New York Rangers vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 29, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	1	1	2	4		NYR	8	10	4	22
NSH	1	2	0	3		NSH	17	11	9	37

: NYR 41NSH 74
: NYR 3.27NSH 2.97
PP goals: NYR 1NSH 2
Hits: NYR 18NSH 17
Blocks: NYR 19NSH 7
PIM: NYR 10NSH 2
: NYR 48%NSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

New York Rangers edge Nashville Predators 4–3

New York Rangers beat Nashville Predators 4–3 at NSH. Mika Zibanejad (NYR) led the scoring with 0G 4A. NSH's first power-play unit (Bonino, Subban, Ekholm, Smith and Fiala) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 3:34 together.

Points
Mika Zibanejad had 4 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 17:37.Zibanejad
Points
Jesper Fast had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 16:17.Fast
Points
Chris Kreider had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 15:51.Kreider
Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 6 shots in 18:01.Fiala
Points
Nick Bonino had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:42.Bonino
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Bonino, Subban, Ekholm, Smith and Fiala) scored 2 power-play goals on 12 attempts in 3:34 together.Bonino Subban Ekholm Smith Fiala
PP1
NYR's first power-play unit (Kreider, Zuccarello, Hayes, Zibanejad and Namestnikov) scored 1 power-play goal on 1 attempt in 1:16 together.Kreider Zuccarello Hayes Zibanejad Namestnikov
New line
New look for NYR: Zuccarello–Hayes–Namestnikov skated 12:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Zuccarello Hayes Namestnikov

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

← NYR attacks left (bottom on phones)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
NYR
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · NSH 74 · NYR 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
NYR
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH pressure
NYR pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYR 25% of the game, NSH 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

NYR

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	NYR	NSH
	44	67
	2.36	2.19
	2.31	2.13
	8	7
	7	6
	25	17
	−0.037	+0.037
	25%	42%

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.

New York Rangers

L1Zuccarello – Hayes – Namestnikov
12:1445% CF
L2Kreider – Fast – Zibanejad
10:3039% CF
L3McLeod – Strome – Vesey
8:5553% CF
L4Buchnevich – Howden – Chytil
7:4930% CF
D1McQuaid – Skjei
16:0731% CF
D2Staal – Pionk
15:2143% CF
D3Smith – DeAngelo
13:2039% CF

PP1Kreider – Zuccarello – Hayes – Zibanejad – Namestnikov
1:16100% CF
PP2Vesey – Buchnevich – Howden – Chytil – Pionk
0:51
PK1FZibanejad – Namestnikov
1:25
PK2FVesey – Howden
1:22
PK1DStaal – Pionk
3:17
PK2DMcQuaid – Skjei
2:04

Current NYR line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Bonino – Watson – Salomaki
11:1471% CF
L2Smith – Jarnkrok – Fiala
10:0059% CF
L3Johansen – Hartman – Arvidsson
7:2022% CF
L4Rinaldo – Grimaldi – Gaudreau
3:1343% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
17:4165% CF
D2Subban – Ekholm
14:3258% CF
D3Hamhuis – Bitetto
10:2746% CF

PP1Bonino – Subban – Ekholm – Smith – Fiala
3:34100% CF
PP2Josi – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
3:1150% CF
PK1FBonino – Jarnkrok
0:58
PK2FWatson – Johansen
0:51
PK1DJosi – Ellis
1:11
PK2DHamhuis – Subban
0:39

Current NSH 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.

New York Rangers

NYR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kevin Hayes R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	44	41
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	1.28	0	0	2	19:24	—	—	42	40
Vladislav Namestnikov C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	1	0	2	18:03	—	—	44	40
Mika Zibanejad C	L2	0	4	4	+3	1	0.04	0	1	0	17:37	—	—	39	70
Jesper Fast R	L2	2	1	3	+3	3	0.23	1	3	0	16:17	—	—	33	64
Chris Kreider L	L2	1	2	3	+3	3	0.19	3	1	2	15:51	—	—	41	71
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	13:08	—	—	56	68
Ryan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	42	59
Cody McLeod L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	4	0	2	10:48	—	—	47	64
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	12:28	—	—	33	24
Filip Chytil C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	1	0	10:19	—	—	29	19
Pavel Buchnevich L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:24	—	—	32	24
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	2	21:53	—	—	34	37
Adam McQuaid D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.03	2	2	0	20:34	—	—	33	42
Neal Pionk D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	5	0	22:20	—	—	43	67
Marc Staal D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.60	0	1	0	21:37	—	—	45	68
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	46	54
Tony DeAngelo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	14:51	—	—	40	49

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Henrik Lundqvist(start)	W	37	34	3	.919	2.97	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Bonino C	L1	2	0	2	-1	3	0.45	2	0	0	17:42	—	—	71	60
Austin Watson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.36	2	0	0	14:57	—	—	69	54
Miikka Salomaki R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.43	1	1	0	13:10	—	—	63	58
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	2	3	+1	6	0.41	0	0	0	18:01	—	—	67	68
Craig Smith C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.16	2	0	0	17:17	—	—	67	84
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.19	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	55	56
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.10	0	0	0	23:13	—	—	50	21
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.11	2	0	0	22:14	—	—	53	22
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	0	0	11:18	—	—	40	18
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	0	11:00	—	—	65	45
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	0	8:14	—	—	69	75
Zac Rinaldo C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	3	0	0	6:24	—	—	55	70
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	3	0	26:39	—	—	68	53
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	25:53	—	—	64	45
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.06	0	0	2	21:18	—	—	61	51
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	-3	4	0.16	0	0	0	20:43	—	—	56	36
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	1	0	13:19	—	—	53	58
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	2	0	12:16	—	—	50	55

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	22	18	4	.818	2.06	57:31

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.

New York Rangers vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 29, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

New York Rangers edge Nashville Predators 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

New York Rangers

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

New York Rangers

Nashville Predators