Chicago Blackhawks vs. Montreal CanadiensDec 9, 2021

FinalThursday, Dec 9, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	1	1	2		CHI	13	8	4	25
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	12	6	12	30

: CHI 46MTL 55
: CHI 3.11MTL 1.92
PP goals: CHI 1MTL 0
Hits: CHI 24MTL 23
Blocks: CHI 13MTL 10
PIM: CHI 2MTL 4
: CHI 47%MTL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0

Chicago Blackhawks beat Montreal Canadiens 2–0 at MTL. Henrik Borgstrom (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Jones, Carpenter and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:21 together.

PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Jones, Carpenter and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:21 together.Toews Kane Jones Carpenter DeBrincat
New line
New look for CHI: Kane–DeBrincat–Borgstrom skated 15:49 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane DeBrincat Borgstrom
New line
New look for CHI: Kubalik–Kurashev–Dach skated 11:08 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kubalik Kurashev Dach
Usage
Henrik Borgstrom (CHI) played 17:08, +6:45 up on his 10:23 season average over 51 games.Borgstrom
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 1.92 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Paquette–Pezzetta–Ylonen skated 4:43 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Paquette Pezzetta Ylonen
Usage
Ryan Poehling (MTL) played 17:25, +5:19 up on his 12:06 season average over 56 games.Poehling
Usage
Seth Jones (CHI) played 23:05, −3:10 down on his 26:15 season average over 77 games.Jones

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 101 of 101 attempts · MTL 55 · CHI 46

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 43% of the game, MTL 21%.

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
	47	46
	2.48	1.02
	2.33	1.01
	11	1
	1	2
	28	28
	−0.015	+0.015
	43%	21%

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 – Borgstrom
15:4950% CF
L2Kubalik – Kurashev – Dach
11:0867% CF
L3Toews – Hagel – Johnson
9:0050% CF
L4Carpenter – Slavin – Hardman
8:1544% CF
D1Murphy – McCabe
17:5562% CF
D2de Haan – Jones
17:0446% CF
D3Gustafsson – Stillman
11:1640% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Jones – Carpenter – DeBrincat
2:2180% CF
PK1FToews – Johnson
0:46
PK2FCarpenter – Hagel
0:31
PK1DMurphy – McCabe
0:46
PK2Dde Haan – Jones
0:31

Current CHI line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Hoffman – Drouin – Suzuki
15:3868% CF
L2Perreault – Dauphin – Caufield
11:2133% CF
L3Lehkonen – Evans – Poehling
11:0850% CF
L4Paquette – Pezzetta – Ylonen
4:4340% CF
D1Savard – Chiarot
17:2253% CF
D2Kulak – Clague
14:0442% CF
D3Wideman – Romanov
12:4667% CF

PP1Wideman – Suzuki – Poehling – Ylonen – Caufield
1:11100% CF
PP2Perreault – Hoffman – Drouin – Evans – Clague
0:46100% CF
PK1FLehkonen – Evans
1:20
PK2FPaquette – Dauphin
0:38
PK1DSavard – Chiarot
2:29

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

13:48
CHIJonathan ToewsPP (Seth Jones, Patrick Kane)tip-in0.12 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Jones, Carpenter, DeBrincatMTL: Savard, Chiarot, Lehkonen, Evans
CHI 1 – 0 MTL

3rd period

12:00
CHIHenrik Borgstromwrist0.29 xG
CHI: Kane, Murphy, McCabe, DeBrincat, BorgstromMTL: Perreault, Chiarot, Dauphin, Romanov, Caufield
CHI 2 – 0 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
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.52	0	0	0	23:11	—	—	55	82
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.25	1	2	0	22:15	—	—	48	80
Henrik Borgstrom C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	56	77
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	2	15:01	—	—	56	87
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.28	1	1	0	14:31	—	—	65	86
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	12:50	—	—	64	84
Jonathan Toews C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.12	0	2	0	16:57	—	—	47	54
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.58	1	0	0	12:56	—	—	47	34
Reese Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	4	1	0	12:20	—	—	44	34
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	41	56
Josiah Slavin L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	10:47	—	—	41	57
Mike Hardman L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	6	0	0	8:40	—	—	44	57
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	3	0	24:54	—	—	56	80
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	1	0	21:17	—	—	62	76
Seth Jones D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:05	—	—	50	70
Calvin de Haan D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	0	0	20:41	—	—	50	76
Riley Stillman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	14:49	—	—	39	56
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	40	43

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	30	30	0	.1000	1.92	59:37

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	22:51	—	—	55	39
Mike Hoffman C	L1	0	3	0.21	0	0	0	20:59	—	—	62	55
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	4	0.29	0	0	0	20:40	—	—	65	57
Cole Caufield R	L2	-1	3	0.25	1	0	0	17:18	—	—	39	13
Laurent Dauphin C	L2	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:16	—	—	42	13
Mathieu Perreault C	L2	-1	2	0.08	3	0	0	15:06	—	—	32	9
Ryan Poehling C	L3	0	2	0.37	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	53	39
Jake Evans C	L3	0	3	0.20	3	0	0	16:54	—	—	53	36
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	16:21	—	—	60	38
Cedric Paquette C	L4	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	7:04	—	—	50	56
Jesse Ylonen R	L4	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	7:01	—	—	25	6
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	6:32	—	—	46	49
Ben Chiarot D	D1	-1	4	0.13	0	2	0	23:13	—	—	49	29
David Savard D	D1	0	2	0.14	2	3	0	23:05	—	—	50	36
Kale Clague D	D2	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	19:32	—	—	39	14
Brett Kulak D	D2	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	17:19	—	—	40	18
Alexander Romanov D	D3	-1	0	0.01	5	1	0	17:07	—	—	50	30
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	69	75

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	25	23	2	.920	2.62	57:14

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.