New York Rangers vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 17, 2024

FinalTuesday, Dec 17, 2024· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	0	0		NYR	9	8	8	25
NSH	1	0	1	2		NSH	8	14	10	32

: NYR 72NSH 57
: NYR 2.64NSH 3.19
PP goals: NYR 0NSH 0
Hits: NYR 35NSH 27
Blocks: NYR 14NSH 29
PIM: NYR 9NSH 11
: NYR 53%NSH 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat New York Rangers 2–0

Nashville Predators beat New York Rangers 2–0 at home. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for NYR: Kreider–Trocheck–Berard skated 12:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Filip Forsberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:34.Forsberg
Points
Steven Stamkos had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:35.Stamkos
New line
New look for NYR: Kreider–Trocheck–Berard skated 12:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kreider Trocheck Berard
Luck
NYR scored 0 goals on 2.64 expected goals (72 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NYR: Smith–Zibanejad–Kakko skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Zibanejad Kakko
Usage
Adam Wilsby (NSH) played 22:30, +4:36 up on his 17:54 season average over 22 games.Wilsby
Usage
Brett Berard (NYR) played 16:29, +5:56 up on his 10:33 season average over 34 games.Berard
Usage
Kaapo Kakko (NYR) played 10:14, −5:27 down on his 15:41 season average over 78 games.Kakko

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 129 of 129 attempts · NSH 57 · NYR 72

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 32% of the game, NSH 31%.

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
	64	60
	2.30	2.78
	2.23	2.66
	11	19
	8	4
	23	25
	−0.002	+0.002
	32%	31%

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

L1Kreider – Trocheck – Berard
12:0450% CF
L2Chytil – Lafrenière – Cuylle
9:2842% CF
L3Carrick – Vesey – Edstrom
9:1563% CF
L4Smith – Zibanejad – Kakko
6:4150% CF
D1Fox – Lindgren
17:0456% CF
D2Jones – Schneider
15:2038% CF
D3Ruhwedel – Vaakanainen
10:5060% CF

PP1Kreider – Trocheck – Zibanejad – Fox – Chytil
3:13100% CF
PP2Smith – Chytil – Kakko – Jones – Cuylle
0:47100% CF
PK1FKreider – Zibanejad
1:18
PK2FTrocheck – Vesey
0:56
PK1DFox – Lindgren
1:53
PK2DRuhwedel – Vaakanainen
1:49

Current NYR line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Stamkos – Marchessault – Forsberg
11:4035% CF
L2Nyquist – O'Reilly – L'Heureux
9:4030% CF
L3Sissons – McCarron – Smith
9:1153% CF
L4Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
8:2863% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
16:2255% CF
D2Gravel – Wilsby
14:4945% CF
D3Schenn – Del Gaizo
12:3350% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Skjei – Forsberg
2:5171% CF
PP2Nyquist – Novak – Del Gaizo – Evangelista – Wilsby
0:280% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
1:54
PK2FJankowski – Sissons
1:15
PK1DSchenn – Wilsby
2:18
PK2DSkjei – Blankenburg
1:33

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:37
NSHJonathan Marchessault (Steven Stamkos, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.11 xG
NYR: Smith, Zibanejad, Ruhwedel, Vaakanainen, KakkoNSH: Stamkos, Marchessault, Skjei, Forsberg, Blankenburg
NYR 0 – 1 NSH

3rd period

11:59
NSHAdam Wilsby (Steven Stamkos, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.10 xG
NYR: Smith, Zibanejad, Jones, Schneider, LafrenièreNSH: Stamkos, Gravel, Marchessault, Forsberg, Wilsby
NYR 0 – 2 NSH

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Chris Kreider L	L1	0	2	0.02	3	0	0	21:25	—	—	48	35
Vincent Trocheck C	L1	0	2	0.62	7	0	0	20:59	—	—	52	42
Brett Berard L	L1	0	1	0.19	2	1	0	16:29	—	—	55	54
Alexis Lafrenière L	L2	-1	2	0.17	1	0	2	18:54	—	—	51	43
Filip Chytil C	L2	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	16:40	—	—	41	35
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	2	0.22	2	0	5	14:25	—	—	44	36
Sam Carrick C	L3	0	3	0.25	1	2	0	12:23	—	—	65	56
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:06	—	—	63	52
Adam Edstrom C	L3	0	0	0.07	1	1	0	11:02	—	—	57	41
Mika Zibanejad C	L4	-2	2	0.12	1	1	0	17:17	—	—	54	58
Reilly Smith R	L4	-2	0	0.00	3	0	2	12:42	—	—	45	47
Kaapo Kakko R	L4	-1	3	0.30	2	0	0	10:14	—	—	54	56
Adam Fox D	D1	0	3	0.27	0	5	0	27:11	—	—	57	61
Ryan Lindgren D	D1	0	0	0.02	2	1	0	21:06	—	—	60	51
Zac Jones D	D2	-1	0	0.09	2	0	0	18:35	—	—	37	21
Braden Schneider D	D2	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	17:43	—	—	42	37
Urho Vaakanainen D	D3	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	15:06	—	—	56	60
Chad Ruhwedel D	D3	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	68	64

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Igor Shesterkin(start)	L	32	30	2	.938	2.80	58:18

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Steven Stamkos C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.31	0	1	0	18:35	—	—	52	68
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.14	2	0	0	17:54	—	—	48	79
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	2	2	+2	5	0.43	1	3	0	17:34	—	—	44	76
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	3	0	16:00	—	—	31	35
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	2	14:48	—	—	28	38
Zachary L'Heureux L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.30	3	1	0	12:51	—	—	37	30
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	0	1	0	15:26	—	—	64	40
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	15:13	—	—	50	35
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.68	0	1	0	14:57	—	—	50	38
Luke Evangelista R	L4	0	0	0	0	6	0.28	0	1	2	12:26	—	—	59	74
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:45	—	—	62	81
Mark Jankowski L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.30	2	2	0	11:40	—	—	62	73
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	23:46	—	—	55	61
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	4	0	19:58	—	—	55	60
Adam Wilsby D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.10	3	3	0	22:30	—	—	42	40
Kevin Gravel D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	17:13	—	—	47	46
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	7	0.34	3	4	0	17:54	—	—	47	66
Marc Del Gaizo D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	7	15:30	—	—	47	55

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	25	25	0	.1000	2.64	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jonathan Marchessault (NSH) 1st 13:37 · assists Steven Stamkos, Filip Forsberg · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 36.7 mph shot · 2.8 s from entry to goal.

Jonathan Marchessault · 1st 13:37 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.7 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Adam Wilsby · 3rd 11:59 · NSH

Play: rebound
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 56.1 mph
Distance: 32 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.