Chicago Blackhawks vs. San Jose SharksApr 23, 2022

FinalSaturday, Apr 23, 2022· SAP Center at San Jose

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

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San Jose SharksSJS

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	1	0	1		CHI	9	10	9	28
SJS	1	2	1	4		SJS	4	7	8	19

: CHI 54SJS 36
: CHI 2.37SJS 1.73
PP goals: CHI 0SJS 1
Hits: CHI 18SJS 18
Blocks: CHI 7SJS 15
PIM: CHI 6SJS 4
: CHI 61%SJS 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

San Jose Sharks beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at home. Timo Meier (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 1A. SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Bonino, Couture, Reedy and Bordeleau) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:03 together.

Points
Timo Meier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:01.Meier
PP1
SJS's first power-play unit (Burns, Bonino, Couture, Reedy and Bordeleau) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 2:03 together.Burns Bonino Couture Reedy Bordeleau
Luck
SJS scored 4 goals on 1.73 expected goals (36 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Sasha Chmelevski (SJS) played 9:26, −3:58 down on his 13:24 season average over 18 games.Chmelevski
Usage
Erik Gustafsson (CHI) played 21:46, +5:39 up on his 16:07 season average over 58 games.Gustafsson
Usage
Henrik Borgstrom (CHI) played 5:39, −4:58 down on his 10:37 season average over 51 games.Borgstrom
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Dylan Strome (CHI) played 20:38, +3:14 up on his 17:24 season average over 68 games.Strome
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Philipp Kurashev (CHI) played 15:55, +3:07 up on his 12:48 season average over 66 games.Kurashev

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)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 90 of 90 attempts · SJS 36 · CHI 54

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS 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 41% of the game, SJS 25%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SJS

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	SJS
	55	36
	2.10	1.75
	2.00	1.73
	8	5
	7	5
	14	24
	+0.054	−0.054
	41%	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

L1Kane – Strome – DeBrincat
13:0287% CF
L2Toews – Johnson – Kubalik
11:2562% CF
L3Lafferty – Raddysh – Kurashev
9:2856% CF
L4Katchouk – Borgstrom – Johnson
4:4457% CF
D1McCabe – Regula
14:1362% CF
D2Gustafsson – Jones
12:5664% CF
D3Jones – Vlasic
11:0750% CF

PP1Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat – Raddysh
2:2475% CF
PP2Kane – Jones – Strome – Jones – DeBrincat
0:19
PK1FKatchouk – Johnson
1:12
PK2FToews – Lafferty
0:42
PK1DJones – Vlasic
1:26
PK2DMcCabe – Regula
0:57

Current CHI line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Meier – Barabanov
14:2343% CF
L2Balcers – Gregor – Bordeleau
10:3437% CF
L3Bonino – Couture – Nieto
10:2033% CF
L4Chmelevski – Reedy – Weatherby
7:0456% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
19:3029% CF
D2Vlasic – Merkley
14:1950% CF
D3Megna – Meloche
13:0529% CF

PP1Burns – Bonino – Couture – Reedy – Bordeleau
2:0360% CF
PP2Hertl – Meier – Gregor – Merkley – Barabanov
1:52100% CF
PK1FBonino – Couture
1:46
PK2FNieto – Hertl
0:02
PK1DMegna – Meloche
1:28
PK2DBurns – Ferraro
0:24

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:03
SJSJasper Weatherby (Scott Reedy, Sasha Chmelevski)wrist0.04 xG
CHI: Jones, Katchouk, Borgstrom, Johnson, VlasicSJS: Burns, Chmelevski, Reedy, Merkley, Weatherby
CHI 0 – 1 SJS

2nd period

1:08
SJSTomas Hertl (Timo Meier)slap0.14 xG
CHI: Toews, Johnson, McCabe, Kubalik, RegulaSJS: Hertl, Megna, Meier, Meloche, Barabanov
CHI 0 – 2 SJS
10:34
SJSTimo Meier (Alexander Barabanov)backhand0.15 xG
CHI: Toews, Johnson, Kubalik, Jones, VlasicSJS: Hertl, Megna, Meier, Meloche, Barabanov
CHI 0 – 3 SJS
15:38
CHITyler Johnson (Jonathan Toews, Seth Jones)wrist0.12 xG
CHI: Toews, Johnson, Kubalik, Jones, VlasicSJS: Megna, Meloche, Chmelevski, Reedy, Weatherby
CHI 1 – 3 SJS

3rd period

6:19
SJSNick BoninoPP (Brent Burns, Logan Couture)wrist0.07 xG
CHI: Jones, Katchouk, Johnson, VlasicSJS: Burns, Bonino, Couture, Reedy, Bordeleau
CHI 1 – 4 SJS

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	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	21:45	—	—	79	69
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	0	0	20:38	—	—	71	64
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.25	0	1	0	19:27	—	—	88	86
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.14	0	0	0	15:11	—	—	62	47
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	56	40
Tyler Johnson C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.17	4	0	2	14:06	—	—	59	45
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	50	47
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	2	0	0	15:26	—	—	46	40
Sam Lafferty C	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.40	0	0	0	15:02	—	—	57	60
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	0	0	11:00	—	—	43	35
Boris Katchouk L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:55	—	—	50	41
Henrik Borgstrom C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	2	5:39	—	—	70	82
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	3	0	22:09	—	—	61	47
Alec Regula D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.10	2	0	2	17:43	—	—	61	57
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	21:46	—	—	68	64
Caleb Jones D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.25	1	0	0	18:35	—	—	66	71
Seth Jones D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	2	0	0	23:18	—	—	55	46
Alex Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:28	—	—	43	31

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	L	19	15	4	.789	1.73	60:00

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Timo Meier R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.29	1	1	0	21:01	—	—	41	42
Tomas Hertl C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.37	1	0	0	19:44	—	—	46	52
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.14	0	0	0	19:14	—	—	40	46
Thomas Bordeleau C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	0	0	15:22	—	—	29	38
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	3	1	0	14:44	—	—	36	35
Rudolfs Balcers L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	13:02	—	—	39	55
Logan Couture C	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.10	1	1	0	16:43	—	—	39	53
Nick Bonino C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	0	1	0	16:30	—	—	23	28
Matt Nieto L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:39	—	—	25	25
Scott Reedy C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.07	1	0	0	10:27	—	—	55	57
Jasper Weatherby C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	10:12	—	—	46	37
Sasha Chmelevski C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.07	0	0	0	9:26	—	—	55	49
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.09	0	2	0	25:11	—	—	35	23
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	2	2	21:17	—	—	29	12
Ryan Merkley D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	2	0	18:14	—	—	50	48
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0	1	0	16:08	—	—	50	53
Nicolas Meloche D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	18:20	—	—	35	69
Jaycob Megna D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	16:46	—	—	28	64

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	2.37	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.