Nashville Predators Lines

The most-used Nashville Predators forward line in the Oct 17 game vs STL was Filip Forsberg – Ryan O'Reilly – Steven Stamkos (8:45 together at 5-on-5).

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Thu, Oct 22, 7:00 PM ET · at Boston Bruins

Lines, pairs and special teams

In the last game, the team played 48:01 at 5-on-5, 2:00 on the power play and 9:38 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
L1	Filip Forsberg(moved up) – Ryan O'Reilly(moved up) – Steven Stamkos(moved up)	8:45	18.2%
L2	Ross Colton(moved up) – Alexander Kerfoot – Jonathan Marchessault(moved up)	5:55	12.3%
L3	Reid Schaefer(moved down) – Jack Drury(moved down) – Adam Edstrom(moved down)	5:18	11.0%

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5
D1	Roman Josi(moved up) – Adam Wilsby(moved up)	16:34	34.5%
D2	Nicolas Hague(moved up) – Jayden Struble(moved up)	15:31	32.3%
D3	Brady Skjei(moved down) – Nick Perbix(moved down)	10:08	21.1%

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP
PP1	Filip Forsberg – Ryan O'Reilly – Steven Stamkos – Jonathan Marchessault – Roman Josi	1:49	90.8%

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK
PK1	Jack Drury – Alexander Kerfoot – Nick Perbix – Brady Skjei	1:46	18.3%
PK2	Adam Edstrom – Ryan O'Reilly – Roman Josi – Adam Wilsby	0:57	9.9%

NEW: not in the previous game's top four lines or three pairs. ▲ ▼: moved up or down from the previous game.

Over 5 games, the team played 232:44 at 5-on-5, 29:13 on the power play and 30:21 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Filip Forsberg – Nils Hoglander – Matthew Wood	27:34	11.8%	5
L2	Reid Schaefer – Jack Drury – Adam Edstrom	19:45	8.5%	4
L3	Ryan O'Reilly – Steven Stamkos – Jonathan Marchessault	18:17	7.9%	4

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Brady Skjei – Nick Perbix	49:49	21.4%	5
D2	Roman Josi – Adam Wilsby	41:56	18.0%	5
D3	Nicolas Hague – Jayden Struble	28:59	12.5%	4

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Filip Forsberg – Ryan O'Reilly – Steven Stamkos – Jonathan Marchessault – Roman Josi	18:35	63.6%	5
PP2	Ross Colton – Alexander Kerfoot – Vitali Pinchuk – Matthew Wood – Brady Skjei	2:36	8.9%	2

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Jack Drury – Alexander Kerfoot – Nick Perbix – Brady Skjei	9:53	32.6%	5
PK2	Adam Edstrom – Ryan O'Reilly – Roman Josi – Adam Wilsby	2:59	9.8%	3

Over 8 games, the team played 379:23 at 5-on-5, 44:01 on the power play and 44:37 on the penalty kill.

Forward lines

Line	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
L1	Filip Forsberg – Nils Hoglander – Matthew Wood	47:50	12.6%	8
L2	Alexander Kerfoot – Ryan O'Reilly – Steven Stamkos	35:17	9.3%	7
L3	Reid Schaefer – Jack Drury – Adam Edstrom	27:15	7.2%	5
L4	Mavrik Bourque – Ross Colton – Jonathan Marchessault	22:02	5.8%	3

Defense pairs

Pair	Players	Together	Share of 5v5	GP
D1	Brady Skjei – Nick Perbix	91:05	24.0%	8
D2	Nicolas Hague – Roman Josi	61:14	16.1%	8
D3	William Trudeau – Adam Wilsby	21:48	5.7%	3

Power play

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PP	GP
PP1	Filip Forsberg – Ryan O'Reilly – Steven Stamkos – Jonathan Marchessault – Roman Josi	19:35	44.5%	6
PP2	Ross Colton – Alexander Kerfoot – Vitali Pinchuk – Matthew Wood – Brady Skjei	2:36	5.9%	2

Penalty kill

Unit	Players	Together	Share of PK	GP
PK1	Jack Drury – Alexander Kerfoot – Nick Perbix – Brady Skjei	11:29	25.7%	7
PK2	Adam Edstrom – Ryan O'Reilly – Roman Josi – Adam Wilsby	2:59	6.7%	3

Goalies

Started the last game (Oct 17 vs STL): Juuse Saros

Goalie	Starts this season
Juuse Saros	7
Justus Annunen	0

Not in the last game

May be injured or a healthy scratch

#22 Mavrik Bourque, Center
#47 Jack Ahcan, Defense
#46 Ilya Lyubushkin, Defense
#85 William Trudeau, Defense

How these lines are calculated

Lines are rebuilt second by second from the NHL's official shift records. A trio or pair counts only at 5-on-5, and each window shows at most four lines and three pairs that played at least 3% of the team's 5-on-5 time. Read the full method.