Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 28, 2017

FinalThursday, Dec 28, 2017· Rogers Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

2

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	0	1	2		CHI	14	9	9	32
VAN	1	1	3	5		VAN	13	7	11	31

: CHI 58VAN 45
: CHI 1.82VAN 2.34
PP goals: CHI 1VAN 0
Hits: CHI 13VAN 22
Blocks: CHI 8VAN 15
PIM: CHI 8VAN 12
: CHI 56%VAN 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–2 at home. Thomas Vanek (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 3A. CHI's first power-play unit (Keith, Toews, Kane, Schmaltz and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:42 together.

Points
Thomas Vanek had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 5 shots in 16:48.Vanek
Points
Brock Boeser had a goal and 3 assists (4 points) on 1 shot in 17:05.Boeser
Points
Sam Gagner had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:22.Gagner
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Keith, Toews, Kane, Schmaltz and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:42 together.Keith Toews Kane Schmaltz DeBrincat
Usage
Artem Anisimov (CHI) played 3:05, −13:54 down on his 16:59 season average over 71 games.Anisimov
New line
New look for CHI: Toews–Saad–Hartman skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (93.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toews Saad Hartman
Usage
Alex Biega (VAN) played 4:50, −10:25 down on his 15:15 season average over 43 games.Biega
New line
New look for CHI: Kane–Schmaltz–DeBrincat skated 5:50 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Schmaltz DeBrincat

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · VAN 45 · CHI 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 28% of the game, VAN 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	53	37
	1.31	1.80
	1.30	1.76
	5	7
	5	4
	14	22
	+0.039	−0.039
	28%	31%

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

L1Toews – Saad – Hartman
9:3894% CF
L2Kane – Schmaltz – DeBrincat
5:5050% CF
L3Bouma – Wingels – Hayden
3:31100% CF
D1Keith – Oesterle
14:5574% CF
D2Forsling – Rutta
11:2644% CF
D3Seabrook – Murphy
10:3450% CF

PP1Keith – Toews – Kane – Schmaltz – DeBrincat
4:4263% CF
PP2Sharp – Seabrook – Saad – Hartman – Oesterle
2:4150% CF
PK1FToews – Kampf
1:17
PK2FBouma – Wingels
1:17
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
3:11
PK2DForsling – Rutta
1:39

Current CHI line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Vanek – Gagner – Boeser
11:3242% CF
L2Sedin – Sedin – Eriksson
9:5433% CF
L3Granlund – Virtanen – Goldobin
4:4331% CF
D1Edler – Stecher
14:3944% CF
D2Gudbranson – Hutton
13:1825% CF
D3Del Zotto – Pouliot
13:0741% CF

PP1Vanek – Eriksson – Gagner – Pouliot – Goldobin
2:4980% CF
PP2Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Granlund – Boeser
2:46100% CF
PK1FEriksson – Dowd
4:42
PK2FGranlund – Gaunce
3:12
PK1DEdler – Del Zotto
5:51
PK2DGudbranson – Hutton
2:21

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

7:03
VANSam Gagner (Nikolay Goldobin, Thomas Vanek)tip-in0.02 xG
CHI: Anisimov, Murphy, Schmaltz, Forsling, RuttaVAN: Vanek, Eriksson, Edler, Gagner, Goldobin
CHI 0 – 1 VAN
11:22
CHINick SchmaltzPP (Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith)slap0.13 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Kane, Schmaltz, DeBrincatVAN: Eriksson, Edler, Del Zotto, Dowd
CHI 1 – 1 VAN

2nd period

13:00
VANThomas Vanek (Sam Gagner, Brock Boeser)snap0.14 xG
CHI: Bouma, Hayden, Hartman, Forsling, RuttaVAN: Vanek, Gagner, Pouliot, Boeser, Stecher
CHI 1 – 2 VAN

3rd period

1:27
VANSam Gagner (Thomas Vanek, Brock Boeser)slap0.00 xG
CHI: Sharp, Seabrook, Kane, Murphy, KampfVAN: Vanek, Gagner, Hutton, Boeser, Stecher
CHI 1 – 3 VAN
16:29
VANThomas Vanek (Brock Boeser, Troy Stecher)snap0.05 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Toews, Saad, Murphy, DeBrincatVAN: Vanek, Edler, Gagner, Boeser, Stecher
CHI 1 – 4 VAN
18:35
VANBrock Boeser (Thomas Vanek, Alexander Edler)snap0.09 xG
CHI: Toews, Saad, Hayden, Forsling, RuttaVAN: Vanek, Edler, Gagner, Boeser, Stecher
CHI 1 – 5 VAN
19:51
CHIRyan Hartman (Alex DeBrincat, John Hayden)wrist0.12 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Murphy, Hayden, Hartman, DeBrincatVAN: Gudbranson, Granlund, Hutton, Virtanen, Goldobin
CHI 2 – 5 VAN

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
Jonathan Toews C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	0	1	0	22:19	—	—	73	51
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	0	2	17:36	—	—	73	50
Ryan Hartman R	L1	1	0	1	-1	3	0.29	2	0	0	15:26	—	—	83	62
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.22	0	0	0	23:18	—	—	50	38
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.25	0	0	0	20:01	—	—	47	39
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	54	37
John Hayden C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.15	4	0	0	12:04	—	—	47	33
Tommy Wingels C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	2	10:56	—	—	50	24
Lance Bouma L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	9:54	—	—	44	38
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	1	1	0	2	0.05	0	2	0	25:51	—	—	77	58
Jordan Oesterle D	D1	0	0	0	0	6	0.11	2	0	0	21:44	—	—	71	55
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	0	0	0	17:33	—	—	50	31
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	0	0	2	15:49	—	—	46	29
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	0	3	0	19:07	—	—	57	58
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.00	1	2	0	15:34	—	—	52	44
David Kampf C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:45	—	—	55	55
Patrick Sharp L	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	0	0	0	11:03	—	—	52	39
Artem Anisimov C	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	3:05	—	—	33	56

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	31	26	5	.839	2.34	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sam Gagner C	L1	2	1	3	+5	3	0.20	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	48	69
Brock Boeser R	L1	1	3	4	+4	1	0.17	0	1	0	17:05	—	—	48	65
Thomas Vanek L	L1	2	3	5	+5	5	0.56	0	1	2	16:48	—	—	46	70
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.23	0	0	0	19:46	—	—	41	67
Henrik Sedin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	0	0	2	16:34	—	—	32	10
Daniel Sedin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	2	15:35	—	—	33	19
Markus Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	39	59
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	0	0	10:07	—	—	33	43
Nikolay Goldobin R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.11	0	0	0	9:31	—	—	33	45
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.06	3	4	0	24:36	—	—	47	64
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	1	1	+4	2	0.01	3	2	2	17:29	—	—	47	71
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	2	0	16:17	—	—	29	26
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:56	—	—	33	26
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	2	2	0	21:06	—	—	38	68
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	18:47	—	—	42	75
Nic Dowd C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	17:21	—	—	46	65
Brendan Gaunce C	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	1	0	0	16:56	—	—	47	57
Alex Biega D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	4:50	—	—	50	2

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	1.82	59:32

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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.