G53 2017-02-02 Preds shut ‘er down and git ‘er done

Game Notes NSH vs EDM

Edmonton Oilers (Head Coach: Todd McLellan) at Nashville Predators (Head Coach: Peter Laviolette)

NHL Game #762, Bridgestone Arena, 2017-02-02 06:00:00PM (GMT -0700)

Predators 2-0

Referees: Garrett Rank, Eric Furlatt
Linesmen: Bevan Mills, Ryan Galloway

Three Stars: Pekka Rinne; Viktor Arvidsson; Ryan Johansen

Blech. Not much to say, is there? Too little, too late, too few players willing to pay the price to get to the front of the Preds net.
Oh well, every team has its ups and downs, and did anyone seriously believe this team was a 100+ pt team? Better to concentrate on making the playoffs, which means this little losing streak (and the spotty effort that caused it) need to end PDQ.
Not much to read from the fancystats – they looked OK but that was score effects. The pushback came after the Oilers were down 2-0.
And the only line that was really going was the McDavid line; the others had their moments but were not consistently good. Maybe extra props for the Letestube line, which was solid in limited minutes.
For defensemen, the KlefLar pair was good offensively and poor defensively, Davidson Benning were good defensively but not really very effective on the attack, and Seksy Russell (again) struggled at both ends.
The Predators chased matchups more intensely than most teams do. Interesting that PK did not face McDavid much, that was a big thing vs MTL last year and PK (with the help of the refs) shut McDavid down pretty effectively.
With the Jets, Flames, Nashville, and LA all making some upward moves of late, gotta do better in Carolina.

Game at a Glance

Leaderboard

No one scored a damn goal
Drake Caggiula blasted 5 shots on goal
Patrick Maroon was most active on the team with 8 shot attempts
Leon Draisaitl was the faceoff champ at 69.2% (9-4)
Zack Kassian led the team in on-ice 5v5 shot attempts at 72.7% (8-3)
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins trailed the team in 5v5 on-ice shot attempts at 28.6% (6-15)
Leon Draisaitl was the big hitter with 4

Goal Overview

Team	Scorer	Period	Time	Strength	ShotType	ShotDist	Danger
NSH	Viktor Arvidsson	2	1:26	EV	Slap	30.0	1.17
NSH	Ryan Johansen	2	19:21	EV	Snap	28.0	1.29

Who Won the 5v5 Shot Battle?

Which Battle	Who Won	By How Much
Shots	EDM	24 to 23 (51.1%)
Average Shot Distance Against (ft)	EDM	33 to 29
Corsi	EDM	45 to 43 (51.1%)
Score & Venue Adjusted Corsi	NSH	45 to 43 (50.9%)
Fenwick	EDM	38 to 30 (55.9%)
Dangerous Fenwick	EDM	38 to 31 (55.5%)

Detailed Metrics

Shot Metrics

Strength	CF	CA	CF%	SACF	SACA	SACF%	FF	FA	FF%	DFF	DFA	DFF%
EV	45	43	51.1	43	44.6	49.1	38	30	55.9	38.2	30.7	55.5
All	54	52	50.9	51.7	53.6	49.1	47	35	57.3	49.8	33.7	59.7

Other Metrics

Team	PP	PPG	PIM	FO	Hits	Giveaways	Takeaways
Predators	3	0	11	58	16	11	13
Oilers	3	0	11	42	30	8	8

How the Players Did (On Ice Shot Attempts)

Comparing raw Corsi with DangerousFenwick: look for big discrepancies one way or the other.

Danger Tables

Forwards are sorted by decreasing CF%. Defensemen and pairs sorted by increasing DFA60. Forward lines by decreasing DFF%. Positions are as listed by the NHL roster page, not necessarily where they played.

Centres

Centre	EVTOI	OZS%2	CF	CA	CF%	SACF%	FF%	DFF%
Letestube	06:59	75.0	6	3	66.7	64	62.5	59.2
McDavid	16:55	81.2	26	15	63.4	61.5	60	68.5
Drai	16:44	76.5	25	16	61	58.7	60	67.9
Hendrix	07:05	66.7	7	5	58.3	57.1	66.7	60.4
Caggiula	11:57	37.5	7	11	38.9	37	58.3	41
Eberle	13:00	44.4	6	13	31.6	30	30.8	30
Nuge	14:21	50.0	6	15	28.6	26.6	33.3	32.1

Wingers

Winger	EVTOI	OZS%2	CF	CA	CF%	SACF%	FF%	DFF%
Kassian	07:41	66.7	8	4	66.7	65.2	77.8	83.9
Maroon	14:32	76.9	23	12	65.7	63.8	63.3	74.9
Poo	11:46	44.4	9	11	45	42.7	57.1	41.2
Slappy	11:02	37.5	6	9	40	37.7	60	43.6
Looch	15:47	50.0	8	16	33.3	30.9	37.5	37.1

Defensemen

Defense	EVTOI	OZS%2	CF	CA	CF%	SACF%	FF%	DFF%	DFA60
Davidson	13:27	37.5	7	6	53.8	51.9	63.6	73.6	10.71
Benning	15:11	50.0	7	9	43.8	41.5	50	60.9	17.78
Russell	17:18	38.5	16	20	44.4	42.2	50	41.6	40.92
Klefbom	17:01	82.4	23	14	62.2	60.4	65.5	65.1	45.13
Larsson	16:35	80.0	23	15	60.5	58.8	65.5	62.8	51.74
Seksy	16:50	46.7	14	23	37.8	35.7	40.7	29.1	55.25

Defense Pairings

Pair	EVTOI	DFA60	AvgDistA	CF	CA	CF%	SACF%	FF%	DFF%
Benning Davidson	11:55	12.08	42	6	6	50	48	60	70.5
Seksy Russell	14:12	49.86	35.8	14	20	41.2	39.1	45.8	35
Larsson Klefbom	13:31	54.6	24.8	22	13	62.9	61.1	66.7	65.5

Forward Lines

Line	EVTOI	CF	CA	CF%	SACF%	FF%	DFF%
Hendrix Kassian Letestube	05:33	6	2	75	72.9	71.4	76.5
Maroon Drai McDavid	13:51	22	12	64.7	62.7	63.3	74.9
Caggiula Slappy Poo	10:05	6	9	40	37.7	60	43.6
Eberle Looch Nuge	12:14	5	13	27.8	26	30.8	30