Nashville Predators vs. Minnesota WildJan 25, 2024

FinalThursday, Jan 25, 2024· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	0	3	3		NSH	11	4	14	29
MIN	0	1	1	2		MIN	6	11	7	24

: NSH 62MIN 50
: NSH 3.00MIN 1.88
PP goals: NSH 0MIN 2
Hits: NSH 34MIN 19
Blocks: NSH 15MIN 20
PIM: NSH 20MIN 26
: NSH 48%MIN 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Minnesota Wild 3–2

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 at MIN. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Faber) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:26 together.

Points
Roman Josi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:43.Josi
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:20.Kaprizov
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:03.O'Reilly
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy and Faber) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 4:26 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Boldy Faber
New line
New look for NSH: Novak–Glass–Evangelista skated 7:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Novak Glass Evangelista
Usage
Alex Goligoski (MIN) played 20:27, +5:48 up on his 14:39 season average over 35 games.Goligoski
Usage
Frederick Gaudreau (MIN) played 8:06, −5:56 down on his 14:02 season average over 66 games.Gaudreau
Usage
Jake Middleton (MIN) played 14:25, −5:28 down on his 19:53 season average over 79 games.Middleton

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 50 · NSH 62

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 40% of the game, MIN 21%.

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
	67	40
	2.62	0.77
	2.51	0.77
	12	6
	7	5
	11	14
	−0.004	+0.004
	40%	21%

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

L1Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg
10:4860% CF
L2Novak – Glass – Evangelista
7:2578% CF
L3Sissons – Gurianov – Trenin
6:4590% CF
L4McCarron – Sherwood – Smith
3:3950% CF
D1Lauzon – Carrier
15:0555% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
13:3459% CF
D3McDonagh – Schenn
11:3879% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Sissons
2:39100% CF
PP2McDonagh – Novak – Gurianov – Glass – Evangelista
0:32
PK1FSissons – Smith
2:43
PK2FO'Reilly – Trenin
1:30
PK1DMcDonagh – Lauzon
1:55
PK2DSchenn – Carrier
1:21

Current NSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Rossi
12:0043% CF
L2Foligno – Eriksson Ek – Boldy
10:3540% CF
L3Maroon – Johansson – Hartman
7:4750% CF
L4Gaudreau – Duhaime – Lucchini
3:3267% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
17:2041% CF
D2Goligoski – Bogosian
11:0330% CF
D3Mermis – Middleton
8:1864% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Boldy – Faber
4:26100% CF
PP2Goligoski – Johansson – Hartman – Gaudreau – Rossi
1:04100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Eriksson Ek
2:24
PK2FJohansson – Hartman
0:36
PK1DBrodin – Faber
2:43
PK2DMermis – Middleton
0:55

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

12:44
MINJoel Eriksson EkPP (Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello)deflected0.13 xG
NSH: Josi, Sissons, Lauzon, SmithMIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Faber
NSH 0 – 1 MIN

3rd period

1:44
NSHAlexandre Carrier (Yakov Trenin)wrist0.14 xG
NSH: Sissons, Lauzon, Trenin, Carrier, SherwoodMIN: Zuccarello, Mermis, Middleton, Kaprizov, Rossi
NSH 1 – 1 MIN
2:19
NSHFilip Forsberg (Roman Josi, Ryan O'Reilly)tip-in0.08 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, FabbroMIN: Foligno, Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, Faber
NSH 2 – 1 MIN
11:34
NSHRoman Josi (Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, LauzonMIN: Brodin, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Faber
NSH 3 – 1 MIN
16:09
MINMatt BoldyPP (Brock Faber, Kirill Kaprizov)wrist0.11 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Nyquist, O'Reilly, CarrierMIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Boldy, Faber
NSH 3 – 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
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.77	0	1	0	20:03	—	—	63	65
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.27	3	0	0	19:27	—	—	64	71
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	1	0	0	17:45	—	—	62	66
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	65	85
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.68	3	0	0	13:30	—	—	67	84
Cody Glass C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:02	—	—	64	83
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	+1	6	0.56	1	1	0	21:28	—	—	66	91
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	3	0	0	16:28	—	—	68	81
Denis Gurianov R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	13:21	—	—	77	88
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	7	13:30	—	—	50	56
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	5	8:19	—	—	50	42
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	7	0	0	8:14	—	—	47	83
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	6	2	2	20:43	—	—	61	72
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	1	2	2	19:35	—	—	50	70
Roman Josi D	D2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.03	3	3	0	23:43	—	—	64	69
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:42	—	—	61	71
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	1	2	2	22:33	—	—	72	91
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	1	0	14:38	—	—	79	93

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	1.88	60:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	0	2	2	-2	2	0.16	0	2	2	22:20	—	—	42	31
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	21:31	—	—	41	25
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	18:02	—	—	37	21
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.20	2	0	0	21:29	—	—	41	29
Matt Boldy L	L2	1	0	1	-2	5	0.48	0	0	0	19:11	—	—	49	33
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	6	2	0	17:42	—	—	33	19
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:59	—	—	23	8
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:53	—	—	31	10
Patrick Maroon L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	11:50	—	—	15	4
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	8:06	—	—	38	79
Brandon Duhaime L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:10	—	—	29	25
Jake Lucchini C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	5:58	—	—	33	35
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	-2	2	0.10	0	4	0	27:43	—	—	39	27
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	2	6	0	24:45	—	—	38	23
Alex Goligoski D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	0	1	0	20:27	—	—	23	17
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	19	14:21	—	—	28	20
Jake Middleton D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	5	14:25	—	—	53	21
Dakota Mermis D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	11:19	—	—	57	36

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.38	58:49

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Joel Eriksson Ek (MIN PP) 2nd 12:44 · assists Kirill Kaprizov, Mats Zuccarello · Deflection · 21.0 mph shot.

Joel Eriksson Ek · 2nd 12:44 · MIN PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Alexandre Carrier · 3rd 1:44 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 75.3 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Filip Forsberg · 3rd 2:19 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 75.7 mph
Distance: 63 ft

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Roman Josi · 3rd 11:34 · NSH

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 33.8 mph
Distance: 50 ft

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Matt Boldy · 3rd 16:09 · MIN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 56.6 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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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.