Minnesota Wild vs. Nashville PredatorsMar 27, 2018

Final / SOTuesday, Mar 27, 2018· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MIN	0	0	1	0	0	1		MIN	4	7	9	3	23
NSH	1	0	0	0	1	2		NSH	11	10	7	1	29

: MIN 40NSH 54
: MIN 1.79NSH 2.51
PP goals: MIN 0NSH 0
Hits: MIN 15NSH 18
Blocks: MIN 15NSH 11
PIM: MIN 10NSH 6
: MIN 50%NSH 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Minnesota Wild 2–1 (SO)

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 2–1 in a shootout at home. Eric Staal (MIN) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for NSH: Bonino–Salomaki–Sissons skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for NSH: Bonino–Salomaki–Sissons skated 11:51 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bonino Salomaki Sissons
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New look for MIN: Cullen–Coyle–Greenway skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Coyle Greenway
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New look for NSH: Fisher–Hartnell–Hartman skated 9:07 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Fisher Hartnell Hartman
Usage
Nick Bonino (NSH) played 21:56, +6:23 up on his 15:33 season average over 70 games.Bonino
Luck
NSH scored 1 goal on 2.51 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Eric Staal (MIN) played 21:18, +3:32 up on his 17:46 season average over 81 games.Staal
Usage
Alexei Emelin (NSH) played 13:06, −3:50 down on his 16:56 season average over 75 games.Emelin
Usage
Mattias Ekholm (NSH) played 19:52, −3:45 down on his 23:37 season average over 80 games.Ekholm

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 94 of 94 attempts · NSH 54 · MIN 40

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 21% of the game, NSH 40%.

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
	34	54
	1.52	2.19
	1.51	2.17
	6	8
	0	4
	14	18
	+0.012	−0.012
	21%	40%

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

L1Koivu – Parise – Granlund
11:2235% CF
L2Staal – Zucker – Niederreiter
8:0038% CF
L3Winnik – Foligno – Eriksson Ek
7:2442% CF
L4Cullen – Coyle – Greenway
5:0440% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
17:5526% CF
D2Brodin – Murphy
17:4452% CF
D3Prosser – Seeler
8:2550% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Parise – Coyle – Granlund
1:10100% CF
PP2Staal – Suter – Zucker – Niederreiter – Dumba
1:06100% CF
PK1FKoivu – Granlund
3:01
PK2FWinnik – Eriksson Ek
1:10
PK1DSuter – Dumba
5:09
PK2DProsser – Brodin
2:17

Current MIN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Bonino – Salomaki – Sissons
11:5158% CF
L2Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
11:3169% CF
L3Fisher – Hartnell – Hartman
9:0756% CF
L4Turris – Smith – Fiala
7:5450% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
15:2968% CF
D2Subban – Ekholm
15:1464% CF
D3Emelin – Irwin
12:0659% CF

PP1Subban – Smith – Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
4:06100% CF
PP2Bonino – Turris – Josi – Ellis – Fiala
2:4050% CF
PK1FJohansen – Forsberg
0:51
PK2FFisher – Hartman
0:49
PK1DJosi – Ellis
1:56
PK2DSubban – Ekholm
1:51

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:51
NSHRoman Josi (Kyle Turris)slap0.02 xG
MIN: Winnik, Foligno, Prosser, Seeler, Eriksson EkNSH: Turris, Josi, Ellis, Smith, Fiala
MIN 0 – 1 NSH

3rd period

16:45
MINEric Staal (Mikael Granlund, Zach Parise)backhand0.10 xG
MIN: Staal, Parise, Granlund, Brodin, DumbaNSH: Josi, Ellis, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson
MIN 1 – 1 NSH

Decided in the shootout: MIN 1 – 2 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	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.27	1	1	0	20:41	—	—	36	41
Mikko Koivu C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.11	0	0	2	19:13	—	—	33	31
Zach Parise L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:06	—	—	36	44
Eric Staal C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.32	0	0	0	21:18	—	—	33	30
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	1	0	17:41	—	—	36	46
Nino Niederreiter R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	14:55	—	—	38	23
Daniel Winnik L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	0	0	2	12:36	—	—	53	51
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.42	2	0	0	10:51	—	—	46	51
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.07	4	1	0	8:35	—	—	46	51
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	2	16:37	—	—	29	16
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:01	—	—	50	51
Jordan Greenway L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:01	—	—	36	41
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	28:41	—	—	24	17
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	2	1	0	26:53	—	—	28	26
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	0	0	0	24:23	—	—	52	38
Ryan Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	2	21:51	—	—	47	34
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	3	0	12:30	—	—	43	76
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:07	—	—	41	75

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devan Dubnyk(start)	O	29	28	1	.966	2.51	65:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Bonino C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	21:56	—	—	57	77
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	2	17:19	—	—	60	54
Miikka Salomaki R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	3	0	0	13:15	—	—	61	54
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	1	0	0	21:04	—	—	70	75
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.41	1	0	0	19:28	—	—	71	76
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	0	1	2	18:45	—	—	71	76
Mike Fisher C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	13:02	—	—	58	19
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	2	2	2	12:47	—	—	57	33
Scott Hartnell L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:52	—	—	64	17
Kyle Turris C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.13	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	56	32
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.89	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	60	64
Kevin Fiala L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	53	69
Roman Josi D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.05	1	1	0	23:53	—	—	68	66
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	3	0	22:54	—	—	64	60
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	2	1	0	25:41	—	—	62	82
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	1	0	19:52	—	—	58	58
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	14:42	—	—	55	48
Alexei Emelin D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	13:06	—	—	61	31

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.79	64:34

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.