Chicago Blackhawks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsNov 18, 2017

FinalSaturday, Nov 18, 2017· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	0	1	2		CHI	12	10	16	38
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	9	15	12	36

: CHI 67PIT 59
: CHI 4.88PIT 2.40
PP goals: CHI 2PIT 0
Hits: CHI 14PIT 26
Blocks: CHI 15PIT 21
PIM: CHI 8PIT 12
: CHI 42%PIT 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at PIT. Gustav Forsling (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Keith, Toews, Panik, Forsling and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:08 together.

PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Keith, Toews, Panik, Forsling and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:08 together.Keith Toews Panik Forsling DeBrincat
Luck
CHI scored 2 goals on 4.88 expected goals (67 attempts), well short of its chances.
Goalie
Matt Murray (PIT) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +9 against a season average of 29.0; the loss.Murray
Goalie
Corey Crawford (CHI) faced 36 shots and stopped 35 (.972), +6 against a season average of 30.1; the win.Crawford
Usage
Gustav Forsling (CHI) played 23:59, +4:57 up on his 19:02 season average over 40 games.Forsling
Usage
Connor Murphy (CHI) played 11:14, −5:13 down on his 16:27 season average over 75 games.Murphy
Usage
Greg McKegg (PIT) played 5:01, −4:51 down on his 9:52 season average over 25 games.McKegg
Usage
Ryan Reaves (PIT) played 3:39, −4:00 down on his 7:39 season average over 78 games.Reaves

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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · PIT 59 · CHI 67

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 49% of the game, PIT 16%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

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	PIT
	54	53
	3.99	1.92
	3.92	1.90
	13	6
	1	0
	10	6
	−0.105	+0.104
	49%	16%

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 – Panik – Saad
10:2469% CF
L2Anisimov – Kane – Schmaltz
8:2450% CF
L3Sharp – Hartman – DeBrincat
6:1840% CF
L4Bouma – Wingels – Hayden
5:2836% CF
D1Forsling – Rutta
14:0461% CF
D2Keith – Franson
10:1557% CF
D3Seabrook – Murphy
7:1153% CF

PP1Keith – Toews – Panik – Forsling – DeBrincat
3:08100% CF
PP2Franson – Anisimov – Kane – Saad – Schmaltz
3:0590% CF
PK1FAnisimov – Schmaltz
2:04
PK2FToews – Saad
2:02
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
1:59
PK2DForsling – Rutta
1:23

Current CHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Malkin – Kessel – Hagelin
8:1556% CF
L2Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
6:0537% CF
L3Hornqvist – Sheahan – Sheary
4:5736% CF
L4Reaves – McKegg – Kuhnhackl
3:2657% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
13:5345% CF
D2Schultz – Maatta
13:2353% CF
D3Hunwick – Cole
9:2945% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Hornqvist – Kessel – Schultz
3:35100% CF
PP2Letang – Rust – Maatta – Guentzel – Sheary
1:30100% CF
PK1FHagelin – Sheahan
3:24
PK2FRust – Kuhnhackl
1:27
PK1DCole – Dumoulin
3:03
PK2DHunwick – Letang
2:51

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

12:32
CHIGustav ForslingPP (Alex DeBrincat, Jonathan Toews)wrist0.13 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Panik, Forsling, DeBrincatPIT: Cole, Dumoulin, McKegg, Kuhnhackl
CHI 1 – 0 PIT

3rd period

8:00
PITMatt HunwickSH (Riley Sheahan, Carl Hagelin)backhand0.04 xG
CHI: Keith, Anisimov, Toews, DeBrincat, RuttaPIT: Hunwick, Sheahan, Kuhnhackl, Maatta
CHI 1 – 1 PIT
8:21
CHIArtem AnisimovPP (Nick Schmaltz, Patrick Kane)wrist0.05 xG
CHI: Franson, Anisimov, Kane, Saad, SchmaltzPIT: Hunwick, Rust, Kuhnhackl, Maatta
CHI 2 – 1 PIT

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	1	1	-1	4	0.50	0	1	0	19:24	—	—	63	76
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	2	1	0	19:18	—	—	63	56
Richard Panik R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	0	2	16:45	—	—	63	68
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	1	1	0	5	0.83	0	0	0	19:40	—	—	54	57
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	18:20	—	—	56	69
Artem Anisimov C	L2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.55	0	0	0	17:10	—	—	50	51
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.10	0	0	0	13:26	—	—	46	97
Ryan Hartman R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	12:00	—	—	40	89
Patrick Sharp L	L3	0	0	0	0	5	1.02	1	0	2	10:07	—	—	38	88
Tommy Wingels C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	10:43	—	—	39	62
Lance Bouma L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	9:32	—	—	39	57
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	2	7:41	—	—	35	53
Gustav Forsling D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.28	0	1	0	23:59	—	—	58	60
Jan Rutta D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	3	0	2	22:39	—	—	50	59
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	0	3	0	26:56	—	—	44	68
Cody Franson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	1	0	16:24	—	—	58	81
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	3	0	16:42	—	—	43	72
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:14	—	—	48	80

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	W	36	35	1	.972	2.40	57:08
Anton Forsberg	—	0	0	0	—	0.00	2:52

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgeni Malkin C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	1	0	2	21:17	—	—	55	45
Phil Kessel R	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.27	0	0	0	20:26	—	—	53	37
Carl Hagelin L	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	4	0	0	16:32	—	—	61	20
Sidney Crosby C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	19:28	—	—	47	48
Jake Guentzel C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	45	57
Bryan Rust R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.52	0	1	2	16:48	—	—	39	34
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	52	36
Riley Sheahan C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.05	0	1	0	15:32	—	—	44	9
Conor Sheary L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	45	28
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	5	1	0	8:21	—	—	50	4
Greg McKegg C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	5:01	—	—	50	6
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	3:39	—	—	63	6
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.14	3	1	6	23:34	—	—	46	48
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	4	0	18:58	—	—	48	57
Justin Schultz D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	2	0	21:18	—	—	55	29
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	4	0	18:10	—	—	55	30
Matt Hunwick D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	1	6	0	17:00	—	—	46	14
Ian Cole D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	2	1	0	16:37	—	—	46	18

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	38	36	2	.947	4.88	58:27

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.