Minnesota Wild vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 30, 2017

FinalSaturday, Dec 30, 2017· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	0	0		MIN	10	8	11	29
NSH	0	0	3	3		NSH	8	11	10	29

: MIN 48NSH 63
: MIN 2.72NSH 2.99
PP goals: MIN 0NSH 1
Hits: MIN 11NSH 17
Blocks: MIN 18NSH 12
PIM: MIN 10NSH 6
: MIN 54%NSH 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 3–0

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 3–0 at home. P.K. Subban (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Subban, Smith, Jarnkrok, Johansen and Arvidsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:03 together.

Points
P.K. Subban had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:30.Subban
Points
Calle Jarnkrok had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:00.Jarnkrok
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Subban, Smith, Jarnkrok, Johansen and Arvidsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:03 together.Subban Smith Jarnkrok Johansen Arvidsson
New line
New look for NSH: Jarnkrok–Johansen–Arvidsson skated 11:46 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jarnkrok Johansen Arvidsson
Luck
MIN scored 0 goals on 2.72 expected goals (48 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for NSH: McLeod–Watson–Gaudreau skated 5:07 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McLeod Watson Gaudreau
Usage
Calle Jarnkrok (NSH) played 20:00, +4:11 up on his 15:49 season average over 67 games.Jarnkrok
Usage
Charlie Coyle (MIN) played 20:05, +3:36 up on his 16:29 season average over 65 games.Coyle

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

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

NSH
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 111 of 111 attempts · NSH 63 · MIN 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 28% of the game, NSH 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

MIN

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	MIN	NSH
	40	58
	2.07	1.40
	1.97	1.36
	13	6
	4	2
	8	8
	+0.049	−0.049
	28%	33%

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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Ennis – Coyle
8:4438% CF
L2Koivu – Zucker – Granlund
8:0447% CF
L3Winnik – Stewart – Eriksson Ek
6:0620% CF
L4Cullen – Foligno – Mitchell
4:3129% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
15:1239% CF
D2Suter – Spurgeon
15:1034% CF
D3Prosser – Olofsson
12:3243% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Spurgeon – Zucker – Granlund
2:34100% CF
PP2Staal – Ennis – Coyle – Brodin – Dumba
1:59100% CF
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
1:48
PK2FStaal – Eriksson Ek
1:24
PK1DSuter – Spurgeon
4:41
PK2DBrodin – Dumba
2:10

Current MIN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
11:4673% CF
L2Turris – Smith – Fiala
10:5768% CF
L3Hartnell – Bonino – Sissons
7:0478% CF
L4McLeod – Watson – Gaudreau
5:0729% CF
D1Josi – Ekholm
14:1043% CF
D2Emelin – Subban
13:4079% CF
D3Irwin – Bitetto
12:0055% CF

PP1Subban – Smith – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Arvidsson
4:03100% CF
PP2Turris – Josi – Ekholm – Sissons – Fiala
3:50100% CF
PK1FWatson – Sissons
1:21
PK2FBonino – Arvidsson
0:47
PK1DJosi – Ekholm
2:34
PK2DEmelin – Subban
1:19

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

2:23
NSHScott Hartnell (Nick Bonino, Matt Irwin)wrap-around0.02 xG
MIN: Cullen, Foligno, Prosser, Mitchell, OlofssonNSH: Hartnell, Bonino, Irwin, Bitetto, Sissons
MIN 0 – 1 NSH
7:50
NSHP.K. SubbanPP (Calle Jarnkrok, Ryan Johansen)slap0.04 xG
MIN: Cullen, Suter, Spurgeon, MitchellNSH: Subban, Smith, Jarnkrok, Johansen, Arvidsson
MIN 0 – 2 NSH
17:40
NSHViktor ArvidssonEN (P.K. Subban, Calle Jarnkrok)wrist0.54 xG
MIN: Staal, Suter, Spurgeon, Zucker, Coyle, GranlundNSH: Subban, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Johansen, Arvidsson
MIN 0 – 3 NSH

Box score

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

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Eric Staal C	L1	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	20:55	—	—	41	51
Charlie Coyle C	L1	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	20:05	—	—	36	53
Tyler Ennis R	L1	0	3	0.28	1	1	0	14:15	—	—	38	53
Jason Zucker L	L2	-1	3	0.12	1	0	0	16:34	—	—	48	52
Mikael Granlund C	L2	-1	7	0.80	0	1	0	16:16	—	—	48	73
Mikko Koivu C	L2	0	1	0.28	0	1	2	15:52	—	—	52	70
Daniel Winnik L	L3	0	0	0.04	0	1	0	13:32	—	—	33	59
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	1	0.06	1	0	4	13:22	—	—	32	62
Chris Stewart R	L3	0	2	0.59	0	0	0	9:34	—	—	25	57
Matt Cullen C	L4	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	54	88
Zack Mitchell R	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:51	—	—	29	17
Marcus Foligno L	L4	-1	1	0.01	3	1	0	9:12	—	—	47	81
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	21:44	—	—	40	32
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	1	0.01	0	0	4	20:42	—	—	46	49
Ryan Suter D	D2	-1	3	0.11	0	1	0	25:28	—	—	37	46
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	-1	2	0.12	2	3	0	24:15	—	—	34	44
Nate Prosser D	D3	-1	1	0.00	1	4	0	14:57	—	—	46	91
Gustav Olofsson D	D3	-1	1	0.00	0	2	0	13:00	—	—	46	91

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	L	28	26	2	.929	2.06	59:02

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.09	1	0	0	20:00	—	—	65	31
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.85	3	2	0	19:07	—	—	73	52
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.40	1	0	0	19:02	—	—	72	46
Kyle Turris C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	18:44	—	—	68	67
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.47	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	72	73
Craig Smith C	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.27	1	0	0	17:49	—	—	65	63
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.13	2	0	2	18:37	—	—	53	35
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:24	—	—	44	22
Scott Hartnell L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.05	0	0	0	10:26	—	—	50	28
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	10:25	—	—	25	3
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:21	—	—	22	4
Cody McLeod L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	6:04	—	—	20	4
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	24:05	—	—	42	35
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	2	0	22:50	—	—	41	34
P.K. Subban D	D2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.23	1	0	2	24:30	—	—	71	59
Alexei Emelin D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.12	3	0	0	17:08	—	—	76	60
Anthony Bitetto D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:52	—	—	55	16
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	13:39	—	—	59	18

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	2.72	60:00

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.