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Nashville Predators

Rocco Grimaldi

#23Center

2021-22 regular season
7
GP
0
G
0
A
0
P
8
SOG
0.0% SH
10:56
TOI/GP

C · NSH · NHL id 8476428

Rocco Grimaldi has played 7 games for the Nashville Predators in 2021-22, scoring 0 goals and 0 assists (0 points) on 8 shots while averaging 10:56 a night (9:09 at even strength, 0:04 on the power play and 1:42 shorthanded). At 5v5 the Predators have controlled 56% of shot attempts with Grimaldi on the ice (1-1 in goals, 67% offensive-zone starts). In the Predators' most recent game against CHI he was on L4 with Kole Sherwood and Cole Smith and off the power play; moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last game. He is shooting 0.0% this season against 9.8% across the 177 games in our data.

Right now

From the Dec 17 game vs CHI, detected from shift data

Power play
No PP unit
Penalty kill
No PK unit
Moved up to L3 (from L4) in the last gameLast 5: L4 · L2 · L4 · L4 · L3

Deployment timeline

2021-22 · per-game ice time by strength, with line and power-play unit changes

Usage: 4 games, 10:56 average time on ice, PP1 in 0 games, 2 line changes.

PPLine24▼43▲0m3m7m10m13m17mNov 5Nov 10Nov 13Nov 20Nov 24Nov 27Dec 2Dec 7Dec 10Dec 16
  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • 5-game average
  • Did not play
  • ▲ promoted · ▼ demoted
4 games shown, 10:56 average. Line and PP unit come from where the player's ice time ranks among his teammates that night.

NHL EDGE tracking

2021-22 percentiles among skaters at his position

Source: NHL EDGE

Only 7 GP in 2021-22: NHL EDGE percentiles are noisy before about 15-20 games.

Top speed19th1921.3 mph
Bursts 20+ mph16th177
Hardest shot17th1878.5 mph
Offensive-zone time73rd7443.7%
Distance skated16th1712.8 mi
High-danger SOG8th81
Percentile among position peers│ tick = 3-season weighted

Season-level NHL EDGE puck and player tracking, refreshed nightly. The percentile is the league rank among skaters this season; the label at the right is the raw value.

Shot map

2021-22 · 13 attempts, 8 on goal, 0 goals

Shot map, OPP at NSH: 13 attempts, 8 on goal, 0 goals, 0.38 expected goals; best chance Rocco Grimaldi at 0.10 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Every attempt (goals, shots, misses and blocks), attacking toward the right (or the top on phones).

Puck luck

2021-22 · cumulative goals against expected goals from his own shots

00.20.40.60.81-0.4goals below expected-0.6σOct 16Dec 17
  • Actual goals
  • Expected
  • ±1σ
  • Above expected
  • Below expected

Beyond the box score

2020-21 regular season · 39 of 40 games through the sequence engine (more fill in as games are reprocessed)

MethodLeaders
+0.028
Season net
+0.22xG

5-on-5. Each takeaway is credited, and each giveaway charged, at the league xG value of the zone.

MethodLeaders
Per 100 draws
−0.535
Season
−0.01G
0.0%2 draws

Wins by zone: OZ 0-0 · NZ 0-1 · DZ 0-1

MethodLeaders
Per 60
1.16
Attempts
9
0.103

5-on-5 shots within 10 seconds of winning the puck outside the offensive zone.

MethodLeaders
Season
+0.80G
Per 60
+0.093
Drawn / taken
7 / 2minors

MethodLeaders
49.9%
46.3%
49.7%
Transition CF/60
3.6
Turnovers won/60
13.9
Turnovers lost/60
11.3

5-on-5 while he is on the ice.

MethodLeaders
  • More of his shots than the league
  • Fewer
62 shots on goal, 10 goals, all situations
AreaHis shareLeagueG
Center Point0%9%0
L Circle19%11%1
R Circle16%11%1
High Slot13%8%1
R Point3%7%0
Low Slot19%23%5
L Net Side6%3%2

Linemates

2021-22 · 5v5 time together and how each pairing performs with and without Grimaldi

No 5v5 pairing data this season yet.

Game log

7 games in 2021-22, newest first

DateOppResultGAP+/-PIMHITBLKEVPPPK
Dec 17@ CHIW 3-20000121067%9:259:120:13—
Dec 16vs COLW 5-2000-11000100%9:067:340:101:22
Nov 7@ CHIOTL 1-2000+110100%10:378:38—1:59
Nov 5@ VANW 3-200001000—14:3411:130:053:16
Nov 3@ EDML 2-500004010—12:0110:33—1:28
Oct 19vs LAKW 2-100000020—11:289:54—1:34
Oct 16vs CARL 2-300000000100%9:197:01—2:18

Season splits by strength

2021-22 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGFGAGF%
All situations776:3010:56787551.0%51.3%51411233%3.54.046%
Even strength764:059:09776155.8%55.0%50351150%3.53.167%
5v5764:059:09776155.8%55.0%50351150%3.53.167%
Power play30:280:0900——0000—0.00.0—
Penalty kill611:572:001146.7%10.0%16010%0.00.90%
4v5611:572:001146.7%10.0%16010%0.00.90%

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGAP+/-PIMHITBLKTOI/GP
2021-22NSH70000280.0%5010:56
2020-21NSH4010313-346216.1%20912:49
2019-20NSH66102131+10101228.2%231412:39
2018-19PlayoffsNSH5303+101520.0%6012:59
2018-19NSH535813-210816.2%322010:00
2017-18COL612300714.3%359:39

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.