Chicago Blackhawks vs. Calgary FlamesDec 31, 2019

FinalTuesday, Dec 31, 2019· Scotiabank Saddledome

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

5

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Calgary FlamesCGY

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	3	1	1	5		CHI	14	10	9	33
CGY	0	1	2	3		CGY	10	16	18	44

: CHI 58CGY 68
: CHI 3.64CGY 3.47
PP goals: CHI 1CGY 0
Hits: CHI 11CGY 35
Blocks: CHI 12CGY 12
PIM: CHI 2CGY 8
: CHI 51%CGY 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Calgary Flames 5–3

Chicago Blackhawks beat Calgary Flames 5–3 at CGY. Patrick Kane (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 2A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Strome, DeBrincat and Boqvist) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:52 together.

Points
Patrick Kane had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 6 shots in 19:30.Kane
Points
Alex DeBrincat had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 17:25.DeBrincat
Points
Dylan Strome had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:44.Strome
Points
Olli Maatta had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:36.Maatta
Points
Dylan Sikura had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 11:53.Sikura
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Strome, DeBrincat and Boqvist) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:52 together.Toews Kane Strome DeBrincat Boqvist
New line
New look for CGY: Gaudreau–Lindholm–Monahan skated 8:44 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (70.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Lindholm Monahan
Goalie
Robin Lehner (CHI) faced 44 shots and stopped 41 (.932), +10 against a season average of 34.3; the win.Lehner

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)CGY attacks right (top on phones) →

CGY
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · CGY 68 · CHI 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CGY
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CGY 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 26% of the game, CGY 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CGY

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	CGY
	56	64
	2.65	3.12
	2.59	2.99
	8	14
	13	5
	31	29
	+0.046	−0.046
	26%	25%

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 – Kubalik – Quenneville
11:4142% CF
L2Kane – Carpenter – Sikura
10:5954% CF
L3Strome – DeBrincat – Dach
10:4638% CF
L4Smith – Highmore – Kampf
10:2638% CF
D1Maatta – Gilbert
14:5223% CF
D2Murphy – Gustafsson
14:4849% CF
D3Keith – Boqvist
14:1244% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Strome – DeBrincat – Boqvist
2:5271% CF
PP2Keith – Gustafsson – Kubalik – Carpenter – Dach
1:15100% CF
PK1FKampf – Dach
0:03
PK1DMaatta – Gilbert
0:03

Current CHI line combinations →

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan
8:4471% CF
L2Lucic – Bennett – Ryan
6:0358% CF
L3Frolik – Rinaldo – Rieder
5:2230% CF
L4Backlund – Mangiapane – Tkachuk
0:00
D1Giordano – Andersson
17:5558% CF
D2Hamonic – Hanifin
15:1660% CF
D3Stone – Kylington
14:1738% CF

PP1Giordano – Backlund – Rinaldo – Andersson – Tkachuk
0:03100% CF
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
1:41
PK2FRieder – Ryan
0:33
PK1DHamonic – Hanifin
2:44
PK2DGiordano – Stone
0:39

Current CGY line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:14
CHIOlli Maatta (Patrick Kane, Dylan Sikura)wrist0.04 xG
CHI: Kane, Maatta, Carpenter, Sikura, GilbertCGY: Giordano, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Andersson, Tkachuk
CHI 1 – 0 CGY
5:35
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Dylan Strome, Patrick Kane)snap0.21 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Strome, DeBrincat, BoqvistCGY: Giordano, Backlund, Hamonic, Lindholm
CHI 2 – 0 CGY
12:44
CHIPatrick Kane (Dylan Sikura, Ryan Carpenter)wrist0.10 xG
CHI: Keith, Kane, Murphy, Carpenter, SikuraCGY: Stone, Lindholm, Mangiapane, Kylington, Tkachuk
CHI 3 – 0 CGY

2nd period

9:41
CHIDylan Strome (Alex DeBrincat, Connor Murphy)wrist0.05 xG
CHI: Murphy, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincatCGY: Hamonic, Lindholm, Hanifin, Tkachuk
CHI 4 – 0 CGY
19:54
CGYSam Bennett (Derek Ryan, Milan Lucic)slap0.15 xG
CHI: Keith, Kane, Murphy, Carpenter, SikuraCGY: Lucic, Hamonic, Bennett, Hanifin, Ryan
CHI 4 – 1 CGY

3rd period

15:30
CGYMichael FrolikSHwrist0.10 xG
CHI: Keith, Smith, Murphy, Highmore, KampfCGY: Frolik, Hamonic, Lindholm, Hanifin
CHI 4 – 2 CGY
16:48
CGYSean Monahan (Matthew Tkachuk, Johnny Gaudreau)wrist0.05 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Murphy, Kubalik, QuennevilleCGY: Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson, Tkachuk
CHI 4 – 3 CGY
19:59
CHIPatrick KaneEN (Olli Maatta)wrist0.55 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Maatta, Gilbert, KampfCGY: Giordano, Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson, Tkachuk
CHI 5 – 3 CGY

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	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	20:21	—	—	44	55
Dominik Kubalik L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	46	48
John Quenneville C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	1	0	0	12:58	—	—	44	52
Patrick Kane R	L2	2	2	4	+2	6	0.92	0	1	2	19:30	—	—	54	48
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.37	2	0	0	14:46	—	—	53	42
Dylan Sikura R	L2	0	2	2	+1	4	0.13	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	55	46
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	1	1	2	+1	5	0.49	0	1	0	17:25	—	—	44	47
Dylan Strome C	L3	1	1	2	+1	1	0.34	0	0	0	15:44	—	—	44	52
Kirby Dach C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	41	47
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	14:00	—	—	45	40
Zack Smith C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:25	—	—	41	43
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:53	—	—	44	23
Olli Maatta D	D1	1	1	2	+2	1	0.05	0	1	0	18:36	—	—	41	17
Dennis Gilbert D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	18:26	—	—	35	27
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.05	2	4	0	20:41	—	—	53	53
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	1	0	18:20	—	—	51	56
Duncan Keith D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	1	0	0	22:04	—	—	47	48
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	2	0	18:44	—	—	42	45

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	44	41	3	.932	3.47	60:00

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	0	0	0	-2	7	0.39	1	0	0	21:13	—	—	61	55
Sean Monahan C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.51	4	1	0	19:04	—	—	55	56
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	0	1	0	18:51	—	—	67	57
Derek Ryan C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	1	0	2	17:51	—	—	53	56
Milan Lucic L	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	4	0	0	15:38	—	—	61	68
Sam Bennett C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.26	6	1	0	13:54	—	—	42	50
Michael Frolik R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.36	1	0	0	14:10	—	—	52	48
Tobias Rieder L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:16	—	—	30	9
Zac Rinaldo C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	5	0	2	5:49	—	—	30	9
Matthew Tkachuk L	L4	0	1	1	-3	5	0.69	2	0	0	16:44	—	—	59	59
Mikael Backlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	0	0	16:23	—	—	45	52
Andrew Mangiapane L	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	3	0	0	8:23	—	—	56	65
Mark Giordano D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.31	0	1	2	24:22	—	—	56	51
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	1	2	2	22:25	—	—	59	56
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.24	0	1	0	22:06	—	—	63	72
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	2	0	19:37	—	—	62	71
Oliver Kylington D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:04	—	—	45	44
Michael Stone D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	1	0	15:57	—	—	37	33

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
David Rittich(start)	L	32	28	4	.875	3.10	57:32

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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.