Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild

Mar 3, 2019 · Xcel Energy Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	3	43
Minnesota Wild	2	26

Decided in a shootout.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
05:21	NSH	Nick Bonino (15)	Wayne Simmonds (12), Rocco Grimaldi (6)	1 - 0
2nd Period
16:35	MIN	Eric Fehr (6)	Unassisted	1 - 1
19:22	MIN	Jason Zucker (17)	Ryan Suter (36), Eric Staal (26)	1 - 2
3rd Period
15:41	NSH	Filip Forsberg (22)	Kyle Turris (14), Roman Josi (38)	2 - 2
Shootout
	NSH	Ryan Johansen	Shootout winner	3 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
16:12	NSH	Ryan Johansen	Slashing	2
3rd Period
00:35	NSH	Mattias Ekholm	Hooking	2
02:26	MIN	Pontus Aberg	Tripping	2
13:34	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	72	57	43	2	3.3	52.7
Minnesota Wild	64	47	26	2	3.3	47.3

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

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 3.3 expected, 2 scored · Minnesota Wild: 3.3 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

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Johansen · Filip Forsberg · Viktor Arvidsson	16:32	51.3	47.3	0-0
Nick Bonino · Wayne Simmonds · Rocco Grimaldi	8:58	64.7	56.6	1-1
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Mikael Granlund	8:44	63.6	70.0	0-0
Calle Jarnkrok · Colton Sissons · Frederick Gaudreau	8:10	50.0	17.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
P.K. Subban · Mattias Ekholm	19:44	48.8	37.2	1-1
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis	17:59	59.5	70.1	0-1
Yannick Weber · Matt Irwin	9:33	42.1	27.3	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	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
9	Filip Forsberg	L	1	0	1	0	0	6	2	22:40	0.53	22-24	1.05-1.25
12	Nick Bonino	C	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	15:55	0.34	14-8	0.45-0.33
8	Kyle Turris	C	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	14:10	0.34	16-12	1.11-0.72
23	Rocco Grimaldi	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	10:33	0.04	13-6	0.41-0.26
24	Wayne Simmonds	R	0	1	1	1	0	1	2	11:57	0.03	13-6	0.53-0.26
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	0	0	6	1	28:04	0.17	29-19	1.56-0.62
3	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11:07		10-11	0.27-0.38
12	Ryan Johansen	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	22:29	0.21	21-23	0.92-1.08
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	24:14	0.08	21-22	0.77-1.39
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	-1	0	6	0	14:34	0.71	14-12	0.92-0.72
15	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	14:44		9-11	0.06-0.41
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12:46		10-9	0.10-0.34
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	23:29	0.16	22-24	0.94-1.13
52	Matt Irwin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	10:40	0.04	9-14	0.16-0.60
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	17:10	0.45	17-16	1.12-0.78
76	P.K. Subban	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	24:54	0.08	21-23	0.78-1.52
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	08:57	0.03	8-8	0.05-0.26
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	22:37	0.09	26-17	1.25-0.53

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Juuse Saros	W	26	24	2	65:00	3.23	+1.23

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Zach Parise · Kevin Fiala · Luke Kunin	13:24	51.5	43.8	0-0
Eric Fehr · Marcus Foligno · JT Brown	8:31	47.4	47.7	1-0
Eric Staal · Jason Zucker · Ryan Donato	8:21	40.9	35.4	0-0
Pontus Aberg · Jordan Greenway · Joel Eriksson Ek	6:04	42.9	39.6	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Suter · Jared Spurgeon	22:37	46.3	53.9	1-1
Jonas Brodin · Brad Hunt	15:41	54.8	48.1	0-0
Anthony Bitetto · Nick Seeler	9:36	31.6	41.8	1-1

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
17	Jason Zucker	L	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	16:20	0.26	10-18	0.45-0.72
21	Eric Fehr	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	11:24	0.24	10-13	0.40-0.65
12	Eric Staal	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	16:57	0.17	10-16	0.45-0.54
22	Ryan Suter	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	3	30:22	0.05	21-22	1.28-1.09
8	Ryan Donato	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:16	0.16	15-18	0.79-0.63
9	Zach Parise	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20:01	0.55	18-17	0.67-0.89
12	Jordan Greenway	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:26		11-12	0.66-0.35
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	0	0	0	-2	2	4	5	16:42	0.35	15-16	0.81-0.63
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	13:33	0.07	11-10	0.47-0.44
17	Brad Hunt	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	18:11	0.11	24-21	0.91-1.00
22	Anthony Bitetto	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	11:05	0.01	7-14	0.33-0.38
22	Kevin Fiala	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	19:04	0.34	17-17	0.67-0.88
23	JT Brown	R	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	09:29	0.08	10-10	0.44-0.44
24	Nick Seeler	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12:28		7-15	0.27-0.41
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	21:40	0.03	27-22	0.95-0.98
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	29:25	0.01	20-24	1.30-1.13
46	Pontus Aberg	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	12:42	0.40	13-13	0.89-0.42
71	Luke Kunin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	22:04	0.43	19-17	0.85-0.89

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Alex Stalock	OTL	43	41	2	64:51	3.27	+1.27