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Nashville Predators, 2020-21

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Discover Central Division Made the playoffs

2020-21 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
13 56 31-23-2 64 0.571 156 154 +2 18-10-0 13-13-2

Records are wins, then losses, then losses in overtime or a shootout.

Playoff analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 6 games, ranked among the 16 playoff teams. 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. What these numbers mean

43.5Corsi for %15th of 16 · 301 attempts for, 391 against
43.8Fenwick for %14th of 16 · unblocked attempts
43.0Shots for %15th of 16 · shots on goal
44.5Expected goals for %13th of 16 · 12.0 expected for, 15.0 against
48.1Goals for %9th of 16 · 13 for, 14 against
101.5PDO8.3% shooting + 93.3% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 16 playoff teams: green is in the top fifth and red the bottom fifth, with paler shades in between and amber for the middle. Hover over a tile for its percentile. PDO is left plain, since it is neither good nor bad on its own.

Form through the playoffs

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

42%44%46%48%50%Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 5 games

Each point looks back over the last 5 games at five-on-five. Above 50% the team was getting the better of play, below it the worse. The expected goals line counts each chance for what it was worth, and the shot attempts line counts them all alike.

Lines and pairings

The three forwards and the two defencemen who spent the most time on the ice together at five-on-five, and how the team did while they were out: its share of the shot attempts and of the expected goals, and the goals for and against. Time is minutes and seconds across the playoffs.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Matt Duchene · Ryan Johansen · Filip Forsberg453:5552.764.74-2
Colton Sissons · Yakov Trenin · Tanner Jeannot547:3437.027.62-3
Mikael Granlund · Luke Kunin · Eeli Tolvanen336:4232.935.31-0
Calle Jarnkrok · Mikael Granlund · Luke Kunin532:3639.745.22-1
Erik Haula · Calle Jarnkrok · Nick Cousins229:0640.731.60-1
Colton Sissons · Yakov Trenin · Mathieu Olivier221:2235.942.90-1
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Alexandre Carrier695:2650.553.23-3
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm689:1642.752.36-4
Matt Benning · Ben Harpur464:2831.933.01-3
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis618:1050.041.61-2
Mattias Ekholm · Alexandre Carrier617:4255.247.01-0

The two shares are coloured as above, against the league's lines and pairs that played a fair amount together: at least a tenth of the time of the busiest one. Hover over one for its percentile.

Where the shots come from

Shots for
Shots against

Every attempt in all situations, with the net being shot at on the right. Darker red means more attempts from that spot. Click a line in a key to see only that kind; Goals marks where each one was scored from.

Playoffs

Round Opponent Result
1st Round Carolina Hurricanes Lost 2-4

Value for money

$76MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 25 ranked players
$57.7MWorth at the going rate57.4 goals above replacement
-$18.3MValue26th of 31 · worth minus cap hit; below zero is overpaid

What the team got for its cap space in the regular season, counting the players with enough games to be ranked and a known contract. A player's season is worth what teams as a whole paid for one like it, and value is that less his cap hit. A player who changed teams is shared out by the games he played for each. How value is worked out

Roster

Everyone who played for the team this season, with their stats for it. Colours show where each number ranks in the league, from green (top fifth) to red (bottom fifth). Hover over a number for its percentile.

Cap hit is what a player counts against the salary cap this season. A star beside it means a former team pays part of it, and the amount shown is this team's share. Value is what his season was worth at the going rate, minus his cap hit. It appears once he has played enough to be ranked.

CF% and xGF% are the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals while he was on the ice at five-on-five. Rating is goals above replacement: the goals he added to his team's goal difference, compared with a spare-part player who played the same minutes. For a player who changed teams, these numbers cover his whole season.

