Chicago Blackhawks vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 8, 2022

FinalSaturday, Jan 8, 2022· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	2	0	2		CHI	5	11	5	21
VGK	1	0	0	1		VGK	9	12	10	31

: CHI 50VGK 64
: CHI 1.66VGK 2.11
PP goals: CHI 0VGK 0
Hits: CHI 35VGK 16
Blocks: CHI 24VGK 15
PIM: CHI 0VGK 2
: CHI 48%VGK 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge Vegas Golden Knights 2–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Vegas Golden Knights 2–1 at VGK. Ben Hutton (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 0A. William Carrier (VGK) played 3:08, −8:38 down on his 11:46 season average over 62 games.

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William Carrier (VGK) played 3:08, −8:38 down on his 11:46 season average over 62 games.Carrier
New line
New look for CHI: Connolly–Khaira–Carpenter skated 4:08 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Connolly Khaira Carpenter
New line
New look for CHI: Kane–Strome–Borgstrom skated 5:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Strome Borgstrom
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Ian Mitchell (CHI) played 7:24, −5:11 down on his 12:35 season average over 7 games.Mitchell
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Brett Connolly (CHI) played 12:23, +4:29 up on his 7:54 season average over 8 games.Connolly
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Alex Pietrangelo (VGK) played 28:24, +3:48 up on his 24:36 season average over 79 games.Pietrangelo
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Dominik Kubalik (CHI) played 18:13, +3:45 up on his 14:28 season average over 77 games.Kubalik
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Jake McCabe (CHI) played 23:34, +3:18 up on his 20:16 season average over 74 games.McCabe

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 114 of 114 attempts · VGK 64 · CHI 50

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 14% of the game, VGK 33%.

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
	60	73
	1.99	2.45
	1.94	2.32
	7	11
	6	7
	20	23
	−0.058	+0.058
	14%	33%

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

L1Entwistle – Kurashev – Dach
10:1317% CF
L2Toews – Kubalik – DeBrincat
6:3273% CF
L3Kane – Strome – Borgstrom
5:2680% CF
L4Connolly – Khaira – Carpenter
4:0845% CF
D1McCabe – Jones
21:3238% CF
D2de Haan – Murphy
18:0245% CF
D3Stillman – Mitchell
6:1047% CF

PP1Kane – Jones – Strome – DeBrincat – Dach
1:10
PP2Toews – Kane – de Haan – Connolly – DeBrincat
0:27

Current CHI line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Smith – Karlsson – Marchessault
14:2866% CF
L2Dadonov – Stone – Stephenson
12:4367% CF
L3Janmark – Kolesar – Roy
10:0756% CF
L4Carrier – Howden – Patrick
2:3233% CF
D1Pietrangelo – McNabb
15:3040% CF
D2Theodore – Whitecloud
13:5157% CF
D3Hutton – Coghlan
12:1574% CF

PK1FJanmark – Roy
0:45
PK2FStephenson – Howden
0:43
PK1DMcNabb – Whitecloud
0:54
PK2DPietrangelo – Hutton
0:21

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:17
VGKBen Hutton (Nolan Patrick)wrist0.00 xG
CHI: Khaira, McCabe, Jones, Carpenter, BorgstromVGK: Hutton, Carrier, Howden, Coghlan, Patrick
CHI 0 – 1 VGK

2nd period

4:38
CHIJujhar Khaira (Ryan Carpenter)wrist0.13 xG
CHI: Murphy, Khaira, McCabe, Carpenter, DachVGK: Smith, Karlsson, Marchessault, Theodore, Whitecloud
CHI 1 – 1 VGK
14:21
CHIRiley Stillman (Dylan Strome, Patrick Kane)wrist0.01 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Strome, Stillman, MitchellVGK: Janmark, Theodore, Howden, Patrick, Whitecloud
CHI 2 – 1 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		PP	SH
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	16:25	—	—	34	39
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	13:32	—	—	27	9
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	11:04	—	—	16	3
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	0	20:30	—	—	53	59
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	3	0	18:13	—	—	61	60
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.30	0	0	17:21	—	—	58	62
Patrick Kane R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	20:31	—	—	56	79
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	17:27	—	—	57	72
Henrik Borgstrom C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	0	11:36	—	—	43	44
Brett Connolly R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	2	1	12:23	—	—	42	25
Jujhar Khaira L	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	10	1	12:08	—	—	43	36
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.10	1	1	10:49	—	—	50	40
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	3	27:24	—	—	39	40
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	2	23:34	—	—	43	54
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	2	6	24:21	—	—	50	65
Calvin de Haan D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	4	21:17	—	—	46	46
Riley Stillman D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.01	3	2	14:01	—	—	47	31
Ian Mitchell D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	7:24	—	—	47	32

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.11	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	1	0	0	21:01	—	—	67	64
William Karlsson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.42	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	64	62
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	58	50
Chandler Stephenson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	18:42	—	—	60	63
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	2	17:05	—	—	50	51
Mark Stone R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:57	—	—	52	59
Mattias Janmark C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	0	0	16:34	—	—	52	60
Nicolas Roy C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.25	1	0	0	13:57	—	—	50	61
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	5	1	0	12:10	—	—	58	63
Nolan Patrick C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	11:49	—	—	44	46
Brett Howden C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	11:00	—	—	32	41
William Carrier L	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:08	—	—	33	2
Alex Pietrangelo D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	28:24	—	—	43	47
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	1	4	0	20:45	—	—	46	44
Shea Theodore D	D2	0	0	0	-2	5	0.09	1	1	0	25:11	—	—	55	58
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	3	0	17:58	—	—	58	49
Ben Hutton D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.01	1	1	0	14:56	—	—	75	86
Dylan Coghlan D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	12:46	—	—	75	83

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	1.66	58:35

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.