NHL Recaps: Saturday, Oct 8, 2022

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

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Nashville Predators

San Jose Sharks

Nashville Predators edge San Jose Sharks 3–2

Nashville Predators beat San Jose Sharks 3–2 at SJS. Nino Niederreiter (NSH) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for SJS: Bonino–Nieto–Lindblom skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

•Nino Niederreiter had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:20.
•Mario Ferraro had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 25:14.
•New look for SJS: Bonino–Nieto–Lindblom skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Nino Niederreiter NSH	at SJS	2	0	2	2	2	0	14:20	—
Mario Ferraro SJS	vs NSH	0	2	2	2	0	2	25:14	—
Jeremy Lauzon NSH	at SJS	0	0	0	0	6	2	13:18	—

Line changes

New look for SJS: Bonino–Nieto–Lindblom skated 8:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →
New look for SJS: Svechnikov–Gadjovich–Sturm skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games. Report →

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Kevin Lankinen NSH	at SJS	W	33	2	.939
Kaapo Kahkonen SJS	vs NSH	L	18	3	.833

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.