Skater Pos GP G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits CF% xGF% Rating Cap hit Value
Roman Josi D 48 8 25 33 -11 20 141 27 52.0 52.6 +7.9 $9.059M-$382K
Filip Forsberg L 39 12 20 32 -9 16 129 47 53.0 51.1 +3.0 $6M-$2.3M
Calle Jarnkrok C 49 13 15 28 13 14 91 30 47.9 51.2 +3.7 $2M+$2.4M
Mikael Granlund C 51 13 14 27 -1 14 74 46 48.7 48.8 +2.3 $3.75M-$749K
Viktor Arvidsson L 50 10 15 25 9 21 151 15 53.6 52.9 +5.7 $4.25M+$2.2M
Mattias Ekholm D 48 6 17 23 19 14 110 23 51.3 49.2 +2.8 $3.75M-$260K
Eeli Tolvanen R 40 11 11 22 -10 4 65 78 49.8 46.4 -0.2 $894K-$388K
Ryan Johansen C 48 7 15 22 0 22 67 43 51.2 48.6 -0.9 $8M-$8.2M
Erik Haula L 51 9 12 21 4 14 85 63 47.9 44.5 -0.6 $1.75M-$1.7M
Luke Kunin C 38 10 9 19 3 13 71 84 46.9 48.9 +2.7 $2.3M+$1.1M
Nick Cousins C 52 5 13 18 4 41 60 48 51.0 50.3 -0.5 $1.5M-$1.3M
Ryan Ellis D 35 5 13 18 1 10 75 21 53.5 50.8 +4.8 $6.25M-$698K
Colton Sissons C 54 8 7 15 2 18 58 74 46.7 47.8 +0.2 $2.857M-$2M
Matt Duchene C 34 6 7 13 -12 6 73 30 54.1 53.3 +3.3 $8M-$4M
Rocco Grimaldi R 40 10 3 13 -3 4 62 20 50.0 44.3 +0.4 $2M-$930K
Dante Fabbro D 40 2 10 12 -1 23 59 32 50.6 51.0 +1.7 $925K+$1.5M
Yakov Trenin C 45 5 6 11 4 22 62 94 49.1 53.4 +2.4 $725K+$2.4M
Ben Harpur D 34 0 7 7 2 17 33 44 43.8 46.1 +0.0 $700K+$24K
Tanner Jeannot L 15 5 2 7 6 2 23 53 52.4 55.9 +1.8 $713K
Mathieu Olivier R 30 3 2 5 -1 70 25 62 47.1 46.9 -1.9 $730K-$2M
Brad Richardson R 17 1 3 4 0 4 18 14 52.2 55.2 +0.9 $1M
Matt Benning D 53 1 3 4 -1 30 43 55 48.6 47.8 -0.8 $1M-$1.1M
Alexandre Carrier D 19 1 2 3 3 8 31 22 49.8 50.1 +2.0 $733K
Rem Pitlick C 10 0 2 2 3 4 11 8 55.1 60.4 +0.4 $874K
Erik Gudbranson D 9 0 1 1 1 12 5 19 47.5 43.4 -3.9 $4M-$7.2M
Jeremy Davies D 16 0 1 1 3 8 19 11 48.5 46.6 -0.7 $925K
Mark Borowiecki D 22 0 1 1 -2 38 18 54 47.5 43.2 -1.6 $2M-$2.9M
Sean Malone C 1 0 1 1 -1 2 1 0 60.9 37.9 -0.1
Tyler Lewington D 2 0 1 1 4 9 4 1 59.5 72.3 +0.5 $700K
Cole Smith R 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23.5 37.1 -0.1 $793K
David Farrance D 2 0 0 0 3 0 3 1 39.0 57.1 -0.1
Frederic Allard D 1 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 52.4 73.4 +0.1
Jarred Tinordi D 7 0 0 0 -1 4 8 12 46.1 43.2 +0.5 $700K+$506K
Luca Sbisa D 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 30.8 39.6 0.0 $800K
Michael McCarron C 6 0 0 0 1 16 3 12 49.5 48.3 -0.5 $700K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Juuse Saros 36 211113 1073 995 78 2.28 0.927 +14.9 +24.3 $1.5M+$6.5M
Pekka Rinne 24 101212 664 602 62 2.84 0.907 -6.1 -0.4 $5M-$4.4M
Kasimir Kaskisuo 1 0000 3 3 0 0.00 1.000 +0.5 +0.5 $700K

