Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 26, 2026

FinalThursday, Feb 26, 2026· Bridgestone Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	1	1	2		CHI	9	5	9	23
NSH	1	0	3	4		NSH	8	12	6	26

: CHI 44NSH 44
: CHI 2.54NSH 2.86
PP goals: CHI 1NSH 1
Hits: CHI 15NSH 26
Blocks: CHI 6NSH 12
PIM: CHI 4NSH 12
: CHI 57%NSH 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 at home. Connor Bedard (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Nazar, Rinzel and Bedard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 6:54 together.

PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Teravainen, Bertuzzi, Nazar, Rinzel and Bedard) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 6:54 together.Teravainen Bertuzzi Nazar Rinzel Bedard
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New look for CHI: Burakovsky–Greene–Bedard skated 11:20 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (43.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Burakovsky Greene Bedard
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New look for CHI: Bertuzzi–Nazar–Moore skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bertuzzi Nazar Moore
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New look for CHI: Foligno–Teravainen–Slaggert skated 9:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (30% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Teravainen Slaggert
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New look for NSH: Jost–L'Heureux–Wood skated 6:28 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jost L'Heureux Wood
Usage
Brady Skjei (NSH) played 17:17, −5:24 down on his 22:41 season average over 81 games.Skjei
Usage
Zachary L'Heureux (NSH) played 9:45, −3:48 down on his 13:33 season average over 24 games.L'Heureux
Usage
Ilya Mikheyev (CHI) played 14:07, −3:22 down on his 17:29 season average over 76 games.Mikheyev

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 88 of 88 attempts · NSH 44 · 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 32% of the game, NSH 34%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

NSH skaters (rows) against CHI skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the NSH side.

Matchup matrix

NSH xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CHI	NSH
	35	44
	1.68	2.44
	1.65	2.28
	4	8
	2	5
	16	14
	+0.042	−0.042
	32%	34%

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

L1Burakovsky – Greene – Bedard
11:2044% CF
L2Dickinson – Donato – Mikheyev
10:1547% CF
L3Foligno – Teravainen – Slaggert
9:0930% CF
L4Bertuzzi – Nazar – Moore
8:2643% CF
D1Vlasic – Crevier
15:4938% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Levshunov
10:3143% CF
D3Murphy – Rinzel
10:2450% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar – Rinzel – Bedard
6:5489% CF
PP2Foligno – Burakovsky – Greene – Moore – Levshunov
2:24100% CF
PK1FDickinson – Mikheyev
0:50
PK2FTeravainen – Greene
0:45
PK1DMurphy – Vlasic
1:16
PK2DGrzelcyk – Crevier
0:37

Current CHI line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Haula – Marchessault – Forsberg
10:5436% CF
L2Stamkos – O'Reilly – Evangelista
10:3063% CF
L3Jost – L'Heureux – Wood
6:2867% CF
L4McCarron – Bunting – Smith
6:2529% CF
D1Josi – Skjei
10:0054% CF
D2Hague – Blankenburg
9:4464% CF
D3Perbix – Wilsby
6:4750% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Marchessault – Forsberg
0:47100% CF
PP2Stamkos – Josi – Forsberg – Bunting – Evangelista
0:34
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
3:38
PK2FO'Reilly – Haula
0:53
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
4:10
PK2DHague – Blankenburg
3:22

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Connor Bedard C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.72	0	0	0	21:29	—	—	50	65
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.09	0	0	0	17:08	—	—	52	64
Ryan Greene C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	0	0	0	16:44	—	—	50	57
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	44	11
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	13:44	—	—	50	12
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:55	—	—	47	18
Teuvo Teravainen C	L3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.22	0	0	0	19:49	—	—	31	6
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	3	0	2	14:55	—	—	29	4
Landon Slaggert L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:58	—	—	30	5
Frank Nazar C	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.27	0	0	0	18:13	—	—	43	63
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L4	1	0	1	-2	3	0.59	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	41	61
Oliver Moore C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	47	71
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:39	—	—	36	21
Louis Crevier D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	17:11	—	—	36	21
Artyom Levshunov D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:47	—	—	44	58
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	2	0	16:16	—	—	45	47
Sam Rinzel D	D3	0	1	1	-1	3	0.26	0	1	2	20:53	—	—	52	44
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	3	0	0	15:12	—	—	48	51

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	25	22	3	.880	2.40	59:15

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.38	2	0	0	17:40	—	—	52	60
Erik Haula L	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	6	0	4	15:56	—	—	35	25
Jonathan Marchessault R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	55	62
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.86	0	0	0	18:40	—	—	68	72
Steven Stamkos C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.77	0	0	0	14:54	—	—	57	56
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	67	67
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	13:20	—	—	58	51
Matthew Wood R	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.08	2	0	0	10:07	—	—	50	35
Zachary L'Heureux L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:45	—	—	67	93
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:20	—	—	40	27
Michael McCarron C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	1	4	14:40	—	—	55	77
Michael Bunting L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	11:28	—	—	57	59
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	25:25	—	—	64	68
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	2	3	0	17:17	—	—	44	63
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	0	22:03	—	—	66	73
Nick Blankenburg D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	4	1	0	19:52	—	—	47	42
Nick Perbix D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	2	19:57	—	—	48	40
Adam Wilsby D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	2	14:02	—	—	57	59

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.54	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Filip Forsberg (NSH) 1st 13:50 · unassisted · Dump and chase · dumped in · 3-on-1 at the blue line · 58.3 mph shot · 7.0 s from entry to goal.

Filip Forsberg · 1st 13:50 · NSH

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 58.3 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s

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Connor Bedard · 2nd 4:13 · CHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 64.7 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Ryan O'Reilly · 3rd 16:44 · NSH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.5 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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Tyler Bertuzzi · 3rd 3:16 · CHI PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 35.3 mph
Distance: 3 ft

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Matthew Wood · 3rd 7:12 · NSH PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 40.7 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Entry to goal: 9.5 s

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Steven Stamkos · 3rd 19:12 · NSH EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 62.8 mph
Distance: 44 ft

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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.

Chicago Blackhawks vs. Nashville PredatorsFeb 26, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Chicago Blackhawks

Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Chicago Blackhawks

Nashville Predators

Goal anatomy

Filip Forsberg · 1st 13:50 · NSH

Connor Bedard · 2nd 4:13 · CHI

Ryan O'Reilly · 3rd 16:44 · NSH

Tyler Bertuzzi · 3rd 3:16 · CHI PP

Matthew Wood · 3rd 7:12 · NSH PP

Steven Stamkos · 3rd 19:12 · NSH EN