Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis BluesApr 4, 2018

FinalWednesday, Apr 4, 2018· Scottrade Center

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

4

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St. Louis BluesSTL

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	1	2	4		CHI	8	7	11	26
STL	1	2	0	3		STL	14	15	5	34

: CHI 47STL 72
: CHI 1.59STL 2.70
PP goals: CHI 1STL 0
Hits: CHI 9STL 23
Blocks: CHI 21STL 16
PIM: CHI 4STL 4
: CHI 33%STL 67%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge St. Louis Blues 4–3

Chicago Blackhawks beat St. Louis Blues 4–3 at STL. Vladimir Tarasenko (STL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CHI scored 4 goals on 1.59 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:57.DeBrincat
Points
Brayden Schenn had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:49.Schenn
Points
Vladimir Tarasenko had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:52.Tarasenko
Luck
CHI scored 4 goals on 1.59 expected goals (47 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Kyle Brodziak (STL) played 18:20, +4:56 up on his 13:24 season average over 80 games.Brodziak
Usage
Robert Bortuzzo (STL) played 18:45, +4:00 up on his 14:45 season average over 71 games.Bortuzzo
Usage
Chris Butler (STL) played 16:42, +4:04 up on his 12:38 season average over 5 games.Butler
PP1
STL's PP1 (Steen, Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko and Schwartz) went scoreless in 3:21 of 5v4 time with 8 attempts.Steen Pietrangelo Schenn Tarasenko Schwartz

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · STL 72 · CHI 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 17% of the game, STL 49%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	48	70
	1.57	1.98
	1.53	1.96
	6	13
	7	5
	12	13
	−0.135	+0.136
	17%	49%

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 – Saad – Schmaltz
12:5432% CF
L2Anisimov – Jurco – Martinsen
11:3258% CF
L3Sikura – DeBrincat – Ejdsell
9:3733% CF
L4Sharp – Hinostroza – Kampf
9:1927% CF
D1Keith – Seabrook
16:0133% CF
D2Murphy – Gustafsson
14:2354% CF
D3Hillman – Rutta
12:1429% CF

PP1Sharp – Anisimov – Kane – Gustafsson – Schmaltz
1:57100% CF
PP2Keith – Seabrook – Saad – Sikura – DeBrincat
1:36100% CF
PK1FSchmaltz – Kampf
1:16
PK2FSaad – DeBrincat
1:12
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
1:11
PK2DMurphy – Rutta
0:57

Current CHI line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
11:4673% CF
L2Steen – Brodziak – Berglund
11:1567% CF
L3Sobotka – Jaskin – Thompson
7:5242% CF
L4Thorburn – Sundqvist – Barbashev
5:1750% CF
D1Butler – Bortuzzo
12:4758% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Dunn
9:2850% CF
D3Edmundson – Parayko
9:2156% CF

PP1Steen – Pietrangelo – Schenn – Tarasenko – Schwartz
3:21100% CF
PP2Sobotka – Berglund – Parayko – Barbashev – Dunn
0:3680% CF
PK1FSteen – Brodziak
1:20
PK2FBerglund – Sundqvist
1:14
PK1DBortuzzo – Parayko
1:56
PK2DPietrangelo – Edmundson
1:24

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:16
STLRobert Bortuzzo (Kyle Brodziak)wrist0.00 xG
CHI: Kane, Saad, Murphy, Gustafsson, SchmaltzSTL: Steen, Brodziak, Butler, Berglund, Bortuzzo
CHI 0 – 1 STL
8:57
CHIAndreas Martinsen (Artem Anisimov, Dylan Sikura)wrist0.10 xG
CHI: Keith, Anisimov, Sikura, Martinsen, RuttaSTL: Schenn, Jaskin, Parayko, Dunn, Thompson
CHI 1 – 1 STL

2nd period

0:47
STLBrayden Schenn (Vince Dunn, Vladimir Tarasenko)wrist0.02 xG
CHI: Keith, Seabrook, Anisimov, Murphy, KampfSTL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Dunn
CHI 1 – 2 STL
5:44
STLVladimir Tarasenko (Brayden Schenn)wrist0.14 xG
CHI: Sharp, Hinostroza, Hillman, Kampf, RuttaSTL: Pietrangelo, Schenn, Tarasenko, Schwartz, Edmundson
CHI 1 – 3 STL
10:12
CHIBlake HillmanSH (Nick Schmaltz)slap0.01 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Schmaltz, Hillman, KampfSTL: Sobotka, Berglund, Parayko, Barbashev, Dunn
CHI 2 – 3 STL

3rd period

8:30
CHIAlex DeBrincatwrist0.05 xG
CHI: Keith, Seabrook, Sikura, DeBrincat, EjdsellSTL: Sobotka, Jaskin, Edmundson, Parayko, Thompson
CHI 3 – 3 STL
19:51
CHIDuncan KeithPP (Alex DeBrincat, Brent Seabrook)slap0.10 xG
CHI: Keith, Seabrook, Saad, Sikura, DeBrincatSTL: Sobotka, Bortuzzo, Schwartz, Parayko
CHI 4 – 3 STL

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
Nick Schmaltz C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:14	—	—	31	30
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:44	—	—	37	44
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	29	34
Artem Anisimov C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.27	0	0	0	18:33	—	—	58	60
Tomas Jurco R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:53	—	—	65	59
Andreas Martinsen L	L2	1	0	1	+1	5	0.21	2	0	0	14:03	—	—	61	57
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:57	—	—	47	37
Dylan Sikura R	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	42	51
Victor Ejdsell C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:23	—	—	33	22
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:23	—	—	23	39
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:14	—	—	24	39
Patrick Sharp L	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.38	0	1	0	11:09	—	—	27	42
Brent Seabrook D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	1	6	0	22:39	—	—	34	54
Duncan Keith D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	0	4	2	21:54	—	—	40	57
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	1	0	0	20:31	—	—	53	41
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	2	4	2	17:20	—	—	44	41
Jan Rutta D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	18:53	—	—	42	37
Blake Hillman D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.01	2	2	0	16:47	—	—	28	34

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
J-F Berube(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	2.70	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.06	1	0	0	18:49	—	—	67	56
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.54	1	0	0	17:52	—	—	73	66
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.33	0	0	0	17:35	—	—	75	65
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.10	0	2	0	19:38	—	—	68	71
Kyle Brodziak C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	69	68
Patrik Berglund C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	2	0	0	16:09	—	—	73	74
Vladimir Sobotka C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.14	4	2	0	16:07	—	—	47	41
Dmitrij Jaskin R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	0	0	14:21	—	—	39	31
Tage Thompson C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.18	0	1	0	9:59	—	—	40	28
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.35	0	0	2	13:20	—	—	52	65
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	11:00	—	—	56	93
Chris Thorburn R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	6:03	—	—	50	73
Robert Bortuzzo D	D1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.00	1	2	0	18:45	—	—	60	49
Chris Butler D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	16:42	—	—	53	50
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+2	6	0.27	0	2	0	23:52	—	—	71	68
Vince Dunn D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:54	—	—	50	35
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	20:53	—	—	74	82
Colton Parayko D	D3	0	0	0	-3	4	0.17	3	2	0	19:59	—	—	47	43

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	1.59	59:51

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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.