Nashville Predators vs. San Jose SharksOct 8, 2022

FinalSaturday, Oct 8, 2022· O2 Czech Republic

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	3	0	3		NSH	7	8	3	18
SJS	1	1	0	2		SJS	11	7	15	33

: NSH 49SJS 67
: NSH 1.54SJS 2.85
PP goals: NSH 0SJS 1
Hits: NSH 33SJS 23
Blocks: NSH 23SJS 16
PIM: NSH 8SJS 6
: NSH 49%SJS 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge San Jose Sharks 3–2

Nashville Predators beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 at SJS. Nino Niederreiter (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for SJS: Bonino–Nieto–Lindblom skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Nino Niederreiter had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:20.Niederreiter
Points
Mario Ferraro had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:14.Ferraro
New line
New look for SJS: Bonino–Nieto–Lindblom skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Nieto Lindblom
Usage
Jaycob Megna (SJS) played 10:30, −8:31 down on his 19:01 season average over 53 games.Megna
New line
New look for SJS: Svechnikov–Gadjovich–Sturm skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Svechnikov Gadjovich Sturm
Usage
Kevin Labanc (SJS) played 20:49, +6:35 up on his 14:14 season average over 71 games.Labanc
Usage
Steven Lorentz (SJS) played 15:49, +4:02 up on his 11:47 season average over 79 games.Lorentz
Usage
Mario Ferraro (SJS) played 25:14, +3:41 up on his 21:33 season average over 71 games.Ferraro

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 116 of 116 attempts · SJS 67 · NSH 49

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 19% of the game, SJS 46%.

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
	47	44
	1.25	1.75
	1.22	1.72
	7	11
	6	4
	18	13
	−0.035	+0.035
	19%	46%

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

L1Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
12:0150% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
7:2540% CF
L3Johansen – Niederreiter – Sherwood
4:5427% CF
L4Glass – Tolvanen – Smith
4:0575% CF
D1Josi – Carrier
14:3570% CF
D2McDonagh – Ekholm
14:2541% CF
D3Lauzon – Fabbro
10:3833% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
3:0875% CF
PP2Niederreiter – Carrier – Jeannot – Glass – Tolvanen
2:2840% CF
PK1FGranlund – Smith
2:50
PK2FSissons – Jeannot
1:54
PK1DMcDonagh – Ekholm
4:26
PK2DLauzon – Fabbro
1:32

Current NSH line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Labanc – Lorentz
9:2250% CF
L2Bonino – Nieto – Lindblom
8:3271% CF
L3Hertl – Meier – Kunin
6:4750% CF
L4Svechnikov – Gadjovich – Sturm
6:1743% CF
D1Karlsson – Ferraro
16:4661% CF
D2Vlasic – Benning
11:2454% CF
D3Megna – Simek
7:4840% CF

PP1Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc – Meier
4:20100% CF
PP2Bonino – Benning – Lindblom – Kunin – Ferraro
2:35100% CF
PK1FBonino – Nieto
3:24
PK2FLorentz – Sturm
1:40
PK1DVlasic – Ferraro
3:24
PK2DBenning – Simek
1:35

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

14:24
SJSLuke KuninPP (Oskar Lindblom, Mario Ferraro)wrist0.05 xG
NSH: Sissons, Lauzon, Trenin, FabbroSJS: Bonino, Benning, Lindblom, Kunin, Ferraro
NSH 0 – 1 SJS

2nd period

4:35
NSHNino Niederreiter (Ryan Johansen, Roman Josi)wrist0.07 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Niederreiter, FabbroSJS: Couture, Benning, Megna, Lorentz, Kunin
NSH 1 – 1 SJS
4:45
SJSLogan Couture (Steven Lorentz, Mario Ferraro)slap0.14 xG
NSH: Duchene, Granlund, Forsberg, Lauzon, FabbroSJS: Couture, Karlsson, Labanc, Lorentz, Ferraro
NSH 1 – 2 SJS
6:29
NSHFilip Forsberg (Matt Duchene, Mikael Granlund)wrap-around0.16 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Forsberg, CarrierSJS: Megna, Svechnikov, Gadjovich, Simek, Sturm
NSH 2 – 2 SJS
12:13
NSHNino Niederreiter (Eeli Tolvanen, Ryan McDonagh)wrist0.09 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Ekholm, Niederreiter, Sissons, TolvanenSJS: Bonino, Benning, Lindblom, Kunin, Ferraro
NSH 3 – 2 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
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	1	1	0	21:23	—	—	48	33
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	1	0	18:23	—	—	59	53
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.45	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	48	38
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	2	2	0	16:51	—	—	50	44
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	5	1	2	15:18	—	—	44	37
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	2	2	12:35	—	—	50	38
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	2	0	2	+2	2	0.20	2	0	2	14:20	—	—	58	51
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.25	2	0	0	14:17	—	—	53	48
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	10:34	—	—	42	11
Eeli Tolvanen R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	2	0	0	14:49	—	—	64	100
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	11:16	—	—	60	33
Cody Glass C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	10:44	—	—	63	100
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.15	0	0	0	22:15	—	—	65	60
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	1	4	0	19:20	—	—	68	58
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	2	0	22:44	—	—	44	26
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	22:10	—	—	44	26
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	3	0	14:37	—	—	36	30
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	2	2	13:18	—	—	32	8

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	2.85	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.33	1	1	0	21:22	—	—	49	66
Kevin Labanc R	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.29	1	2	0	20:49	—	—	55	74
Steven Lorentz C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.34	2	2	0	15:49	—	—	44	61
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:54	—	—	50	40
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	15:45	—	—	64	72
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.10	2	0	0	12:47	—	—	60	57
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	2	3	2	18:12	—	—	43	71
Timo Meier R	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.66	4	0	0	17:50	—	—	45	74
Luke Kunin C	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.46	1	0	0	15:57	—	—	41	56
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	11:19	—	—	50	34
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:27	—	—	55	35
Jonah Gadjovich L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:49	—	—	50	14
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	27:24	—	—	57	80
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	2	2	0	2	0.16	0	2	0	25:14	—	—	52	73
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	3	0	19:09	—	—	55	75
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	2	17:41	—	—	44	53
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:40	—	—	33	9
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	0	2	10:30	—	—	36	12

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	18	15	3	.833	1.54	57:22

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.