Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 3, 2021

FinalSaturday, Apr 3, 2021· Bridgestone Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	14	12	15	41
NSH	1	1	1	3		NSH	6	9	6	21

: CHI 63NSH 41
: CHI 5.12NSH 1.87
PP goals: CHI 0NSH 1
Hits: CHI 6NSH 17
Blocks: CHI 11NSH 10
PIM: CHI 2NSH 8
: CHI 43%NSH 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–0

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–0 at home. Colton Sissons (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CHI scored 0 goals on 5.12 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 5.12 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CHI: Janmark–Strome–Suter skated 13:27 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Janmark Strome Suter
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 41 shots and stopped 41 (.1000), +11 against a season average of 29.8; the win.Saros
Usage
Viktor Arvidsson (NSH) played 8:09, −8:38 down on his 16:47 season average over 49 games.Arvidsson
New line
New look for CHI: Kubalik–Hagel–Kurashev skated 9:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kubalik Hagel Kurashev
Usage
Matt Benning (NSH) played 23:18, +7:06 up on his 16:12 season average over 52 games.Benning
Usage
Adam Boqvist (CHI) played 22:50, +6:01 up on his 16:49 season average over 34 games.Boqvist
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 20:56, −3:29 down on his 24:25 season average over 47 games.Josi

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 104 of 104 attempts · NSH 41 · CHI 63

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 39% of the game, NSH 19%.

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
	67	43
	5.12	1.53
	4.43	1.46
	20	5
	6	4
	22	17
	−0.046	+0.046
	39%	19%

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

L1Janmark – Strome – Suter
13:2767% CF
L2Kane – DeBrincat – Dach
11:4456% CF
L3Kubalik – Hagel – Kurashev
9:3959% CF
L4Carpenter – Highmore – Kampf
6:3045% CF
D1Keith – Boqvist
17:0137% CF
D2Murphy – Zadorov
16:5464% CF
D3de Haan – Kalynuk
12:2767% CF

PP1Kane – Kubalik – DeBrincat – Boqvist – Dach
3:55100% CF
PP2Keith – Kubalik – Janmark – Suter – Kurashev
1:50
PK1FCarpenter – Kampf
0:18
PK1DKeith – Murphy
0:18

Current CHI line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Jarnkrok – Granlund – Kunin
11:0345% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Olivier
10:0538% CF
L3Haula – Cousins – Grimaldi
7:0933% CF
L4Johansen – Arvidsson – Tolvanen
6:3430% CF
D1Ekholm – Benning
17:5339% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
15:4241% CF
D3Harpur – Davies
9:4044% CF

PP1Josi – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Granlund – Tolvanen
0:18100% CF
PK1FGranlund – Sissons
0:54
PK2FHaula – Jarnkrok
0:53
PK1DBenning – Harpur
1:25
PK2DEkholm – Fabbro
1:14

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:56
NSHEeli TolvanenPP (Calle Jarnkrok, Roman Josi)slap0.08 xG
CHI: Keith, Murphy, Carpenter, KampfNSH: Josi, Jarnkrok, Johansen, Granlund, Tolvanen
CHI 0 – 1 NSH

2nd period

10:14
NSHColton SissonsPSwrist0.30 xG
CHI: Kane, Strome, DeBrincat, Boqvist, DachNSH: Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Sissons, Fabbro
CHI 0 – 2 NSH

3rd period

9:54
NSHLuke Kunin (Jeremy Davies, Ben Harpur)wrist0.10 xG
CHI: Murphy, Janmark, Zadorov, Strome, SuterNSH: Jarnkrok, Granlund, Harpur, Kunin, Davies
CHI 0 – 3 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
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.83	0	1	0	17:29	—	—	71	87
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	66	85
Pius Suter C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	1.08	0	0	0	16:19	—	—	65	85
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	21:55	—	—	59	84
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.95	2	0	0	21:06	—	—	61	82
Kirby Dach C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	0	0	0	19:01	—	—	67	85
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	67	45
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	14:33	—	—	59	46
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.23	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	57	37
David Kampf C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:54	—	—	44	65
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	1	0	9:33	—	—	43	68
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	0	0	8:53	—	—	53	76
Adam Boqvist D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.28	0	1	0	22:50	—	—	37	53
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	0	5	0	22:20	—	—	46	70
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	2	1	0	19:56	—	—	70	87
Nikita Zadorov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	1	0	2	19:06	—	—	65	75
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	0	5	0.30	0	1	0	15:29	—	—	79	90
Wyatt Kalynuk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	71	69

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	1.87	59:28

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	57	28
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	18:18	—	—	50	22
Luke Kunin C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.33	2	2	4	13:55	—	—	52	30
Colton Sissons C	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.59	1	1	2	14:10	—	—	38	40
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	1	0	13:12	—	—	35	32
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	1	2	12:39	—	—	37	30
Erik Haula L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	0	0	16:17	—	—	29	23
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:36	—	—	42	42
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	0	0	0	13:18	—	—	31	25
Eeli Tolvanen R	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.09	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	33	9
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:31	—	—	28	3
Viktor Arvidsson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:09	—	—	25	2
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.02	1	1	0	25:19	—	—	42	24
Matt Benning D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	23:18	—	—	40	22
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	40	23
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	20:53	—	—	41	27
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	1	0	16:34	—	—	35	16
Jeremy Davies D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	12:42	—	—	33	19

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	41	41	0	.1000	5.12	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.