Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis BluesDec 14, 2019

FinalSaturday, Dec 14, 2019· Enterprise Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	1	2	3		CHI	2	9	11	22
STL	0	0	4	4		STL	13	14	11	38

: CHI 40STL 65
: CHI 2.40STL 4.67
PP goals: CHI 0STL 0
Hits: CHI 12STL 17
Blocks: CHI 15STL 7
PIM: CHI 6STL 6
: CHI 57%STL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3

St. Louis Blues beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 at home. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 0G 3A. New look for STL: Steen–Perron–O'Reilly skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Robert Thomas had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 13:08.Thomas
Points
Brandon Saad had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:34.Saad
Points
Tyler Bozak had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:22.Bozak
Points
Jonathan Toews had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:24.Toews
New line
New look for STL: Steen–Perron–O'Reilly skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Steen Perron O'Reilly
Goalie
Corey Crawford (CHI) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +6 against a season average of 32.4; the loss.Crawford
Usage
Dennis Gilbert (CHI) played 19:03, +3:31 up on his 15:32 season average over 20 games.Gilbert
Cats
Connor Murphy (CHI) blocked 6 shots in 22:30.Murphy

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 105 of 105 attempts · STL 65 · CHI 40

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 20% of the game, STL 53%.

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
	34	62
	1.66	4.02
	1.63	3.75
	2	16
	4	2
	13	19
	+0.054	−0.054
	20%	53%

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 – Strome – DeBrincat
12:4041% CF
L2Smith – Carpenter – Kampf
9:3821% CF
L3Toews – Saad – Kubalik
8:4750% CF
L4Highmore – Nylander – Dach
8:1222% CF
D1Murphy – Gustafsson
15:0132% CF
D2Seabrook – Gilbert
14:2436% CF
D3Maatta – Boqvist
9:2143% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
2:50100% CF
PP2Saad – Kubalik – Nylander – Boqvist – Dach
0:43
PK1FToews – Carpenter
1:55
PK2FSaad – Kampf
1:20
PK1DMurphy – Maatta
2:56
PK2DSeabrook – Gilbert
0:44

Current CHI line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Schenn – Schwartz – Kyrou
7:2655% CF
L2Steen – Perron – O'Reilly
6:1775% CF
L3Bozak – Barbashev – Thomas
6:0075% CF
L4Sundqvist – MacEachern – de la Rose
5:2791% CF
D1Bortuzzo – Dunn
10:3769% CF
D2Pietrangelo – Parayko
10:2682% CF
D3Bouwmeester – Faulk
8:3154% CF

PP1Perron – Pietrangelo – O'Reilly – Schenn – Schwartz
2:44100% CF
PP2Faulk – Sundqvist – Barbashev – Dunn – Thomas
1:57100% CF
PK1FSundqvist – Barbashev
1:36
PK2FO'Reilly – Schenn
0:39
PK1DBouwmeester – Bortuzzo
1:09
PK2DPietrangelo – Faulk
1:04

Current STL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:19
CHIBrandon Saad (Jonathan Toews, Erik Gustafsson)wrist0.08 xG
CHI: Toews, Saad, Murphy, Gustafsson, KubalikSTL: Bouwmeester, Schenn, Faulk, Schwartz, Kyrou
CHI 1 – 0 STL

3rd period

0:30
CHIBrandon Saad (Jonathan Toews)wrist0.09 xG
CHI: Toews, Saad, Murphy, Gustafsson, KubalikSTL: Bouwmeester, Schenn, Faulk, Schwartz, Sundqvist
CHI 2 – 0 STL
4:16
CHIPatrick Kane (Dylan Strome, Alex DeBrincat)snap0.22 xG
CHI: Kane, Maatta, Strome, Nylander, BoqvistSTL: Bouwmeester, Perron, O'Reilly, Faulk, Kyrou
CHI 3 – 0 STL
4:40
STLTyler Bozak (Robert Thomas)wrist0.07 xG
CHI: Maatta, Highmore, Nylander, Boqvist, DachSTL: Steen, Bortuzzo, Bozak, Dunn, Thomas
CHI 3 – 1 STL
13:08
STLTyler Bozak (Robert Thomas)tip-in0.08 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Toews, Saad, Kubalik, GilbertSTL: Steen, Pietrangelo, Bozak, Faulk, Thomas
CHI 3 – 2 STL
13:20
STLJacob de la Rose (Ryan O'Reilly)backhand0.09 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Toews, Saad, Kubalik, GilbertSTL: Perron, Pietrangelo, O'Reilly, Faulk, de la Rose
CHI 3 – 3 STL
17:34
STLJustin Faulk (Robert Thomas)snap0.06 xG
CHI: Smith, Murphy, Gustafsson, Carpenter, KampfSTL: Steen, Pietrangelo, Bozak, Faulk, Thomas
CHI 3 – 4 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
Patrick Kane R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	0	0	2	20:52	—	—	43	32
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	47	42
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.84	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	44	45
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	0	2	13:56	—	—	22	10
David Kampf C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:59	—	—	20	7
Zack Smith C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	1	0	12:52	—	—	21	6
Jonathan Toews C	L3	0	2	2	0	3	0.24	0	0	0	18:24	—	—	50	43
Brandon Saad L	L3	2	0	2	0	3	0.19	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	46	42
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.17	1	1	0	12:56	—	—	42	36
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:03	—	—	24	8
Alex Nylander L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	10:46	—	—	31	34
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	9:30	—	—	25	35
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.00	3	6	0	22:30	—	—	36	34
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.24	1	0	0	22:01	—	—	38	36
Brent Seabrook D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	2	19:26	—	—	30	17
Dennis Gilbert D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	5	1	0	19:03	—	—	36	20
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:25	—	—	31	35
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:56	—	—	44	46

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	3.85	58:08

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brayden Schenn C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	2	16:57	—	—	48	64
Jaden Schwartz L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	2	0	0	16:40	—	—	52	56
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.14	0	1	0	12:09	—	—	54	57
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.81	0	1	0	23:05	—	—	64	54
David Perron L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.56	0	0	0	19:34	—	—	68	57
Alexander Steen L	L2	0	0	0	+3	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:13	—	—	67	90
Tyler Bozak C	L3	2	0	2	+3	4	0.46	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	70	73
Robert Thomas C	L3	0	3	3	+3	1	0.19	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	70	94
Ivan Barbashev L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.60	3	0	0	11:14	—	—	70	97
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	0	0	0	16:57	—	—	58	69
Jacob de la Rose L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.16	4	0	0	8:27	—	—	86	85
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	2	0	0	7:47	—	—	88	96
Vince Dunn D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.14	0	0	2	15:08	—	—	67	82
Robert Bortuzzo D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	71	89
Alex Pietrangelo D	D2	0	0	0	+3	4	0.49	1	1	0	24:42	—	—	74	77
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	2	0	21:58	—	—	68	72
Justin Faulk D	D3	1	0	1	0	5	0.22	0	2	2	22:44	—	—	56	57
Jay Bouwmeester D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	1	0	0	19:34	—	—	50	44

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	2.40	60:00

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.