Nashville Predators vs. Minnesota WildMar 3, 2020

FinalTuesday, Mar 3, 2020· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	1	1		NSH	6	15	17	38
MIN	2	0	1	3		MIN	12	10	11	33

: NSH 68MIN 70
: NSH 3.09MIN 4.43
PP goals: NSH 1MIN 0
Hits: NSH 19MIN 23
Blocks: NSH 23MIN 17
PIM: NSH 12MIN 10
: NSH 61%MIN 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Nashville Predators 3–1

Minnesota Wild beat Nashville Predators 3–1 at home. Kevin Fiala (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for MIN: Staal–Fiala–Greenway skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 19:32.Fiala
New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Fiala–Greenway skated 7:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Fiala Greenway
Goalie
Alex Stalock (MIN) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +10 against a season average of 28.5; the win.Stalock
New line
New look for MIN: Parise–Eriksson Ek–Kunin skated 6:15 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Parise Eriksson Ek Kunin
New line
New look for NSH: Watson–Sissons–Trenin skated 5:05 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Watson Sissons Trenin
Luck
NSH scored 1 goal on 3.09 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Kevin Fiala (MIN) played 19:32, +4:12 up on his 15:20 season average over 63 games.Fiala
Usage
Ryan Suter (MIN) played 27:44, +3:08 up on his 24:36 season average over 68 games.Suter

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 138 of 138 attempts · MIN 70 · NSH 68

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 26% of the game, MIN 55%.

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
	54	49
	1.56	3.21
	1.51	2.93
	2	14
	2	5
	5	8
	+0.083	−0.083
	26%	55%

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

L1Bonino – Smith – Grimaldi
8:3365% CF
L2Duchene – Jarnkrok – Arvidsson
7:3055% CF
L3Turris – Granlund – Forsberg
7:2053% CF
L4Watson – Sissons – Trenin
5:0550% CF
D1Ekholm – Fabbro
13:3857% CF
D2Josi – Ellis
11:3960% CF
D3Weber – Tinordi
6:2433% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Arvidsson
1:52100% CF
PP2Turris – Josi – Smith – Granlund – Forsberg
1:30100% CF
PK1FBonino – Sissons
3:10
PK2FJarnkrok – Granlund
2:45
PK1DJosi – Tinordi
3:01
PK2DEllis – Ekholm
2:25

Current NSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Fiala – Greenway
7:4464% CF
L2Koivu – Hartman – Donato
7:0947% CF
L3Foligno – Zuccarello – Galchenyuk
6:5664% CF
L4Parise – Eriksson Ek – Kunin
6:1544% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
14:4738% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
12:0456% CF
D3Pateryn – Hunt
8:0850% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Spurgeon – Fiala
7:13100% CF
PP2Zuccarello – Hunt – Galchenyuk – Dumba – Kunin
3:4883% CF
PK1FKoivu – Hartman
1:33
PK2FGreenway – Eriksson Ek
1:09
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
2:07
PK2DPateryn – Brodin
0:45

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:07
MINLuke Kunin (Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.08 xG
NSH: Turris, Ekholm, Granlund, Forsberg, FabbroMIN: Suter, Parise, Spurgeon, Eriksson Ek, Kunin
NSH 0 – 1 MIN
12:04
MINKevin Fiala (Ryan Suter)wrist0.05 xG
NSH: Ellis, Watson, Sissons, Trenin, FabbroMIN: Staal, Suter, Spurgeon, Fiala, Greenway
NSH 0 – 2 MIN

3rd period

1:38
MINZach Parise (Eric Staal, Kevin Fiala)wrist0.20 xG
NSH: Turris, Duchene, Ekholm, Tinordi, GranlundMIN: Staal, Suter, Parise, Dumba, Fiala
NSH 0 – 3 MIN
5:07
NSHCraig SmithPP (Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi)slap0.19 xG
NSH: Turris, Josi, Smith, Granlund, ForsbergMIN: Koivu, Pateryn, Brodin, Hartman
NSH 1 – 3 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
Nick Bonino C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	5	0	16:59	—	—	55	34
Craig Smith C	L1	1	0	1	0	8	0.86	2	0	2	15:06	—	—	68	49
Rocco Grimaldi R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	0	0	0	11:04	—	—	61	20
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	53	43
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	50	51
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	0	0	0	12:14	—	—	50	40
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.41	0	4	4	20:25	—	—	44	21
Kyle Turris C	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	0.26	0	0	0	18:25	—	—	46	25
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.05	0	2	0	15:21	—	—	53	34
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	3	1	0	13:06	—	—	47	25
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:45	—	—	53	50
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	0	0	6:41	—	—	44	28
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	0	0	22:27	—	—	57	27
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	1	1	2	18:19	—	—	50	28
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	0	6	0.25	4	2	0	27:16	—	—	68	60
Ryan Ellis D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.33	2	1	2	26:43	—	—	56	33
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	4	0	15:29	—	—	28	22
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	2	2	9:28	—	—	40	44

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	4.43	57:42

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Fiala L	L1	1	1	2	+2	7	0.75	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	50	72
Eric Staal C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.07	0	0	0	19:16	—	—	60	81
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	1	2	13:09	—	—	50	55
Mikko Koivu C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:27	—	—	44	61
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	1	0	2	10:51	—	—	45	61
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	1	0	9:30	—	—	40	54
Alex Galchenyuk C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	2	0	2	14:16	—	—	50	65
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	57	75
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.71	1	1	2	12:31	—	—	50	85
Zach Parise L	L4	1	0	1	+2	2	0.50	2	0	0	17:06	—	—	43	66
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L4	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	3	2	0	15:32	—	—	41	61
Luke Kunin C	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.49	1	2	0	14:59	—	—	44	58
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.09	1	4	0	27:44	—	—	39	64
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.14	3	2	0	27:07	—	—	43	66
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	2	19:43	—	—	53	60
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.32	3	0	0	19:39	—	—	59	70
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	2	0	13:05	—	—	50	76
Greg Pateryn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:43	—	—	47	77

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	3.09	59:46

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.