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Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild

Dec 20, 2014 · Xcel Energy Center

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 6 44
Minnesota Wild 5 27

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
01:10 MIN Jason Zucker (12) Jason Pominville (15), Mikko Koivu (11) 0 - 1
04:37 NSH Calle Jarnkrok (3) Shea Weber (13), Roman Josi (13) 1 - 1
06:37 MIN Zach Parise (12) Charlie Coyle (10), Thomas Vanek (15) 1 - 2
13:58 NSH Matt Cullen (4) Victor Bartley (2), Mike Fisher (4) 2 - 2
18:14 NSH Craig Smith (8) Mike Ribeiro (18) 3 - 2
2nd Period
07:18 MIN Marco Scandella (7) PP Charlie Coyle (11), Zach Parise (13) 3 - 3
3rd Period
01:48 NSH Filip Forsberg (13) Victor Bartley (3), Craig Smith (9) 4 - 3
09:05 NSH Roman Josi (4) PP Shea Weber (14), Matt Cullen (5) 5 - 3
10:46 MIN Zach Parise (13) PP Jason Pominville (16), Ryan Suter (19) 5 - 4
19:12 MIN Thomas Vanek (5) Marco Scandella (5), Ryan Suter (20) 5 - 5
Overtime
01:45 NSH Mattias Ekholm (1) Unassisted 6 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:19 MIN Ryan Carter Interference 2
2nd Period
00:42 MIN Jonas Brodin Holding 2
04:55 MIN Mikko Koivu Hooking 2
06:36 NSH Mike Fisher Hooking 2
06:36 NSH Mike Fisher Hooking 2
3rd Period
03:42 NSH Victor Bartley Interference 2
07:14 MIN Charlie Coyle Hooking 2
09:51 NSH Olli Jokinen Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 78 57 44 6 2.6 58.8
Minnesota Wild 56 42 27 5 2.7 41.2

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdOTMinnesota Wild aheadNashville Predators ahead

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 Minnesota Wild had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.6 expected, 6 scored · Minnesota Wild: 2.7 expected, 5 scored

012Start2nd3rdOTNSH goal, 4:37 of 1st, a 12% chanceNSH goal, 13:58 of 1st, a 10% chanceNSH goal, 18:14 of 1st, a 4% chanceNSH goal, 1:48 of 3rd, a 10% chanceNSH goal, 9:05 of 3rd, a 3% chanceNSH goal, 1:45 of overtime, a 12% chanceMIN goal, 1:10 of 1st, a 15% chanceMIN goal, 6:37 of 1st, a 22% chanceMIN goal, 7:18 of 2nd, a 20% chanceMIN goal, 10:46 of 3rd, a 12% chanceMIN goal, 19:12 of 3rd, a 31% chanceMIN 2.7NSH 2.6

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
Minnesota Wild

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Ribeiro · Craig Smith · Filip Forsberg11:2472.065.72-0
Olli Jokinen · Eric Nystrom · Gabriel Bourque11:1138.141.40-0
Matt Cullen · Mike Fisher · Colin Wilson10:5852.057.51-2
Derek Roy · Taylor Beck · Calle Jarnkrok4:2680.066.61-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi16:5570.065.41-0
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm15:4551.360.91-1
Victor Bartley · Seth Jones9:5152.640.90-1

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
7 Matt Cullen C 1 1 2 -1 0 4 0 17:54 0.54 15-12 0.74-0.54
15 Craig Smith C 1 1 2 2 0 7 0 18:44 0.46 23-9 0.65-0.30
59 Roman Josi D 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 27:20 0.08 23-10 0.54-0.28
6 Shea Weber D 0 2 2 2 0 3 2 26:43 0.19 26-9 0.70-0.26
20 Victor Bartley D 0 2 2 1 2 0 2 12:11 0.03 14-9 0.50-0.43
9 Filip Forsberg L 1 0 1 1 0 5 2 19:36 0.25 23-8 0.62-0.29
14 Mattias Ekholm D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 20:58 0.17 21-22 0.78-0.55
19 Calle Jarnkrok C 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 07:43 0.13 8-4 0.23-0.18
12 Mike Fisher C 0 1 1 -1 4 3 0 18:25 0.14 19-13 0.89-0.54
63 Mike Ribeiro C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 18:40 0.07 20-8 0.54-0.28
3 Seth Jones D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:41 10-11 0.29-0.49
8 Derek Roy C 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 07:37 0.02 11-2 0.26-0.12
13 Olli Jokinen C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 14:22 0.05 9-15 0.12-0.21
22 Colin Wilson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:17 0.19 15-16 0.79-0.68
24 Eric Nystrom L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:35 8-15 0.12-0.18
28 Taylor Beck L 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 08:09 0.07 11-4 0.27-0.18
57 Gabriel Bourque L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 12:48 0.05 8-14 0.12-0.21
94 Ryan Ellis D 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 21:46 0.15 21-19 0.73-0.47
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Pekka Rinne 27 22 5 61:39 2.68 -2.32

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Thomas Vanek · Zach Parise · Charlie Coyle11:4045.860.41-0
Mikko Koivu · Jason Pominville · Jason Zucker11:0655.054.11-1
Matt Cooke · Erik Haula · Nino Niederreiter7:2640.040.00-1
Kyle Brodziak · Ryan Carter · Justin Fontaine4:2946.252.60-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Jonas Brodin19:1230.323.60-1
Marco Scandella · Jared Spurgeon15:0050.046.32-1
Nate Prosser · Christian Folin4:3250.059.90-1

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

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
9 Zach Parise L 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 20:18 0.34 12-16 0.43-0.40
6 Marco Scandella D 1 1 2 1 0 2 3 23:33 0.45 20-19 0.76-0.86
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 1 2 2 0 3 1 17:26 0.57 13-19 0.48-0.73
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 2 2 1 2 2 1 19:43 0.29 15-21 0.51-0.79
22 Ryan Suter D 0 2 2 -1 0 2 1 31:27 0.03 11-31 0.20-0.75
29 Jason Pominville R 0 2 2 0 0 3 0 19:14 0.08 12-15 0.34-0.42
17 Jason Zucker L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 1 16:44 0.30 14-15 0.41-0.74
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 1 2 3 0 21:05 0.16 12-11 0.34-0.34
14 Justin Fontaine R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 07:11 0.15 7-11 0.22-0.25
18 Ryan Carter L 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 08:51 0.04 6-13 0.20-0.35
24 Matt Cooke L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 12:27 0.04 7-11 0.18-0.27
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 26:31 0.05 14-26 0.20-0.51
28 Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 08:18 6-9 0.20-0.28
32 Christian Folin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 06:48 9-10 0.32-0.29
39 Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 07:47 7-9 0.27-0.27
46 Jared Spurgeon D 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 23:20 0.05 19-19 0.74-0.88
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 14:23 0.09 7-16 0.20-0.36
62 Nino Niederreiter R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:46 0.06 9-14 0.22-0.38
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Niklas Backstrom 30 27 3 41:02 1.88 -1.12
35 Darcy Kuemper 14 11 3 20:00 0.68 -2.32