Chicago Blackhawks vs. Toronto Maple LeafsDec 16, 2025

FinalTuesday, Dec 16, 2025· Scotiabank Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	2	0	0	2		CHI	10	6	9	25
TOR	0	0	3	3		TOR	7	8	12	27

: CHI 48TOR 57
: CHI 1.71TOR 2.18
PP goals: CHI 0TOR 1
Hits: CHI 15TOR 29
Blocks: CHI 12TOR 14
PIM: CHI 6TOR 2
: CHI 43%TOR 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Toronto Maple Leafs edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2

Toronto Maple Leafs beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 at home. Auston Matthews (TOR) led the scoring with 1G 1A. TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews and Knies) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:24 together.

Points
Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 20:30.Matthews
Points
William Nylander had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:24.Nylander
PP1
TOR's first power-play unit (Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews and Knies) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:24 together.Tavares Rielly Nylander Matthews Knies
New line
New look for TOR: Nylander–Matthews–Knies skated 13:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (65% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nylander Matthews Knies
New line
New look for TOR: Domi–Joshua–Roy skated 7:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (18.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Domi Joshua Roy
New line
New look for TOR: Tavares–Robertson–McMann skated 6:49 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (64.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tavares Robertson McMann
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (CHI) played 22:17, +5:23 up on his 16:54 season average over 68 games.Grzelcyk
Usage
Wyatt Kaiser (CHI) played 22:39, +3:05 up on his 19:34 season average over 76 games.Kaiser

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)TOR attacks right (top on phones) →

TOR
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 105 of 105 attempts · TOR 57 · CHI 48

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

TOR
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

TOR 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 24% of the game, TOR 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

TOR

CHI

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

TOR skaters (rows) against CHI skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the TOR side.

Matchup matrix

TOR xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CHI	TOR
	48	54
	1.49	1.82
	1.45	1.77
	6	8
	7	4
	18	19
	−0.058	+0.058
	24%	34%

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

L1Burakovsky – Bertuzzi – Nazar
12:4548% CF
L2Teravainen – Dickinson – Mikheyev
11:2941% CF
L3Greene – Lardis – Moore
8:4147% CF
L4Toninato – Donato – Dach
8:1550% CF
D1Vlasic – Crevier
15:4240% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Kaiser
15:2672% CF
D3Murphy – Del Mastro
12:3838% CF

PP1Grzelcyk – Burakovsky – Bertuzzi – Nazar – Lardis
1:2975% CF
PP2Teravainen – Donato – Kaiser – Dach – Greene
0:31100% CF
PK1FDickinson – Mikheyev
2:32
PK2FTeravainen – Greene
1:01
PK1DMurphy – Kaiser
1:55
PK2DVlasic – Crevier
1:10

Current CHI line combinations →

Toronto Maple Leafs

L1Nylander – Matthews – Knies
13:5265% CF
L2Domi – Joshua – Roy
7:3618% CF
L3Tavares – Robertson – McMann
6:4964% CF
L4Laughton – Lorentz – Cowan
4:2625% CF
D1McCabe – Stecher
15:5964% CF
D2Ekman-Larsson – Rielly
13:4142% CF
D3Benoit – Thrun
9:4650% CF

PP1Tavares – Rielly – Nylander – Matthews – Knies
3:2475% CF
PP2Ekman-Larsson – Domi – Roy – McMann – Cowan
0:44
PK1FLaughton – Lorentz
1:11
PK2FRoy – Matthews
0:48
PK1DStecher – Benoit
0:48
PK2DRielly – McCabe
0:31

Current TOR line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:21
CHIWyatt Kaiser (Dominic Toninato)wrist0.11 xG
CHI: Grzelcyk, Toninato, Donato, Kaiser, DachTOR: Laughton, Lorentz, Benoit, Thrun, Cowan
CHI 1 – 0 TOR
14:58
CHIJason DickinsonSH (Ilya Mikheyev, Louis Crevier)wrist0.22 xG
CHI: Dickinson, Vlasic, Mikheyev, CrevierTOR: Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews, Knies
CHI 2 – 0 TOR

