Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville PredatorsDec 1, 2018

FinalSaturday, Dec 1, 2018· Bridgestone Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

2

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	1	0	2		CHI	5	11	5	21
NSH	4	0	1	5		NSH	13	10	7	30

: CHI 44NSH 57
: CHI 2.12NSH 3.70
PP goals: CHI 0NSH 1
Hits: CHI 6NSH 13
Blocks: CHI 9NSH 16
PIM: CHI 36NSH 9
: CHI 48%NSH 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–2

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–2 at home. Ryan Johansen (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Duncan Keith (CHI) played 2:42, −20:34 down on his 23:16 season average over 81 games.

Points
Craig Smith had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:13.Smith
Points
Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:48.Tolvanen
Points
Kevin Fiala had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:08.Fiala
Points
Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:01.Johansen
Usage
Duncan Keith (CHI) played 2:42, −20:34 down on his 23:16 season average over 81 games.Keith
New line
New look for NSH: Watson–Salomaki–Sissons skated 12:54 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Watson Salomaki Sissons
Usage
Gustav Forsling (CHI) played 28:49, +12:01 up on his 16:48 season average over 42 games.Forsling
New line
New look for NSH: Johansen–Hartman–Fiala skated 11:22 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansen Hartman Fiala

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)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 101 of 101 attempts · NSH 57 · CHI 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH 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 19% of the game, NSH 50%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NSH

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	NSH
	49	58
	1.90	3.34
	1.84	3.24
	11	12
	5	2
	12	22
	−0.031	+0.031
	19%	50%

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 – Perlini
11:2235% CF
L2Hayden – Kampf – Kahun
10:4623% CF
L3Kane – Strome – DeBrincat
9:3361% CF
L4Anisimov – Kruger – Martinsen
4:3467% CF
D1Gustafsson – Forsling
13:0142% CF
D2Seabrook – Manning
7:5654% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Saad – Gustafsson – DeBrincat
0:490% CF
PP2Anisimov – Kane – Gustafsson – Forsling – Strome
0:42100% CF
PK1FAnisimov – Martinsen
1:02
PK2FSaad – Kampf
0:36
PK1DSeabrook – Forsling
1:21
PK2DManning – Jokiharju
0:45

Current CHI line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Watson – Salomaki – Sissons
12:5444% CF
L2Johansen – Hartman – Fiala
11:2271% CF
L3Smith – Jarnkrok – Tolvanen
11:1268% CF
L4Rinaldo – Gaudreau – Richard
5:3722% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
18:2753% CF
D2Hamhuis – Ekholm
17:1152% CF
D3Weber – Irwin
11:4564% CF

PP1Josi – Ellis – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Fiala
2:2175% CF
PP2Ekholm – Smith – Sissons – Hartman – Tolvanen
2:18100% CF
PK1FJohansen – Hartman
1:02
PK2FJarnkrok – Sissons
0:58
PK1DJosi – Ellis
1:19
PK2DHamhuis – Ekholm
0:41

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:11
NSHKevin Fiala (Ryan Johansen, Matt Irwin)wrist0.13 xG
CHI: Kane, Gustafsson, Forsling, Strome, DeBrincatNSH: Weber, Irwin, Johansen, Hartman, Fiala
CHI 0 – 1 NSH
3:32
NSHEeli Tolvanen (Craig Smith)backhand0.12 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Manning, Saad, Perlini, KampfNSH: Josi, Ellis, Smith, Jarnkrok, Tolvanen
CHI 0 – 2 NSH
4:11
NSHRyan Johansen (Kevin Fiala, Dan Hamhuis)backhand0.13 xG
CHI: Toews, Saad, Gustafsson, Perlini, ForslingNSH: Hamhuis, Ekholm, Johansen, Hartman, Fiala
CHI 0 – 3 NSH
12:20
CHIBrandon SaadSH (Brent Seabrook)deflected0.42 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Toews, Saad, ForslingNSH: Josi, Ellis, Jarnkrok, Johansen, Fiala
CHI 1 – 3 NSH
13:35
NSHCraig SmithPP (Mattias Ekholm, Eeli Tolvanen)wrist0.10 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Anisimov, Forsling, MartinsenNSH: Ekholm, Smith, Sissons, Hartman, Tolvanen
CHI 1 – 4 NSH

2nd period

13:16
CHIArtem Anisimov (Brandon Manning, Patrick Kane)wrist0.17 xG
CHI: Anisimov, Kane, Kruger, Manning, JokiharjuNSH: Weber, Rinaldo, Irwin, Gaudreau, Richard
CHI 2 – 4 NSH

3rd period

17:06
NSHAustin WatsonENwrist0.47 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Saad, Forsling, DeBrincat, JokiharjuNSH: Ellis, Ekholm, Watson, Salomaki, Sissons
CHI 2 – 5 NSH

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	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	19:19	—	—	42	19
Brandon Saad L	L1	1	0	1	-2	5	0.59	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	38	17
Brendan Perlini L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:06	—	—	36	16
David Kampf C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	16:14	—	—	24	35
Dominik Kahun C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	35	49
John Hayden C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	11:45	—	—	20	39
Patrick Kane R	L3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:28	—	—	58	46
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	0	5	14:34	—	—	55	36
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	0	1	0	13:37	—	—	60	42
Artem Anisimov C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.39	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	65	81
Andreas Martinsen L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	0	0	2	7:57	—	—	54	66
Marcus Kruger C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	7:35	—	—	64	74
Gustav Forsling D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	3	0	28:49	—	—	39	33
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	1	0	27:02	—	—	44	32
Brent Seabrook D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	20:39	—	—	52	27
Brandon Manning D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	19:41	—	—	54	46
Henri Jokiharju D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	1	0	20:02	—	—	45	53
Duncan Keith D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	29	2:42	—	—	67	6

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Ward(start)	L	29	25	4	.862	3.24	59:57

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	3	3	0	20:27	—	—	46	49
Miikka Salomaki R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	0	0	16:45	—	—	36	51
Austin Watson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.65	4	3	2	15:15	—	—	36	50
Kevin Fiala L	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.46	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	67	77
Ryan Johansen C	L2	1	1	2	+1	4	0.50	1	0	0	18:01	—	—	59	72
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	+2	5	0.44	0	0	0	17:30	—	—	65	74
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	0	18:37	—	—	65	70
Craig Smith C	L3	1	1	2	+1	3	0.63	1	0	0	17:13	—	—	70	67
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	15:48	—	—	68	67
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:45	—	—	36	27
Anthony Richard C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:22	—	—	39	29
Zac Rinaldo C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	6:39	—	—	30	25
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	0	0	25:08	—	—	56	67
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	4	0	24:12	—	—	50	65
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.11	0	1	0	22:00	—	—	48	68
Dan Hamhuis D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:48	—	—	50	69
Yannick Weber D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:55	—	—	57	58
Matt Irwin D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.07	0	1	7	12:27	—	—	64	59

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	21	19	2	.905	2.12	60:00

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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.