Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 1, 2022

FinalSaturday, Jan 1, 2022· 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	1	0	1		CHI	15	11	12	38
NSH	3	2	1	6		NSH	7	12	6	25

: CHI 71NSH 52
: CHI 3.28NSH 2.60
PP goals: CHI 0NSH 2
Hits: CHI 6NSH 18
Blocks: CHI 13NSH 13
PIM: CHI 8NSH 10
: CHI 51%NSH 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators rout Chicago Blackhawks 6–1

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 6–1 at home. Mattias Ekholm (NSH) led the scoring with 0G 3A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:14 together.

Points
Mattias Ekholm had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 20:58.Ekholm
Points
Tanner Jeannot had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:10.Jeannot
Points
Filip Forsberg had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:16.Forsberg
Points
Ryan Johansen had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 14:39.Johansen
Points
Matt Duchene had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:23.Duchene
Points
Yakov Trenin had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:33.Trenin
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 3:14 together.Josi Duchene Johansen Granlund Forsberg
New line
New look for CHI: Khaira–Carpenter–Entwistle skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Khaira Carpenter Entwistle

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 123 of 123 attempts · NSH 52 · CHI 71

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 43% of the game, NSH 25%.

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	42
	2.07	1.73
	2.03	1.72
	7	8
	1	1
	10	8
	+0.055	−0.055
	43%	25%

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

L1Khaira – Carpenter – Entwistle
8:1445% CF
L2Kubalik – Borgstrom – Kurashev
5:1671% CF
L3Toews – Strome – Hagel
4:5250% CF
L4Kane – DeBrincat – Dach
4:3457% CF
D1Murphy – McCabe
11:5752% CF
D2de Haan – Jones
10:0465% CF
D3Gustafsson – Stillman
8:5147% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Jones – DeBrincat – Dach
5:05100% CF
PP2Gustafsson – Kubalik – Strome – Borgstrom – Kurashev
2:16100% CF
PK1FKhaira – Carpenter
1:14
PK2FToews – Hagel
0:58
PK1Dde Haan – Jones
1:10
PK2DMurphy – McCabe
1:02

Current CHI line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
13:1742% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
9:4824% CF
L3Johansen – Kunin – Tolvanen
9:4033% CF
L4Cousins – McCarron – Tomasino
8:3953% CF
D1Josi – Carrier
13:4237% CF
D2Borowiecki – Myers
11:3537% CF
D3Ekholm – Benning
11:0638% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
3:14100% CF
PP2Ekholm – Cousins – Kunin – Tolvanen – Tomasino
0:43100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
4:15
PK2FGranlund – Trenin
1:02
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
5:08
PK2DBorowiecki – Benning
2:23

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:02
NSHFilip Forsberg (Matt Duchene, Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.04 xG
CHI: Kane, de Haan, Jones, DeBrincat, BorgstromNSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Granlund, Forsberg, Myers
CHI 0 – 1 NSH
5:53
NSHRyan Johansen (Filip Forsberg, Mattias Ekholm)backhand0.13 xG
CHI: Kane, Gustafsson, DeBrincat, StillmanNSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Forsberg, Benning
CHI 0 – 2 NSH
19:13
NSHNick CousinsPP (Mattias Ekholm, Philip Tomasino)tip-in0.10 xG
CHI: de Haan, Khaira, Jones, CarpenterNSH: Ekholm, Cousins, Kunin, Tolvanen, Tomasino
CHI 0 – 3 NSH

2nd period

0:28
NSHTanner Jeannot (Colton Sissons, Yakov Trenin)wrist0.18 xG
CHI: Murphy, Stillman, Hagel, Kurashev, DachNSH: Josi, Sissons, Trenin, Carrier, Jeannot
CHI 0 – 4 NSH
5:34
NSHRoman JosiPP (Ryan Johansen, Matt Duchene)slap0.05 xG
CHI: Toews, de Haan, Jones, HagelNSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg
CHI 0 – 5 NSH
17:25
CHIPhilipp Kurashev (Calvin de Haan, Henrik Borgstrom)wrist0.04 xG
CHI: de Haan, Kubalik, Jones, Borgstrom, KurashevNSH: Josi, Duchene, Granlund, Forsberg, Myers
CHI 1 – 5 NSH

3rd period

0:53
NSHTanner Jeannot (Matt Benning, Yakov Trenin)deflected0.11 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Murphy, McCabe, DeBrincatNSH: Ekholm, Granlund, Benning, Trenin, Jeannot
CHI 1 – 6 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
Jujhar Khaira L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	65	82
Ryan Carpenter C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	1	0	13:16	—	—	62	83
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:15	—	—	55	56
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	79	68
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.27	0	0	0	13:39	—	—	82	84
Henrik Borgstrom C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.19	0	0	0	13:11	—	—	53	63
Jonathan Toews C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.27	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	52	36
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	1	1	2	13:56	—	—	44	27
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	2	13:54	—	—	65	66
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	0	0	2	18:53	—	—	62	58
Alex DeBrincat R	L4	0	0	0	-3	3	0.42	0	0	0	18:30	—	—	45	58
Patrick Kane R	L4	0	0	0	-3	6	0.76	0	0	0	17:50	—	—	32	27
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	7	0	22:22	—	—	47	29
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	1	0	18:35	—	—	59	46
Seth Jones D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.17	1	1	2	22:07	—	—	72	77
Calvin de Haan D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	0	1	0	14:28	—	—	61	70
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	1	1	0	17:26	—	—	48	57
Riley Stillman D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	55	51

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom	—	18	15	3	.833	1.76	39:53
Collin Delia(start)	L	7	4	3	.571	0.83	20:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	46	58
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	2	2	0	1	0.17	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	46	53
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.29	0	0	0	17:16	—	—	42	47
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	2	0	2	+2	2	0.40	2	0	0	16:10	—	—	30	45
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:30	—	—	30	37
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:33	—	—	28	46
Ryan Johansen C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.38	0	0	0	14:39	—	—	31	40
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:31	—	—	35	43
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	2	0	12:05	—	—	47	52
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	1	4	11:14	—	—	61	43
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	10:50	—	—	58	35
Nick Cousins C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	2	0	0	10:47	—	—	56	39
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	1	0	21:44	—	—	41	43
Roman Josi D	D1	1	0	1	0	5	0.36	0	1	2	20:38	—	—	42	38
Mark Borowiecki D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	4	4	0	17:46	—	—	36	38
Philippe Myers D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	4	17:09	—	—	46	50
Mattias Ekholm D	D3	0	3	3	+3	1	0.14	1	1	0	20:58	—	—	48	55
Matt Benning D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:13	—	—	42	46

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	3.28	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.