Nashville Predators vs. San Jose SharksFeb 23, 2023

FinalThursday, Feb 23, 2023· SAP Center at San Jose

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

6

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San Jose SharksSJS

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	3	2	6		NSH	8	14	9	31
SJS	0	1	1	2		SJS	4	11	9	24

: NSH 54SJS 62
: NSH 2.68SJS 2.59
PP goals: NSH 2SJS 0
Hits: NSH 18SJS 19
Blocks: NSH 20SJS 15
PIM: NSH 12SJS 8
: NSH 47%SJS 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators rout San Jose Sharks 6–2

Nashville Predators beat San Jose Sharks 6–2 at SJS. Mikael Granlund (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Niederreiter and Novak) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 2:28 together.

Points
Mikael Granlund had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 6 shots in 15:48.Granlund
Points
Matt Duchene had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 20:12.Duchene
Points
Nino Niederreiter had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:37.Niederreiter
Points
Tommy Novak had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:39.Novak
Points
Philip Tomasino had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:20.Tomasino
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Niederreiter and Novak) scored 2 power-play goals on 3 attempts in 2:28 together.Josi Duchene Granlund Niederreiter Novak
Luck
NSH scored 6 goals on 2.68 expected goals (54 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Lindblom–Labanc–Lorentz skated 6:03 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (20% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lindblom Labanc Lorentz

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 62 · NSH 54

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 32% 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
	53	55
	2.17	1.62
	2.12	1.58
	12	10
	10	2
	16	12
	−0.043	+0.043
	32%	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

L1Duchene – Niederreiter – Novak
14:0162% CF
L2Sissons – Jeannot – Smith
7:0253% CF
L3Granlund – Glass – Tomasino
7:0156% CF
L4Trenin – Sherwood – Parssinen
4:1129% CF
D1McDonagh – Josi
17:3452% CF
D2Ekholm – Lauzon
12:2237% CF
D3Gravel – Fabbro
10:0046% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Granlund – Niederreiter – Novak
2:2860% CF
PP2Ekholm – Sissons – Glass – Sherwood – Tomasino
0:46100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
3:02
PK2FTrenin – Smith
2:10
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
3:40
PK2DEkholm – Fabbro
3:03

Current NSH line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Eyssimont – Barabanov
8:0875% CF
L2Lindblom – Labanc – Lorentz
6:0320% CF
L3Svechnikov – Gregor – Sturm
4:0127% CF
L4Bonino – Hertl – Kaut
3:4770% CF
D1Karlsson – Harrington
12:4550% CF
D2Vlasic – Benning
9:3753% CF
D3MacDonald – Ferraro
9:1445% CF

PP1Bonino – Couture – Karlsson – Hertl – Barabanov
5:0570% CF
PP2Benning – Svechnikov – MacDonald – Eyssimont – Kaut
2:4067% CF
PK1FBonino – Couture
1:37
PK2FLorentz – Sturm
1:18
PK1DBenning – Ferraro
2:27
PK2DVlasic – Harrington
0:46

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:24
NSHNino NiederreiterPP (Mikael Granlund, Matt Duchene)wrist0.05 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Niederreiter, NovakSJS: Bonino, Couture, Benning, Ferraro
NSH 1 – 0 SJS

2nd period

1:28
NSHMikael Granlund (Philip Tomasino)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: Granlund, Gravel, Fabbro, Glass, TomasinoSJS: Vlasic, Benning, Svechnikov, Gregor, Sturm
NSH 2 – 0 SJS
8:37
SJSNico SturmSH (Steven Lorentz)wrist0.09 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Niederreiter, NovakSJS: Benning, Lorentz, Ferraro, Sturm
NSH 2 – 1 SJS
13:34
NSHMikael Granlund (Philip Tomasino, Cody Glass)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Granlund, Fabbro, Glass, TomasinoSJS: Karlsson, Harrington, Hertl, Lindblom, Labanc
NSH 3 – 1 SJS
19:31
NSHYakov TreninSH (Cole Smith)wrist0.29 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Trenin, Fabbro, SmithSJS: Benning, Svechnikov, MacDonald, Eyssimont, Kaut
NSH 4 – 1 SJS

3rd period

0:50
SJSMartin Kaut (Tomas Hertl, Michael Eyssimont)wrist0.14 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Novak, Lauzon, Jeannot, SmithSJS: Karlsson, Harrington, Hertl, Eyssimont, Kaut
NSH 4 – 2 SJS
10:48
NSHNino Niederreiter (Matt Duchene, Tommy Novak)backhand0.04 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Ekholm, Niederreiter, NovakSJS: Gregor, MacDonald, Eyssimont, Ferraro, Sturm
NSH 5 – 2 SJS
14:00
NSHTommy NovakPP (Matt Duchene, Roman Josi)tip-in0.11 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Niederreiter, NovakSJS: Benning, Lorentz, Ferraro, Sturm
NSH 6 – 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
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	3	3	0	3	0.38	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	62	66
Tommy Novak C	L1	1	1	2	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	57	53
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	2	0	2	0	2	0.09	1	1	2	18:37	—	—	62	66
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	2	0	18:25	—	—	46	50
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:41	—	—	42	56
Cole Smith R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.20	1	0	0	12:15	—	—	45	59
Mikael Granlund C	L3	2	1	3	+1	6	0.44	0	1	0	15:48	—	—	52	56
Cody Glass C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:48	—	—	48	62
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.28	1	1	0	10:20	—	—	48	44
Yakov Trenin C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.30	2	1	0	15:27	—	—	32	52
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	4	0	0	10:17	—	—	38	40
Juuso Parssinen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	5:23	—	—	40	93
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.13	0	2	0	24:37	—	—	61	72
Ryan McDonagh D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	4	2	24:10	—	—	50	61
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.03	1	3	2	21:04	—	—	49	35
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	3	1	0	19:05	—	—	37	33
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	+3	0	0.03	0	3	0	16:22	—	—	48	74
Kevin Gravel D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	2	12:03	—	—	44	66

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	2.59	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	1	0	0	19:53	—	—	61	64
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	2	19:05	—	—	58	32
Michael Eyssimont C	L1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.08	1	0	2	17:28	—	—	68	62
Oskar Lindblom L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:44	—	—	36	13
Steven Lorentz C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:23	—	—	60	37
Kevin Labanc R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:42	—	—	43	5
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	35	25
Nico Sturm C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.11	0	1	0	13:27	—	—	38	34
Evgeny Svechnikov L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	3	0	0	12:52	—	—	42	61
Tomas Hertl C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.23	1	0	0	18:38	—	—	50	46
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	0	2	0	16:55	—	—	59	70
Martin Kaut R	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.58	2	0	0	16:52	—	—	58	64
Erik Karlsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.37	0	0	2	28:29	—	—	53	41
Scott Harrington D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	3	0	15:47	—	—	50	38
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	2	19:52	—	—	56	45
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	13:37	—	—	46	43
Jacob MacDonald D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.11	1	2	0	19:48	—	—	46	52
Mario Ferraro D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	2	2	0	18:06	—	—	53	49

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	L	31	25	6	.806	2.68	59:23

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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.