Nashville Predators vs. Detroit Red WingsApr 8, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 8, 2021· Little Caesars Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	3	4	7		NSH	10	10	12	32
DET	0	1	0	1		DET	10	10	6	26

: NSH 44DET 47
: NSH 3.66DET 2.00
PP goals: NSH 0DET 0
Hits: NSH 13DET 10
Blocks: NSH 14DET 5
PIM: NSH 21DET 11
: NSH 73%DET 27%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators rout Detroit Red Wings 7–1

Nashville Predators beat Detroit Red Wings 7–1 at DET. Viktor Arvidsson (NSH) led the scoring with 3G 0A. NSH scored 7 goals on 3.66 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Viktor Arvidsson had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:28.Arvidsson
Points
Erik Haula had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:52.Haula
Points
Nick Cousins had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:23.Cousins
Points
Ben Harpur had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:33.Harpur
Points
Colton Sissons had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:02.Sissons
Points
Mattias Ekholm had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:55.Ekholm
Luck
NSH scored 7 goals on 3.66 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Johansen–Grimaldi–Arvidsson skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (60% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansen Grimaldi Arvidsson

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 91 of 91 attempts · DET 47 · NSH 44

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 44% of the game, DET 29%.

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
	34	42
	2.68	1.57
	2.57	1.56
	11	6
	4	4
	2	5
	+0.120	−0.120
	44%	29%

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

L1Jarnkrok – Granlund – Kunin
14:5832% CF
L2Johansen – Grimaldi – Arvidsson
9:1260% CF
L3Sissons – Trenin – Olivier
8:1731% CF
D1Josi – Davies
5:5743% CF
D2Ekholm – Farrance
5:2743% CF
D3Benning – Harpur
5:24100% CF

PP1Josi – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Granlund – Arvidsson
1:44
PP2Ekholm – Haula – Cousins – Kunin – Davies
0:16
PK1FGranlund – Sissons
1:59
PK2FHaula – Jarnkrok
1:57
PK1DEkholm – Benning
2:36
PK2DJosi – Harpur
1:20

Current NSH line combinations →

Detroit Red Wings

L1Filppula – Mantha – Rasmussen
9:5750% CF
L2Helm – Glendening – Erne
8:4867% CF
L3Larkin – Svechnikov – Zadina
8:3175% CF
L4Gagner – Namestnikov – Smith
7:3350% CF
D1Staal – Stecher
17:0456% CF
D2DeKeyser – Hronek
13:0658% CF
D3Merrill – Djoos
12:0047% CF

PP1Filppula – Gagner – Djoos – Mantha – Svechnikov
1:46100% CF
PP2Larkin – Smith – Hronek – Rasmussen – Zadina
1:46100% CF
PK1FNamestnikov – Rasmussen
1:16
PK2FHelm – Glendening
0:44
PK1DStaal – Hronek
1:16
PK2DMerrill – Stecher
0:31

Current DET line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:48
DETDarren Helm (Troy Stecher, Adam Erne)tip-in0.11 xG
NSH: Sissons, Lewington, Trenin, Davies, OlivierDET: Staal, Helm, Glendening, Erne, Stecher
NSH 0 – 1 DET
2:28
NSHViktor Arvidsson (Nick Cousins, Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.15 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Haula, Cousins, Arvidsson, FarranceDET: Gagner, Merrill, Namestnikov, Djoos, Smith
NSH 1 – 1 DET
6:36
NSHErik Haula (Rocco Grimaldi)backhand0.11 xG
NSH: Josi, Haula, Cousins, Grimaldi, LewingtonDET: Filppula, Merrill, Djoos, Svechnikov, Rasmussen
NSH 2 – 1 DET
16:10
NSHNick CousinsSH (Colton Sissons, Erik Haula)backhand0.17 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Haula, Cousins, Sissons, BenningDET: Staal, Larkin, Svechnikov, Stecher, Zadina
NSH 3 – 1 DET

3rd period

7:06
NSHMikael Granlund (Ben Harpur, Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.19 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Granlund, Harpur, KuninDET: Staal, Gagner, Namestnikov, Smith, Stecher
NSH 4 – 1 DET
10:00
NSHViktor Arvidsson (Tyler Lewington, Ryan Johansen)snap0.11 xG
NSH: Johansen, Grimaldi, Lewington, Harpur, ArvidssonDET: Filppula, Merrill, Djoos, Mantha, Rasmussen
NSH 5 – 1 DET
11:06
NSHViktor ArvidssonPSbackhand0.30 xG
NSH: Haula, Cousins, Lewington, Harpur, ArvidssonDET: DeKeyser, Larkin, Svechnikov, Hronek, Zadina
NSH 6 – 1 DET
15:55
NSHYakov Trenin (Colton Sissons, Ben Harpur)backhand0.08 xG
NSH: Sissons, Lewington, Harpur, Trenin, OlivierDET: Gagner, DeKeyser, Larkin, Smith, Hronek
NSH 7 – 1 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
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:52	—	—	32	46
Mikael Granlund C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.55	2	0	0	19:39	—	—	32	46
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.19	0	1	0	19:23	—	—	36	62
Rocco Grimaldi R	L2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.08	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	67	71
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	3	0	3	+3	6	1.09	0	2	0	17:28	—	—	53	71
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	55	57
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	31	30
Yakov Trenin C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	0	0	2	10:59	—	—	29	29
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	17	8:30	—	—	31	30
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	21:39	—	—	42	50
Jeremy Davies D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	12:49	—	—	35	27
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.05	1	1	0	21:55	—	—	36	65
David Farrance D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	13:46	—	—	38	75
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	0	2	0	17:42	—	—	53	71
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	2	2	+3	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	54	90
Erik Haula L	—	1	1	2	+3	2	0.49	2	1	0	16:52	—	—	60	89
Nick Cousins C	—	1	1	2	+3	4	0.44	1	0	0	14:23	—	—	63	89
Tyler Lewington D	—	0	1	1	+2	3	0.30	0	2	2	14:05	—	—	58	69

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	26	25	1	.962	2.00	60:00

Detroit Red Wings

DET skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anthony Mantha R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	50	17
Valtteri Filppula C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	36	15
Michael Rasmussen C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:20	—	—	46	20
Darren Helm C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	62	47
Luke Glendening C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	62	47
Adam Erne L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	0	7	12:23	—	—	69	47
Dylan Larkin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.25	2	0	0	19:08	—	—	57	32
Filip Zadina R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	56	36
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.24	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	79	64
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:30	—	—	56	47
Sam Gagner C	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.16	0	0	0	14:22	—	—	56	42
Givani Smith R	L4	0	0	0	-3	2	0.42	2	0	0	11:37	—	—	47	34
Marc Staal D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.05	0	2	2	21:55	—	—	58	48
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:07	—	—	54	50
Filip Hronek D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	0	0	21:46	—	—	59	32
Danny DeKeyser D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	2	18:42	—	—	64	30
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.09	0	0	0	19:02	—	—	50	17
Christian Djoos D	D3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.03	0	0	0	16:04	—	—	47	21

DET goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Bernier(start)	L	32	25	7	.781	3.66	59:48

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.