Edgehalla

Minnesota Wild vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 29, 2024

Final· Bridgestone Arena
away
MIN
1
@
home
NSH
6
Goals123TShots123T
MIN1001MIN7101734
NSH2136NSH1361231
MIN 52NSH 52
MIN 2.43NSH 3.31
PP goals
MIN 0NSH 1
Hits
MIN 20NSH 20
Blocks
MIN 9NSH 10
PIM
MIN 13NSH 15
MIN 53%NSH 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators rout Minnesota Wild 6–1

Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild 6–1 at home. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 2A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Novak) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:22 together.

  1. Points
    Roman Josi had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 23:09.Josi
  2. Points
    Colton Sissons had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:14.Sissons
  3. Points
    Gustav Nyquist had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:08.Nyquist
  4. PP1
    NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Novak) scored 1 power-play goal on 2 attempts in 1:22 together.JosiNyquistO'ReillyForsbergNovak
  5. Luck
    NSH scored 6 goals on 3.31 expected goals (52 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
  6. New line
    New look for MIN: Gaudreau–Lettieri–Lucchini skated 9:43 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.GaudreauLettieriLucchini
  7. Usage
    Cody Glass (NSH) played 10:11, −3:20 down on his 13:31 season average over 40 games.Glass
  8. Usage
    Gustav Nyquist (NSH) played 14:08, −3:39 down on his 17:47 season average over 80 games.Nyquist

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.

Shot map, MIN at NSH: 104 attempts, 65 on goal, 7 goals, 5.73 expected goals; best chance Yakov Trenin at 0.64 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← MIN attacks left (bottom on phones)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →
  • NSH
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · NSH 52 · MIN 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, MIN at NSH: expected goals 3.31 to 2.43 (NSH led the chances), shot attempts 52 to 52, 7 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdNSHMINDTSFJOMnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • NSH
  • MIN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
NSHMINcontrol2nd3rdDewar · 1st 9:51Trenin · 1st 10:40Smith · 1st 10:48Forsberg · 2nd 17:55Josi · 3rd 1:32O'Reilly · 3rd 8:03McDonagh · 3rd 13:57
  • 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 26% of the game, NSH 42%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, MIN at NSH: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Juuse Saros (60:00) for NSH and Filip Gustavsson (59:46) for MIN, 7 goals.

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
StatMINNSH
5053
2.053.35
2.003.33
510
52
1814
+0.032−0.032
26%42%

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

Current MIN line combinations →

Nashville Predators

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

  1. 9:51
    MINConnor Dewar (Brandon Duhaime, Ryan Hartman)wrist0.18 xG
    MIN: Bogosian, Merrill, Hartman, Duhaime, DewarNSH: Jankowski, Novak, Lauzon, Carrier, Evangelista
    MIN 1 – 0 NSH
  2. 10:40
    NSHYakov Trenin (Roman Josi)deflected0.64 xG
    MIN: Bogosian, Johansson, Zuccarello, Merrill, RossiNSH: Josi, Sissons, Trenin, Fabbro, Sherwood
    MIN 1 – 1 NSH
  3. 10:48
    NSHCole Smithwrist0.39 xG
    MIN: Brodin, Gaudreau, Lettieri, Chisholm, LucchiniNSH: Josi, McCarron, Fabbro, Sherwood, Smith
    MIN 1 – 2 NSH

2nd period

  1. 17:55
    NSHFilip ForsbergPP (Roman Josi, Gustav Nyquist)wrist0.06 xG
    MIN: Brodin, Duhaime, Dewar, FaberNSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Novak
    MIN 1 – 3 NSH

3rd period

  1. 1:32
    NSHRoman Josi (Colton Sissons, Cody Glass)wrist0.06 xG
    MIN: Johansson, Zuccarello, Brodin, Chisholm, RossiNSH: Josi, Sissons, Trenin, Fabbro, Glass
    MIN 1 – 4 NSH
  2. 8:03
    NSHRyan O'Reilly (Gustav Nyquist, Alexandre Carrier)wrist0.19 xG
    MIN: Johansson, Zuccarello, Middleton, Chisholm, RossiNSH: Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Lauzon, Carrier
    MIN 1 – 5 NSH
  3. 13:57
    NSHRyan McDonagh (Luke Evangelista, Colton Sissons)slap0.10 xG
    MIN: Gaudreau, Middleton, Lettieri, Lucchini, FaberNSH: McDonagh, Schenn, Sissons, Trenin, Evangelista
    MIN 1 – 6 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
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Kirill Kaprizov LL1000040.5522021:02——5054
Joel Eriksson Ek CL1000030.1610020:17——5364
Matt Boldy LL1000020.3601020:05——5155
Ryan Hartman RL2011+130.1412014:20——3847
Connor Dewar CL2101+120.1910013:16——4040
Brandon Duhaime LL2011+120.0440013:04——4245
Frederick Gaudreau CL3000-220.1200014:11——4316
Jake Lucchini CL3000-210.0020211:09——4314
Vinni Lettieri CL3000-200.0000010:37——5020
Marcus Johansson LL4000-310.1910214:16——5530
Marco Rossi CL4000-360.3820013:25——5530
Mats Zuccarello RL4000-310.0320213:09——5930
Brock Faber DD1000-100.0000023:00——3216
Jake Middleton DD1000-210.0531519:15——3822
Jonas Brodin DD2000-230.0511021:09——5847
Declan Chisholm DD2000-300.0001018:49——5224
Zach Bogosian DD3000020.0700217:24——6151
Jon Merrill DD3000010.1101015:14——5449
MIN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)L31256.8063.3159:46

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Michael McCarron CL1000+110.0201214:39——4454
Cole Smith RL1101+110.3902014:27——3255
Kiefer Sherwood LL1000+220.1420014:04——5079
Tommy Novak CL2000-130.2800013:33——6164
Luke Evangelista RL2011030.2200013:17——6459
Mark Jankowski LL2000-110.0310011:54——5749
Filip Forsberg LL3101+160.4611217:02——6362
Ryan O'Reilly CL3101+120.2200217:01——5048
Gustav Nyquist RL3022+100.0000014:08——5352
Yakov Trenin CL4101+320.8820016:09——5677
Colton Sissons CL4022+300.0021015:14——4784
Cody Glass CL4011+110.0001010:11——3118
Alexandre Carrier DD1011020.0910420:45——4634
Jeremy Lauzon DD1000000.0052518:11——4837
Roman Josi DD2123+320.2110023:09——5674
Dante Fabbro DD2000+310.1401017:10——5374
Ryan McDonagh DD3101+110.1710022:20——5256
Luke Schenn DD3000+130.0541016:46——4852
NSH goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Juuse Saros(start)W34331.9712.4360:00

Goal anatomy

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

Cole Smith (NSH) 1st 10:48 · unassisted · Rush · loose puck · 9.0 mph shot · 4.7 s from entry to goal.

Cole Smith · 1st 10:48 · NSH

Play
rush
Entry
loose
Odd man
No
Passes
0
Shot
9.0 mph
Distance
9 ft
Entry to goal
4.7 s

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Roman Josi · 3rd 1:32 · NSH

Play
turnover-forecheck
Passes
1 (royal road)
Shot
13.8 mph
Distance
10 ft

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Connor Dewar · 1st 9:51 · MIN

Play
rebound
Entry
carry
Odd man
3-on-2
Passes
0
Shot
60.6 mph
Distance
25 ft
Entry to goal
3.9 s
Type
rebound

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