Nashville Predators vs. Dallas StarsApr 17, 2019

FinalPlayoffsWednesday, Apr 17, 2019· American Airlines Center

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Dallas StarsDAL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	1	1		NSH	10	10	15	35
DAL	4	1	0	5		DAL	11	8	10	29

: NSH 71DAL 49
: NSH 2.04DAL 2.27
PP goals: NSH 0DAL 3
Hits: NSH 25DAL 31
Blocks: NSH 15DAL 31
PIM: NSH 14DAL 6
: NSH 47%DAL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars rout Nashville Predators 5–1

Dallas Stars beat Nashville Predators 5–1 at home. John Klingberg (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. DAL's first power-play unit (Benn, Zuccarello, Seguin, Klingberg and Hintz) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:54 together.

Points
John Klingberg had 3 assists (3 points) in 20:18.Klingberg
Points
Roope Hintz had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:59.Hintz
Points
Esa Lindell had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 22:28.Lindell
PP1
DAL's first power-play unit (Benn, Zuccarello, Seguin, Klingberg and Hintz) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:54 together.Benn Zuccarello Seguin Klingberg Hintz
New line
New look for NSH: Turris–Smith–Salomaki skated 6:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Turris Smith Salomaki
Luck
DAL scored 5 goals on 2.27 expected goals (49 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Tyler Seguin (DAL) played 14:22, −7:12 down on his 21:34 season average over 12 games.Seguin
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 21:13, −5:36 down on his 26:49 season average over 5 games.Josi

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 120 of 120 attempts · DAL 49 · NSH 71

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 28% of the game, DAL 29%.

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
	73	38
	2.02	1.54
	1.93	1.48
	16	7
	8	12
	14	18
	−0.011	+0.011
	28%	29%

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
8:5472% CF
L2Turris – Smith – Salomaki
6:5153% CF
L3Bonino – Watson – Sissons
6:3353% CF
L4Jarnkrok – Granlund – Grimaldi
4:3178% CF
D1Subban – Ekholm
14:3188% CF
D2Hamhuis – Fabbro
12:5275% CF
D3Josi – Ellis
12:0347% CF

PP1Subban – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg – Arvidsson
1:5850% CF
PP2Bonino – Josi – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Sissons
1:03100% CF
PK1FBonino – Sissons
4:35
PK2FJohansen – Arvidsson
1:17
PK1DJosi – Ellis
3:58
PK2DSubban – Ekholm
2:25

Current NSH line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa
10:0831% CF
L2Radulov – Benn – Seguin
8:4733% CF
L3Zuccarello – Dickinson – Hintz
7:0015% CF
L4Spezza – Dowling – Pitlick
6:4638% CF
D1Polak – Heiskanen
14:2513% CF
D2Klingberg – Lindell
13:3046% CF
D3Lovejoy – Oleksiak
12:3232% CF

PP1Benn – Zuccarello – Seguin – Klingberg – Hintz
3:5475% CF
PP2Spezza – Radulov – Dowling – Lindell – Heiskanen
3:03100% CF
PK1FComeau – Faksa
1:50
PK2FCogliano – Dickinson
0:51
PK1DPolak – Lindell
1:28
PK2DLovejoy – Heiskanen
0:42

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:42
DALRoope HintzPP (John Klingberg, Tyler Seguin)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Bonino, Josi, Ellis, SissonsDAL: Benn, Zuccarello, Seguin, Klingberg, Hintz
NSH 0 – 1 DAL
4:58
DALAlexander RadulovPP (Esa Lindell, Justin Dowling)wrist0.05 xG
NSH: Subban, Ekholm, Johansen, ArvidssonDAL: Spezza, Radulov, Dowling, Lindell, Heiskanen
NSH 0 – 2 DAL
8:24
DALAndrew Cogliano (Blake Comeau, Esa Lindell)wrist0.26 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Johansen, Forsberg, ArvidssonDAL: Comeau, Cogliano, Klingberg, Faksa, Heiskanen
NSH 0 – 3 DAL
13:45
DALMats ZuccarelloPP (John Klingberg, Jason Spezza)wrist0.11 xG
NSH: Subban, Ellis, Jarnkrok, ForsbergDAL: Spezza, Dowling, Zuccarello, Klingberg, Lindell
NSH 0 – 4 DAL

2nd period

10:09
DALRoope Hintz (John Klingberg)wrist0.07 xG
NSH: Bonino, Josi, Ellis, Watson, SissonsDAL: Benn, Zuccarello, Klingberg, Lindell, Hintz
NSH 0 – 5 DAL

3rd period

8:11
NSHRoman Josi (Ryan Johansen, Ryan Ellis)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: Josi, Ellis, Johansen, Granlund, ArvidssonDAL: Cogliano, Lovejoy, Pitlick, Oleksiak, Dickinson
NSH 1 – 5 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
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	18:25	—	—	72	54
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	1	1	0	8	0.50	1	1	0	16:56	—	—	74	66
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	71	62
Kyle Turris C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	57	28
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	12:25	—	—	55	27
Miikka Salomaki R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	10:27	—	—	62	33
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	2	15:27	—	—	53	62
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	0	14:32	—	—	47	56
Austin Watson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	5	1	0	10:18	—	—	53	67
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.46	2	1	2	18:14	—	—	71	54
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	80	64
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	12:32	—	—	76	88
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	2	0	0	24:11	—	—	81	84
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	4	20:45	—	—	84	85
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	69	58
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:04	—	—	77	66
Roman Josi D	D3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.04	2	2	2	21:13	—	—	44	14
Ryan Ellis D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	4	0	19:38	—	—	46	17

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros	—	21	20	1	.952	1.44	45:29
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	8	4	4	.500	0.82	13:45

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	2	1	0	17:16	—	—	37	60
Andrew Cogliano C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.40	0	2	2	16:38	—	—	35	53
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	2	2	0	15:48	—	—	42	85
Alexander Radulov R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.46	1	1	2	15:43	—	—	31	30
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	3	0	0	15:19	—	—	35	32
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:22	—	—	35	34
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	15:18	—	—	39	41
Roope Hintz C	L3	2	0	2	+1	3	0.27	1	0	0	14:59	—	—	30	33
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.22	2	2	2	14:08	—	—	25	22
Justin Dowling C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	14:30	—	—	30	49
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	12:57	—	—	30	39
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	3	0	0	12:34	—	—	40	39
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	6	0	21:29	—	—	17	29
Roman Polak D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	3	8	0	19:47	—	—	22	20
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.25	2	2	0	22:28	—	—	55	66
John Klingberg D	D2	0	3	3	+2	0	0.00	2	2	0	20:18	—	—	47	69
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:55	—	—	36	16
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	14:31	—	—	33	18

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	W	35	34	1	.971	2.04	60:00

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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.