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Nashville Predators, 2014-15

Be the GM of the Nashville Predators Take over the 2014-15 team: trade, manage the cap and simulate the season.

Central Division, Western Conference Made the playoffs

2014-15 record

League rank GP Record Points Points % Goals for Goals against Diff Home Away
6 82 47-25-10 104 0.634 232 208 +24 28-9-4 19-16-6

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

Analytics

Regular season Playoffs

Five-on-five, from 82 games. 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

52.8Corsi for %5th of 30 · 3,858 attempts for, 3,447 against
53.0Fenwick for %5th of 30 · unblocked attempts
53.1Shots for %4th of 30 · shots on goal
54.4Expected goals for %5th of 30 · 150.5 expected for, 126.2 against
56.8Goals for %1st of 30 · 166 for, 126 against
101.1PDO8.1% shooting + 93.1% saves

Each share is coloured by where it ranks among the 30 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 season

Share of expected goals Share of shot attempts

45%50%55%60%65%Game 20Game 40Game 60Game 80Expected goalsShot attemptsThe team's share over its last 10 games

Each point looks back over the last 10 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 season.

Forward lineGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mike Ribeiro · James Neal · Filip Forsberg44437:0860.258.026-11
Mike Ribeiro · Craig Smith · Filip Forsberg46345:4455.552.418-16
Paul Gaustad · Eric Nystrom · Taylor Beck25198:0041.147.06-4
Mike Fisher · James Neal · Colin Wilson19173:2455.161.910-5
Paul Gaustad · Eric Nystrom · Gabriel Bourque21136:3843.242.01-1
Paul Gaustad · Taylor Beck · Gabriel Bourque17132:2948.261.24-5
Defence pairGPTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Shea Weber · Roman Josi781378:0350.452.955-36
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm55676:3156.957.930-20
Anton Volchenkov · Seth Jones36357:5454.356.816-10
Victor Bartley · Seth Jones31301:1352.455.79-10
Mattias Ekholm · Seth Jones57239:4053.353.212-7

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 Chicago Blackhawks Lost 2-4

