Dallas Stars vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 16, 2025

FinalWednesday, Apr 16, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	1	0	0	1		DAL	11	12	7	30
NSH	3	2	0	5		NSH	12	10	12	34

: DAL 59NSH 60
: DAL 2.51NSH 3.56
PP goals: DAL 0NSH 1
Hits: DAL 11NSH 12
Blocks: DAL 11NSH 16
PIM: DAL 8NSH 12
: DAL 54%NSH 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators rout Dallas Stars 5–1

Nashville Predators beat Dallas Stars 5–1 at home. Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg and Blankenburg) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:09 together.

Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:30.O'Reilly
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:54.Marchessault
Points
Jordan Oesterle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:24.Oesterle
Points
Filip Forsberg had 2 assists (2 points) in 13:36.Forsberg
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg and Blankenburg) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 2:09 together.Stamkos O'Reilly Marchessault Forsberg Blankenburg
Usage
Jason Robertson (DAL) played 6:06, −11:50 down on his 17:56 season average over 81 games.Robertson
New line
New look for DAL: Duchene–Seguin–Marchment skated 8:00 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Duchene Seguin Marchment
New line
New look for NSH: Vrana–Svechkov–Wood skated 9:12 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Vrana Svechkov Wood

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 119 of 119 attempts · NSH 60 · DAL 59

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 26% of the game, NSH 37%.

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	59
	2.14	3.30
	2.05	3.15
	6	13
	4	7
	28	17
	+0.013	−0.013
	26%	37%

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

L1Benn – Rantanen – Johnston
10:1046% CF
L2Duchene – Seguin – Marchment
8:0038% CF
L3Dadonov – Steel – Bourque
7:3367% CF
L4Granlund – Hintz – Robertson
3:1167% CF
D1Ceci – Lindell
11:4648% CF
D2Lyubushkin – Harley
10:0156% CF
D3Smith – Dumba
7:4250% CF

PP1Duchene – Granlund – Rantanen – Hintz – Johnston
6:0250% CF
PP2Benn – Duchene – Seguin – Marchment – Harley
2:380% CF
PK1FSteel – Bourque
2:14
PK2FHintz – Johnston
0:53
PK1DLindell – Lyubushkin
2:16
PK2DSmith – Ceci
0:59

Current DAL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1O'Reilly – Bunting – Evangelista
9:3264% CF
L2Vrana – Svechkov – Wood
9:1245% CF
L3Stamkos – Marchessault – Forsberg
9:0335% CF
L4McCarron – Smith – L'Heureux
7:1047% CF
D1Englund – Del Gaizo
16:2243% CF
D2Oesterle – Barron
12:5671% CF
D3Skjei – Blankenburg
10:1130% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg – Blankenburg
2:09100% CF
PP2Skjei – Bunting – Evangelista – Svechkov – Wood
1:54100% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
3:59
PK2FL'Heureux – Svechkov
1:30
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
4:57
PK2DOesterle – Barron
2:25

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:16
DALMason Marchment (Matt Duchene, Tyler Seguin)wrist0.18 xG
DAL: Duchene, Seguin, Ceci, Lindell, MarchmentNSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Skjei, Blankenburg
DAL 1 – 0 NSH
13:02
NSHJordan Oesterle (Ryan O'Reilly)slap0.01 xG
DAL: Dadonov, Ceci, Lindell, Steel, BourqueNSH: O'Reilly, Oesterle, Bunting, Barron, Evangelista
DAL 1 – 1 NSH
13:51
NSHJakub Vrana (Jordan Oesterle, Fedor Svechkov)tip-in0.05 xG
DAL: Dadonov, Ceci, Lindell, Steel, BourqueNSH: Oesterle, Vrana, Barron, Svechkov, Wood
DAL 1 – 2 NSH
19:45
NSHJustin Barron (Luke Evangelista, Ryan O'Reilly)tip-in0.09 xG
DAL: Duchene, Rantanen, Marchment, Lyubushkin, HarleyNSH: O'Reilly, Oesterle, Bunting, Barron, Evangelista
DAL 1 – 3 NSH

