Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsOct 24, 2017
| Goals | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | Shots | 1 | 2 | 3 | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | CHI | 10 | 8 | 13 | 31 | |
| VGK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | VGK | 14 | 8 | 11 | 33 |
- CHI 56VGK 67
- CHI 3.51VGK 4.87
- PP goals
- CHI 0VGK 1
- Hits
- CHI 18VGK 18
- Blocks
- CHI 18VGK 17
- PIM
- CHI 10VGK 6
- CHI 51%VGK 49%
Fantasy takeaways
Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.
Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2
Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 at home. Tomas Nosek (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Smith, Karlsson, Miller, Hunt and Tuch) scored 1 power-play goal on 11 attempts in 4:33 together.
- PointsTomas Nosek had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:23.Nosek
- PP1
- New line
- UsageJordan Oesterle (CHI) played 14:11, −6:27 down on his 20:38 season average over 54 games.Oesterle
- New lineNew look for VGK: Smith–Karlsson–Marchessault skated 8:10 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.SmithKarlssonMarchessault
- LuckCHI scored 2 goals on 3.51 expected goals (56 attempts), well short of its chances.
- LuckAlex Tuch (VGK) generated 1.33 xG on 8 attempts without scoring; the chances were there.Tuch
- UsageAlex DeBrincat (CHI) played 11:30, −3:21 down on his 14:51 season average over 81 games.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.
Shot map, CHI at VGK: 123 attempts, 64 on goal, 6 goals, 8.38 expected goals; best chance Alex Tuch at 0.64 xG.
- VGK
- CHI
- Goal
- Shot on goal
- Missed
- Blocked
Showing 123 of 123 attempts · VGK 67 · CHI 56
Game flow
Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.
Cumulative shot attempts
Game flow, CHI at VGK: expected goals 4.87 to 3.51 (VGK led the chances), shot attempts 67 to 56, 6 goals.
- VGK
- CHI
- Goal
- Power play (shaded)
- VGK 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, VGK 41%.
Shift chart
Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.
Shifts
Shift chart, CHI at VGK: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Oscar Dansk (60:00) for VGK and Corey Crawford (59:01) for CHI, 6 goals.
- 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).
| Stat | CHI | VGK |
|---|---|---|
| 52 | 55 | |
| 2.56 | 3.39 | |
| 2.46 | 3.32 | |
| 12 | 10 | |
| 2 | 8 | |
| 8 | 24 | |
| −0.004 | +0.004 | |
| 26% | 41% |
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
- 11:1132% CF
- 9:1856% CF
- 8:1838% CF
- 7:1042% CF
- 13:5753% CF
- 12:3739% CF
- 12:1748% CF
- 2:46100% CF
- 2:1033% CF
- 2:47
- 2:35
- 5:04
- 2:20
Vegas Golden Knights
- 10:0335% CF
- 8:4771% CF
- L3Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault8:1067% CF
- 7:4940% CF
- 14:0661% CF
- 12:5045% CF
- 11:5862% CF
- 4:33100% CF
- PP2Neal – Perron – Marchessault – Leipsic – Schmidt2:4750% CF
- 1:54
- 1:53
- 2:56
- 1:16
Scoring summary
Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.
1st period
- 3:33CHI 1 – 0 VGK
- 3:59CHI 1 – 1 VGK
- 5:46CHI 1 – 2 VGK
2nd period
- 18:14CHI 1 – 3 VGK
3rd period
- 10:20CHI 1 – 4 VGK
- 18:55CHI 2 – 4 VGK
Box score
Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.
Chicago Blackhawks
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Kane R | L1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:27 | — | — | 50 | 39 |
| Nick Schmaltz C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:12 | — | — | 39 | 17 |
| Ryan Hartman R | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0.41 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15:50 | — | — | 39 | 17 |
| Jonathan Toews C | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 0.17 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:35 | — | — | 63 | 69 |
| Brandon Saad L | L2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 0.38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:12 | — | — | 65 | 69 |
| Richard Panik R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.21 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14:03 | — | — | 58 | 76 |
| Patrick Sharp L | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:13 | — | — | 52 | 65 |
| Artem Anisimov C | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.44 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:12 | — | — | 50 | 65 |
| Alex DeBrincat R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:30 | — | — | 44 | 26 |
| Lance Bouma L | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:21 | — | — | 36 | 38 |
| John Hayden C | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.30 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:02 | — | — | 43 | 40 |
| Tommy Wingels C | L4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 0.20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:15 | — | — | 39 | 38 |
| Duncan Keith D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.04 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 23:38 | — | — | 51 | 50 |
| Brent Seabrook D | D1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0.20 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 21:20 | — | — | 56 | 52 |
| Jan Rutta D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.06 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 19:39 | — | — | 40 | 23 |
| Gustav Forsling D | D2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 19:09 | — | — | 40 | 24 |
| Connor Murphy D | D3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.01 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:12 | — | — | 45 | 47 |
| Jordan Oesterle D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.04 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:11 | — | — | 50 | 50 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corey Crawford(start) | L | 33 | 29 | 4 | .879 | 4.87 | 59:01 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Skater | Line | G | A | P | +/- | Hits | Blk | PIM | PP | SH | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Neal L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.33 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16:45 | — | — | 42 | 33 |
| David Perron L | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15:12 | — | — | 37 | 25 |
| Cody Eakin C | L1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:12 | — | — | 33 | 24 |
| Alex Tuch R | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1.33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:15 | — | — | 73 | 87 |
| Oscar Lindberg L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 | — | — | 74 | 87 |
| Brendan Leipsic L | L2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:57 | — | — | 70 | 86 |
| William Karlsson C | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.45 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:45 | — | — | 52 | 42 |
| Reilly Smith R | L3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:55 | — | — | 62 | 43 |
| Jonathan Marchessault R | L3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0.68 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 | — | — | 67 | 56 |
| Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L | L4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 0.60 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13:07 | — | — | 38 | 61 |
| Tomas Nosek L | L4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 0.49 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10:23 | — | — | 33 | 61 |
| William Carrier L | L4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 0.00 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8:45 | — | — | 40 | 62 |
| Brayden McNabb D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.03 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20:18 | — | — | 51 | 52 |
| Deryk Engelland D | D1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.01 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18:56 | — | — | 53 | 68 |
| Nate Schmidt D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.02 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23:07 | — | — | 48 | 51 |
| Luca Sbisa D | D2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 0.02 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 17:40 | — | — | 41 | 46 |
| Colin Miller D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.21 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:39 | — | — | 59 | 72 |
| Brad Hunt D | D3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:37 | — | — | 53 | 52 |
| Goalie | Dec | SA | SV | GA | TOI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Dansk(start) | W | 31 | 29 | 2 | .935 | 3.51 | 60:00 |