Chicago Blackhawks vs. Columbus Blue JacketsFeb 25, 2021

FinalThursday, Feb 25, 2021· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	2	2		CHI	3	12	12	27
CBJ	0	0	0	0		CBJ	8	3	15	26

: CHI 49CBJ 54
: CHI 2.72CBJ 1.86
PP goals: CHI 0CBJ 0
Hits: CHI 14CBJ 26
Blocks: CHI 14CBJ 13
PIM: CHI 4CBJ 2
: CHI 33%CBJ 67%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Chicago Blackhawks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–0

Chicago Blackhawks beat Columbus Blue Jackets 2–0 at CBJ. Patrick Kane (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for CHI: Kane–DeBrincat–Kurashev skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for CHI: Kane–DeBrincat–Kurashev skated 8:34 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (68.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane DeBrincat Kurashev
New line
New look for CBJ: Domi–Texier–Bemstrom skated 11:38 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Domi Texier Bemstrom
New line
New look for CBJ: Nash–Stenlund–Robinson skated 8:21 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nash Stenlund Robinson
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New look for CHI: Soderberg–Janmark–Suter skated 4:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Soderberg Janmark Suter
Luck
CBJ scored 0 goals on 1.86 expected goals (54 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Michael Del Zotto (CBJ) played 13:21, −4:37 down on his 17:58 season average over 52 games.Del Zotto
Usage
Vladislav Gavrikov (CBJ) played 14:55, −4:34 down on his 19:29 season average over 54 games.Gavrikov
Usage
Matthew Highmore (CHI) played 8:23, −3:20 down on his 11:43 season average over 41 games.Highmore

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← CHI attacks left (bottom on phones)CBJ attacks right (top on phones) →

CBJ
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · CBJ 54 · CHI 49

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CBJ pressure
CHI pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CHI 25% of the game, CBJ 34%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

CBJ

CHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CHI	CBJ
	52	61
	2.25	2.16
	2.23	2.06
	4	11
	2	6
	14	6
	−0.083	+0.083
	25%	34%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – DeBrincat – Kurashev
8:3469% CF
L2Kubalik – Wallmark – Hagel
6:1522% CF
L3Carpenter – Highmore – Kampf
5:5460% CF
L4Soderberg – Janmark – Suter
4:2543% CF
D1Murphy – Zadorov
15:3661% CF
D2Keith – Mitchell
15:1044% CF
D3de Haan – Boqvist
11:3545% CF

PP1Soderberg – Kane – Carpenter – DeBrincat – Boqvist
0:53
PP2Keith – Kane – Kubalik – Janmark – DeBrincat
0:37100% CF
PK1FSoderberg – Janmark
1:34
PK2FCarpenter – Kampf
1:01
PK1DKeith – Murphy
1:54
PK2Dde Haan – Zadorov
1:27

Current CHI line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Foligno – Bjorkstrand – Laine
12:5833% CF
L2Domi – Texier – Bemstrom
11:3863% CF
L3Atkinson – Jenner – Roslovic
10:5853% CF
L4Nash – Stenlund – Robinson
8:2157% CF
D1Jones – Werenski
21:4744% CF
D2Savard – Carlsson
15:0157% CF
D3Del Zotto – Gavrikov
11:4257% CF

PP1Foligno – Atkinson – Jones – Roslovic – Laine
2:3267% CF
PP2Jenner – Bjorkstrand – Domi – Werenski – Stenlund
1:22100% CF
PK1FJenner – Texier
0:39
PK2FFoligno – Atkinson
0:38
PK1DSavard – Gavrikov
1:17
PK2DJones – Werenski
0:20

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

8:45
CHIPatrick Kane (Alex DeBrincat, Calvin de Haan)snap0.11 xG
CHI: Kane, Murphy, Zadorov, DeBrincat, KampfCBJ: Nash, Del Zotto, Stenlund, Gavrikov, Robinson
CHI 1 – 0 CBJ
19:10
CHICarl SoderbergEN (Connor Murphy)wrist0.49 xG
CHI: Soderberg, de Haan, Murphy, Hagel, SuterCBJ: Atkinson, Jones, Domi, Roslovic, Werenski, Laine
CHI 2 – 0 CBJ

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	20:29	—	—	63	63
Patrick Kane R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	0	0	0	19:50	—	—	64	63
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	14:22	—	—	46	27
Brandon Hagel L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	0	2	0	13:40	—	—	27	21
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	22	32
Lucas Wallmark C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:13	—	—	35	56
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	48	41
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	12:03	—	—	59	61
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	0	0	8:23	—	—	61	59
Pius Suter C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.56	0	0	0	17:24	—	—	42	70
Carl Soderberg C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.56	1	0	0	17:12	—	—	42	67
Mattias Janmark C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.39	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	29	56
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.10	2	1	0	23:43	—	—	58	55
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	4	3	0	20:20	—	—	46	34
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	3	0	24:16	—	—	41	24
Ian Mitchell D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:02	—	—	43	35
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	3	0	19:31	—	—	47	73
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	14:38	—	—	38	69

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	26	26	0	.1000	1.86	59:58

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	2	0.03	5	2	0	19:09	—	—	31	13
Patrik Laine L	L1	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	17:14	—	—	32	14
Oliver Bjorkstrand R	L1	0	1	0.07	0	2	0	16:55	—	—	50	41
Alexandre Texier L	L2	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	57	48
Max Domi C	L2	-1	2	0.21	2	0	0	14:40	—	—	71	77
Emil Bemstrom C	L2	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	57	51
Cam Atkinson R	L3	-1	2	0.19	0	0	0	17:41	—	—	50	65
Boone Jenner C	L3	0	4	0.36	3	1	0	17:11	—	—	67	80
Jack Roslovic C	L3	-1	2	0.21	0	0	2	16:26	—	—	64	74
Eric Robinson L	L4	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	11:22	—	—	57	35
Riley Nash C	L4	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	11:20	—	—	63	42
Kevin Stenlund C	L4	-1	3	0.19	1	1	0	10:14	—	—	70	66
Seth Jones D	D1	-1	1	0.15	2	1	0	27:00	—	—	45	58
Zach Werenski D	D1	-1	2	0.03	0	2	0	24:58	—	—	55	67
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	20:15	—	—	55	50
Gabriel Carlsson D	D2	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:20	—	—	57	40
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:55	—	—	52	20
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	-1	2	0.06	2	1	0	13:21	—	—	56	24

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	26	25	1	.962	2.23	59:52

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.