Nashville Predators vs. Minnesota WildOct 24, 2021

FinalSunday, Oct 24, 2021· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	3	2	0	5		NSH	11	8	10	29
MIN	0	2	0	2		MIN	9	11	15	35

: NSH 49MIN 62
: NSH 4.57MIN 2.51
PP goals: NSH 2MIN 0
Hits: NSH 7MIN 9
Blocks: NSH 16MIN 6
PIM: NSH 10MIN 12
: NSH 54%MIN 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at MIN. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 3A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 4:09 together.

Points
Roman Josi had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 3 shots in 24:08.Josi
Points
Matt Duchene had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:52.Duchene
Points
Ryan Johansen had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:28.Johansen
Points
Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:37.Forsberg
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 2 power-play goals on 8 attempts in 4:09 together.Josi Duchene Johansen Granlund Forsberg
Usage
Eeli Tolvanen (NSH) played 1:18, −12:18 down on his 13:36 season average over 74 games.Tolvanen
Goalie
Connor Ingram (NSH) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +5 against a season average of 30.3; the win.Ingram
New line
New look for NSH: Cousins–Novak–Tomasino skated 4:56 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cousins Novak Tomasino

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 111 of 111 attempts · MIN 62 · NSH 49

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 39% of the game, MIN 22%.

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
	38	54
	2.49	1.58
	2.32	1.56
	8	6
	6	4
	11	5
	+0.052	−0.052
	39%	22%

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

L1Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
7:5353% CF
L2Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
6:5580% CF
L3Cousins – Novak – Tomasino
4:5633% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
16:1441% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
10:0641% CF
D3Borowiecki – Benning
8:1330% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
4:09100% CF
PP2Cousins – Novak – Carrier – Kunin – Tomasino
2:47
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
1:54
PK2FJohansen – Kunin
0:42
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
4:03
PK2DBorowiecki – Benning
3:07

Current NSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Bjugstad – Duhaime – Sturm
6:5387% CF
L2Rask – Gaudreau – Fiala
6:3864% CF
L3Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
5:1955% CF
L4Foligno – Hartman – Greenway
5:1233% CF
D1Kulikov – Merrill
11:0874% CF
D2Brodin – Dumba
11:0370% CF
D3Goligoski – Spurgeon
8:4042% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Fiala – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov
3:54100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Foligno – Dumba – Hartman – Gaudreau
3:4686% CF
PK1FHartman – Greenway
2:35
PK2FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
2:30
PK1DBrodin – Dumba
2:57
PK2DKulikov – Merrill
2:55

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:45
NSHRoman JosiPP (Matt Duchene, Mikael Granlund)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, ForsbergMIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Foligno, Eriksson Ek
NSH 1 – 0 MIN
5:54
NSHRyan JohansenPP (Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi)backhand0.27 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, ForsbergMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Dumba, Eriksson Ek
NSH 2 – 0 MIN
12:25
NSHRyan Johansen (Roman Josi, Matt Duchene)wrist0.04 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Carrier, KuninMIN: Kulikov, Merrill, Rask, Gaudreau, Fiala
NSH 3 – 0 MIN

2nd period

11:30
MINNick Bjugstad (Jon Merrill)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Cousins, Sissons, Carrier, JeannotMIN: Kulikov, Merrill, Bjugstad, Rask, Gaudreau
NSH 3 – 1 MIN
13:15
NSHFilip Forsberg (Roman Josi, Matt Duchene)deflected0.20 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Forsberg, FabbroMIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov
NSH 4 – 1 MIN
18:35
NSHTanner Jeannot (Yakov Trenin, Colton Sissons)tip-in0.06 xG
NSH: Josi, Sissons, Trenin, Fabbro, JeannotMIN: Goligoski, Spurgeon, Gaudreau, Fiala, Kaprizov
NSH 5 – 1 MIN
19:57
MINNico Sturm (Brandon Duhaime)backhand0.02 xG
NSH: Borowiecki, Johansen, Benning, Trenin, KuninMIN: Kulikov, Merrill, Bjugstad, Duhaime, Sturm
NSH 5 – 2 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
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	0	1	2	16:00	—	—	39	57
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	15:40	—	—	37	46
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.39	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	50	68
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.36	0	1	2	22:30	—	—	70	94
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	3	3	+2	3	0.60	0	0	2	19:52	—	—	59	83
Filip Forsberg L	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	1.27	1	1	0	16:37	—	—	61	92
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.51	0	1	2	13:36	—	—	31	43
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	2	11:17	—	—	18	49
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:10	—	—	17	32
Roman Josi D	D1	1	3	4	+3	3	0.36	0	3	0	24:08	—	—	45	70
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	0	0	0	20:18	—	—	37	64
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	21:13	—	—	44	59
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	19:27	—	—	46	62
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:08	—	—	43	47
Mark Borowiecki D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	13:42	—	—	33	43
Luke Kunin C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	17:51	—	—	28	38
Ryan Johansen C	—	2	0	2	0	3	0.58	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	24	29
Eeli Tolvanen R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:18	—	—	0	0

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Connor Ingram(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	2.51	59:28

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nico Sturm C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.12	0	0	0	10:05	—	—	78	49
Nick Bjugstad C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.17	0	0	0	9:54	—	—	79	50
Brandon Duhaime L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.08	2	0	2	9:29	—	—	82	53
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	-2	6	0.79	0	0	2	18:14	—	—	53	41
Frederick Gaudreau C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	0	0	0	17:26	—	—	59	42
Victor Rask C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	9:35	—	—	61	44
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	19:23	—	—	47	17
Kirill Kaprizov L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.28	1	0	0	18:00	—	—	52	31
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	0	2	16:56	—	—	60	36
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	2	18:23	—	—	42	23
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	57	49
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:04	—	—	33	32
Dmitry Kulikov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	2	16:32	—	—	65	44
Jon Merrill D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	72	41
Mathew Dumba D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	0	0	24:08	—	—	68	63
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	19:56	—	—	57	56
Alex Goligoski D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	1	2	0	20:26	—	—	46	21
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	1	1	2	18:52	—	—	42	19

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	29	24	5	.828	3.76	55:57

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.