Nashville Predators vs. San Jose SharksMar 11, 2025

FinalTuesday, Mar 11, 2025· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	2	1	3		NSH	7	8	4	19
SJS	0	0	2	2		SJS	5	13	9	27

: NSH 42SJS 52
: NSH 2.60SJS 2.57
PP goals: NSH 2SJS 0
Hits: NSH 23SJS 15
Blocks: NSH 12SJS 13
PIM: NSH 14SJS 20
: NSH 58%SJS 42%

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. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NSH: Forsberg–McCarron–Bellows skated 4:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 21:02.Forsberg
New line
New look for NSH: Forsberg–McCarron–Bellows skated 4:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Forsberg McCarron Bellows
Usage
Cole Smith (NSH) played 17:31, +3:58 up on his 13:33 season average over 70 games.Smith
Usage
Jimmy Schuldt (SJS) played 17:22, +4:06 up on his 13:16 season average over 7 games.Schuldt
Usage
Tyler Toffoli (SJS) played 20:56, +4:03 up on his 16:53 season average over 77 games.Toffoli
Usage
Barclay Goodrow (SJS) played 10:24, −3:26 down on his 13:50 season average over 76 games.Goodrow
Usage
Shakir Mukhamadullin (SJS) played 21:17, +3:20 up on his 17:57 season average over 29 games.Mukhamadullin
Usage
William Eklund (SJS) played 23:02, +3:32 up on his 19:30 season average over 76 games.Eklund

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 94 of 94 attempts · SJS 52 · NSH 42

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 36% of the game, SJS 27%.

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
	30	52
	1.58	2.41
	1.51	2.31
	5	12
	4	4
	19	22
	+0.019	−0.019
	36%	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

L1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Evangelista
9:0543% CF
L2Vrana – Smith – Svechkov
6:0442% CF
L3Forsberg – McCarron – Bellows
4:0333% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
10:2753% CF
D2Stastney – Del Gaizo
8:1275% CF
D3Oesterle – Barron
5:1820% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg – Blankenburg
5:35100% CF
PP2Skjei – Sissons – Vrana – Evangelista – Svechkov
1:23100% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
2:05
PK2FSissons – Svechkov
1:08
PK1DStastney – Del Gaizo
1:38
PK2DSkjei – Blankenburg
0:56

Current NSH line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Toffoli – Wennberg – Eklund
7:1277% CF
L2Goodrow – Grundstrom – Giles
6:2275% CF
L3Kostin – Smith – Celebrini
5:5114% CF
L4Dellandrea – Kovalenko – Graf
3:4463% CF
D1Ferraro – Mukhamadullin
13:4853% CF
D2Desharnais – Schuldt
11:4379% CF
D3Vlasic – Liljegren
9:2161% CF

PP1Toffoli – Wennberg – Eklund – Smith – Celebrini
2:51100% CF
PP2Kostin – Liljegren – Kovalenko – Mukhamadullin – Graf
0:33
PK1FGoodrow – Graf
2:28
PK2FGrundstrom – Dellandrea
1:51
PK1DDesharnais – Ferraro
2:59
PK2DVlasic – Schuldt
0:48

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

8:11
NSHFilip ForsbergPP (Fedor Svechkov, Nick Blankenburg)wrist0.08 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Marchessault, Forsberg, Svechkov, BlankenburgSJS: Grundstrom, Dellandrea, Schuldt, Mukhamadullin
NSH 1 – 0 SJS
15:17
NSHSteven StamkosPP (Brady Skjei)wrist0.21 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Marchessault, Skjei, Forsberg, SvechkovSJS: Vlasic, Wennberg, Grundstrom, Ferraro
NSH 2 – 0 SJS

3rd period

3:42
SJSPatrick Giles (Carl Grundstrom)wrist0.18 xG
NSH: Stamkos, Skjei, McCarron, Bellows, Del GaizoSJS: Goodrow, Grundstrom, Ferraro, Giles, Mukhamadullin
NSH 2 – 1 SJS
3:56
SJSCollin Graf (Will Smith)wrist0.25 xG
NSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Stastney, Evangelista, BlankenburgSJS: Wennberg, Ferraro, Mukhamadullin, Smith, Graf
NSH 2 – 2 SJS
6:32
NSHKieffer Bellows (Filip Forsberg)wrist0.05 xG
NSH: Forsberg, McCarron, Bellows, Stastney, Del GaizoSJS: Wennberg, Ferraro, Mukhamadullin, Smith, Graf
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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:25	—	—	39	20
Steven Stamkos C	L1	1	0	1	-2	1	0.64	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	35	14
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	1	0	0	15:47	—	—	52	39
Cole Smith R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	5	0	5	17:31	—	—	41	37
Fedor Svechkov C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.51	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	42	47
Jakub Vrana L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	12:03	—	—	47	48
Filip Forsberg L	L3	1	1	2	+1	5	0.67	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	27	54
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:55	—	—	33	51
Kieffer Bellows L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	2	1	2	11:41	—	—	35	52
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	0	0	2	21:45	—	—	50	57
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.07	1	2	0	20:14	—	—	42	35
Marc Del Gaizo D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:36	—	—	48	61
Spencer Stastney D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:18	—	—	55	50
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	14:47	—	—	20	0
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	14:18	—	—	18	14
Jonathan Marchessault R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:36	—	—	9	0
Colton Sissons C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	3	0	0	13:10	—	—	36	50
Andreas Englund D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	10:42	—	—	7	0

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.57	59:34

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Eklund L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	0	0	0	23:02	—	—	71	56
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.53	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	81	84
Alexander Wennberg C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	19:08	—	—	71	46
Carl Grundstrom R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	4	0	0	12:15	—	—	77	98
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	1	0	7	10:24	—	—	77	98
Patrick Giles R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	8:26	—	—	77	98
Macklin Celebrini C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	0	1	0	22:36	—	—	52	53
Will Smith C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	17:46	—	—	39	41
Klim Kostin C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	2	0	0	12:05	—	—	20	41
Collin Graf R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.25	1	0	0	15:39	—	—	58	46
Nikolai Kovalenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.21	0	0	0	10:42	—	—	60	67
Ty Dellandrea C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	2	0	0	10:27	—	—	60	67
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	2	2	2	23:13	—	—	62	78
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	3	0	21:17	—	—	55	74
Jimmy Schuldt D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	17:22	—	—	68	30
Vincent Desharnais D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	7	16:53	—	—	80	60
Timothy Liljegren D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	2	2	17:49	—	—	64	46
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	13:44	—	—	60	49

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alexandar Georgiev(start)	L	19	16	3	.842	2.33	58:07

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Filip Forsberg (NSH PP) 2nd 8:11 · assists Fedor Svechkov, Nick Blankenburg · Cycle · 59.5 mph shot.

Filip Forsberg · 2nd 8:11 · NSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 1
Shot: 59.5 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Steven Stamkos · 2nd 15:17 · NSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1
Shot: 28.6 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 9.5 s

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Patrick Giles · 3rd 3:42 · SJS

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.1 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Collin Graf · 3rd 3:56 · SJS

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 28.7 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 7.3 s

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Kieffer Bellows · 3rd 6:32 · NSH

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s

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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.