Dallas Stars vs. Nashville PredatorsOct 26, 2025

FinalSunday, Oct 26, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	0	2	1	3		DAL	6	13	9	28
NSH	1	1	0	2		NSH	8	8	9	25

: DAL 54NSH 57
: DAL 4.28NSH 2.11
PP goals: DAL 1NSH 1
Hits: DAL 23NSH 29
Blocks: DAL 14NSH 6
PIM: DAL 4NSH 10
: DAL 51%NSH 49%

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. Jason Robertson (DAL) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Skjei and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:26 together.

Points
Jason Robertson had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:41.Robertson
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, O'Reilly, Marchessault, Skjei and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:26 together.Stamkos O'Reilly Marchessault Skjei Forsberg
New line
New look for DAL: Seguin–Rantanen–Steel skated 7:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Seguin Rantanen Steel
New line
New look for NSH: Stamkos–Jost–Evangelista skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Stamkos Jost Evangelista
Usage
Luke Evangelista (NSH) played 10:48, −5:54 down on his 16:42 season average over 80 games.Evangelista
New line
New look for DAL: Blackwell–Erne–Hryckowian skated 5:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Erne Hryckowian
New line
New look for DAL: Faksa–Bastian–Bäck skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Faksa Bastian Bäck
Usage
Jason Robertson (DAL) played 24:41, +4:29 up on his 20:12 season average over 81 games.Robertson

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 111 of 111 attempts · NSH 57 · DAL 54

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 49% of the game, NSH 20%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

NSH skaters (rows) against DAL 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	DAL	NSH
	41	53
	2.56	1.73
	2.44	1.68
	12	8
	7	5
	23	18
	−0.007	+0.007
	49%	20%

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

L1Robertson – Bourque – Johnston
9:3042% CF
L2Seguin – Rantanen – Steel
7:5233% CF
L3Blackwell – Erne – Hryckowian
5:3080% CF
L4Faksa – Bastian – Bäck
5:0333% CF
D1Lyubushkin – Harley
13:1517% CF
D2Lindell – Heiskanen
12:1665% CF
D3Petrovic – Bichsel
10:5650% CF

PP1Seguin – Rantanen – Robertson – Heiskanen – Johnston
4:3089% CF
PP2Lindell – Steel – Harley – Bourque – Hryckowian
1:16100% CF
PK1FBlackwell – Steel
1:13
PK2FFaksa – Johnston
0:05
PK1DLindell – Heiskanen
0:50

Current DAL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1McCarron – Smith – Wiesblatt
9:0983% CF
L2Stamkos – Jost – Evangelista
8:3455% CF
L3Haula – Marchessault – Bunting
7:3633% CF
L4O'Reilly – Forsberg – Wood
7:0729% CF
D1Hague – Wilsby
15:0150% CF
D2Skjei – Perbix
14:5650% CF
D3Stastney – Barron
11:2587% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Skjei – Forsberg
1:26100% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
3:17
PK2FO'Reilly – Jost
1:23
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
4:05
PK2DHague – Wilsby
1:15

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Jason Robertson L	L1	0	2	2	+1	4	1.02	2	2	0	24:41	—	—	43	62
Wyatt Johnston C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.50	0	2	2	21:21	—	—	40	62
Mavrik Bourque C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.44	0	2	0	16:22	—	—	48	70
Mikko Rantanen R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	1.01	1	0	2	21:32	—	—	42	56
Tyler Seguin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.55	0	0	0	20:41	—	—	36	33
Sam Steel C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	4	0	0	18:10	—	—	50	64
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	0	0	12:58	—	—	44	31
Justin Hryckowian C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.08	4	0	0	11:23	—	—	91	85
Adam Erne L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	2	0	9:41	—	—	39	27
Radek Faksa C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:19	—	—	18	44
Oskar Bäck C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	8:28	—	—	43	74
Nathan Bastian R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:10	—	—	22	74
Thomas Harley D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.23	1	3	0	25:17	—	—	31	47
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	15:58	—	—	18	34
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	25:20	—	—	60	75
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:00	—	—	61	73
Alexander Petrovic D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:50	—	—	50	53
Lian Bichsel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	1	1	0	11:59	—	—	54	64

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.11	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael McCarron C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	2	0	17:06	—	—	71	55
Cole Smith R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	9	0	2	14:23	—	—	77	70
Ozzy Wiesblatt C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	0	0	11:38	—	—	87	85
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	0	0	16:11	—	—	65	63
Tyson Jost C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	2	11:59	—	—	64	75
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	10:48	—	—	60	58
Jonathan Marchessault R	L3	1	0	1	-2	3	0.34	5	0	0	17:27	—	—	58	45
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	0	0	2	14:08	—	—	45	35
Michael Bunting L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:21	—	—	36	13
Ryan O'Reilly C	L4	0	1	1	-1	4	0.38	0	0	0	21:22	—	—	53	31
Filip Forsberg L	L4	0	1	1	-1	4	0.24	1	0	2	20:22	—	—	50	29
Matthew Wood R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:03	—	—	26	8
Nicolas Hague D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	3	2	2	20:13	—	—	52	31
Adam Wilsby D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	20:10	—	—	50	31
Brady Skjei D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	0	0	26:20	—	—	48	26
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	1	0	20:48	—	—	50	29
Spencer Stastney D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	65	52
Justin Barron D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	1	0	0	14:08	—	—	90	78

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	28	25	3	.893	3.68	58:03

Goal anatomy

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

Jonathan Marchessault (NSH PP) 1st 8:02 · assists Ryan O'Reilly, Filip Forsberg · Rebound · 28.9 mph shot.

Jonathan Marchessault · 1st 8:02 · NSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.9 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: rebound

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Spencer Stastney · 2nd 7:15 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 70.0 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Oskar Bäck · 2nd 9:36 · DAL

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 29.8 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: deflection

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Wyatt Johnston · 2nd 16:29 · DAL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.2 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 10:44 · DAL PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
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.

Dallas Stars vs. Nashville PredatorsOct 26, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Dallas Stars edge Nashville Predators 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Dallas Stars

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Dallas Stars

Nashville Predators

Goal anatomy

Jonathan Marchessault · 1st 8:02 · NSH PP

Spencer Stastney · 2nd 7:15 · NSH

Oskar Bäck · 2nd 9:36 · DAL

Wyatt Johnston · 2nd 16:29 · DAL

Mikko Rantanen · 3rd 10:44 · DAL PP