Nashville Predators vs. San Jose SharksMar 5, 2022

FinalSaturday, Mar 5, 2022· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	2	4	8		NSH	11	15	10	36
SJS	0	0	0	0		SJS	5	9	6	20

: NSH 56SJS 48
: NSH 3.75SJS 2.31
PP goals: NSH 1SJS 0
Hits: NSH 31SJS 42
Blocks: NSH 18SJS 6
PIM: NSH 20SJS 22
: NSH 52%SJS 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators rout San Jose Sharks 8–0

Nashville Predators beat San Jose Sharks 8–0 at SJS. Michael McCarron (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 2A. New look for SJS: Hertl–Meier–Balcers skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Michael McCarron had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 11:16.McCarron
Points
Roman Josi had 4 assists (4 points) on 7 shots in 21:44.Josi
Points
Matt Luff had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 2 shots in 10:08.Luff
Points
Philip Tomasino had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 11:27.Tomasino
Points
Matt Duchene had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:16.Duchene
New line
New look for SJS: Hertl–Meier–Balcers skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hertl Meier Balcers
Luck
NSH scored 8 goals on 3.75 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Granlund–Kunin–Tolvanen skated 9:59 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (35.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Granlund Kunin Tolvanen

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · SJS 48 · NSH 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 40% of the game, SJS 21%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	50	43
	3.07	1.89
	2.99	1.81
	18	7
	2	8
	16	13
	−0.003	+0.003
	40%	21%

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 – Trenin – Jeannot
10:2642% CF
L2Granlund – Kunin – Tolvanen
9:5936% CF
L3Duchene – Johansen – Forsberg
8:3074% CF
L4McCarron – Luff – Tomasino
7:0159% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
14:3569% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
13:3833% CF
D3Benning – Harpur
12:1039% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
1:50100% CF
PP2Ekholm – McCarron – Fabbro – Luff – Tomasino
1:04100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
1:31
PK2FGranlund – Trenin
1:19
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
2:03
PK2DBenning – Harpur
1:41

Current NSH line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Meier – Balcers
9:5247% CF
L2Cogliano – Gadjovich – Reedy
6:5257% CF
L3Couture – Dzingel – Barabanov
5:4423% CF
L4Bonino – Nieto – Gregor
5:2143% CF
D1Burns – Middleton
14:2242% CF
D2Vlasic – Meloche
13:5538% CF
D3Simek – Merkley
11:0659% CF

PP1Bonino – Dzingel – Gregor – Reedy – Merkley
1:5550% CF
PP2Burns – Couture – Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
1:39100% CF
PK1FCogliano – Couture
1:34
PK2FBonino – Nieto
1:01
PK1DBurns – Middleton
1:29
PK2DVlasic – Simek
0:55

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:43
NSHMichael McCarron (Philip Tomasino, Dante Fabbro)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Josi, McCarron, Fabbro, Luff, TomasinoSJS: Hertl, Meier, Balcers, Simek, Merkley
NSH 1 – 0 SJS
18:30
NSHMatt Duchene (Roman Josi, Ryan Johansen)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ekholm, Johansen, ForsbergSJS: Cogliano, Vlasic, Bonino, Meloche, Reedy
NSH 2 – 0 SJS

2nd period

2:43
NSHMatt Luff (Philip Tomasino, Roman Josi)wrist0.31 xG
NSH: Josi, McCarron, Fabbro, Luff, TomasinoSJS: Cogliano, Gadjovich, Reedy, Simek, Merkley
NSH 3 – 0 SJS
19:30
NSHMatt Luff (Philip Tomasino, Michael McCarron)slap0.19 xG
NSH: Josi, McCarron, Fabbro, Luff, TomasinoSJS: Vlasic, Couture, Dzingel, Meloche, Gadjovich
NSH 4 – 0 SJS

3rd period

4:43
NSHMatt Duchene (Filip Forsberg, Mattias Ekholm)backhand0.10 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, CarrierSJS: Vlasic, Hertl, Meier, Meloche, Balcers
NSH 5 – 0 SJS
6:07
NSHMichael McCarron (Matt Luff, Roman Josi)tip-in0.09 xG
NSH: Josi, McCarron, Fabbro, Luff, TomasinoSJS: Burns, Cogliano, Middleton, Gadjovich, Reedy
NSH 6 – 0 SJS
11:13
NSHYakov Treninslap0.04 xG
NSH: Josi, Ekholm, Sissons, Trenin, TomasinoSJS: Vlasic, Bonino, Dzingel, Nieto, Meloche
NSH 7 – 0 SJS
13:06
NSHMikael GranlundPP (Michael McCarron, Roman Josi)backhand0.15 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Forsberg, McCarronSJS: Burns, Couture, Middleton, Balcers
NSH 8 – 0 SJS

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
Yakov Trenin C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.06	2	1	0	16:30	—	—	53	64
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	4	1	2	16:30	—	—	31	30
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.38	4	1	2	16:27	—	—	55	59
Mikael Granlund C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.57	1	3	0	17:56	—	—	33	39
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	7	1	0	14:46	—	—	37	33
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	0	7	13:28	—	—	35	39
Matt Duchene C	L3	2	0	2	+2	2	0.18	2	0	0	15:16	—	—	67	63
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.43	1	0	0	14:55	—	—	65	62
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	1	1	+2	3	0.25	1	0	2	13:08	—	—	70	70
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	3	3	+5	1	0.07	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	67	85
Michael McCarron C	L4	2	2	4	+4	2	0.10	0	1	0	11:16	—	—	53	82
Matt Luff R	L4	2	1	3	+4	2	0.50	2	0	0	10:08	—	—	60	76
Roman Josi D	D1	0	4	4	+6	7	0.43	0	0	2	21:44	—	—	72	82
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	1	1	+4	2	0.06	0	3	0	20:05	—	—	70	80
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.16	1	2	0	23:55	—	—	43	43
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:35	—	—	33	34
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	1	0	16:02	—	—	43	47
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	5	15:47	—	—	38	25

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	20	20	0	.1000	2.31	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.24	5	0	2	18:52	—	—	56	61
Timo Meier R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.56	5	0	4	16:16	—	—	57	52
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	52	48
Andrew Cogliano C	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:50	—	—	46	27
Scott Reedy C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.13	0	0	0	11:31	—	—	57	29
Jonah Gadjovich L	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	6	0	7	10:13	—	—	53	24
Ryan Dzingel C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.39	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	28	32
Logan Couture C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	4	0	0	16:54	—	—	31	21
Alexander Barabanov L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	1	0	14:13	—	—	40	39
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	2	1	0	13:59	—	—	41	36
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	2	0	0	13:54	—	—	56	42
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	43	57
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	0	0	24:42	—	—	43	36
Jake Middleton D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	3	2	7	20:59	—	—	50	45
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	37	22
Nicolas Meloche D	D2	0	0	0	-4	0	0.01	8	1	2	18:21	—	—	35	16
Ryan Merkley D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:23	—	—	61	60
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	3	0	0	13:50	—	—	58	54

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	L	28	22	6	.786	3.09	46:07
Zach Sawchenko	—	8	6	2	.750	0.66	13:53

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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.