Value for money

$58.1MCap space usedthe cap hits of its 26 ranked players
$76.3MWorth at the going rate114.4 goals above replacement
+$18.1MValue4th of 30 · 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
Filip Forsberg L 82 26 37 63 15 24 237 108 57.2 56.6 +12.5 $894K+$7.2M
Mike Ribeiro C 82 15 47 62 11 62 96 42 57.0 54.9 +4.5 $1.05M+$2.2M
Roman Josi D 81 15 40 55 15 26 201 53 50.5 53.3 +10.5 $4M+$2.9M
Shea Weber D 78 15 30 45 15 72 237 166 50.7 52.6 +3.5 $7.857M-$5.2M
Craig Smith C 82 23 21 44 11 44 252 77 55.4 55.3 +5.0 $2M+$1.6M
Colin Wilson C 77 20 22 42 19 22 172 52 55.5 59.5 +10.9 $2M+$5.1M
Mike Fisher C 59 19 20 39 4 39 111 125 52.4 54.4 +7.4 $4.2M+$828K
James Neal L 67 23 14 37 12 57 221 71 57.2 56.9 +6.1 $5M-$794K
Ryan Ellis D 58 9 18 27 8 27 118 41 55.4 55.7 +8.6 $2.5M+$3.2M
Seth Jones D 82 8 19 27 3 20 123 72 54.1 55.4 +7.1 $925K+$3.9M
Matt Cullen C 62 7 18 25 8 16 90 10 53.5 56.3 +3.7 $3.5M-$712K
Calle Jarnkrok C 74 7 11 18 2 18 95 32 53.9 58.0 +5.2 $715K+$3M
Mattias Ekholm D 80 7 11 18 12 52 86 57 56.2 57.1 +6.2 $1.038M+$3.2M
Taylor Beck L 62 8 8 16 -4 18 78 61 46.8 49.9 +1.4 $550K+$859K
Paul Gaustad C 73 4 10 14 7 60 54 143 42.3 47.7 -0.1 $3.25M-$2.8M
Gabriel Bourque L 69 3 10 13 -13 10 76 141 48.0 53.6 +3.3 $775K+$1.7M
Eric Nystrom L 60 7 5 12 0 15 60 104 43.2 42.5 -1.8 $2.5M-$3.1M
Derek Roy C 26 1 9 10 0 2 35 3 48.4 47.9 +5.7 $1M+$3M
Victor Bartley D 37 0 10 10 1 26 28 77 48.8 50.4 +0.1 $667K-$67K
Viktor Stalberg L 25 2 8 10 0 18 27 54 52.3 54.9 +1.8 $3M-$1.4M
Anton Volchenkov D 46 0 7 7 4 14 35 93 51.4 52.9 +0.3 $1M-$292K
Olli Jokinen C 48 3 3 6 2 26 83 52 51.3 52.6 -0.7 $2.5M-$2.4M
Cody Franson D 23 1 3 4 0 2 35 24 49.9 49.6 +6.8 $3.3M+$1.4M
Mike Santorelli C 22 1 3 4 -7 6 43 8 47.6 46.9 +4.8 $1.5M+$1.9M
Mark Arcobello R 4 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 52.3 48.4 +2.2 $600K+$1.3M
Miikka Salomaki R 1 1 0 1 1 0 4 7 71.4 94.3 +0.6
Anthony Bitetto D 7 0 0 0 -1 7 2 9 49.0 49.7 -0.3 $605K
Joe Piskula D 1 0 0 0 -1 2 0 0 57.7 62.7 +0.0 $550K
Kevin Fiala L 1 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 50.0 39.9 +0.1 $925K
Rich Clune L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 14.3 21.7 -0.1 $850K
Viktor Arvidsson L 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 48.1 48.9 +0.3 $632K
Goalie GP WLOTLSO Shots against Saves Goals against GAA Save % Saved above xG Rating Cap hit Value
Pekka Rinne 64 411764 1807 1667 140 2.18 0.923 -0.9 +13.3 $7M-$3.6M
Carter Hutton 18 6741 450 406 44 2.61 0.902 -3.9 +0.2 $725K
Marek Mazanec 2 0100 47 43 4 2.27 0.915 +0.0 +0.4

