Dallas Stars vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 23, 2023

FinalSaturday, Dec 23, 2023· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	0	0	3	3		DAL	8	16	10	34
NSH	0	2	0	2		NSH	12	7	2	21

: DAL 72NSH 41
: DAL 2.62NSH 1.77
PP goals: DAL 0NSH 1
Hits: DAL 23NSH 40
Blocks: DAL 12NSH 27
PIM: DAL 4NSH 4
: DAL 58%NSH 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Dallas Stars edge Nashville Predators 3–2

Dallas Stars beat Nashville Predators 3–2 at NSH. Jani Hakanpää (DAL) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Sissons) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:37 together.

PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Sissons) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:37 together.Josi Nyquist O'Reilly Forsberg Sissons
New line
New look for NSH: Novak–Trenin–Evangelista skated 9:10 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (26.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Novak Trenin Evangelista
New line
New look for NSH: McCarron–Sherwood–Tomasino skated 8:45 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McCarron Sherwood Tomasino
New line
New look for NSH: Sissons–Parssinen–Smith skated 8:46 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (26.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sissons Parssinen Smith
Usage
Luke Evangelista (NSH) played 10:44, −3:16 down on his 14:00 season average over 79 games.Evangelista
Usage
Filip Forsberg (NSH) played 15:45, −3:12 down on his 18:57 season average over 81 games.Forsberg
Usage
Joel Hanley (DAL) played 10:56, −3:02 down on his 13:58 season average over 41 games.Hanley
Cats
Cole Smith (NSH) threw 9 hits, a night for hits leagues.Smith

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 113 of 113 attempts · NSH 41 · DAL 72

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 38% of the game, NSH 24%.

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
	79	46
	2.78	1.63
	2.66	1.59
	10	10
	8	4
	7	19
	+0.035	−0.035
	38%	24%

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

L1Smith – Faksa – Steel
8:1563% CF
L2Duchene – Seguin – Marchment
6:1236% CF
L3Pavelski – Hintz – Robertson
5:5777% CF
L4Benn – Dadonov – Johnston
5:5150% CF
D1Hakanpää – Lindell
13:5865% CF
D2Suter – Heiskanen
12:1848% CF
D3Hanley – Harley
8:1752% CF

PP1Pavelski – Benn – Hintz – Robertson – Heiskanen
2:05100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Duchene – Seguin – Harley – Johnston
1:14
PK1FFaksa – Steel
0:52
PK2FSeguin – Hintz
0:43
PK1DHakanpää – Lindell
1:48
PK2DSuter – Heiskanen
0:14

Current DAL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg
11:5867% CF
L2Novak – Trenin – Evangelista
9:1026% CF
L3Sissons – Parssinen – Smith
8:4627% CF
L4McCarron – Sherwood – Tomasino
8:4529% CF
D1Lauzon – Carrier
15:5035% CF
D2McDonagh – Barrie
15:3214% CF
D3Schenn – Josi
14:2456% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Sissons
1:37100% CF
PP2McDonagh – Barrie – Sherwood – Tomasino – Parssinen
0:31
PK1FSissons – Smith
1:58
PK2FO'Reilly – Trenin
0:58
PK1DLauzon – Carrier
1:59
PK2DMcDonagh – Schenn
1:10

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:23
NSHMichael McCarron (Ryan McDonagh, Philip Tomasino)tip-in0.10 xG
DAL: Suter, Benn, Dadonov, Heiskanen, JohnstonNSH: McDonagh, Josi, McCarron, Sherwood, Tomasino
DAL 0 – 1 NSH
6:33
NSHColton SissonsPP (Gustav Nyquist, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.21 xG
DAL: Hakanpää, Faksa, Lindell, SteelNSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Sissons
DAL 0 – 2 NSH

3rd period

8:22
DALEvgenii Dadonov (Esa Lindell, Roope Hintz)wrist0.07 xG
DAL: Dadonov, Hakanpää, Lindell, Hintz, MarchmentNSH: McDonagh, Barrie, Novak, Trenin, Evangelista
DAL 1 – 2 NSH
19:45
DALCraig Smith (Jason Robertson, Joe Pavelski)wrist0.07 xG
DAL: Pavelski, Duchene, Smith, Hintz, Robertson, HeiskanenNSH: McDonagh, Nyquist, Sissons, McCarron, Carrier
DAL 2 – 2 NSH
19:56
DALJani Hakanpääslap0.02 xG
DAL: Smith, Hakanpää, Faksa, Lindell, SteelNSH: McCarron, Lauzon, Carrier, Sherwood, Smith
DAL 3 – 2 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
Sam Steel C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	1	0	13:44	—	—	71	54
Radek Faksa C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	69	69
Craig Smith C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.20	1	2	0	10:59	—	—	67	77
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	0	2	19:06	—	—	54	60
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	2	2	0	18:54	—	—	48	60
Mason Marchment L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.21	2	0	0	15:58	—	—	59	64
Jason Robertson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	2	0	0	19:31	—	—	61	53
Joe Pavelski C	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.21	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	79	77
Roope Hintz C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.17	0	1	0	15:33	—	—	73	58
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	62	57
Wyatt Johnston C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.45	0	0	0	15:16	—	—	66	76
Jamie Benn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	2	0	2	12:53	—	—	64	68
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	2	1	0	19:30	—	—	70	72
Jani Hakanpää D	D1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.13	5	0	0	18:30	—	—	64	57
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	25:03	—	—	56	49
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.14	1	1	0	19:18	—	—	62	62
Thomas Harley D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	3	0	21:08	—	—	65	66
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	10:56	—	—	57	77

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Scott Wedgewood(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	1.77	58:20

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Gustav Nyquist R	L1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	18:57	—	—	56	55
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	18:30	—	—	64	69
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	3	0	0	15:45	—	—	68	75
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	2	2	0	14:15	—	—	20	25
Tommy Novak C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	2	0	11:15	—	—	38	37
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	2	2	0	10:44	—	—	39	42
Colton Sissons C	L3	1	0	1	-1	3	0.42	4	4	0	17:14	—	—	22	21
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	9	0	0	15:06	—	—	29	35
Juuso Parssinen C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	1	0	14:14	—	—	38	20
Kiefer Sherwood L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	14:50	—	—	24	23
Michael McCarron C	L4	1	0	1	-1	1	0.24	1	3	4	13:15	—	—	23	23
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:15	—	—	27	25
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	1	0	19:26	—	—	35	46
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:20	—	—	35	48
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.08	0	3	0	23:26	—	—	17	28
Tyson Barrie D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	17:37	—	—	16	18
Roman Josi D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.10	0	1	0	22:14	—	—	53	46
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	16:37	—	—	51	39

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	2.62	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Michael McCarron (NSH) 2nd 0:23 · assists Ryan McDonagh, Philip Tomasino · Deflection · loose puck · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 5.3 mph shot · 6.0 s from entry to goal.

Michael McCarron · 2nd 0:23 · NSH

Play: deflection
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 5.3 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s

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Colton Sissons · 2nd 6:33 · NSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.1 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Type: rebound

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Evgenii Dadonov · 3rd 8:22 · DAL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 36.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft

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Craig Smith · 3rd 19:45 · DAL

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.4 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Jani Hakanpää · 3rd 19:56 · DAL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 70.8 mph
Distance: 53 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 s

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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.