Dallas Stars vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 27, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 27, 2018· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	1	1	0	2		DAL	13	6	11	30
NSH	0	0	0	0		NSH	12	19	18	49

: DAL 57NSH 89
: DAL 1.78NSH 3.54
PP goals: DAL 0NSH 0
Hits: DAL 22NSH 17
Blocks: DAL 18NSH 16
PIM: DAL 4NSH 6
: DAL 48%NSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars beat Nashville Predators 2–0

Dallas Stars beat Nashville Predators 2–0 at NSH. Tyler Pitlick (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Anton Khudobin (DAL) faced 49 shots and stopped 49 (.1000), +19 against a season average of 30.0; the win.

Goalie
Anton Khudobin (DAL) faced 49 shots and stopped 49 (.1000), +19 against a season average of 30.0; the win.Khudobin
New line
New look for NSH: Jarnkrok–Johansen–Arvidsson skated 13:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jarnkrok Johansen Arvidsson
Luck
NSH scored 0 goals on 3.54 expected goals (89 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for DAL: Comeau–Pitlick–Faksa skated 11:55 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Comeau Pitlick Faksa
New line
New look for NSH: Bonino–Smith–Fiala skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Smith Fiala
New line
New look for DAL: Ritchie–Shore–Janmark skated 7:39 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ritchie Shore Janmark
New line
New look for NSH: Turris–Grimaldi–Hartman skated 10:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Turris Grimaldi Hartman
New line
New look for NSH: Watson–Salomaki–Gaudreau skated 6:02 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Watson Salomaki Gaudreau

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

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

NSH
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 145 of 145 attempts · NSH 89 · DAL 56

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 23% of the game, NSH 52%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

DAL

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	DAL	NSH
	58	89
	1.68	2.57
	1.63	2.49
	6	5
	11	7
	17	8
	−0.043	+0.043
	23%	52%

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.

Dallas Stars

L1Radulov – Benn – Seguin
15:1435% CF
L2Comeau – Pitlick – Faksa
11:5562% CF
L3Spezza – Nichushkin – Gurianov
8:2426% CF
L4Ritchie – Shore – Janmark
7:3933% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
15:0724% CF
D2Polak – Heiskanen
11:5473% CF
D3Fedun – Bayreuther
7:5439% CF

PP1Spezza – Radulov – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg
2:0571% CF
PP2Faksa – Janmark – Gurianov – Bayreuther – Heiskanen
0:53100% CF
PK1FComeau – Faksa
3:14
PK2FSeguin – Janmark
0:35
PK1DPolak – Lindell
4:00

Current DAL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
13:0466% CF
L2Bonino – Smith – Fiala
11:3338% CF
L3Turris – Grimaldi – Hartman
10:2065% CF
L4Watson – Salomaki – Gaudreau
6:0245% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
16:2650% CF
D2Hamhuis – Ekholm
11:3875% CF
D3Subban – Irwin
8:3746% CF

PP1Josi – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
3:53100% CF
PK1FBonino – Jarnkrok
1:52
PK2FWatson – Johansen
1:42
PK1DHamhuis – Ekholm
2:01
PK2DJosi – Ellis
1:50

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:20
DALTyler Pitlick (Radek Faksa, Esa Lindell)wrist0.08 xG
DAL: Comeau, Pitlick, Klingberg, Faksa, LindellNSH: Bonino, Subban, Smith, Irwin, Fiala
DAL 1 – 0 NSH

2nd period

11:09
DALMattias Janmark (Devin Shore)slap0.01 xG
DAL: Spezza, Klingberg, Lindell, Shore, JanmarkNSH: Subban, Irwin, Jarnkrok, Johansen, Arvidsson
DAL 2 – 0 NSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Seguin C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	1	0	20:56	—	—	34	35
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	20:15	—	—	33	35
Alexander Radulov R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.23	1	3	0	18:28	—	—	35	38
Radek Faksa C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	52	49
Blake Comeau L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	6	0	0	17:38	—	—	65	66
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	1	0	1	+1	7	0.42	3	0	4	13:40	—	—	67	66
Jason Spezza C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	12:21	—	—	32	22
Valeri Nichushkin R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:28	—	—	25	11
Denis Gurianov R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	0	10:24	—	—	25	11
Devin Shore C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:27	—	—	36	35
Mattias Janmark C	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	0.31	0	1	0	12:24	—	—	31	35
Brett Ritchie R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:18	—	—	32	40
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.02	3	2	0	26:13	—	—	28	27
John Klingberg D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.05	0	1	0	21:40	—	—	24	22
Roman Polak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	25:50	—	—	63	69
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	0	0	0	19:49	—	—	60	76
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:46	—	—	32	19
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	11:00	—	—	36	25

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	W	49	49	0	.1000	3.54	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Johansen C	L1	-1	2	0.06	2	0	0	23:07	—	—	67	59
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	-1	4	0.88	0	1	2	21:39	—	—	71	64
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	-1	6	0.54	1	0	0	21:17	—	—	67	54
Nick Bonino C	L2	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	17:18	—	—	46	41
Craig Smith C	L2	-1	3	0.14	1	1	0	15:39	—	—	50	46
Kevin Fiala L	L2	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	15:08	—	—	51	46
Kyle Turris C	L3	0	3	0.31	0	1	2	14:37	—	—	71	71
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	3	0.16	0	1	0	11:36	—	—	67	63
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	11:33	—	—	69	66
Austin Watson L	L4	0	3	0.28	1	1	0	9:38	—	—	60	95
Miikka Salomaki R	L4	0	1	0.04	3	3	0	8:45	—	—	44	74
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	7:36	—	—	54	90
Roman Josi D	D1	0	3	0.15	0	2	0	26:25	—	—	51	49
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	25:57	—	—	47	44
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	8	0.23	1	1	0	21:14	—	—	71	68
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	17:36	—	—	78	79
P.K. Subban D	D3	-2	3	0.16	0	0	2	17:02	—	—	51	48
Matt Irwin D	D3	-2	3	0.07	3	2	0	11:57	—	—	61	67

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	L	30	28	2	.933	1.78	57:36

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.