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Nashville Predators vs. Dallas StarsMar 7, 2021

Final / SO· American Airlines Center
Goals123OTSOTShots123OTT
NSH210014NSH677020
DAL003003DAL91216138
NSH 41DAL 65
NSH 1.61DAL 3.30
PP goals
NSH 2DAL 1
Hits
NSH 18DAL 18
Blocks
NSH 17DAL 13
PIM
NSH 13DAL 17
NSH 50%DAL 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Dallas Stars 4–3 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat Dallas Stars 4–3 in a shootout at DAL. Eeli Tolvanen (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg and Tolvanen) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 5:38 together.

  1. Points
    Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:10.Tolvanen
  2. Points
    Jason Robertson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:15.Robertson
  3. Points
    Filip Forsberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:43.Forsberg
  4. Points
    Miro Heiskanen had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 32:30.Heiskanen
  5. PP1
    NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg and Tolvanen) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 5:38 together.JosiJohansenGranlundForsbergTolvanen
  6. PP1
    DAL's first power-play unit (Pavelski, Benn, Gurianov, Robertson and Heiskanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:07 together.PavelskiBennGurianovRobertsonHeiskanen
  7. Usage
    Miro Heiskanen (DAL) played 32:30, +7:40 up on his 24:50 season average over 54 games.Heiskanen
  8. New line
    New look for NSH: Jarnkrok–Granlund–Pitlick skated 7:53 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.JarnkrokGranlundPitlick

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.

Shot map, NSH at DAL: 106 attempts, 58 on goal, 6 goals, 4.91 expected goals; best chance Denis Gurianov at 0.23 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →
  • DAL
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · DAL 65 · NSH 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NSH at DAL: expected goals 3.30 to 1.61 (DAL led the chances), shot attempts 65 to 41, 6 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTDALNSHGJTFPRnet xGcumulative expected goals · 64:36
  • DAL
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
DALNSHcontrol2nd3rdOTGranlund · 1st 15:31Jarnkrok · 1st 16:49Tolvanen · 2nd 13:12Faksa · 3rd 12:30Pavelski · 3rd 14:46Robertson · 3rd 19:03
  • 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 19% of the game, DAL 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NSH at DAL: 38 players over 64:36; most ice Jake Oettinger (63:50) for DAL and Pekka Rinne (65:00) for NSH, 6 goals.

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
StatNSHDAL
3255
1.182.89
1.172.71
418
12
127
−0.046+0.047
19%44%

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

Current NSH line combinations →

Dallas Stars

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 15:31
    NSH 1 – 0 DAL
  2. 16:49
    NSH 2 – 0 DAL

2nd period

  1. 13:12
    NSH 3 – 0 DAL

Decided in the shootout: NSH 4 – 3 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan Johansen CL1000-120.1400221:55——3328
Filip Forsberg LL1022-120.2410020:43——3634
Viktor Arvidsson LL1000-120.1402020:12——4334
Mikael Granlund CL2101010.1211022:37——3948
Calle Jarnkrok CL2101020.2411017:56——3751
Rem Pitlick CL2000+110.0800013:14——5686
Eeli Tolvanen RL3112030.1420015:10——2916
Colton Sissons CL3000000.0020013:21——2913
Nick Cousins CL3000000.1711211:35——3318
Brad Richardson RL4000-120.0811014:34——3923
Yakov Trenin CL4000000.0032011:30——3916
Mathieu Olivier RL4000000.0020710:11——3017
Roman Josi DD1011-120.0902025:08——4638
Dante Fabbro DD1000-110.0113020:56——4542
Mattias Ekholm DD2000000.0702024:43——3221
Ben Harpur DD2000+120.0501014:37——3825
Matt Benning DD3000-100.0000216:51——1711
Mark Borowiecki DD3000000.0331014:29——2022
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Pekka Rinne(start)W38353.9213.3065:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Joe Pavelski CL1101+1100.9212023:50——7586
Jamie Benn LL1011+140.4040023:38——7688
Denis Gurianov RL1011060.9600620:55——7684
Radek Faksa CL2101+120.0922218:28——4245
Blake Comeau LL2000000.0001015:52——4861
Nick Caamano RL2000010.022109:52——5060
Andrew Cogliano CL3000020.1900211:18——5472
Ty Dellandrea CL3000+110.0511010:39——7088
Joel L'Esperance RL3000+100.001029:44——5472
Jason Dickinson CL4000-100.0010017:51——6059
Jason Robertson LL4112+120.0510016:15——6246
Joel Kiviranta LL4000-100.0000010:26——6044
Miro Heiskanen DD1022+120.2811032:30——6885
Jamie Oleksiak DD1000020.1510522:05——6583
Esa Lindell DD2011+230.0321025:26——6259
Andrej Sekera DD2000020.1303018:23——5049
Mark Pysyk DD3000010.0310012:18——6765
Joel Hanley DD3000-100.000108:37——648
DAL goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Jake Oettinger(start)O20173.8501.6163:50