Nashville Predators vs. Minnesota WildMar 25, 2019

FinalMonday, Mar 25, 2019· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	0	0	1		NSH	7	7	5	19
MIN	0	0	0	0		MIN	5	13	11	29

: NSH 43MIN 69
: NSH 1.37MIN 3.46
PP goals: NSH 0MIN 0
Hits: NSH 11MIN 17
Blocks: NSH 17MIN 15
PIM: NSH 15MIN 13
: NSH 65%MIN 35%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Minnesota Wild 1–0

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 1–0 at MIN. Ryan Johansen (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for MIN: Staal–Zucker–Donato skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Zucker–Donato skated 10:39 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Zucker Donato
Luck
MIN scored 0 goals on 3.46 expected goals (69 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Rask–Aberg skated 6:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Rask Aberg
New line
New look for NSH: Boyle–Bonino–Simmonds skated 6:10 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Boyle Bonino Simmonds
New line
New look for NSH: Turris–Granlund–Pitlick skated 7:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (31.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Turris Granlund Pitlick
Usage
Ryan Donato (MIN) played 21:11, +7:37 up on his 13:34 season average over 55 games.Donato
Usage
Brad Hunt (MIN) played 19:17, +4:30 up on his 14:47 season average over 41 games.Hunt
Usage
Greg Pateryn (MIN) played 12:28, −4:43 down on his 17:11 season average over 79 games.Pateryn

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · MIN 69 · NSH 43

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 8% of the game, MIN 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	40	64
	0.86	2.90
	0.85	2.74
	7	12
	2	4
	6	6
	+0.087	−0.087
	8%	36%

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
8:3844% CF
L2Smith – Jarnkrok – Sissons
7:5856% CF
L3Turris – Granlund – Pitlick
7:4131% CF
L4Boyle – Bonino – Simmonds
6:1041% CF
D1Subban – Ekholm
14:3439% CF
D2Josi – Ellis
13:4522% CF
D3Weber – Irwin
7:5454% CF

PP1Boyle – Subban – Smith – Johansen – Arvidsson
3:050% CF
PP2Turris – Simmonds – Josi – Granlund – Forsberg
2:4760% CF
PK1FJohansen – Arvidsson
2:19
PK2FBonino – Sissons
1:09
PK1DJosi – Ellis
3:02
PK2DSubban – Ekholm
2:09

Current NSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Zucker – Donato
10:3958% CF
L2Fiala – Greenway – Kunin
9:0856% CF
L3Foligno – Rask – Aberg
6:0777% CF
L4Fehr – Read – Brown
3:0267% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
18:3664% CF
D2Brodin – Hunt
13:5360% CF
D3Pateryn – Seeler
7:3779% CF

PP1Hunt – Aberg – Donato – Greenway – Kunin
2:5433% CF
PP2Staal – Suter – Spurgeon – Zucker – Fiala
2:45
PK1FFehr – Foligno
3:02
PK2FBrown – Kunin
1:00
PK1DPateryn – Seeler
1:24
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
1:01

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:32
NSHRyan JohansenSH (Viktor Arvidsson, Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Subban, Ekholm, Johansen, ArvidssonMIN: Staal, Suter, Spurgeon, Zucker, Donato
NSH 1 – 0 MIN

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
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.09	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	35	13
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	0	18:32	—	—	38	15
Ryan Johansen C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.03	0	1	2	17:26	—	—	38	13
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:43	—	—	39	38
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:10	—	—	50	42
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.39	0	0	2	12:09	—	—	61	50
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	14:46	—	—	32	18
Kyle Turris C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:17	—	—	38	30
Rem Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	9:43	—	—	30	15
Nick Bonino C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.47	0	1	0	15:25	—	—	33	22
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:37	—	—	33	14
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	7	10:50	—	—	36	15
P.K. Subban D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	2	2	24:43	—	—	43	21
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	23:14	—	—	44	22
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	8	0	25:23	—	—	33	25
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	23:05	—	—	23	22
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	8:59	—	—	53	23
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:29	—	—	57	26

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	3.46	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Donato C	L1	-1	5	0.62	0	1	0	21:11	—	—	66	79
Eric Staal C	L1	-1	1	0.26	0	0	0	20:34	—	—	57	78
Jason Zucker L	L1	-1	1	0.54	1	2	0	19:50	—	—	61	79
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	48	68
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	4	0.28	3	2	2	19:46	—	—	58	73
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	2	0.31	0	1	5	14:16	—	—	47	64
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	13:43	—	—	74	91
Victor Rask C	L3	0	4	0.82	0	0	0	11:55	—	—	84	94
Pontus Aberg L	L3	0	2	0.11	5	0	0	11:52	—	—	67	86
Eric Fehr C	L4	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	9:31	—	—	40	21
Matt Read R	L4	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	8:36	—	—	60	48
JT Brown R	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:47	—	—	50	0
Ryan Suter D	D1	-1	1	0.06	1	1	0	26:51	—	—	64	82
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	-1	1	0.06	1	2	2	25:59	—	—	61	81
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	1	0.02	3	1	0	21:12	—	—	57	58
Brad Hunt D	D2	0	2	0.12	0	1	0	19:17	—	—	57	61
Greg Pateryn D	D3	0	1	0.02	2	1	2	12:28	—	—	67	95
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:19	—	—	71	88

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	19	18	1	.947	0.95	57:37

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.