemeth, Glendening, Hronek, Zadina
NSH 0 – 1 DET
14:15
NSHMikael GranlundPP (Roman Josi, Eeli Tolvanen)backhand0.04 xG
NSH: Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg, TolvanenDET: Staal, Helm, Nemeth, Glendening
NSH 1 – 1 DET

2nd period

8:38
DETSam Gagner (Bobby Ryan)wrist0.04 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Granlund, Sissons, KuninDET: Ryan, Staal, Gagner, Merrill, Larkin
NSH 1 – 2 DET

3rd period

2:55
NSHErik Haula (Ryan Ellis, Luke Kunin)backhand0.34 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Haula, Sissons, KuninDET: Nemeth, Mantha, Larkin, Fabbri, Hronek
NSH 2 – 2 DET
9:58
DETSam Gagner (Bobby Ryan, Danny DeKeyser)wrist0.04 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Haula, Sissons, Benning, KuninDET: Ryan, Gagner, Nemeth, Namestnikov, DeKeyser
NSH 2 – 3 DET
16:22
DETAdam Erne (Darren Helm, Luke Glendening)wrist0.70 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Granlund, Forsberg, ArvidssonDET: Helm, Glendening, DeKeyser, Erne, Hronek
NSH 2 – 4 DET
16:56
DETSam GagnerENwrist0.42 xG
NSH: Duchene, Jarnkrok, Johansen, Grimaldi, Harpur, FabbroDET: Filppula, Gagner, Namestnikov, DeKeyser, Hronek
NSH 2 – 5 DET

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	0	0	0	-2	3	0.47	3	0	0	18:39	—	—	60	53
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.50	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	59	53
Mikael Granlund C	L1	1	0	1	-3	3	0.19	0	0	4	17:09	—	—	59	38
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	1	0	0	16:08	—	—	52	71
Rocco Grimaldi R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	14:51	—	—	42	46
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	46	60
Erik Haula L	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.35	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	50	50
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	1	0	2	12:27	—	—	52	55
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.25	2	1	0	10:15	—	—	56	62
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	35	41
Eeli Tolvanen R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	0	0	0	13:09	—	—	43	32
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:47	—	—	38	31
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.58	0	4	0	27:01	—	—	55	50
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	0	1	0	26:18	—	—	56	49
Ben Harpur D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	2	17:21	—	—	59	64
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:12	—	—	64	68
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	1	2	0	15:10	—	—	37	35
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.04	1	2	0	13:35	—	—	39	37

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	31	27	4	.871	3.72	59:45

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robby Fabbri C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	42	34
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:49	—	—	54	38
Dylan Larkin C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.51	1	0	0	16:47	—	—	62	47
Filip Zadina R	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.52	1	1	0	17:24	—	—	67	77
Bobby Ryan R	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.10	1	0	0	16:19	—	—	68	90
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.20	2	1	2	15:14	—	—	52	58
Luke Glendening C	L3	1	1	2	+2	2	0.19	3	0	2	14:02	—	—	45	55
Adam Erne L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.76	0	0	0	13:59	—	—	54	63
Darren Helm C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.27	1	1	0	13:04	—	—	44	60
Valtteri Filppula C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	0	2	0	13:29	—	—	32	31
Sam Gagner C	L4	3	0	3	+3	4	0.55	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	25	24
Mathias Brome L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:57	—	—	17	7
Marc Staal D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.43	3	1	2	20:31	—	—	39	33
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	0	2	19:32	—	—	35	25
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.07	1	2	0	22:27	—	—	60	61
Danny DeKeyser D	D2	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:07	—	—	57	69
Patrik Nemeth D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	0	1	0	18:01	—	—	50	40
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	16:07	—	—	48	48

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Bernier(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.16	60:00

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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.