2nd period

6:31
NSHJonathan Marchessault (Steven Stamkos, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.21 xG
DAL: Smith, Duchene, Dumba, Rantanen, SteelNSH: Stamkos, Marchessault, Forsberg, Englund, Del Gaizo
DAL 1 – 4 NSH
9:49
NSHRyan O'ReillyPP (Filip Forsberg, Jonathan Marchessault)snap0.17 xG
DAL: Lindell, Hintz, Lyubushkin, JohnstonNSH: Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Forsberg, Blankenburg
DAL 1 – 5 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
Mikko Rantanen R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.23	0	0	0	21:15	—	—	44	29
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	1	0	19:52	—	—	44	34
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	1	0	18:20	—	—	50	33
Matt Duchene C	L2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	35	30
Mason Marchment L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.32	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	39	33
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.33	1	0	2	14:48	—	—	43	42
Mavrik Bourque C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:45	—	—	55	50
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	61	47
Sam Steel C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.13	0	0	0	12:22	—	—	63	47
Roope Hintz C	L4	0	0	0	0	7	0.46	0	0	2	18:33	—	—	52	54
Mikael Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.26	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	54	56
Jason Robertson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	6:06	—	—	67	71
Cody Ceci D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	2	2	19:54	—	—	48	56
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	0	0	18:53	—	—	53	59
Thomas Harley D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	1	1	0	22:29	—	—	58	38
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	1	0	15:55	—	—	44	12
Brendan Smith D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	1	2	15:31	—	—	39	25
Mathew Dumba D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	2	0	0	11:50	—	—	56	36

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Oettinger(start)	L	22	17	5	.773	2.34	40:00
Casey DeSmith	—	12	12	0	.1000	1.22	20:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	1	2	3	+1	2	0.27	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	61	57
Michael Bunting L	L1	0	0	0	+2	6	0.39	0	1	0	14:45	—	—	69	73
Luke Evangelista R	L1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.24	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	69	73
Fedor Svechkov C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.24	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	48	52
Matthew Wood R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	12:51	—	—	44	49
Jakub Vrana L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.35	1	0	4	10:38	—	—	44	51
Steven Stamkos C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.28	0	1	0	15:39	—	—	44	46
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.22	0	0	2	13:54	—	—	40	44
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.09	1	1	0	13:36	—	—	38	52
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.44	3	2	0	16:07	—	—	43	77
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	1	0	15:07	—	—	48	79
Zachary L'Heureux L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	0	4	12:43	—	—	48	73
Marc Del Gaizo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	1	2	0	18:38	—	—	43	67
Andreas Englund D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	4	2	0	17:31	—	—	45	67
Justin Barron D	D2	1	0	1	+3	1	0.09	0	0	0	19:38	—	—	73	68
Jordan Oesterle D	D2	1	1	2	+3	3	0.11	0	2	0	19:24	—	—	64	62
Brady Skjei D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	3	2	21:30	—	—	33	45
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	1	0	19:54	—	—	36	49

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.51	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Mason Marchment (DAL) 1st 0:16 · assists Matt Duchene, Tyler Seguin · Rebound · 26.0 mph shot.

Mason Marchment · 1st 0:16 · DAL

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Jordan Oesterle · 1st 13:02 · NSH

Play: faceoff
Passes: 0
Shot: 56.3 mph
Distance: 46 ft

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Jakub Vrana · 1st 13:51 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 11.7 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Justin Barron · 1st 19:45 · NSH

Play: deflection
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 8.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Jonathan Marchessault · 2nd 6:31 · NSH

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 16.7 mph
Distance: 96 ft

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Ryan O'Reilly · 2nd 9:49 · NSH PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 3.1 s
Type: one-timer

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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.