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Predators lines

The Nashville Predators' lines as deployed against the Blues (W 5-2) — forward trios, defense pairs, power-play units and who started in net, measured from the league's shift chart.

Next game

Thu, Oct 22, 7:00 PM ET — at the Bruins.

No start projection for this game yet — the model projects goalies about a day out, and the books hang saves lines later than that.

Lines, last two games

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Predators

vs Blues · Oct 17 · W 5-2

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1ForsbergLWO'ReillyCStamkosC8:45
  2. L2KerfootCColtonCMarchessaultRW5:55
  3. L3SchaeferLWDruryCEdstromC5:18
  4. L4HoglanderLWPinchukCWoodRW0:01
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1JosiDWilsbyD16:44
  2. D2StrubleDHagueD15:37
  3. D3SkjeiDPerbixD10:15
Power playPP together
  1. PP1ForsbergLWO'ReillyCStamkosCMarchessaultRWJosiD1:49
In netTOI
  1. G1SarosG60:00
  2. G2AnnunenGDNP

Forsberg also took 1:37 with L4. Kerfoot also took 2:06 with L1. Colton also took 1:02 with L4. Hoglander also took 5:09 with L3. Pinchuk also took 2:14 with L2. Wood also took 2:18 with L1.

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Predators

vs Sharks · Oct 15 · L 2-3 SO

Forward lines5v5 together
  1. L1SchaeferLWDruryCEdstromC8:21
  2. L2O'ReillyCStamkosCKerfootC7:01
  3. L3ForsbergLWHoglanderLWWoodRW6:16
  4. L4ColtonCPinchukCMarchessaultRW4:50
Defense pairs5v5 together
  1. D1SkjeiDPerbixD8:47
  2. D2JosiDWilsbyD7:57
  3. D3HagueDStrubleD4:42
Power playPP together
  1. PP1ForsbergLWO'ReillyCStamkosCMarchessaultRWJosiD3:53
  2. PP2KerfootCColtonCPinchukCWoodRWSkjeiD1:50
In netTOI
  1. G1SarosG62:48
  2. G2AnnunenGDNP

Drury also took 1:09 with L3. Forsberg also took 1:49 with L2. Colton also took 3:48 with L3. Marchessault also took 1:01 with L2.

What changed since Thu, Oct 15

New top line: Forsberg, O'Reilly and Stamkos. Moved: Forsberg (L3 → L1), O'Reilly (L2 → L1), Stamkos (L2 → L1), Colton (L4 → L2), Marchessault (L4 → L2), Drury (L1 → L3) and 10 more.

In net this season

Juuse Saros has started 7 of the Predators' 8 games, Matt Murray 1, Justus Annunen 0. Juuse Saros has made 3 straight starts.

GoalieGSGPSV%Last start
Juuse Saros78.907Sat, Oct 17
Matt Murray15.900Sat, Oct 10
Justus Annunen03——

How these lines are built

Every unit above is the group that shared the most five-on-five ice in that game, rebuilt from the NHL's own shift chart. Power plays, penalty kills, four-on-four and empty-net time are cut out, so a top power-play unit can't pass itself off as the first line. Power-play units are measured from power-play time only. The number beside each unit is how long that exact group was on the ice together.

Read it as what the coach did, not as a forecast. A blowout shortens the bench and an injury scrambles everything after it. The full method, and every other club's lines, are on the all-clubs page. Player projections for the Predators live on the shots on goal, points and anytime goal boards.

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