Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vancouver CanucksFeb 1, 2018

FinalThursday, Feb 1, 2018· Rogers Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

2

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	0	1	2		CHI	11	7	10	28
VAN	0	2	2	4		VAN	8	7	6	21

: CHI 59VAN 44
: CHI 2.57VAN 2.89
PP goals: CHI 0VAN 0
Hits: CHI 11VAN 20
Blocks: CHI 13VAN 19
PIM: CHI 4VAN 8
: 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 4–2

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 at home. Brendan Gaunce (VAN) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Sam Gagner (VAN) played 3:15, −12:01 down on his 15:16 season average over 73 games.

Points
Brendan Gaunce had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:54.Gaunce
Points
Duncan Keith had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:11.Keith
Points
Troy Stecher had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:42.Stecher
Usage
Sam Gagner (VAN) played 3:15, −12:01 down on his 15:16 season average over 73 games.Gagner
New line
New look for VAN: Eriksson–Sutter–Gaunce skated 7:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eriksson Sutter Gaunce
Usage
Brendan Gaunce (VAN) played 17:54, +4:43 up on his 13:11 season average over 36 games.Gaunce
Usage
Alex DeBrincat (CHI) played 18:46, +4:01 up on his 14:45 season average over 81 games.DeBrincat
Usage
Brandon Saad (CHI) played 13:20, −4:13 down on his 17:33 season average over 81 games.Saad

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 44 · CHI 59

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 37% of the game, VAN 26%.

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
	50	42
	1.80	1.77
	1.76	1.75
	10	10
	0	6
	11	18
	+0.053	−0.053
	37%	26%

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 – Duclair – DeBrincat
13:0952% CF
L2Kane – Saad – Schmaltz
8:3953% CF
L3Jurco – Hinostroza – Kampf
5:4170% CF
L4Anisimov – Wingels – Hartman
5:0933% CF
D1Keith – Oesterle
16:0858% CF
D2Murphy – Kempny
11:4167% CF
D3Seabrook – Gustafsson
10:5440% CF

PP1Seabrook – Anisimov – Kane – Hinostroza – Schmaltz
4:36100% CF
PP2Toews – Duclair – Hartman – Oesterle – DeBrincat
2:57100% CF
PK1FToews – Saad
2:04
PK2FSchmaltz – Kampf
0:37
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
1:55
PK2DMurphy – Kempny
0:50

Current CHI line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Baertschi – Horvat – Boeser
8:4244% CF
L2Eriksson – Sutter – Gaunce
7:2925% CF
L3Sedin – Sedin – Virtanen
4:0343% CF
L4Vanek – Gagner – Granlund
0:00
D1Edler – Stecher
15:4948% CF
D2Del Zotto – Tanev
15:2752% CF
D3Gudbranson – Pouliot
11:3325% CF

PP1Sedin – Sedin – Edler – Horvat – Boeser
2:2080% CF
PP2Vanek – Eriksson – Gagner – Baertschi – Pouliot
1:1567% CF
PK1FSutter – Granlund
3:56
PK2FEriksson – Gaunce
3:39
PK1DDel Zotto – Tanev
4:52
PK2DEdler – Gudbranson
2:13

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

15:15
CHINick Schmaltz (Brandon Saad, Duncan Keith)backhand0.12 xG
CHI: Kane, Saad, Gustafsson, Oesterle, SchmaltzVAN: Gudbranson, Baertschi, Pouliot, Horvat, Boeser
CHI 1 – 0 VAN

2nd period

5:33
VANBrendan Gaunce (Troy Stecher)wrist0.10 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Duclair, Oesterle, DeBrincatVAN: Edler, Gudbranson, Gaunce, Horvat, Stecher
CHI 1 – 1 VAN
9:58
VANBo Horvat (Troy Stecher, Alexander Edler)deflected0.07 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Kane, Saad, Gustafsson, SchmaltzVAN: Vanek, Edler, Horvat, Boeser, Stecher
CHI 1 – 2 VAN

3rd period

2:55
VANDaniel Sedin (Jake Virtanen, Henrik Sedin)deflected0.10 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Kane, Wingels, OesterleVAN: Sedin, Sedin, Del Zotto, Tanev, Virtanen
CHI 1 – 3 VAN
10:19
CHIAlex DeBrincat (Jonathan Toews, Duncan Keith)wrist0.01 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Duclair, Oesterle, DeBrincatVAN: Del Zotto, Tanev, Baertschi, Horvat, Boeser
CHI 2 – 3 VAN
17:02
VANBrendan Gaunce (Loui Eriksson, Brandon Sutter)deflected0.11 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Anisimov, Kane, Saad, GustafssonVAN: Eriksson, Sutter, Del Zotto, Tanev, Gaunce
CHI 2 – 4 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	1	1	-1	2	0.15	0	1	0	22:48	—	—	53	49
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	1	0	1	0	7	0.44	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	53	52
Anthony Duclair L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	55	52
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	0	0	-3	3	0.24	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	44	41
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.27	0	0	0	19:28	—	—	42	39
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.42	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	47	45
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	2	0	0	16:38	—	—	60	50
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	0	0	12:37	—	—	79	92
Tomas Jurco R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	9:39	—	—	75	87
Artem Anisimov C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	38	52
Tommy Wingels C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.17	2	0	0	8:51	—	—	58	57
Ryan Hartman R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	8:49	—	—	50	28
Jordan Oesterle D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	1	2	0	23:59	—	—	59	62
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	2	2	0	4	0.09	0	2	0	23:11	—	—	58	54
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	15:22	—	—	61	32
Michal Kempny D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	2	2	14:09	—	—	60	26
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	3	5	0	21:07	—	—	35	28
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:34	—	—	50	56

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	21	17	4	.810	2.31	57:16

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brock Boeser R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	19:37	—	—	41	41
Bo Horvat C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.40	1	0	0	19:13	—	—	42	41
Sven Baertschi L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.21	1	1	0	15:58	—	—	48	45
Loui Eriksson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	1	0	19:52	—	—	47	55
Brendan Gaunce C	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.22	1	0	0	17:54	—	—	47	51
Brandon Sutter C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	1	0	17:45	—	—	41	58
Henrik Sedin C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.55	0	0	0	11:50	—	—	63	70
Jake Virtanen R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.08	2	1	2	11:15	—	—	33	54
Daniel Sedin L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.23	0	0	0	11:05	—	—	59	68
Markus Granlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	1	0	14:55	—	—	79	66
Thomas Vanek L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.58	0	0	2	12:34	—	—	15	29
Sam Gagner C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:15	—	—	17	3
Alexander Edler D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.17	4	1	2	23:06	—	—	48	55
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	0	2	18:42	—	—	50	54
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.06	5	1	0	23:18	—	—	52	59
Chris Tanev D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	7	0	22:44	—	—	52	59
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	0	15:44	—	—	30	26
Derrick Pouliot D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:13	—	—	25	18

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.57	60:00

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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.