Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights

Jan 2, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	0	29
Vegas Golden Knights	3	31

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
12:10	VGK	Reilly Smith (10) PP	Nate Schmidt (15), Alex Tuch (11)	0 - 1
13:41	VGK	Shea Theodore (4)	Deryk Engelland (10), Alex Tuch (12)	0 - 2
3rd Period
17:37	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault (15)	David Perron (22), Erik Haula (13)	0 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
10:29	NSH	Team	Too many men on the ice	2
15:22	VGK	Jonathan Marchessault	Slashing	2
3rd Period
14:31	VGK	David Perron	Delaying game puck over glass	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	60	44	29	0	1.8	51.5
Vegas Golden Knights	55	42	31	3	2.2	48.5

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 Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 1.8 expected, 0 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 2.2 expected, 3 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

Vegas Golden Knights

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
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Kevin Fiala	14:26	58.3	66.2	0-0
Calle Jarnkrok · Ryan Johansen · Viktor Arvidsson	12:29	37.0	29.6	0-0
Scott Hartnell · Nick Bonino · Colton Sissons	8:50	61.1	59.5	0-0
Cody McLeod · Austin Watson · Miikka Salomaki	4:38	57.1	25.6	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis	15:51	56.3	54.6	0-0
Alexei Emelin · P.K. Subban	15:25	59.3	59.7	0-0
Mattias Ekholm · Anthony Bitetto	12:32	42.9	32.3	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

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	+/-	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
8	Kyle Turris	C	0	1	0	18:18	0.13	16-14	0.51-0.31
12	Nick Bonino	C	-1	1	0	15:34	0.12	17-9	0.49-0.34
12	Ryan Johansen	C	-2	0	2	21:04		15-23	0.33-0.74
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	-1	0	0	20:23		13-13	0.30-0.41
15	Craig Smith	C	0	3	1	18:39	0.44	16-12	0.53-0.31
15	Colton Sissons	C	-1	4	2	15:31	0.32	13-9	0.41-0.32
17	Scott Hartnell	L	0	5	2	14:08	0.12	19-8	0.51-0.29
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	1	0	20:02	0.05	17-22	0.37-0.65
20	Miikka Salomaki	R	0	0	3	06:01		5-5	0.08-0.12
22	Anthony Bitetto	D	-1	1	3	16:23	0.11	11-22	0.23-0.67
22	Kevin Fiala	L	-2	0	0	20:36	0.07	16-16	0.55-0.44
24	Austin Watson	L	0	1	0	06:34	0.04	5-4	0.08-0.12
25	Alexei Emelin	D	0	0	1	18:18	0.01	17-12	0.54-0.36
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	-1	4	1	20:08	0.20	17-24	0.35-0.75
55	Cody McLeod	L	0	0	3	05:27		5-4	0.05-0.12
59	Roman Josi	D	-1	3	1	22:49	0.12	20-15	0.54-0.41
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	3	3	21:52	0.06	23-14	0.67-0.42
94	Ryan Ellis	D	-1	2	1	18:28	0.05	20-24	0.53-0.73

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	L	30	28	2	58:04	1.75	-0.25

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Jonathan Marchessault	13:00	57.9	60.2	0-0
James Neal · David Perron · Erik Haula	12:26	27.3	28.3	0-0
Oscar Lindberg · Pierre-Edouard Bellemare · Tomas Nosek	9:10	75.0	100.0	0-0
Cody Eakin · Brendan Leipsic · Alex Tuch	9:09	56.0	45.6	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brayden McNabb · Nate Schmidt	18:43	45.2	52.4	0-0
Deryk Engelland · Shea Theodore	15:43	56.7	52.9	1-0
Jon Merrill · Colin Miller	15:34	47.6	37.4	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
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	2	2	1	0	2	2	11:45	0.17	17-12	0.40-0.38
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	16:58	0.21	11-9	0.32-0.24
27	Shea Theodore	D	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	18:20	0.06	17-15	0.32-0.29
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	1	0	1	1	2	5	1	16:20	0.07	12-11	0.34-0.26
5	Deryk Engelland	D	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	20:02	0.05	19-14	0.36-0.32
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	16:34	0.05	6-19	0.24-0.64
57	David Perron	L	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	17:26		6-20	0.24-0.64
88	Nate Schmidt	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	21:34	0.11	20-26	0.82-0.76
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	23:00	0.06	22-23	0.96-0.73
4	Jon Merrill	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	16:29	0.07	12-12	0.34-0.33
6	Colin Miller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	19:50	0.03	10-16	0.20-0.40
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	14:35	0.08	18-19	0.43-0.45
24	Oscar Lindberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	11:36	0.15	12-9	0.40-0.10
28	Brendan Leipsic	L	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	12:16	0.17	19-17	0.52-0.47
41	Pierre-Edouard Bellemare	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:52	0.02	13-8	0.42-0.10
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:14	0.05	14-8	0.41-0.21
81	James Neal	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:56	0.14	7-19	0.26-0.66
92	Tomas Nosek	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:30	0.23	15-8	0.52-0.06

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Marc-Andre Fleury	W, SO	29	29	0	59:52	1.87	+1.87