New Jersey Devils at Nashville Predators

Dec 15, 2018 · Bridgestone Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
New Jersey Devils	1	34
Nashville Predators	2	28

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
18:43	NSH	Frederick Gaudreau (2)	Miikka Salomaki (3), Mattias Ekholm (18)	0 - 1
3rd Period
18:29	NJD	Brian Boyle (9)	Marcus Johansson (9), Jesper Bratt (11)	1 - 1
Shootout
	NSH	Ryan Johansen	Shootout winner	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
07:19	NJD	Brett Seney	High sticking	2
19:26	NSH	Kevin Fiala	High sticking	2
2nd Period
04:06	NSH	Austin Watson	Tripping	2
08:12	NSH	Kyle Turris	Interference	2
10:37	NJD	Ben Lovejoy	Hooking	2
14:00	NSH	Colton Sissons	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
New Jersey Devils	62	47	34	1	2.7	47.1
Nashville Predators	55	45	28	1	3.2	52.9

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

Expected goals

New Jersey Devils: 2.7 expected, 1 scored · Nashville Predators: 3.2 expected, 1 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

New Jersey Devils

Nashville Predators

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.

New Jersey Devils

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Marcus Johansson · Kyle Palmieri · Nico Hischier	10:01	55.6	40.3	0-0
Travis Zajac · Blake Coleman · Miles Wood	9:43	52.9	58.9	0-0
John Quenneville · Pavel Zacha · Jesper Bratt	6:43	38.9	11.5	0-1
Brian Boyle · Drew Stafford · Brett Seney	5:37	14.3	4.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Andy Greene · Damon Severson	13:27	52.0	44.1	0-0
Sami Vatanen · Will Butcher	11:59	34.8	12.6	0-1
Ben Lovejoy · Mirco Mueller	11:57	38.5	24.6	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
11	Brian Boyle	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	14:30	0.32	2-8	0.13-0.47
63	Jesper Bratt	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	14:04	0.16	12-11	0.32-0.78
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	20:42	0.46	14-11	0.27-0.73
4	Andy Greene	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:02	0.03	19-18	0.65-0.84
4	Will Butcher	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19:57		9-15	0.19-1.17
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:57	0.19	12-13	0.60-0.44
13	Nico Hischier	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	21:47	0.13	16-13	0.43-0.79
14	Travis Zajac	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	21:01	0.49	11-11	0.55-0.37
18	Drew Stafford	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11:19	0.02	5-11	0.04-0.87
18	Pavel Zacha	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	15:05	0.06	12-15	0.26-0.91
20	Blake Coleman	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	17:16	0.27	13-11	0.68-0.40
21	Ben Lovejoy	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	15:33		6-13	0.11-0.46
21	Kyle Palmieri	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	1	20:27	0.18	14-10	0.34-0.39
25	Mirco Mueller	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:30	0.02	9-9	0.38-0.34
45	Sami Vatanen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	2	25:28	0.06	19-21	0.45-1.36
47	John Quenneville	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	13:27	0.25	8-12	0.16-0.79
62	Brett Seney	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	07:26		1-7	0.02-0.48
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	22:32	0.10	18-16	0.76-0.86

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Keith Kinkaid	OTL	28	27	1	63:57	3.14	+2.14

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Johansen · Ryan Hartman · Kevin Fiala	12:05	50.0	52.1	0-0
Nick Bonino · Austin Watson · Colton Sissons	10:19	50.0	87.5	0-0
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Calle Jarnkrok	7:42	33.3	36.7	0-0
Rocco Grimaldi · Miikka Salomaki · Frederick Gaudreau	6:24	100.0	100.0	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dan Hamhuis · Mattias Ekholm	18:09	42.3	42.9	1-0
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis	14:52	52.9	75.5	0-0
Yannick Weber · Matt Irwin	11:06	66.7	90.1	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	Frederick Gaudreau	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	2	07:56	0.27	14-0	1.13-0.00
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	24:33	0.02	12-16	0.77-0.95
20	Miikka Salomaki	R	0	1	1	1	0	4	2	08:23	0.37	12-1	0.81-0.00
3	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:01	0.01	14-8	1.11-0.12
5	Dan Hamhuis	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	22:10	0.16	11-16	0.71-0.95
8	Kyle Turris	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	15:33	0.21	9-14	0.21-0.48
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	18:10	0.21	11-11	0.47-0.06
12	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	21:26		12-12	0.76-0.70
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	14:47	0.12	6-11	0.11-0.18
15	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	19:38	0.10	12-11	0.73-0.17
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	14:13	0.24	5-13	0.14-0.18
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	17:32	0.53	17-17	0.86-0.93
23	Rocco Grimaldi	R	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	07:43	0.39	12-0	1.05-0.00
24	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	5	17:14	0.19	10-12	0.39-0.16
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	20:27	0.21	16-19	0.86-0.96
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:30		15-7	1.12-0.12
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	26:25	0.03	18-16	0.60-0.19
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	26:21	0.12	19-16	0.61-0.19

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Juuse Saros	W	34	33	1	64:58	2.69	+1.69