3rd period

9:59
TOROliver Ekman-Larsson (Auston Matthews, William Nylander)wrist0.02 xG
CHI: Teravainen, Dickinson, Vlasic, Mikheyev, CrevierTOR: Ekman-Larsson, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews, Knies
CHI 2 – 1 TOR
16:51
TORAuston MatthewsPP (William Nylander)wrist0.10 xG
CHI: Murphy, Dickinson, Mikheyev, KaiserTOR: Tavares, Rielly, Nylander, Matthews, Knies
CHI 2 – 2 TOR
16:59
TORDakota Joshua (Troy Stecher, Jake McCabe)wrist0.11 xG
CHI: Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, Vlasic, Crevier, NazarTOR: McCabe, Joshua, Roy, Stecher, McMann
CHI 2 – 3 TOR

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
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	0	0	20:38	—	—	50	37
Frank Nazar C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	46	29
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	52	36
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.23	1	0	0	18:07	—	—	41	63
Jason Dickinson C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	1	1	0	17:41	—	—	50	70
Teuvo Teravainen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.29	0	4	0	16:40	—	—	39	59
Ryan Greene C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	3	0	0	13:30	—	—	45	41
Nick Lardis L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	12:32	—	—	42	32
Oliver Moore C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	1	1	0	10:53	—	—	47	37
Colton Dach C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	0	0	10:57	—	—	59	78
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:54	—	—	47	64
Dominic Toninato C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	3	0	2	9:32	—	—	47	56
Louis Crevier D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.01	0	1	0	19:51	—	—	40	50
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	2	19:11	—	—	42	40
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.16	0	0	0	22:39	—	—	70	76
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	0	0	22:17	—	—	58	45
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	4	2	17:45	—	—	39	35
Ethan Del Mastro D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	15:07	—	—	40	39

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.18	58:59

Toronto Maple Leafs

TOR skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Matthew Knies L	L1	0	0	0	0	6	0.46	4	0	0	20:52	—	—	65	71
Auston Matthews C	L1	1	1	2	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	20:30	—	—	59	63
William Nylander R	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	20:24	—	—	57	57
Nicolas Roy C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:24	—	—	39	44
Dakota Joshua C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.35	6	0	2	13:14	—	—	37	39
Max Domi C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	1	0	13:00	—	—	39	49
John Tavares C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.33	2	0	0	18:21	—	—	63	56
Bobby McMann C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	3	0	0	14:14	—	—	52	56
Nick Robertson L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	12:36	—	—	68	62
Scott Laughton C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.35	3	1	0	11:33	—	—	55	72
Steven Lorentz C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:06	—	—	50	72
Easton Cowan R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	10:58	—	—	54	49
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	2	0	23:18	—	—	67	74
Troy Stecher D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.08	0	1	0	20:17	—	—	66	78
Morgan Rielly D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	1	4	0	22:19	—	—	41	43
Oliver Ekman-Larsson D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	20:28	—	—	42	42
Simon Benoit D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	0	2	0	16:22	—	—	48	41
Henry Thrun D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:04	—	—	53	36

TOR goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joseph Woll(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	1.71	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Wyatt Kaiser (CHI) 1st 10:21 · assists Dominic Toninato · Off the faceoff · 26.0 mph shot.

Wyatt Kaiser · 1st 10:21 · CHI

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 26.0 mph
Distance: 31 ft

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Jason Dickinson · 1st 14:58 · CHI SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 46.1 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Oliver Ekman-Larsson · 3rd 9:59 · TOR

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 48.6 mph
Distance: 57 ft

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Auston Matthews · 3rd 16:51 · TOR PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 37.0 mph
Distance: 11 ft

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Dakota Joshua · 3rd 16:59 · TOR

Play: rebound
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 42.8 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s
Type: rebound

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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.