Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 19, 2021

FinalMonday, Apr 19, 2021· 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	8	14	10	32
NSH	1	2	2	5		NSH	9	11	10	30

: CHI 57NSH 46
: CHI 2.23NSH 3.07
PP goals: CHI 1NSH 0
Hits: CHI 22NSH 19
Blocks: CHI 10NSH 16
PIM: CHI 10NSH 18
: 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. Calle Jarnkrok (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Wyatt Kalynuk (CHI) played 1:42, −15:18 down on his 17:00 season average over 20 games.

Points
Calle Jarnkrok had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 23:03.Jarnkrok
Points
Luke Kunin had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 12:18.Kunin
Points
Mikael Granlund had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:27.Granlund
Usage
Wyatt Kalynuk (CHI) played 1:42, −15:18 down on his 17:00 season average over 20 games.Kalynuk
Usage
Calle Jarnkrok (NSH) played 23:03, +6:23 up on his 16:40 season average over 48 games.Jarnkrok
Luck
NSH scored 5 goals on 3.07 expected goals (46 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Mikael Granlund (NSH) played 23:27, +4:04 up on his 19:23 season average over 50 games.Granlund
Usage
Adam Gaudette (CHI) played 7:39, −3:34 down on his 11:13 season average over 39 games.Gaudette

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 103 of 103 attempts · NSH 46 · CHI 57

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 29% of the game, NSH 33%.

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
	61	43
	2.31	3.17
	2.22	3.00
	6	11
	2	2
	10	12
	−0.022	+0.022
	29%	33%

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

L1Kane – Hinostroza – Suter
6:0950% CF
L2Connolly – Carpenter – Kampf
4:2950% CF
L3Kubalik – Strome – Kurashev
3:2160% CF
L4Gaudette – DeBrincat – Dach
3:1533% CF
D1Murphy – Zadorov
5:4763% CF
D2Keith – de Haan
4:5863% CF

PP1Keith – Kane – Kubalik – DeBrincat – Dach
4:39100% CF
PP2de Haan – Connolly – Strome – Suter – Kurashev
1:14100% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Kampf
4:11
PK2FDeBrincat – Dach
1:53
PK1DKeith – Murphy
3:14
PK2Dde Haan – Stillman
2:12

Current CHI line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Jarnkrok – Granlund – Kunin
11:0050% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
7:1846% CF
L3Duchene – Haula – Cousins
7:0777% CF
L4Johansen – Grimaldi – Arvidsson
6:5027% CF
D1Ellis – Ekholm
14:0768% CF
D2Josi – Benning
12:4332% CF
D3Gudbranson – Harpur
11:5533% CF

PP1Josi – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Granlund – Arvidsson
5:2086% CF
PP2Duchene – Ellis – Ekholm – Haula – Cousins
3:09100% CF
PK1FJarnkrok – Granlund
2:35
PK2FHaula – Sissons
1:36
PK1DEllis – Ekholm
3:15
PK2DBenning – Harpur
1:28

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:22
NSHMatt Duchene (Erik Haula, Matt Benning)deflected0.12 xG
CHI: Keith, Murphy, Gaudette, DeBrincat, DachNSH: Josi, Duchene, Haula, Cousins, Benning
CHI 0 – 1 NSH
15:14
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Pius Suter, Patrick Kane)wrist0.03 xG
CHI: Keith, Kane, Kubalik, DeBrincat, SuterNSH: Josi, Haula, Jarnkrok, Benning
CHI 1 – 1 NSH

2nd period

4:48
NSHCalle Jarnkrok (Mikael Granlund, Luke Kunin)wrist0.15 xG
CHI: de Haan, Hinostroza, Zadorov, Carpenter, SuterNSH: Jarnkrok, Gudbranson, Granlund, Harpur, Kunin
CHI 1 – 2 NSH
5:39
NSHMattias Ekholm (Ryan Johansen)snap0.06 xG
CHI: Keith, Kane, Hinostroza, Stillman, SuterNSH: Ellis, Ekholm, Johansen, Grimaldi, Arvidsson
CHI 1 – 3 NSH
11:52
CHIDavid Kampf (Adam Gaudette)wrist0.17 xG
CHI: Keith, de Haan, Carpenter, Gaudette, KampfNSH: Josi, Granlund, Benning, Trenin, Jeannot
CHI 2 – 3 NSH

3rd period

0:23
NSHTanner Jeannot (Ryan Ellis)deflected0.15 xG
CHI: de Haan, Hinostroza, Strome, Stillman, SuterNSH: Ellis, Ekholm, Sissons, Trenin, Jeannot
CHI 2 – 4 NSH
0:41
NSHLuke Kunin (Mikael Granlund, Calle Jarnkrok)deflected0.15 xG
CHI: Keith, Kane, de Haan, DeBrincat, KurashevNSH: Ellis, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Granlund, Kunin
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
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.18	0	0	0	21:31	—	—	50	32
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.38	0	0	0	16:20	—	—	63	46
Pius Suter C	L1	0	1	1	-3	1	0.01	1	0	4	16:07	—	—	46	37
David Kampf C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	14:42	—	—	61	50
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	0	14:15	—	—	50	35
Brett Connolly R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	3	0	0	11:04	—	—	73	65
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	0	1	0	13:27	—	—	79	91
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:23	—	—	67	54
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	1	0	0	10:40	—	—	72	68
Alex DeBrincat R	L4	1	0	1	-2	3	0.20	6	0	2	19:25	—	—	46	14
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	17:36	—	—	71	46
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.14	0	0	0	7:39	—	—	52	29
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.10	1	2	0	25:24	—	—	73	58
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	22:28	—	—	39	29
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.14	1	1	2	25:29	—	—	60	42
Calvin de Haan D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.11	0	2	2	21:55	—	—	65	39
Riley Stillman D	—	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	2	1	0	16:53	—	—	44	27
Wyatt Kalynuk D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:42	—	—	0	0

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	22	17	5	.773	1.94	40:41
Malcolm Subban	—	8	8	0	.1000	1.12	19:19

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.29	0	3	0	23:27	—	—	45	65
Calle Jarnkrok C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.41	2	3	0	23:03	—	—	43	66
Luke Kunin C	L1	1	1	2	+2	4	0.50	4	1	0	12:18	—	—	50	72
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	30	37
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	0	2	10:01	—	—	30	29
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.15	3	0	0	9:35	—	—	32	28
Erik Haula L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.26	0	0	0	14:36	—	—	60	78
Matt Duchene C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.51	2	1	0	14:23	—	—	61	89
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	1	0	12	12:46	—	—	52	75
Viktor Arvidsson L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.06	0	2	0	17:40	—	—	30	27
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	1	0	2	16:08	—	—	28	35
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.13	0	0	0	10:27	—	—	28	37
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	1	1	+3	3	0.03	0	1	0	22:27	—	—	64	78
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.09	0	2	2	21:25	—	—	68	83
Roman Josi D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.28	1	1	0	23:49	—	—	29	48
Matt Benning D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	14:42	—	—	32	53
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:25	—	—	29	41
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:52	—	—	33	43

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.23	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.