Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville PredatorsJan 2, 2024

FinalTuesday, Jan 2, 2024· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	5	8	8	21
NSH	1	0	2	3		NSH	16	9	11	36

: CHI 44NSH 79
: CHI 1.71NSH 3.53
PP goals: CHI 0NSH 2
Hits: CHI 30NSH 24
Blocks: CHI 25NSH 11
PIM: CHI 13NSH 11
: CHI 42%NSH 58%

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. Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Sissons) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:17 together.

Points
Gustav Nyquist had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:00.Nyquist
Points
Ryan O'Reilly had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:33.O'Reilly
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Sissons) scored 2 power-play goals on 7 attempts in 2:17 together.Josi Nyquist O'Reilly Forsberg Sissons
Goalie
Arvid Soderblom (CHI) faced 35 shots and stopped 33 (.943), +6 against a season average of 29.4; the loss.Soderblom
New line
New look for CHI: Donato–Seney–Katchouk skated 5:51 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donato Seney Katchouk
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 1.71 expected goals (44 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Filip Forsberg (NSH) played 14:53, −4:04 down on his 18:57 season average over 81 games.Forsberg
Usage
Ryan O'Reilly (NSH) played 16:33, −3:15 down on his 19:48 season average over 81 games.O'Reilly

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 79 · CHI 44

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 22% of the game, NSH 47%.

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
	42	76
	1.76	2.65
	1.72	2.48
	2	13
	6	6
	13	17
	−0.053	+0.053
	22%	47%

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

L1Foligno – Blackwell – Dickinson
8:4633% CF
L2Entwistle – Guttman – Reichel
8:0222% CF
L3Beauvillier – Kurashev – Bedard
7:0315% CF
L4Donato – Seney – Katchouk
5:5150% CF
D1Zaitsev – Korchinski
11:4950% CF
D2Vlasic – Crevier
11:1134% CF
D3Tinordi – Murphy
9:5354% CF

PP1Foligno – Guttman – Kurashev – Korchinski – Bedard
4:04100% CF
PP2Dickinson – Donato – Zaitsev – Vlasic – Reichel
1:38100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Dickinson
0:52
PK2FBlackwell – Kurashev
0:51
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
0:59
PK2DTinordi – Crevier
0:51

Current CHI line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1McCarron – Trenin – Tomasino
9:4257% CF
L2Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg
9:0777% CF
L3Sissons – Sherwood – Parssinen
6:1173% CF
L4Novak – Smith – Evangelista
4:3482% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
13:4358% CF
D2Lauzon – Carrier
13:0781% CF
D3McDonagh – Schenn
12:5763% CF

PP1Josi – Nyquist – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Sissons
2:1788% CF
PP2Josi – Novak – Tomasino – Parssinen – Evangelista
1:1780% CF
PK1FSissons – Smith
2:00
PK2FMcCarron – Trenin
1:41
PK1DMcDonagh – Carrier
3:23
PK2DSchenn – Fabbro
0:58

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:16
NSHGustav NyquistPP (Roman Josi, Ryan O'Reilly)wrist0.07 xG
CHI: Foligno, Tinordi, Murphy, DickinsonNSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Sissons
CHI 0 – 1 NSH

3rd period

15:23
NSHRyan O'ReillyPP (Filip Forsberg, Gustav Nyquist)slap0.17 xG
CHI: Tinordi, Dickinson, VlasicNSH: Josi, Nyquist, O'Reilly, Forsberg, Sissons
CHI 0 – 2 NSH
19:27
NSHLuke EvangelistaEN (Luke Schenn)wrist0.51 xG
CHI: Dickinson, Donato, Entwistle, Reichel, Korchinski, BedardNSH: McDonagh, Schenn, McCarron, Trenin, Evangelista
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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jason Dickinson C	L1	-1	1	0.19	3	2	0	17:26	—	—	32	29
Nick Foligno L	L1	0	1	0.03	4	0	7	16:50	—	—	35	28
Colin Blackwell C	L1	0	4	0.21	0	0	0	13:41	—	—	36	36
Cole Guttman C	L2	0	3	0.43	0	1	0	15:40	—	—	40	59
Lukas Reichel L	L2	-1	2	0.23	0	0	0	13:22	—	—	33	65
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L2	-1	1	0.10	0	1	0	13:20	—	—	41	52
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	19:49	—	—	20	9
Connor Bedard C	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:04	—	—	22	12
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	1	0.13	1	1	0	8:34	—	—	31	63
Ryan Donato C	L4	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	18:38	—	—	44	37
Boris Katchouk L	L4	0	1	0.01	5	0	2	12:44	—	—	50	36
Brett Seney L	L4	0	1	0.16	3	3	2	11:27	—	—	45	35
Kevin Korchinski D	D1	-1	1	0.02	0	2	0	22:22	—	—	32	35
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	1	0.05	2	5	0	19:20	—	—	42	55
Alex Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0.03	0	3	0	23:02	—	—	33	45
Louis Crevier D	D2	0	2	0.05	2	3	0	16:15	—	—	35	36
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0.00	5	0	2	19:14	—	—	28	17
Jarred Tinordi D	D3	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	14:58	—	—	50	43

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	35	33	2	.943	3.02	59:11

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.33	0	1	0	17:13	—	—	61	65
Michael McCarron C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.29	2	0	0	14:58	—	—	55	65
Philip Tomasino R	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	0	0	0	14:24	—	—	58	69
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.52	0	0	2	16:33	—	—	75	87
Gustav Nyquist R	L2	1	1	2	0	2	0.08	0	1	0	16:00	—	—	58	62
Filip Forsberg L	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	3	0	0	14:53	—	—	70	66
Colton Sissons C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	55	35
Juuso Parssinen C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	2	16:35	—	—	62	43
Kiefer Sherwood L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:22	—	—	64	36
Luke Evangelista R	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.73	0	0	0	13:20	—	—	84	62
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	5	1	0	12:27	—	—	68	57
Tommy Novak C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	76	54
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.07	0	1	0	21:31	—	—	61	50
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	56	55
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	3	2	0	20:09	—	—	72	75
Jeremy Lauzon D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	7	0	7	16:00	—	—	82	97
Ryan McDonagh D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	2	0	23:45	—	—	64	59
Luke Schenn D	D3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	3	2	0	17:12	—	—	60	49

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	21	21	0	.1000	1.71	59:55

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Gustav Nyquist (NSH PP) 1st 5:16 · assists Roman Josi, Ryan O'Reilly · Cycle · 42.2 mph shot.

Gustav Nyquist · 1st 5:16 · NSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2
Shot: 42.2 mph
Distance: 35 ft

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Luke Evangelista · 3rd 19:27 · NSH EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 1
Shot: 30.4 mph
Distance: 92 ft

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Ryan O'Reilly · 3rd 15:23 · NSH PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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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.