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Nashville Predators vs. Minnesota WildDec 23, 2025

Final / OT· Grand Casino Arena
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NSH
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Goals123OTTShots123OTT
NSH20013NSH8127229
MIN11002MIN12119032
NSH 54MIN 51
NSH 3.14MIN 2.78
PP goals
NSH 2MIN 0
Hits
NSH 22MIN 27
Blocks
NSH 10MIN 9
PIM
NSH 8MIN 10
NSH 61%MIN 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Minnesota Wild 3–2 (OT)

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 3–2 in overtime at MIN. Steven Stamkos (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 2 power-play goals on 15 attempts in 5:01 together.

  1. Points
    Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:45.O'Reilly
  2. Points
    Steven Stamkos had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:24.Stamkos
  3. PP1
    NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 2 power-play goals on 15 attempts in 5:01 together.StamkosJosiO'ReillyForsbergEvangelista
  4. Usage
    Kirill Kaprizov (MIN) played 25:38, +3:32 up on his 22:06 season average over 77 games.Kaprizov
  5. Usage
    Brady Skjei (NSH) played 18:05, −4:35 down on his 22:40 season average over 81 games.Skjei
  6. Usage
    Yakov Trenin (MIN) played 8:59, −4:21 down on his 13:20 season average over 81 games.Trenin
  7. Usage
    Jake Middleton (MIN) played 13:55, −3:38 down on his 17:33 season average over 74 games.Middleton
  8. Usage
    Marcus Foligno (MIN) played 9:32, −3:22 down on his 12:54 season average over 55 games.Foligno

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.

Shot map, NSH at MIN: 105 attempts, 61 on goal, 5 goals, 5.92 expected goals; best chance Joel Eriksson Ek at 0.61 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →
  • MIN
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · MIN 51 · NSH 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, NSH at MIN: expected goals 2.78 to 3.14 (NSH led the chances), shot attempts 51 to 54, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdOTMINNSHFOJEESnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:53
  • MIN
  • NSH
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
MINNSHcontrol2nd3rdOTFaber · 1st 7:00O'Reilly · 1st 14:28Josi · 1st 17:07Eriksson Ek · 2nd 0:52Stamkos · OT 0:53
  • 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 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, NSH at MIN: 38 players over 60:53; most ice Filip Gustavsson (60:24) for MIN and Juuse Saros (60:49) for NSH, 5 goals.

MIN
NSH
goals / penalties
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

MIN skaters (rows) against NSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the MIN side.

Matchup matrix

Head-to-head matrix, MIN rows versus NSH columns: 250 matchups; most common Hughes vs Wilsby, 9:50 at 59% xGF.

MIN ↓ · NSH →O'ReillyForsbergStamkosMcCarronSmithSchaeferEvangelistaHaulaBuntingWoodSvechkovJostHagueBlankenburgJosiPerbixSkjeiWilsbyL1 KaprizovL1 HartmanL1 ZuccarelloL2 SturmL2 HinostrozaL2 FolignoL3 BoldyL3 EkL3 JohanssonL4 TarasenkoL4 YurovL4 TreninD1 HughesD1 FaberD2 BrodinD2 SpurgeonD3 MiddletonD3 Bogosian
MIN xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
StatNSHMIN
4052
1.411.98
1.391.95
413
44
1820
+0.053−0.053
39%28%

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

Current NSH line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 7:00
    MINBrock Faber (Quinn Hughes, Nico Sturm)slap0.04 xG
    NSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, PerbixMIN: Foligno, Hinostroza, Hughes, Sturm, Faber
    NSH 0 – 1 MIN
  2. 14:28
    NSHRyan O'ReillyPP (Luke Evangelista, Steven Stamkos)backhand0.38 xG
    NSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, EvangelistaMIN: Brodin, Sturm, Boldy, Faber
    NSH 1 – 1 MIN
  3. 17:07
    NSHRoman JosiPP (Ryan O'Reilly, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.10 xG
    NSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg, EvangelistaMIN: Spurgeon, Middleton, Eriksson Ek, Boldy
    NSH 2 – 1 MIN

2nd period

  1. 0:52
    MINJoel Eriksson Ek (Marcus Johansson, Kirill Kaprizov)wrist0.61 xG
    NSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Skjei, Forsberg, WilsbyMIN: Johansson, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Hughes, Boldy, Faber
    NSH 2 – 2 MIN

OT period

  1. 0:53
    NSHSteven Stamkos (Erik Haula, Nick Blankenburg)tip-in0.12 xG
    NSH: Stamkos, Haula, BlankenburgMIN: Johansson, Hughes, Boldy
    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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Ryan O'Reilly CL1112-220.6000222:45——3019
Filip Forsberg LL1011-230.2040020:20——3529
Steven Stamkos CL1112-140.5530018:24——3331
Michael McCarron CL2000020.1002215:19——4130
Cole Smith RL2000010.0130014:59——3114
Reid Schaefer LL2000000.0710010:45——2813
Luke Evangelista RL3011040.3900017:36——5079
Erik Haula LL3011+110.1512015:12——4884
Michael Bunting LL3000010.1800012:33——5081
Matthew Wood RL4000020.1211011:03——5554
Fedor Svechkov CL4000010.081009:56——5342
Tyson Jost CL4000010.110029:36——7766
Nicolas Hague DD1000010.0221019:45——4454
Nick Blankenburg DD1011+110.1731218:52——4447
Roman Josi DD2101-140.3303024:42——4834
Nick Perbix DD2000-100.0000018:34——3323
Brady Skjei DD3000-110.0430018:05——3837
Adam Wilsby DD3000-100.0000016:17——4551
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Juuse Saros(start)W32302.9382.7860:49

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kirill Kaprizov LL1011+180.6910225:38——5957
Ryan Hartman RL1000020.0420019:18——5557
Mats Zuccarello RL1000010.0721218:56——5253
Nico Sturm CL2011+110.1410010:39——3070
Vinnie Hinostroza CL2000+100.0000010:19——4670
Marcus Foligno LL2000+110.207109:32——5088
Matt Boldy LL3000000.0000018:55——7445
Joel Eriksson Ek CL3101+140.8720217:26——8351
Marcus Johansson LL3011010.1710013:52——7548
Vladimir Tarasenko RL4000000.0020212:53——4771
Danila Yurov RL4000030.2010011:54——4762
Yakov Trenin CL4000020.014108:59——3941
Quinn Hughes DD1011+110.0700029:11——6369
Brock Faber DD1101+220.1802025:12——7173
Jonas Brodin DD2000020.0100019:30——6258
Jared Spurgeon DD2000010.0122216:56——6041
Jake Middleton DD3000020.1200013:55——2951
Zach Bogosian DD3000010.0022012:17——2423
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)O29263.8973.1460:24

Goal anatomy

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

Brock Faber (MIN) 1st 7:00 · assists Quinn Hughes, Nico Sturm · Odd-man rush · passed in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 75.5 mph shot · 4.1 s from entry to goal.

Brock Faber · 1st 7:00 · MIN

Play
odd-man-rush
Entry
pass
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
1
Shot
75.5 mph
Distance
53 ft
Entry to goal
4.1 s
Type
one-timer

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Steven Stamkos · OT 0:53 · NSH

Play
deflection
Entry
carry
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
36.5 mph
Distance
5 ft
Entry to goal
2.1 s
Type
one-timer

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