Nashville Predators vs. Minnesota WildDec 31, 2024

FinalTuesday, Dec 31, 2024· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	1	0	3		NSH	15	12	19	46
MIN	1	3	1	5		MIN	16	16	6	38

: NSH 75MIN 63
: NSH 4.42MIN 3.36
PP goals: NSH 0MIN 3
Hits: NSH 19MIN 14
Blocks: NSH 9MIN 13
PIM: NSH 35MIN 16
: NSH 44%MIN 56%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Nashville Predators 5–3

Minnesota Wild beat Nashville Predators 5–3 at home. Marco Rossi (MIN) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, Rossi and Faber) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 5:11 together.

Points
Marco Rossi had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 7 shots in 19:18.Rossi
Points
Jonas Brodin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:58.Brodin
Points
Mats Zuccarello had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:58.Zuccarello
Points
Brady Skjei had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:06.Skjei
Points
Joel Eriksson Ek had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:24.Eriksson Ek
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Boldy, Rossi and Faber) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 5:11 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Boldy Rossi Faber
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 46 shots and stopped 43 (.935), +17 against a season average of 29.2; the win.Gustavsson
Usage
Jared Spurgeon (MIN) played 7:53, −12:46 down on his 20:39 season average over 65 games.Spurgeon

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 63 · NSH 75

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 38% of the game, MIN 35%.

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
	62	54
	3.66	2.14
	3.34	1.98
	19	18
	4	8
	19	11
	−0.051	+0.051
	38%	35%

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

L1Stamkos – Marchessault – Forsberg
12:0360% CF
L2Nyquist – O'Reilly – Hinostroza
9:0167% CF
L3Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
4:0843% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
10:5439% CF
D2Schenn – Josi
8:1767% CF
D3Lauzon – Barron
3:2975% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
1:4567% CF
PP2Stamkos – Josi – Nyquist – Novak – Evangelista
0:11100% CF
PK1FJankowski – Sissons
3:41
PK2FNyquist – McCarron
1:58
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
2:50
PK2DJosi – Barron
1:19

Current NSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Boldy – Rossi
10:3057% CF
L2Johansson – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
9:1543% CF
L3Foligno – Gaudreau – Trenin
7:1042% CF
L4Shore – Jones – Khusnutdinov
4:2443% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
13:2933% CF
D2Bogosian – Merrill
9:5347% CF
D3Spurgeon – Chisholm
4:4763% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Boldy – Rossi – Faber
5:11100% CF
PP2Johansson – Foligno – Hartman – Gaudreau – Chisholm
1:55100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
0:55
PK2FTrenin – Khusnutdinov
0:44
PK1DBrodin – Faber
0:55
PK2DBogosian – Merrill
0:44

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.58	0	1	0	22:24	—	—	52	66
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	0	0	0	22:04	—	—	57	64
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.49	2	0	2	21:28	—	—	59	71
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	1.18	0	1	2	20:53	—	—	67	71
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	1	1	+1	6	0.70	0	0	0	19:51	—	—	68	73
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	11:44	—	—	68	73
Mark Jankowski L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	12:52	—	—	50	66
Luke Evangelista R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	0	0	11:38	—	—	35	32
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	10:11	—	—	32	27
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.04	0	0	2	24:06	—	—	39	54
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.15	1	0	2	19:57	—	—	49	75
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	0	7	0.36	1	1	2	32:30	—	—	63	70
Luke Schenn D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.28	3	0	0	13:58	—	—	63	66
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	3	0	17:31	—	—	54	56
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	6:19	—	—	78	92
Colton Sissons C	—	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	2	1	0	11:46	—	—	60	78
Michael McCarron C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	10:42	—	—	46	39
Zachary L'Heureux L	—	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	20	1:54	—	—	75	100

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	38	33	5	.868	2.94	56:00

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	1	1	2	0	1	0.21	0	0	2	20:58	—	—	58	55
Marco Rossi C	L1	2	1	3	+1	7	0.77	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	55	50
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	1	1	0	18:23	—	—	53	49
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	2	2	0	2	0.32	1	1	0	19:24	—	—	44	28
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	42	15
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	16:26	—	—	40	12
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	0	0	0	-1	4	0.19	1	1	0	20:34	—	—	44	45
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.25	1	2	5	15:26	—	—	44	40
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.52	3	1	2	13:41	—	—	41	34
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	8:16	—	—	40	13
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	6:26	—	—	42	15
Ben Jones C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	5	5:43	—	—	38	0
Brock Faber D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.02	1	0	0	28:51	—	—	35	24
Jonas Brodin D	D1	1	1	2	-1	4	0.16	0	1	0	23:58	—	—	44	30
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	1	0	0	18:58	—	—	59	71
Jon Merrill D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	2	15:51	—	—	43	70
Declan Chisholm D	D3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.09	0	0	0	16:39	—	—	46	27
Jared Spurgeon D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	7:53	—	—	65	22

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	W	46	43	3	.935	4.42	59:34

Goal anatomy

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

Marco Rossi (MIN) 1st 7:54 · assists Mats Zuccarello, Jonas Brodin · Deflection · 8.0 mph shot.

Marco Rossi · 1st 7:54 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 8.0 mph
Distance: 5 ft

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Colton Sissons · 1st 11:00 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 64.8 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Type: deflection

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Jonathan Marchessault · 1st 15:14 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: one-timer

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Mats Zuccarello · 2nd 6:19 · MIN PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1
Shot: 46.3 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 3.9 s

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Jonas Brodin · 2nd 8:57 · MIN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 58.3 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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Ryan O'Reilly · 2nd 12:01 · NSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 30.3 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Type: rebound

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Declan Chisholm · 2nd 17:08 · MIN PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 79.1 mph
Distance: 56 ft
Type: one-timer

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Marco Rossi · 3rd 7:07 · MIN PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 7 (royal road)
Shot: 4.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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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.

Nashville Predators vs. Minnesota WildDec 31, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Minnesota Wild beat Nashville Predators 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Minnesota Wild

Goal anatomy

Marco Rossi · 1st 7:54 · MIN

Colton Sissons · 1st 11:00 · NSH

Jonathan Marchessault · 1st 15:14 · NSH

Mats Zuccarello · 2nd 6:19 · MIN PP

Jonas Brodin · 2nd 8:57 · MIN

Ryan O'Reilly · 2nd 12:01 · NSH

Declan Chisholm · 2nd 17:08 · MIN PP

Marco Rossi · 3rd 7:07 · MIN PP