Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsDec 6, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 6, 2018· T-Mobile Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Vegas Golden KnightsVGK

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	2	1	3		CHI	10	17	8	35
VGK	2	0	2	4		VGK	15	11	10	36

: CHI 79VGK 60
: CHI 4.10VGK 4.35
PP goals: CHI 0VGK 1
Hits: CHI 22VGK 20
Blocks: CHI 11VGK 22
PIM: CHI 4VGK 8
: CHI 61%VGK 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3

Vegas Golden Knights beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 at home. Reilly Smith (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for CHI: Anisimov–Kane–Kahun skated 11:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Reilly Smith had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 17:30.Smith
Points
Jonathan Marchessault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:13.Marchessault
Points
Duncan Keith had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 25:11.Keith
Points
Max Pacioretty had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:09.Pacioretty
New line
New look for CHI: Anisimov–Kane–Kahun skated 11:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Anisimov Kane Kahun
New line
New look for CHI: Toews–Saad–Kampf skated 10:54 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (36.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toews Saad Kampf
Goalie
Corey Crawford (CHI) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +6 against a season average of 30.2; the loss.Crawford
Usage
Patrick Kane (CHI) played 27:49, +5:24 up on his 22:25 season average over 80 games.Kane

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)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 139 of 139 attempts · VGK 60 · CHI 79

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 40% of the game, VGK 30%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VGK

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	VGK
	68	59
	3.59	3.72
	3.45	3.67
	11	13
	5	4
	23	26
	+0.107	−0.107
	40%	30%

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

L1Anisimov – Kane – Kahun
11:2063% CF
L2Toews – Saad – Kampf
10:5436% CF
L3Kruger – Hayden – Martinsen
6:2054% CF
L4Perlini – Strome – DeBrincat
5:0750% CF
D1Seabrook – Manning
11:3244% CF
D2Gustafsson – Rutta
10:5242% CF
D3Keith – Jokiharju
9:2955% CF

PP1Seabrook – Toews – Kane – Hayden – DeBrincat
3:2282% CF
PP2Anisimov – Saad – Gustafsson – Strome – Kahun
2:45100% CF
PK1FKruger – Kampf
0:24
PK1DKeith – Rutta
0:24
PK2DSeabrook – Manning
0:09

Current CHI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
11:4042% CF
L2Pacioretty – Eakin – Tuch
10:3938% CF
L3Reaves – Carrier – Bellemare
8:3250% CF
L4Lindberg – Carpenter – Nosek
7:4073% CF
D1McNabb – Schmidt
18:0948% CF
D2Engelland – Theodore
16:0257% CF
D3Holden – Miller
10:5025% CF

PP1Pacioretty – Eakin – Miller – Theodore – Tuch
0:28100% CF
PP2Pacioretty – Smith – Miller – Marchessault – Tuch
0:09100% CF
PK1FEakin – Carpenter
2:13
PK2FBellemare – Nosek
1:37
PK1DEngelland – McNabb
3:07
PK2DHolden – Schmidt
2:41

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:28
VGKReilly SmithPP (Max Pacioretty, Jonathan Marchessault)wrist0.15 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Toews, Kruger, ManningVGK: Pacioretty, Smith, Miller, Marchessault, Tuch
CHI 0 – 1 VGK
8:14
VGKDeryk Engelland (Reilly Smith, William Karlsson)wrist0.02 xG
CHI: Toews, Saad, Gustafsson, Kampf, RuttaVGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
CHI 0 – 2 VGK

2nd period

4:00
CHIJonathan Toews (David Kampf, Duncan Keith)wrist0.06 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Hayden, Jokiharju, KampfVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Tuch
CHI 1 – 2 VGK
16:15
CHIDylan Strome (Patrick Kane, Duncan Keith)wrist0.00 xG
CHI: Keith, Kane, Strome, DeBrincat, RuttaVGK: Engelland, Reaves, Eakin, Theodore, Carrier
CHI 2 – 2 VGK

3rd period

7:14
CHIArtem Anisimovbackhand0.12 xG
CHI: Anisimov, Kane, Gustafsson, Jokiharju, KahunVGK: Pacioretty, Holden, Eakin, Miller, Tuch
CHI 3 – 2 VGK
7:55
VGKJonathan Marchessault (Reilly Smith, Shea Theodore)wrist0.01 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Saad, Gustafsson, KampfVGK: Engelland, Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore
CHI 3 – 3 VGK
8:07
VGKAlex Tuch (Max Pacioretty)wrist0.11 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Kane, Manning, Strome, DeBrincatVGK: Pacioretty, McNabb, Eakin, Schmidt, Tuch
CHI 3 – 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

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	+1	4	0.37	0	0	0	27:49	—	—	56	53
Artem Anisimov C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.36	0	0	2	18:10	—	—	68	58
Dominik Kahun C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	0	16:58	—	—	68	63
Jonathan Toews C	L2	1	0	1	-1	7	1.38	2	1	0	19:19	—	—	50	60
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.19	0	1	0	17:45	—	—	39	40
David Kampf C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.30	0	1	0	13:07	—	—	43	39
John Hayden C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	3	0	0	13:22	—	—	68	51
Marcus Kruger C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:50	—	—	50	12
Andreas Martinsen L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	6	0	0	8:21	—	—	65	40
Dylan Strome C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.12	0	3	0	19:14	—	—	45	55
Alex DeBrincat R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.66	1	0	0	18:48	—	—	45	58
Brendan Perlini L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	0	0	5:26	—	—	50	58
Brent Seabrook D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	2	18:55	—	—	56	42
Brandon Manning D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	1	0	14:34	—	—	57	22
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	0	0	26:05	—	—	46	44
Jan Rutta D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	16:05	—	—	55	41
Duncan Keith D	D3	0	2	2	+1	4	0.10	0	1	0	25:11	—	—	56	63
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.02	2	2	0	12:37	—	—	58	55

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	L	36	32	4	.889	3.90	57:15

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Karlsson C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.34	2	0	0	17:51	—	—	42	50
Reilly Smith R	L1	1	2	3	+2	5	0.60	0	1	0	17:30	—	—	46	55
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.17	1	1	2	17:13	—	—	39	46
Cody Eakin C	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.63	0	2	0	16:44	—	—	32	22
Max Pacioretty L	L2	0	2	2	-1	2	0.14	0	1	0	15:09	—	—	39	29
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.15	2	1	0	15:01	—	—	39	20
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	0	0	0	16:22	—	—	58	90
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	3	0	0	11:49	—	—	29	39
William Carrier L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	6	1	0	8:55	—	—	46	89
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	1	1	0	14:16	—	—	71	94
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	3	2	12:44	—	—	74	94
Oscar Lindberg L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:58	—	—	71	84
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	2	4	0	24:37	—	—	48	50
Nate Schmidt D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	2	0	23:10	—	—	48	51
Deryk Engelland D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.03	1	3	0	23:16	—	—	58	60
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	1	2	18:37	—	—	54	59
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	29	34
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:35	—	—	24	23

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	35	32	3	.914	4.10	59:43

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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.