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
May 10, 2021 vs CAR W 5-0 27 30
May 8, 2021 vs CAR W 3-1 30 22
May 5, 2021 @ CBJ L 2-4 32 27
May 3, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-3 (OT) 38 32
May 1, 2021 vs DAL W 1-0 (OT) 34 28
Apr 27, 2021 vs FLA L 4-7 30 55
Apr 26, 2021 vs FLA W 4-1 27 40
Apr 23, 2021 @ CHI W 3-1 28 30
Apr 21, 2021 @ CHI L 4-5 (OT) 40 30
Apr 19, 2021 vs CHI W 5-2 30 32
Apr 17, 2021 @ CAR L 1-3 28 48
Apr 15, 2021 @ CAR L 1-4 20 29
Apr 13, 2021 vs TBL W 7-2 22 23
Apr 11, 2021 vs DAL W 3-2 (SO) 20 26
Apr 10, 2021 vs TBL L 0-3 36 34
Apr 8, 2021 @ DET W 7-1 32 26
Apr 6, 2021 @ DET W 3-2 (SO) 31 27
Apr 3, 2021 vs CHI W 3-0 21 41
Apr 1, 2021 vs DAL L 1-4 22 31
Mar 30, 2021 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 26 35
Mar 28, 2021 @ CHI W 3-2 31 29
Mar 27, 2021 @ CHI W 3-1 34 30
Mar 25, 2021 vs DET W 7-1 30 21
Mar 23, 2021 vs DET W 2-0 34 31
Mar 21, 2021 @ DAL W 4-3 (SO) 22 30
Mar 20, 2021 @ FLA L 0-2 21 49
Mar 18, 2021 @ FLA W 2-1 27 41
Mar 15, 2021 @ TBL W 4-1 26 39
Mar 13, 2021 @ TBL L 3-6 31 28
Mar 11, 2021 @ CAR L 1-5 33 26
Mar 9, 2021 @ CAR L 2-3 (OT) 23 35
Mar 7, 2021 @ DAL W 4-3 (SO) 20 38
Mar 6, 2021 vs FLA L 2-6 30 32
Mar 4, 2021 vs FLA L 4-5 35 38
Mar 2, 2021 vs CAR L 2-4 38 28
Feb 28, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-1 29 29
Feb 27, 2021 vs CBJ W 2-1 33 30
Feb 25, 2021 @ DET L 2-5 39 32
Feb 23, 2021 @ DET W 2-0 33 24
Feb 20, 2021 @ CBJ W 4-2 45 23
Feb 18, 2021 @ CBJ L 0-3 32 22
Feb 13, 2021 vs DET L 2-4 23 30
Feb 11, 2021 vs DET W 3-2 23 26
Feb 9, 2021 vs TBL L 1-6 33 30
Feb 8, 2021 vs TBL L 1-4 24 35
Feb 5, 2021 @ FLA L 1-2 25 36
Feb 4, 2021 @ FLA W 6-5 (OT) 41 36
Feb 1, 2021 @ TBL L 2-5 31 28
Jan 30, 2021 @ TBL L 3-4 26 33
Jan 27, 2021 vs CHI W 2-1 (SO) 42 30
Jan 26, 2021 vs CHI W 3-2 (OT) 39 20
Jan 24, 2021 @ DAL L 2-3 17 22
Jan 22, 2021 @ DAL L 0-7 34 28
Jan 18, 2021 vs CAR L 2-4 33 24
Jan 16, 2021 vs CBJ W 5-2 33 44
Jan 14, 2021 vs CBJ W 3-1 35 30