New York Rangers vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 21, 2025

FinalSunday, Dec 21, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYR	0	0	1	1		NYR	6	4	7	17
NSH	0	1	1	2		NSH	15	11	6	32

: NYR 50NSH 64
: NYR 1.57NSH 3.00
PP goals: NYR 0NSH 0
Hits: NYR 17NSH 18
Blocks: NYR 19NSH 16
PIM: NYR 4NSH 6
: NYR 64%NSH 36%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge New York Rangers 2–1

Nashville Predators beat New York Rangers 2–1 at home. Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for NYR: Trocheck–Raddysh–Cuylle skated 6:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Ryan O'Reilly had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:24.O'Reilly
New line
New look for NYR: Trocheck–Raddysh–Cuylle skated 6:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Trocheck Raddysh Cuylle
Usage
Urho Vaakanainen (NYR) played 3:59, −10:10 down on his 14:09 season average over 33 games.Vaakanainen
New line
New look for NYR: Sheary–Othmann–Laba skated 4:06 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sheary Othmann Laba
Usage
Matthew Robertson (NYR) played 12:27, −5:01 down on his 17:28 season average over 71 games.Robertson
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 19:53, −5:04 down on his 24:57 season average over 67 games.Josi
Usage
Vincent Trocheck (NYR) played 24:15, +3:45 up on his 20:30 season average over 66 games.Trocheck
Usage
Artemi Panarin (NYR) played 23:57, +3:09 up on his 20:48 season average over 77 games.Panarin

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 114 of 114 attempts · NSH 64 · NYR 50

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 18% 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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

NSH 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
Stat	NYR	NSH
	52	65
	1.73	2.35
	1.58	2.23
	6	12
	4	8
	16	26
	+0.069	−0.070
	18%	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

L1Zibanejad – Panarin – Lafrenière
13:1352% CF
L2Trocheck – Raddysh – Cuylle
6:2550% CF
L3Sheary – Othmann – Laba
4:0650% CF
D1Gavrikov – Schneider
16:2343% CF
D2Soucy – Borgen
9:3462% CF
D3Robertson – Morrow
6:2663% CF

PP1Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Cuylle – Morrow
2:45100% CF
PP2Trocheck – Zibanejad – Panarin – Gavrikov – Lafrenière
1:05100% CF
PK1FTrocheck – Cuylle
1:28
PK2FCarrick – Zibanejad
1:06
PK1DGavrikov – Schneider
2:11
PK2DSoucy – Borgen
0:46

Current NYR line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg
13:1257% CF
L2Haula – Bunting – Evangelista
10:2676% CF
L3Jost – Svechkov – Wood
8:5159% CF
L4McCarron – Smith – Schaefer
8:2518% CF
D1Skjei – Wilsby
14:5136% CF
D2Josi – Perbix
13:5955% CF
D3Hague – Blankenburg
13:1369% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
1:50100% CF
PP2Haula – Skjei – Bunting – Blankenburg – Wood
1:5075% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Haula
1:59
PK2FMcCarron – Smith
1:17
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
3:52
PK2DHague – Blankenburg
1:58

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

10:44
NSHFilip Forsberg (Ryan O'Reilly, Adam Wilsby)wrist0.06 xG
NYR: Carrick, Brodzinski, Borgen, Robertson, OthmannNSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Skjei, Forsberg, Wilsby
NYR 0 – 1 NSH

3rd period

19:12
NSHSteven StamkosEN (Cole Smith, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.53 xG
NYR: Trocheck, Zibanejad, Panarin, Gavrikov, Lafrenière, CuylleNSH: Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Hague, Smith
NYR 0 – 2 NSH
19:23
NYRJonny Brodzinski (Taylor Raddysh)snap0.55 xG
NYR: Carrick, Soucy, Brodzinski, Borgen, RaddyshNSH: Haula, Skjei, McCarron, Perbix, Evangelista
NYR 1 – 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artemi Panarin L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	2	23:57	—	—	50	17
Mika Zibanejad C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	0	0	23:01	—	—	48	18
Alexis Lafrenière L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	2	0	19:41	—	—	52	21
Vincent Trocheck C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	3	1	0	24:15	—	—	49	39
Will Cuylle L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	18:45	—	—	44	37
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	0	2	0	14:19	—	—	40	71
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	14:07	—	—	32	9
Noah Laba C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:56	—	—	38	28
Brennan Othmann L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	1	1	0	10:43	—	—	36	26
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	2	1	0	26:24	—	—	36	14
Braden Schneider D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	21:36	—	—	46	23
Will Borgen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	3	2	16:34	—	—	41	53
Carson Soucy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:21	—	—	57	80
Scott Morrow D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	16:14	—	—	48	41
Matthew Robertson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	12:27	—	—	48	38
Jonny Brodzinski C	—	1	0	1	0	5	0.79	1	0	0	11:43	—	—	52	74
Sam Carrick C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	9:46	—	—	47	72
Urho Vaakanainen D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	3:59	—	—	29	21

NYR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	31	30	1	.968	2.47	59:12

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	2	2	+2	1	0.00	0	1	0	21:24	—	—	52	80
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.73	1	2	2	16:57	—	—	54	88
Steven Stamkos C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.57	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	57	88
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	0	0	17:03	—	—	71	44
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	0	0	0	16:27	—	—	61	41
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.27	1	0	0	16:18	—	—	66	66
Matthew Wood R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	1	0	12:43	—	—	64	70
Fedor Svechkov C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	11:32	—	—	61	67
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	1	0	10:49	—	—	60	70
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	2	0	2	13:28	—	—	30	7
Cole Smith R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	2	12:44	—	—	18	26
Reid Schaefer L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	1	0	9:34	—	—	25	35
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	2	0	22:32	—	—	40	34
Adam Wilsby D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	16:40	—	—	37	67
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	3	0	21:19	—	—	55	42
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	19:53	—	—	57	61
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	2	0	19:45	—	—	70	79
Nicolas Hague D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	0	0	18:03	—	—	70	80

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	W	17	16	1	.941	1.57	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Jonny Brodzinski (NYR) 3rd 19:23 · assists Taylor Raddysh · Rebound · loose puck · 22.8 mph shot · 6.4 s from entry to goal.

Jonny Brodzinski · 3rd 19:23 · NYR

Play: rebound
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.8 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s
Type: rebound

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Filip Forsberg · 2nd 10:44 · NSH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.4 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s

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Steven Stamkos · 3rd 19:12 · NSH EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 56.2 mph
Distance: 114 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.