Nashville Predators vs. Dallas StarsApr 22, 2019

Final / OTPlayoffsMonday, Apr 22, 2019· American Airlines Center

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Goals	1	2	3	1OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	1OT	T
NSH	1	0	0	0	1		NSH	19	13	8	8	48
DAL	0	1	0	1	2		DAL	10	14	13	14	51

: NSH 89DAL 100
: NSH 6.08DAL 4.02
PP goals: NSH 0DAL 0
Hits: NSH 37DAL 41
Blocks: NSH 36DAL 25
PIM: NSH 2DAL 8
: NSH 58%DAL 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Nashville Predators 2–1 (OT)

Dallas Stars beat Nashville Predators 2–1 in overtime at home. Blake Comeau (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 51 shots and stopped 49 (.961), +21 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.

Goalie
Pekka Rinne (NSH) faced 51 shots and stopped 49 (.961), +21 against a season average of 29.8; the loss.Rinne
Goalie
Ben Bishop (DAL) faced 48 shots and stopped 47 (.979), +14 against a season average of 34.5; the win.Bishop
Luck
NSH scored 1 goal on 6.08 expected goals (89 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: Boyle–Bonino–Watson skated 11:15 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyle Bonino Watson
Usage
Radek Faksa (DAL) played 23:10, +6:52 up on his 16:18 season average over 12 games.Faksa
Usage
Blake Comeau (DAL) played 22:02, +6:08 up on his 15:54 season average over 12 games.Comeau
Usage
Mattias Ekholm (NSH) played 31:02, +8:31 up on his 22:31 season average over 5 games.Ekholm
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 32:49, +8:19 up on his 24:30 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 189 of 189 attempts · DAL 100 · NSH 89

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 34% of the game, DAL 28%.

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
	88	112
	5.93	3.86
	5.66	3.77
	20	20
	12	24
	28	31
	+0.080	−0.080
	34%	28%

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

L1Smith – Jarnkrok – Sissons
12:1454% CF
L2Boyle – Bonino – Watson
11:1552% CF
L3Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
10:3148% CF
L4Turris – Granlund – Grimaldi
6:1041% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
24:5135% CF
D2Subban – Ekholm
23:1450% CF
D3Hamhuis – Fabbro
14:1241% CF

PP1Josi – Ekholm – Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
4:4991% CF
PP2Bonino – Subban – Ellis – Smith – Granlund
2:30100% CF
PK1FBonino – Sissons
1:20
PK2FJohansen – Arvidsson
0:32
PK1DJosi – Ellis
1:20
PK2DSubban – Ekholm
0:32

Current NSH line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Comeau – Cogliano – Faksa
14:0470% CF
L2Radulov – Benn – Seguin
13:4562% CF
L3Zuccarello – Dickinson – Hintz
9:1147% CF
L4Spezza – Dowling – Pitlick
6:5029% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
13:2367% CF
D2Polak – Heiskanen
12:5962% CF
D3Lovejoy – Oleksiak
7:2148% CF

PP1Radulov – Benn – Zuccarello – Seguin – Klingberg
1:20100% CF
PP2Spezza – Dowling – Lindell – Hintz – Heiskanen
0:400% CF
PK1FSeguin – Dickinson
1:26
PK2FComeau – Hintz
1:15
PK1DLovejoy – Lindell
4:51
PK2DPolak – Heiskanen
0:49

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:47
NSHAustin Watson (Brian Boyle, P.K. Subban)snap0.12 xG
NSH: Boyle, Bonino, Subban, Ekholm, WatsonDAL: Spezza, Dowling, Pitlick, Klingberg, Lindell
NSH 1 – 0 DAL

2nd period

5:20
DALBlake Comeau (Radek Faksa)wrist0.15 xG
NSH: Subban, Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, ArvidssonDAL: Comeau, Polak, Cogliano, Faksa, Lindell
NSH 1 – 1 DAL

OT period

17:02
DALJohn Klingberg (Alexander Radulov, Tyler Seguin)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Subban, Ekholm, Smith, Jarnkrok, SissonsDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Lindell
NSH 1 – 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
Craig Smith C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.53	1	0	0	18:47	—	—	55	44
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	18:34	—	—	51	41
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	0	0	17:57	—	—	46	37
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.30	0	2	0	19:12	—	—	54	71
Austin Watson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.13	14	0	2	15:28	—	—	47	60
Brian Boyle C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	1.05	2	0	0	13:08	—	—	47	59
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	1.14	3	6	0	26:14	—	—	35	56
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.49	1	0	0	24:23	—	—	43	64
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.54	1	0	0	23:36	—	—	43	68
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.55	0	2	0	18:24	—	—	41	84
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	34	69
Kyle Turris C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.82	0	1	0	17:01	—	—	38	75
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	5	3	0	32:49	—	—	36	54
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	4	0	31:21	—	—	40	58
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.10	0	2	0	31:02	—	—	49	57
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	1	1	-1	3	0.02	0	7	0	29:24	—	—	53	59
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	9	0	14:47	—	—	42	68
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:41	—	—	42	68

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	51	49	2	.961	4.02	76:20

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	4	2	0	23:10	—	—	57	41
Blake Comeau L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.64	4	2	4	22:02	—	—	71	54
Andrew Cogliano C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.35	0	2	0	18:30	—	—	66	49
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	7	0.53	2	1	0	23:52	—	—	62	40
Alexander Radulov R	L2	0	1	1	+1	5	0.10	1	0	0	22:29	—	—	62	30
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	0	0	+1	8	0.99	2	1	0	21:56	—	—	58	43
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.39	3	2	2	22:00	—	—	44	42
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.06	3	2	2	21:00	—	—	47	40
Roope Hintz C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	1	3	0	19:16	—	—	53	39
Justin Dowling C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	11:57	—	—	54	42
Jason Spezza C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	48	26
Tyler Pitlick C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	8:00	—	—	28	15
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	7	1	0	31:54	—	—	59	46
John Klingberg D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.10	1	0	0	27:34	—	—	66	53
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	2	0	32:25	—	—	56	27
Roman Polak D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	6	2	0	27:14	—	—	57	20
Ben Lovejoy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	21:27	—	—	42	45
Jamie Oleksiak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	1	0	12:10	—	—	50	47

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	W	48	47	1	.979	6.08	77:02

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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.