Nashville Predators at Montréal Canadiens

Mar 2, 2017 · Centre Bell

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	1	25
Montréal Canadiens	2	26

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
18:25	NSH	Ryan Ellis (11) PP	P.K. Subban (23), Mike Fisher (21)	1 - 0
3rd Period
10:55	MTL	Brendan Gallagher (7)	Alex Galchenyuk (20)	1 - 1
19:51	MTL	Paul Byron (15)	Unassisted	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
12:15	NSH	Austin Watson	Cross checking	2
17:50	MTL	Andrew Shaw	Interference	2
2nd Period
01:35	NSH	Calle Jarnkrok	High sticking	2
19:38	NSH	Austin Watson	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd Period
12:04	MTL	Tomas Plekanec	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	58	40	25	1	1.9	54.3
Montréal Canadiens	53	34	26	2	1.6	45.7

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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 1.9 expected, 1 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 1.6 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

Montréal Canadiens

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
James Neal · Colin Wilson · Calle Jarnkrok	13:48	65.4	67.6	0-1
Ryan Johansen · Filip Forsberg · Viktor Arvidsson	12:38	65.4	65.8	0-1
Mike Fisher · Craig Smith · Kevin Fiala	9:04	55.0	78.4	0-0
Vernon Fiddler · Cody McLeod · Austin Watson	7:14	40.0	75.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
P.K. Subban · Mattias Ekholm	15:11	64.5	78.8	0-0
Yannick Weber · Matt Irwin	8:34	47.1	60.1	0-0
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis	6:43	50.0	71.7	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

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
94	Ryan Ellis	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	09:25	0.09	6-6	0.38-0.15
12	Mike Fisher	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	4	16:19	0.08	12-14	0.47-0.14
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	24:33	0.05	21-15	0.39-0.13
3	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	16:28	0.01	15-17	0.40-0.21
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	15:54	0.29	17-9	0.33-0.17
12	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	17:00	0.02	18-9	0.35-0.17
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	25:35	0.05	26-15	0.75-0.28
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	11:48	0.15	13-12	0.49-0.23
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	20:23	0.13	17-14	0.74-0.56
22	Colin Wilson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	18:26	0.23	17-11	0.74-0.46
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	11:25	0.24	12-12	0.49-0.14
24	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	09:45		5-9	0.04-0.01
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	18:02	0.22	17-10	0.33-0.17
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	2	16:43		13-12	0.38-0.38
55	Cody McLeod	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	08:16	0.01	4-8	0.04-0.01
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	26:32	0.11	21-21	0.89-0.60
81	James Neal	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	4	18:34	0.24	17-14	0.74-0.46
83	Vernon Fiddler	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	09:53	0.02	4-7	0.04-0.11

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	26	24	2	58:59	1.58	-0.42

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alexander Radulov · Max Pacioretty · Phillip Danault	12:58	37.9	41.8	0-0
Tomas Plekanec · Paul Byron · Andrew Shaw	12:36	40.9	62.0	1-0
Brendan Gallagher · Alex Galchenyuk · Artturi Lehkonen	9:27	47.1	27.0	1-0
Torrey Mitchell · Dwight King · Michael McCarron	6:13	66.7	5.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Alexei Emelin · Jeff Petry	17:02	42.9	34.9	1-0
Andrei Markov · Shea Weber	16:18	35.7	39.3	1-0
Jordie Benn · Nathan Beaulieu	13:59	52.0	16.4	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
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	14:14	0.47	11-13	0.24-0.71
41	Paul Byron	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	15:06	0.17	12-13	0.38-0.19
47	Alex Galchenyuk	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	15:35	0.26	13-12	0.24-0.68
2	Jeff Petry	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	21:22	0.05	16-20	0.35-0.64
6	Shea Weber	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	22:22	0.05	10-18	0.34-0.53
14	Tomas Plekanec	C	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	18:28	0.07	10-17	0.36-0.38
18	Jordie Benn	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:54	0.01	13-12	0.08-0.41
21	Dwight King	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10:37	0.01	7-5	0.06-0.34
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	19:14	0.18	13-19	0.22-0.33
25	Alexei Emelin	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	20:06	0.01	19-21	0.45-0.65
28	Nathan Beaulieu	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:37	0.01	15-12	0.17-0.41
47	Alexander Radulov	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18:41	0.04	15-19	0.22-0.33
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	07:31		7-3	0.05-0.20
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	12:23	0.01	10-12	0.21-0.65
65	Andrew Shaw	R	0	0	0	1	2	3	2	19:16	0.18	11-14	0.40-0.21
67	Max Pacioretty	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:44	0.06	14-19	0.22-0.33
71	Torrey Mitchell	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:58		6-7	0.01-0.42
79	Andrei Markov	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	21:20	0.02	13-19	0.36-0.54

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
31	Carey Price	25	24	1	59:57	1.92	+0.92