Nashville Predators vs. Dallas StarsApr 15, 2019

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	2	1	3		NSH	14	6	8	28
DAL	0	1	1	2		DAL	11	16	15	42

: NSH 47DAL 89
: NSH 2.41DAL 5.46
PP goals: NSH 0DAL 0
Hits: NSH 23DAL 42
Blocks: NSH 28DAL 13
PIM: NSH 8DAL 2
: NSH 43%DAL 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Dallas Stars 3–2

Nashville Predators beat Dallas Stars 3–2 at DAL. Tyler Seguin (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for DAL: Comeau–Faksa–Dickinson skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for DAL: Comeau–Faksa–Dickinson skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Comeau Faksa Dickinson
Luck
DAL scored 2 goals on 5.46 expected goals (89 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +12 against a season average of 29.8; the win.Rinne
New line
New look for DAL: Radulov–Zuccarello–Seguin skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Radulov Zuccarello Seguin
New line
New look for DAL: Benn–Dowling–Hintz skated 7:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Benn Dowling Hintz
New line
New look for DAL: Spezza–Cogliano–Nichushkin skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Spezza Cogliano Nichushkin
New line
New look for NSH: Jarnkrok–Grimaldi–Salomaki skated 8:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jarnkrok Grimaldi Salomaki
Usage
Kyle Turris (NSH) played 11:04, −4:03 down on his 15:07 season average over 5 games.Turris

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 136 of 136 attempts · DAL 89 · NSH 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 12% of the game, DAL 59%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	53	77
	2.68	3.90
	2.66	3.60
	14	28
	2	7
	16	18
	−0.038	+0.038
	12%	59%

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

L1Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
12:0138% CF
L2Bonino – Watson – Sissons
11:4848% CF
L3Jarnkrok – Grimaldi – Salomaki
8:3073% CF
L4Turris – Smith – Granlund
8:0128% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
18:5336% CF
D2Subban – Ekholm
18:4847% CF
D3Hamhuis – Fabbro
8:5829% CF

PP1Subban – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg – Arvidsson
1:36100% CF
PP2Bonino – Josi – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Sissons
0:24100% CF
PK1FBonino – Sissons
1:15
PK2FJohansen – Arvidsson
1:09
PK1DJosi – Ellis
2:38
PK2DSubban – Ekholm
1:56

Current NSH line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Comeau – Faksa – Dickinson
9:3256% CF
L2Radulov – Zuccarello – Seguin
8:4354% CF
L3Benn – Dowling – Hintz
7:3059% CF
L4Spezza – Cogliano – Nichushkin
6:1740% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
10:2557% CF
D2Polak – Heiskanen
8:5152% CF
D3Lovejoy – Oleksiak
8:3548% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg – Heiskanen
3:35100% CF
PP2Spezza – Dowling – Zuccarello – Lindell – Heiskanen
2:31100% CF
PK1FComeau – Dickinson
1:16
PK2FCogliano – Nichushkin
0:26
PK1DPolak – Heiskanen
0:55
PK2DLovejoy – Lindell
0:34

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:29
NSHRocco Grimaldi (P.K. Subban, Miikka Salomaki)wrist0.03 xG
NSH: Subban, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Grimaldi, SalomakiDAL: Lovejoy, Benn, Dowling, Faksa, Heiskanen
NSH 1 – 0 DAL
14:35
NSHFilip Forsberg (Nick Bonino)snap0.14 xG
NSH: Bonino, Josi, Ellis, Watson, ForsbergDAL: Polak, Benn, Dowling, Hintz, Heiskanen
NSH 2 – 0 DAL
17:11
DALMats Zuccarello (John Klingberg)wrist0.10 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Jarnkrok, Grimaldi, SalomakiDAL: Radulov, Zuccarello, Seguin, Klingberg, Heiskanen
NSH 2 – 1 DAL

3rd period

8:15
DALTyler Seguin (Jamie Benn, Alexander Radulov)wrist0.16 xG
NSH: Subban, Turris, Ekholm, Smith, GranlundDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Heiskanen
NSH 2 – 2 DAL
11:41
NSHMikael Granlund (Dante Fabbro, Kyle Turris)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Hamhuis, Turris, Smith, Granlund, FabbroDAL: Comeau, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Heiskanen
NSH 3 – 2 DAL

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 Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	6	0	20:06	—	—	32	30
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.36	0	0	2	17:25	—	—	35	31
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	1	2	17:18	—	—	44	36
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	17:33	—	—	55	72
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.61	1	0	2	17:02	—	—	56	72
Austin Watson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.44	3	1	2	14:51	—	—	41	59
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	75	52
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.06	3	0	0	11:59	—	—	50	12
Miikka Salomaki R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	10:14	—	—	62	27
Mikael Granlund C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	11:56	—	—	27	21
Kyle Turris C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.08	2	1	0	11:04	—	—	25	14
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	9:15	—	—	25	10
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	4	0	24:55	—	—	38	50
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	6	0	24:39	—	—	40	52
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	0	24:03	—	—	46	36
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	2	5	0	23:30	—	—	49	46
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:57	—	—	33	5
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	10:20	—	—	30	11

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	42	40	2	.952	5.46	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.34	2	0	0	13:14	—	—	55	64
Jason Dickinson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	4	0	0	12:39	—	—	61	68
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	4	1	0	12:36	—	—	53	58
Tyler Seguin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	11	1.17	1	1	0	21:09	—	—	65	57
Alexander Radulov R	L2	0	1	1	+2	8	1.69	1	2	2	20:54	—	—	63	55
Mats Zuccarello R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	2	2	0	18:21	—	—	56	31
Jamie Benn L	L3	0	1	1	-2	5	0.40	2	1	0	21:19	—	—	61	65
Roope Hintz C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	5	1	0	17:11	—	—	61	61
Justin Dowling C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	3	0	0	13:16	—	—	64	67
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.44	1	0	0	14:26	—	—	53	80
Andrew Cogliano C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:07	—	—	54	84
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	2	0	0	7:57	—	—	36	77
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	1	1	0	27:36	—	—	71	75
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	3	1	0	21:53	—	—	56	52
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	1	0	28:17	—	—	68	78
Roman Polak D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	15:47	—	—	54	67
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:44	—	—	46	45
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	6	1	0	10:45	—	—	44	41

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	2.41	57:49

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.