Results

Date Opponent Result Shots for Shots against
Apr 11, 2015 @ DAL L 1-4 25 25
Apr 9, 2015 vs MIN L 2-4 34 27
Apr 7, 2015 @ COL L 2-3 42 23
Apr 4, 2015 vs DAL L 3-4 (OT) 36 24
Mar 31, 2015 vs VAN L 4-5 (SO) 38 25
Mar 29, 2015 vs CGY L 2-5 29 30
Mar 28, 2015 @ WSH W 4-3 27 28
Mar 26, 2015 @ TBL W 3-2 19 30
Mar 24, 2015 vs MTL W 3-2 (OT) 31 29
Mar 21, 2015 vs BUF W 3-0 43 24
Mar 17, 2015 vs MIN L 2-3 (OT) 27 21
Mar 15, 2015 @ ANA L 2-4 27 28
Mar 14, 2015 @ LAK W 2-1 23 24
Mar 12, 2015 @ SJS L 0-2 35 21
Mar 9, 2015 @ ARI W 2-1 (OT) 40 28
Mar 7, 2015 vs WPG L 1-3 21 26
Mar 5, 2015 vs NYI L 3-4 31 26
Mar 3, 2015 @ NJD L 1-3 34 23
Mar 2, 2015 @ NYR L 1-4 26 40
Feb 28, 2015 vs DET L 3-4 40 25
Feb 26, 2015 vs MIN L 2-4 29 30
Feb 24, 2015 vs COL W 5-2 41 20
Feb 22, 2015 @ BUF W 2-1 (SO) 38 17
Feb 21, 2015 @ PHI L 2-3 (SO) 22 33
Feb 19, 2015 @ NYI L 2-5 32 40
Feb 17, 2015 vs SJS W 5-1 37 43
Feb 14, 2015 vs NJD W 3-1 38 22
Feb 12, 2015 vs WPG W 3-1 26 33
Feb 10, 2015 vs TBL W 3-2 (OT) 29 32
Feb 8, 2015 @ FLA W 3-2 (SO) 25 36
Feb 7, 2015 vs NYR W 3-2 23 32
Feb 5, 2015 vs ANA L 2-5 46 26
Feb 3, 2015 vs TOR W 4-3 32 28
Feb 1, 2015 @ PIT W 4-0 24 21
Jan 30, 2015 @ COL L 0-3 23 28
Jan 29, 2015 @ STL L 4-5 (SO) 37 35
Jan 27, 2015 vs COL W 4-3 (OT) 39 24
Jan 20, 2015 @ MTL L 1-2 (OT) 37 27
Jan 17, 2015 @ DET L 2-5 36 24
Jan 16, 2015 vs WSH W 4-3 30 34
Jan 13, 2015 vs VAN W 5-1 30 31
Jan 10, 2015 @ MIN W 3-1 27 37
Jan 8, 2015 vs DAL W 3-2 (OT) 24 20
Jan 6, 2015 vs CAR W 3-2 26 25
Jan 4, 2015 @ ANA L 3-4 (SO) 30 33
Jan 3, 2015 @ LAK W 7-6 (OT) 25 30
Dec 30, 2014 vs STL W 3-2 47 28
Dec 29, 2014 @ CHI L 4-5 (SO) 40 42
Dec 27, 2014 vs PHI W 4-1 38 27
Dec 23, 2014 @ BOS L 3-5 25 25
Dec 22, 2014 @ CBJ W 5-1 35 31
Dec 20, 2014 @ MIN W 6-5 (OT) 44 27
Dec 16, 2014 vs BOS W 3-2 (SO) 40 35
Dec 13, 2014 @ SJS L 0-2 29 34
Dec 11, 2014 @ ARI W 5-1 38 32
Dec 9, 2014 @ COL W 3-0 36 26
Dec 6, 2014 vs CHI L 1-3 33 31
Dec 4, 2014 vs STL W 4-3 24 32
Dec 2, 2014 @ CAR L 1-2 33 25
Nov 29, 2014 vs CBJ W 2-1 42 22
Nov 27, 2014 vs EDM W 1-0 (OT) 25 37
Nov 25, 2014 vs LAK W 4-3 (SO) 33 21
Nov 22, 2014 vs FLA W 3-2 (SO) 50 30
Nov 20, 2014 @ OTT L 2-3 35 19
Nov 18, 2014 @ TOR W 9-2 37 31
Nov 15, 2014 vs WPG W 2-1 29 22
Nov 13, 2014 @ STL L 3-4 25 27
Nov 11, 2014 vs EDM W 3-2 35 23
Nov 8, 2014 @ STL W 2-1 35 29
Nov 6, 2014 @ DAL W 3-2 33 35
Nov 4, 2014 @ WPG L 1-3 24 26
Nov 2, 2014 @ VAN W 3-1 33 27
Oct 31, 2014 @ CGY L 3-4 31 30
Oct 29, 2014 @ EDM W 4-1 35 27
Oct 25, 2014 vs PIT L 0-3 25 26
Oct 23, 2014 vs CHI W 3-2 27 32
Oct 21, 2014 vs ARI W 4-3 (SO) 26 36
Oct 18, 2014 @ CHI L 1-2 (OT) 20 37
Oct 17, 2014 @ WPG W 2-0 27 31
Oct 14, 2014 vs CGY L 2-3 (SO) 21 28
Oct 11, 2014 vs DAL W 4-1 33 18
Oct 9, 2014 vs OTT W 3-2 37 20