Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 6, 2019

FinalSaturday, Apr 6, 2019· Bridgestone Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

2

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home

Nashville PredatorsNSH

5

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	2	0	0	2		CHI	8	12	13	33
NSH	0	2	3	5		NSH	14	22	14	50

: CHI 55NSH 72
: CHI 1.97NSH 3.50
PP goals: CHI 0NSH 1
Hits: CHI 9NSH 10
Blocks: CHI 11NSH 15
PIM: CHI 4NSH 4
: CHI 55%NSH 45%

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. Filip Forsberg (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Cam Ward (CHI) faced 49 shots and stopped 45 (.918), +15 against a season average of 33.7; the loss.

Points
Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:41.Forsberg
Points
Nick Bonino had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:26.Bonino
Goalie
Cam Ward (CHI) faced 49 shots and stopped 45 (.918), +15 against a season average of 33.7; the loss.Ward
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Boyle, Subban, Smith, Johansen and Arvidsson) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:07 together.Boyle Subban Smith Johansen Arvidsson
Usage
Wayne Simmonds (NSH) played 7:57, −7:49 down on his 15:46 season average over 78 games.Simmonds
Usage
Calle Jarnkrok (NSH) played 7:56, −7:36 down on his 15:32 season average over 78 games.Jarnkrok
Usage
Brian Boyle (NSH) played 9:22, −4:08 down on his 13:30 season average over 72 games.Boyle
Usage
Artem Anisimov (CHI) played 19:35, +3:17 up on his 16:18 season average over 77 games.Anisimov

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 127 of 127 attempts · NSH 72 · CHI 55

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 26% of the game, NSH 42%.

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
	56	71
	1.85	2.93
	1.81	2.82
	7	8
	7	7
	23	20
	+0.042	−0.042
	26%	42%

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

L1Anisimov – Saad – Kahun
9:5038% CF
L2Perlini – Strome – DeBrincat
9:2440% CF
L3Toews – Kane – Caggiula
8:3742% CF
L4Kunitz – Kruger – Hayden
5:0533% CF
D1Keith – Gustafsson
18:5643% CF
D2Murphy – Forsling
12:3146% CF
D3Seabrook – Koekkoek
11:3743% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
3:1083% CF
PP2Keith – Seabrook – Anisimov – Saad – Kahun
0:50
PK1FAnisimov – Saad
1:06
PK2FToews – Kruger
0:51
PK1DMurphy – Forsling
2:18
PK2DKeith – Seabrook
2:04

Current CHI line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Johansen – Forsberg – Arvidsson
13:4552% CF
L2Bonino – Watson – Sissons
13:2868% CF
L3Turris – Smith – Granlund
12:3552% CF
L4Boyle – Simmonds – Jarnkrok
5:3456% CF
D1Josi – Ellis
17:0446% CF
D2Subban – Ekholm
16:4267% CF
D3Hamhuis – Fabbro
12:3555% CF

PP1Boyle – Subban – Smith – Johansen – Arvidsson
3:07100% CF
PP2Turris – Simmonds – Josi – Granlund – Forsberg
1:1550% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Forsberg
1:28
PK2FBonino – Sissons
1:08
PK1DSubban – Ekholm
2:04
PK2DJosi – Ellis
1:56

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:58
CHIBrendan Perlini (Dylan Strome, Alex DeBrincat)wrist0.08 xG
CHI: Keith, Gustafsson, Perlini, Strome, DeBrincatNSH: Hamhuis, Turris, Smith, Granlund, Fabbro
CHI 1 – 0 NSH
10:07
CHIDrake Caggiula (Patrick Kane)wrist0.03 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Toews, Kane, Koekkoek, CaggiulaNSH: Bonino, Josi, Ellis, Watson, Sissons
CHI 2 – 0 NSH

2nd period

9:07
NSHDante Fabbro (Filip Forsberg, Dan Hamhuis)wrist0.03 xG
CHI: Keith, Gustafsson, Perlini, Strome, DeBrincatNSH: Hamhuis, Johansen, Forsberg, Arvidsson, Fabbro
CHI 2 – 1 NSH
18:50
NSHFilip Forsberg (Mikael Granlund, Wayne Simmonds)slap0.03 xG
CHI: Keith, Seabrook, Toews, Kruger, StromeNSH: Turris, Simmonds, Josi, Granlund, Forsberg
CHI 2 – 2 NSH

3rd period

3:33
NSHViktor ArvidssonPP (Craig Smith, P.K. Subban)wrist0.08 xG
CHI: Toews, Saad, Murphy, ForslingNSH: Boyle, Subban, Smith, Johansen, Arvidsson
CHI 2 – 3 NSH
17:51
NSHColton SissonsEN (Nick Bonino, Ryan Ellis)wrist0.52 xG
CHI: Keith, Anisimov, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, DeBrincatNSH: Bonino, Josi, Ellis, Watson, Sissons
CHI 2 – 4 NSH
19:03
NSHNick Bonino (Austin Watson)wrist0.08 xG
CHI: Keith, Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, DeBrincatNSH: Bonino, Subban, Ekholm, Watson, 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
Artem Anisimov C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.34	0	0	0	19:35	—	—	49	47
Brandon Saad L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	0	0	0	19:18	—	—	47	44
Dominik Kahun C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:50	—	—	36	27
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:54	—	—	47	40
Dylan Strome C	L2	0	1	1	-1	5	0.27	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	44	39
Brendan Perlini L	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.34	0	0	0	11:54	—	—	50	51
Patrick Kane R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.12	0	0	0	22:50	—	—	50	37
Jonathan Toews C	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	2	1	2	20:10	—	—	40	29
Drake Caggiula L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	42	31
Marcus Kruger C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:35	—	—	30	38
Chris Kunitz L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:46	—	—	36	44
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	2	5:55	—	—	40	46
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.30	0	0	0	25:17	—	—	43	37
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.11	1	0	0	25:00	—	—	43	42
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:28	—	—	48	32
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	3	0	16:50	—	—	44	35
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	3	0	17:42	—	—	47	44
Slater Koekkoek D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	2	2	0	14:33	—	—	43	42

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Ward(start)	L	49	45	4	.918	2.98	59:42

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	1	2	+2	5	0.28	1	0	0	19:41	—	—	54	53
Ryan Johansen C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	0	0	0	19:30	—	—	51	50
Viktor Arvidsson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	8	0.54	0	0	0	19:17	—	—	53	51
Nick Bonino C	L2	1	1	2	+1	3	0.10	0	0	0	16:26	—	—	65	77
Colton Sissons C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.65	0	1	0	15:26	—	—	69	80
Austin Watson L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.48	3	0	0	15:19	—	—	66	79
Craig Smith C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:42	—	—	50	59
Kyle Turris C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.26	0	1	2	16:42	—	—	52	59
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.22	3	1	0	15:54	—	—	49	58
Brian Boyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	1	0	0	9:22	—	—	56	53
Wayne Simmonds R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.13	0	0	0	7:57	—	—	60	57
Calle Jarnkrok C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:56	—	—	50	53
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	3	0	22:37	—	—	49	48
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	4	0	22:08	—	—	44	47
P.K. Subban D	D2	0	1	1	+1	8	0.22	0	1	0	22:22	—	—	67	78
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.19	1	1	0	22:06	—	—	63	74
Dan Hamhuis D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	0	0	2	13:10	—	—	57	53
Dante Fabbro D	D3	1	0	1	0	1	0.03	1	2	0	13:04	—	—	55	53

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	33	31	2	.939	1.97	59:21

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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.