Nashville Predators at Dallas Stars

Apr 8, 2014 · American Airlines Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	2	29
Dallas Stars	3	30

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
02:23	DAL	Alex Goligoski (1)	Vernon Fiddler (1), Colton Sceviour (1)	0 - 1
2nd Period
01:22	NSH	Gabriel Bourque (1)	Craig Smith (1), Shea Weber (1)	1 - 1
08:16	DAL	Jamie Benn (1)	Valeri Nichushkin (1), Brenden Dillon (1)	1 - 2
3rd Period
10:24	NSH	Gabriel Bourque (2)	Paul Gaustad (1)	2 - 2
Shootout
	DAL	Tyler Seguin	Shootout winner	2 - 4

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
16:56	DAL	Jamie Benn	Slashing	2
3rd Period
10:40	NSH	Shea Weber	Delaying game	2
11:02	NSH	Victor Bartley	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	62	43	29	2	2.2	54.6
Dallas Stars	63	44	30	2	2.8	45.4

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Dallas Stars had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.2 expected, 2 scored · Dallas Stars: 2.8 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Nashville Predators

Dallas Stars

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Matt Cullen · Mike Fisher · Patric Hornqvist	15:21	55.2	67.2	0-0
Paul Gaustad · Craig Smith · Gabriel Bourque	7:53	71.4	67.2	2-1
Viktor Stalberg · Nick Spaling · Colin Wilson	7:44	63.6	86.1	0-0
Craig Smith · Gabriel Bourque · Calle Jarnkrok	5:51	36.4	16.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi	24:49	43.6	47.1	2-1
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm	17:07	56.0	50.7	0-0
Victor Bartley · Seth Jones	11:56	81.8	78.1	0-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
57	Gabriel Bourque	L	2	0	2	1	0	3	0	16:09	0.41	22-14	0.92-0.93
6	Shea Weber	D	0	1	1	1	2	1	2	28:57	0.03	25-31	1.01-1.10
15	Craig Smith	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	4	20:40	0.23	23-16	0.95-0.83
28	Paul Gaustad	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	17:39	0.23	21-17	0.95-0.70
3	Seth Jones	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	14:12	0.04	19-6	0.69-0.43
7	Matt Cullen	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	20:48	0.13	19-17	0.52-0.32
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	22:43	0.34	20-18	0.51-0.42
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:37	0.04	15-11	0.42-0.38
16	Nick Spaling	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	14:14	0.04	12-11	0.54-0.43
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:53		9-10	0.27-0.79
20	Victor Bartley	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	12:49	0.02	18-4	0.66-0.18
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	11:25	0.16	9-6	0.39-0.08
24	Eric Nystrom	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	12:12	0.25	8-8	0.30-0.30
24	Viktor Stalberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	08:15	0.15	7-5	0.34-0.30
25	Rich Clune	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	08:24		6-5	0.13-0.14
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	30:10	0.05	25-32	1.00-1.10
70	Patric Hornqvist	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	20:36	0.09	21-20	0.53-0.48
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	21:17		16-14	0.44-0.62

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	OTL	30	28	2	65:00	2.79	+0.79

Dallas Stars

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Shawn Horcoff · Vernon Fiddler · Colton Sceviour	12:21	35.0	36.9	0-0
Jamie Benn · Tyler Seguin · Valeri Nichushkin	12:11	50.0	50.3	1-2
Antoine Roussel · Cody Eakin · Ryan Garbutt	11:05	51.9	61.9	0-0
Erik Cole · Dustin Jeffrey · Alex Chiasson	4:23	50.0	27.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jordie Benn · Brenden Dillon	21:08	38.5	41.8	1-2
Trevor Daley · Alex Goligoski	20:03	51.2	42.1	1-0
Sergei Gonchar · Patrik Nemeth	11:05	43.8	50.3	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
14	Jamie Benn	L	1	0	1	-1	2	5	4	20:20	0.72	20-22	1.07-1.03
33	Alex Goligoski	D	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	28:16	0.07	23-26	0.64-0.94
5	Brenden Dillon	D	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	25:25	0.01	17-26	0.61-0.82
43	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	-1	0	4	0	18:30	0.29	17-16	0.71-0.70
70	Colton Sceviour	C	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	19:00	0.24	11-19	0.53-0.73
83	Vernon Fiddler	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	18:19	0.05	9-18	0.36-0.57
2	Patrik Nemeth	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:27	0.01	8-9	0.39-0.36
16	Ryan Garbutt	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	16:26	0.10	16-14	0.53-0.34
18	Jordie Benn	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	24:38	0.02	17-27	0.86-0.88
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	17:08	0.58	17-14	0.53-0.26
22	Shawn Horcoff	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	17:28		8-18	0.28-0.58
26	Antoine Roussel	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	17:30	0.14	16-14	0.42-0.26
37	Dustin Jeffrey	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	05:20		4-4	0.07-0.19
48	Alex Chiasson	R	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	10:25	0.10	5-10	0.14-0.35
55	Sergei Gonchar	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12:37		9-9	0.42-0.36
72	Erik Cole	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	06:03	0.05	5-6	0.14-0.28
83	Trevor Daley	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	24:29	0.04	24-21	0.90-0.88
91	Tyler Seguin	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	23:39	0.36	19-22	0.95-1.07

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Kari Lehtonen	W	29	27	2	65:00	2.23	+0.23