Nashville Predators at New Jersey Devils

Jan 25, 2018 · Prudential Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	3	27
New Jersey Devils	0	27

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
09:48	NSH	P.K. Subban (12)	Mattias Ekholm (17), Ryan Johansen (23)	1 - 0
3rd Period
05:36	NSH	Mattias Ekholm (7)	Kevin Fiala (17), Viktor Arvidsson (15)	2 - 0
15:11	NSH	Viktor Arvidsson (15) SH	P.K. Subban (25)	3 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
16:14	NJD	Miles Wood	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd Period
04:10	NSH	Alexei Emelin	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd Period
07:50	NJD	Jesper Bratt	Holding	2
14:17	NSH	Austin Watson	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	45	38	27	3	2.3	46.6
New Jersey Devils	53	39	27	0	2.4	53.4

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 New Jersey Devils had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.3 expected, 3 scored · New Jersey Devils: 2.4 expected, 0 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

New Jersey Devils

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
Scott Hartnell · Kyle Turris · Craig Smith	10:55	53.3	63.5	0-0
Ryan Johansen · Pontus Aberg · Viktor Arvidsson	10:07	66.7	73.2	1-0
Nick Bonino · Calle Jarnkrok · Kevin Fiala	8:55	57.1	66.7	0-0
Austin Watson · Miikka Salomaki · Colton Sissons	5:46	50.0	37.4	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis	17:52	41.9	33.7	0-0
Mattias Ekholm · Matt Irwin	12:53	63.6	67.4	1-0
Alexei Emelin · P.K. Subban	12:38	40.0	44.5	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
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	1	1	2	3	0	3	0	21:36	0.15	18-14	1.20-0.87
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	15:45	0.12	12-7	0.83-0.17
76	P.K. Subban	D	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	20:26	0.08	11-17	0.58-0.78
12	Ryan Johansen	C	0	1	1	1	0	4	0	17:06	0.38	10-14	0.64-0.78
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	15:48	0.40	15-18	0.91-0.74
8	Kyle Turris	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	17:06	0.17	11-16	0.35-0.66
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	17:37	0.28	15-12	1.03-0.45
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17:39	0.11	12-11	0.37-0.58
15	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	13:30	0.11	5-9	0.13-0.54
17	Scott Hartnell	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	14:21	0.02	10-12	0.47-0.27
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	15:16	0.15	13-13	0.84-0.48
20	Miikka Salomaki	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	09:47		8-10	0.33-0.65
24	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	10:01		4-12	0.11-0.52
25	Alexei Emelin	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	6	16:14	0.02	10-15	0.58-0.48
46	Pontus Aberg	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	11:58	0.17	8-7	0.44-0.43
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	15:03	0.04	15-10	0.90-0.43
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	24:14	0.06	15-20	0.67-0.88
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22:34	0.04	13-18	0.37-0.73

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	27	27	0	59:59	2.41	+2.41

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Drew Stafford · Travis Zajac · Blake Coleman	8:46	58.3	65.1	0-1
Kyle Palmieri · Pavel Zacha · Jesper Bratt	7:58	20.0	9.3	0-1
Stefan Noesen · Miles Wood · Nico Hischier	7:47	50.0	58.2	0-0
Brian Boyle · Jimmy Hayes · Kevin Rooney	7:23	63.6	90.5	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andy Greene · Sami Vatanen	13:12	45.0	54.4	0-0
John Moore · Damon Severson	10:21	37.5	13.9	0-0
Ben Lovejoy · Will Butcher	8:12	28.6	20.2	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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	1	2	21:27	0.07	21-11	1.19-0.29
4	Will Butcher	D	-1	0	0	1	17:45	0.01	14-13	0.69-0.66
10	Jimmy Hayes	R	0	0	4	2	12:41	0.43	16-10	0.76-0.29
11	Brian Boyle	C	0	0	3	1	15:06	0.31	13-7	0.76-0.05
11	Stefan Noesen	R	0	0	0	1	14:29	0.15	11-8	0.44-0.42
11	Miles Wood	L	-1	2	2	2	15:39	0.11	19-12	1.25-0.67
13	Nico Hischier	C	-1	0	4	2	16:01	0.49	18-13	0.90-0.50
14	Travis Zajac	C	-2	0	1	0	16:15	0.02	14-9	0.20-0.41
18	Drew Stafford	R	-1	0	2	1	13:36	0.11	10-5	0.35-0.09
18	Pavel Zacha	C	-2	0	0	2	14:13	0.06	6-13	0.11-0.99
20	Blake Coleman	L	-1	0	2	3	16:33	0.02	11-9	0.30-0.42
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	-1	0	1	4	18:21	0.05	19-11	0.90-0.45
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	-1	0	1	0	17:21	0.13	9-14	0.44-1.16
25	Kevin Rooney	C	0	0	3	2	11:46	0.29	8-6	0.49-0.25
27	John Moore	D	-2	0	1	3	21:04	0.07	13-17	0.31-1.20
45	Sami Vatanen	D	-1	0	0	2	24:10	0.03	18-19	0.84-0.82
63	Jesper Bratt	L	-1	2	1	0	16:18	0.01	6-17	0.24-1.19
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	1	1	13:31	0.01	9-11	0.24-0.87

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
50	Kenneth Appleby	27	24	3	59:44	2.36	-0.64