Chicago Blackhawks vs. Montreal CanadiensJan 15, 2020

FinalWednesday, Jan 15, 2020· Centre Bell

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	2	1	1	4		CHI	11	11	6	28
MTL	0	1	0	1		MTL	12	10	11	33

: CHI 54MTL 66
: CHI 3.44MTL 2.57
PP goals: CHI 1MTL 0
Hits: CHI 10MTL 36
Blocks: CHI 20MTL 9
PIM: CHI 6MTL 4
: CHI 46%MTL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Montreal Canadiens 4–1 at MTL. Zack Smith (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, DeBrincat, Boqvist and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 3:15 together.

Points
Zack Smith had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 13:44.Smith
Points
Drake Caggiula had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:53.Caggiula
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, DeBrincat, Boqvist and Dach) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 3:15 together.Toews Kane DeBrincat Boqvist Dach
Usage
Ilya Kovalchuk (MTL) played 20:57, +4:05 up on his 16:52 season average over 45 games.Kovalchuk
Luck
MTL scored 1 goal on 2.57 expected goals (66 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Adam Boqvist (CHI) played 22:00, +5:55 up on his 16:05 season average over 40 games.Boqvist
Usage
Tomas Tatar (MTL) played 19:18, +3:03 up on his 16:15 season average over 67 games.Tatar
Usage
Jeff Petry (MTL) played 19:23, −4:19 down on his 23:42 season average over 70 games.Petry

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · MTL 66 · CHI 54

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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 40% of the game, MTL 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

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	MTL
	46	71
	2.14	2.28
	2.06	2.20
	14	10
	5	5
	28	17
	−0.030	+0.030
	40%	32%

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

L1Smith – Sikura – Highmore
9:5435% CF
L2DeBrincat – Kampf – Dach
9:4338% CF
L3Toews – Kubalik – Caggiula
6:1238% CF
L4Kane – Carpenter – Nylander
5:4636% CF
D1Keith – Boqvist
16:5820% CF
D2Murphy – Gustafsson
12:3752% CF
D3Maatta – Koekkoek
11:2869% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – DeBrincat – Boqvist – Dach
3:15100% CF
PP2Keith – Gustafsson – Kubalik – Carpenter – Nylander
0:23
PK1FToews – Carpenter
1:35
PK2FHighmore – Kampf
0:59
PK1DKeith – Murphy
3:18
PK2DMaatta – Koekkoek
1:38

Current CHI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Kovalchuk – Tatar – Danault
13:1962% CF
L2Lehkonen – Domi – Suzuki
9:5072% CF
L3Cousins – Poehling – Kotkaniemi
8:1662% CF
L4Thompson – Weise – Weal
8:0653% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
15:3958% CF
D2Mete – Fleury
13:0752% CF
D3Petry – Scandella
12:2068% CF

PP1Petry – Tatar – Danault – Suzuki – Kotkaniemi
2:4180% CF
PP2Kovalchuk – Weber – Weal – Cousins – Domi
1:2167% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
2:00
PK2FThompson – Poehling
1:07
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:05
PK2DPetry – Scandella
0:43

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:42
CHIZack SmithSH (Drake Caggiula)snap0.11 xG
CHI: Keith, Smith, Murphy, CaggiulaMTL: Weber, Tatar, Danault, Suzuki, Kotkaniemi
CHI 1 – 0 MTL
8:32
CHIZack Smith (Slater Koekkoek, Olli Maatta)tip-in0.10 xG
CHI: Smith, Maatta, Koekkoek, Sikura, HighmoreMTL: Cousins, Mete, Fleury, Poehling, Kotkaniemi
CHI 2 – 0 MTL

2nd period

0:54
MTLPhillip Danault (Ilya Kovalchuk, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.14 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Kubalik, Caggiula, BoqvistMTL: Kovalchuk, Weber, Tatar, Chiarot, Danault
CHI 2 – 1 MTL
11:27
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews)slap0.13 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, DeBrincat, Boqvist, DachMTL: Weber, Thompson, Chiarot, Lehkonen
CHI 3 – 1 MTL

3rd period

11:40
CHIDrake Caggiulawrist0.08 xG
CHI: Maatta, Koekkoek, Carpenter, Nylander, CaggiulaMTL: Weber, Thompson, Weise, Chiarot, Weal
CHI 4 – 1 MTL

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
Zack Smith C	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.35	3	0	2	13:44	—	—	35	48
Matthew Highmore C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.12	1	0	0	11:48	—	—	41	53
Dylan Sikura R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	0	1	0	10:47	—	—	41	53
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	2	17:42	—	—	50	47
David Kampf C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	50	31
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	15:50	—	—	33	33
Jonathan Toews C	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.48	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	36	55
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	0	0	0	14:01	—	—	38	53
Drake Caggiula L	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.38	1	0	2	13:53	—	—	36	56
Patrick Kane R	L4	0	1	1	0	4	0.67	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	39	34
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	39	47
Alex Nylander L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	12:04	—	—	33	46
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	6	0	24:15	—	—	20	19
Adam Boqvist D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	1	1	0	22:00	—	—	24	23
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	2	3	0	20:44	—	—	54	64
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	4	0	17:31	—	—	49	71
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	2	0	17:13	—	—	65	90
Slater Koekkoek D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.00	2	1	0	14:47	—	—	65	81

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	2.57	59:50

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ilya Kovalchuk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	4	0	0	20:57	—	—	62	53
Phillip Danault C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.47	1	0	0	20:13	—	—	55	43
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	3	0	0	19:18	—	—	60	51
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.26	2	0	0	16:55	—	—	70	88
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	16:36	—	—	72	64
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	2	15:17	—	—	75	85
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	2	1	0	13:54	—	—	56	30
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.08	0	2	0	12:51	—	—	57	35
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.21	2	0	0	12:00	—	—	58	50
Jordan Weal C	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.50	1	1	0	11:26	—	—	53	54
Nate Thompson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	0	0	11:05	—	—	56	55
Dale Weise R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	0	0	9:46	—	—	53	49
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	3	0	0	24:21	—	—	59	48
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	22:17	—	—	62	53
Victor Mete D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	60	48
Cale Fleury D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	5	0	2	15:09	—	—	54	37
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	1	0	19:23	—	—	68	64
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	2	1	0	17:12	—	—	61	53

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Charlie Lindgren(start)	L	28	24	4	.857	3.44	59:47

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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.