Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 16, 2022

FinalSaturday, Apr 16, 2022· Bridgestone Arena

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

3

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

4

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	1	1	1	3		CHI	6	11	14	31
NSH	1	2	1	4		NSH	7	19	8	34

: CHI 47NSH 59
: CHI 2.22NSH 4.06
PP goals: CHI 0NSH 1
Hits: CHI 28NSH 28
Blocks: CHI 11NSH 13
PIM: CHI 16NSH 8
: CHI 53%NSH 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 at home. Patrick Kane (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:38 together.

Points
Mikael Granlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:45.Granlund
Points
Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 25:53.Kane
Points
Alex DeBrincat had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 24:28.DeBrincat
Points
Filip Forsberg had 2 assists (2 points) on 7 shots in 15:54.Forsberg
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund and Forsberg) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:38 together.Josi Duchene Johansen Granlund Forsberg
Usage
Jeremy Lauzon (NSH) played 0:33, −17:23 down on his 17:56 season average over 65 games.Lauzon
New line
New look for CHI: Toews–Johnson–Raddysh skated 7:51 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (69.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toews Johnson Raddysh
Usage
Dylan Strome (CHI) played 22:30, +5:08 up on his 17:22 season average over 68 games.Strome

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 106 of 106 attempts · NSH 59 · CHI 47

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 24% of the game, NSH 45%.

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
	37	58
	1.83	3.10
	1.75	3.00
	8	13
	4	6
	19	19
	+0.025	−0.025
	24%	45%

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 – Strome – DeBrincat
13:3927% CF
L2Toews – Johnson – Raddysh
7:5169% CF
L3Katchouk – Entwistle – Johnson
6:4054% CF
L4Kubalik – Lafferty – Reichel
6:0267% CF
D1McCabe – Regula
13:1861% CF
D2Gustafsson – Vlasic
9:2139% CF
D3Jones – Stillman
9:0914% CF

PP1Kane – Jones – Strome – DeBrincat – Raddysh
5:1389% CF
PP2Toews – Johnson – Gustafsson – Kubalik – Reichel
2:16100% CF
PK1FToews – Lafferty
0:46
PK2FKatchouk – Johnson
0:39
PK1DMcCabe – Jones
1:39
PK2DStillman – Regula
0:39

Current CHI line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Duchene – Granlund – Forsberg
9:4356% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
7:2063% CF
L3Glass – Tolvanen – Tomasino
7:0671% CF
L4Johansen – Cousins – Kunin
4:1338% CF
D1Ekholm – Carrier
9:5657% CF
D2Josi – Fabbro
8:2873% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Forsberg
1:38100% CF
PP2Josi – Ekholm – Cousins – Glass – Tomasino
0:37100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
3:25
PK2FGranlund – Trenin
1:20
PK1DBorowiecki – Carrier
2:26
PK2DEkholm – Fabbro
1:54

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:22
NSHEeli Tolvanen (Philip Tomasino, Cody Glass)snap0.12 xG
CHI: Jones, Katchouk, Stillman, Entwistle, JohnsonNSH: Ekholm, Carrier, Glass, Tolvanen, Tomasino
CHI 0 – 1 NSH
7:31
CHIPatrick Kane (Dylan Strome, Alex DeBrincat)wrist0.11 xG
CHI: Kane, McCabe, Strome, DeBrincat, RegulaNSH: Borowiecki, Duchene, Granlund, Forsberg, Fabbro
CHI 1 – 1 NSH

2nd period

5:15
CHIDominik Kubalik (Jake McCabe, Lukas Reichel)wrist0.14 xG
CHI: McCabe, Kubalik, Lafferty, Regula, ReichelNSH: Josi, Ekholm, Cousins, Sissons, Kunin
CHI 2 – 1 NSH
5:58
NSHRoman Josi (Ryan Johansen, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.06 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Jones, VlasicNSH: Josi, Johansen, Forsberg, Fabbro
CHI 2 – 2 NSH
19:34
NSHMatt DuchenePP (Mikael Granlund, Filip Forsberg)wrist0.09 xG
CHI: Toews, McCabe, Jones, LaffertyNSH: Josi, Duchene, Johansen, Granlund, Forsberg
CHI 2 – 3 NSH

3rd period

3:14
NSHMikael Granlund (Mattias Ekholm, Dante Fabbro)deflected0.11 xG
CHI: Kane, McCabe, Strome, DeBrincat, RegulaNSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Granlund, Forsberg, Fabbro
CHI 2 – 4 NSH
14:31
CHIRiley Stillman (Patrick Kane, Alex DeBrincat)tip-in0.06 xG
CHI: Kane, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincat, StillmanNSH: Borowiecki, Ekholm, Forsberg, Sissons, Jeannot
CHI 3 – 4 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	1	1	2	0	5	0.38	0	1	0	25:53	—	—	25	17
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.34	4	0	0	24:28	—	—	28	21
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	22:30	—	—	28	21
Taylor Raddysh R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	2	0	0	16:01	—	—	67	72
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	56	59
Tyler Johnson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	0	0	13:00	—	—	53	40
Reese Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:46	—	—	32	40
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	4	11:17	—	—	33	39
Boris Katchouk L	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.36	2	0	10	8:10	—	—	54	64
Dominik Kubalik L	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	12:50	—	—	41	52
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.20	2	0	0	12:23	—	—	50	53
Lukas Reichel L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:05	—	—	47	39
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	2	0	0	17:56	—	—	58	48
Alec Regula D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	2	16:06	—	—	63	54
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	1	0	20:14	—	—	46	41
Alex Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	15:36	—	—	32	25
Seth Jones D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.09	3	2	0	25:52	—	—	18	17
Riley Stillman D	D3	1	0	1	0	3	0.13	3	5	0	16:10	—	—	32	45

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	34	30	4	.882	3.41	57:28

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	1	1	2	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	59	66
Matt Duchene C	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.47	0	0	6	16:40	—	—	62	74
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	2	2	0	7	0.94	4	1	0	15:54	—	—	61	71
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	5	1	0	18:17	—	—	58	43
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.05	1	2	0	18:05	—	—	50	31
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	2	0	0	15:20	—	—	71	56
Philip Tomasino R	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.37	1	1	0	10:33	—	—	75	90
Cody Glass C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	10:14	—	—	77	91
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	3	0	0	9:10	—	—	71	90
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	0	0	14:27	—	—	53	61
Luke Kunin C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.65	2	0	0	13:58	—	—	45	31
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:59	—	—	42	22
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.21	3	1	2	27:44	—	—	62	63
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	3	2	0	26:46	—	—	53	66
Roman Josi D	D2	1	0	1	0	4	0.52	0	1	0	26:21	—	—	64	63
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	20:27	—	—	65	67
Mark Borowiecki D	—	0	0	0	-2	3	0.12	1	3	0	16:47	—	—	59	57
Jeremy Lauzon D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:33	—	—	—	—

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	31	28	3	.903	2.22	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.