Chicago Blackhawks vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 6, 2019

FinalSunday, Jan 6, 2019· PPG Paints Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

5

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Pittsburgh PenguinsPIT

3

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	2	2	5		CHI	7	14	10	31
PIT	2	1	0	3		PIT	12	16	6	34

: CHI 54PIT 52
: CHI 3.83PIT 3.02
PP goals: CHI 1PIT 0
Hits: CHI 28PIT 24
Blocks: CHI 11PIT 12
PIM: CHI 6PIT 6
: CHI 47%PIT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3

Chicago Blackhawks beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–3 at PIT. Patrick Kane (CHI) led the scoring with 0G 3A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:46 together.

Points
Patrick Kane had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 20:43.Kane
Points
Jonathan Toews had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 21:56.Toews
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 3:46 together.Toews Kane Gustafsson Strome DeBrincat
New line
New look for CHI: Kunitz–Kruger–Caggiula skated 6:34 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (46.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kunitz Kruger Caggiula
Usage
Carl Dahlstrom (CHI) played 21:49, +3:18 up on his 18:31 season average over 37 games.Dahlstrom
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Riley Sheahan (PIT) played 9:31, −4:00 down on his 13:31 season average over 81 games.Sheahan
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Drake Caggiula (CHI) played 11:09, −3:20 down on his 14:29 season average over 54 games.Caggiula
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Zachary Aston-Reese (PIT) played 10:01, −3:44 down on his 13:45 season average over 42 games.Aston-Reese

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 106 of 106 attempts · PIT 52 · CHI 54

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 32% of the game, PIT 32%.

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
	55	53
	3.59	3.08
	3.46	3.04
	11	13
	11	6
	14	20
	−0.007	+0.006
	32%	32%

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 – Saad – Kahun
12:4867% CF
L2Anisimov – Kane – Strome
12:2535% CF
L3Perlini – DeBrincat – Kampf
7:5047% CF
L4Kunitz – Kruger – Caggiula
6:3447% CF
D1Murphy – Dahlstrom
18:0746% CF
D2Keith – Gustafsson
16:2950% CF
D3Seabrook – Davidson
11:4350% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
3:4675% CF
PP2Keith – Seabrook – Kane – Saad – Strome
0:35100% CF
PK1FToews – Saad
1:30
PK2FAnisimov – Caggiula
0:34
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
1:40
PK2DMurphy – Dahlstrom
0:58

Current CHI line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Guentzel
13:0167% CF
L2Brassard – Kessel – Pearson
11:4945% CF
L3Malkin – Hornqvist – Simon
10:4550% CF
L4Cullen – Sheahan – Aston-Reese
7:3318% CF
D1Letang – Dumoulin
18:2845% CF
D2Johnson – Pettersson
13:3555% CF
D3Maatta – Riikola
13:2348% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Hornqvist – Kessel
3:42100% CF
PP2Brassard – Pearson – Guentzel – Pettersson – Riikola
1:02100% CF
PK1FCullen – Rust
2:31
PK2FSheahan – Aston-Reese
0:57
PK1DJohnson – Maatta
2:53
PK2DLetang – Dumoulin
1:28

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:43
PITPatric Hornqvist (Evgeni Malkin, Dominik Simon)snap0.13 xG
CHI: Toews, Saad, Murphy, Dahlstrom, KahunPIT: Malkin, Johnson, Hornqvist, Pettersson, Simon
CHI 0 – 1 PIT
4:33
PITJake Guentzel (Kris Letang, Bryan Rust)wrist0.09 xG
CHI: Keith, Anisimov, Kane, Gustafsson, StromePIT: Crosby, Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Guentzel
CHI 0 – 2 PIT
16:23
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Patrick Kane, Erik Gustafsson)snap0.16 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincatPIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Aston-Reese
CHI 1 – 2 PIT

2nd period

6:46
CHIChris Kunitz (Marcus Kruger, Carl Dahlstrom)snap0.18 xG
CHI: Kunitz, Kruger, Murphy, Dahlstrom, CaggiulaPIT: Malkin, Johnson, Hornqvist, Pettersson, Simon
CHI 2 – 2 PIT
9:49
PITDerick Brassard (Phil Kessel, Marcus Pettersson)snap0.02 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Davidson, Perlini, DeBrincat, KampfPIT: Johnson, Brassard, Kessel, Pearson, Pettersson
CHI 2 – 3 PIT
16:59
CHIDuncan Keith (Brent Seabrook, Patrick Kane)slap0.01 xG
CHI: Keith, Seabrook, Kane, Saad, StromePIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Sheahan, Pearson, Aston-Reese
CHI 3 – 3 PIT

3rd period

1:48
CHIDylan Strome (Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews)wrist0.10 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincatPIT: Cullen, Johnson, Letang, Rust, Maatta
CHI 4 – 3 PIT
19:33
CHIJonathan ToewsENwrist0.56 xG
CHI: Toews, Saad, Murphy, Dahlstrom, KahunPIT: Malkin, Crosby, Letang, Hornqvist, Kessel, Guentzel
CHI 5 – 3 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	1	1	2	+1	7	0.97	0	0	0	21:56	—	—	61	51
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	0	0	16:57	—	—	70	39
Dominik Kahun C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:30	—	—	65	36
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	3	3	+1	2	0.60	1	1	0	20:43	—	—	41	51
Dylan Strome C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.32	0	1	0	19:05	—	—	46	54
Artem Anisimov C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	35	52
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	16:12	—	—	52	53
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	50	38
Brendan Perlini L	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	3	0	2	9:15	—	—	50	50
Drake Caggiula L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.51	3	0	0	11:09	—	—	50	81
Marcus Kruger C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.35	1	1	0	8:59	—	—	53	81
Chris Kunitz L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	5	0	0	8:20	—	—	50	75
Carl Dahlstrom D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.07	0	0	0	21:49	—	—	50	45
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	6	1	2	19:49	—	—	46	43
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	22:18	—	—	53	62
Duncan Keith D	D2	1	0	1	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	20:56	—	—	49	54
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.03	0	2	0	17:28	—	—	54	59
Brandon Davidson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	3	3	0	13:59	—	—	52	63

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Ward(start)	W	34	31	3	.912	3.02	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	20:28	—	—	59	55
Jake Guentzel C	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.23	1	0	0	17:41	—	—	62	79
Bryan Rust R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.64	3	1	0	16:41	—	—	65	73
Phil Kessel R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.35	0	0	0	18:45	—	—	54	59
Derick Brassard C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.26	3	0	0	15:16	—	—	46	53
Tanner Pearson L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.29	3	0	2	13:48	—	—	46	59
Patric Hornqvist R	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.30	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	52	25
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.45	0	0	2	17:14	—	—	60	38
Dominik Simon C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	13:15	—	—	50	19
Matt Cullen C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	1	0	11:09	—	—	21	33
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:01	—	—	13	20
Riley Sheahan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:31	—	—	17	22
Kris Letang D	D1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.14	2	4	2	27:35	—	—	47	49
Brian Dumoulin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	20:18	—	—	45	53
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	18:15	—	—	52	35
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	15:24	—	—	55	39
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	48	48
Juuso Riikola D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	15:40	—	—	48	48

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Casey DeSmith(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	3.28	59:07

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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.