Chicago Blackhawks vs. San Jose SharksOct 31, 2024

FinalThursday, Oct 31, 2024· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	2	0	0	2		CHI	9	9	11	29
SJS	1	2	0	3		SJS	12	12	5	29

: CHI 73SJS 48
: CHI 3.46SJS 2.01
PP goals: CHI 0SJS 1
Hits: CHI 13SJS 20
Blocks: CHI 9SJS 26
PIM: CHI 2SJS 6
: CHI 39%SJS 61%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2

San Jose Sharks beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 at home. Will Smith (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Henry Thrun (SJS) played 13:46, −3:49 down on his 17:35 season average over 59 games.

Points
Will Smith had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 13:14.Smith
Points
Connor Murphy had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:54.Murphy
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Henry Thrun (SJS) played 13:46, −3:49 down on his 17:35 season average over 59 games.Thrun
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Jan Rutta (SJS) played 21:19, +4:08 up on his 17:11 season average over 53 games.Rutta
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Wyatt Kaiser (CHI) played 22:11, +4:08 up on his 18:03 season average over 56 games.Kaiser
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Craig Smith (CHI) played 14:40, +3:23 up on his 11:17 season average over 58 games.Smith
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Nolan Allan (CHI) played 11:47, −3:25 down on his 15:12 season average over 42 games.Allan
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Philipp Kurashev (CHI) played 17:08, +3:29 up on his 13:39 season average over 50 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 121 of 121 attempts · SJS 48 · CHI 73

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 47% of the game, SJS 19%.

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
	78	56
	3.50	2.31
	3.27	2.16
	13	13
	5	7
	20	23
	−0.053	+0.053
	47%	19%

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

L1Teravainen – Kurashev – Bedard
13:0764% CF
L2Dickinson – Donato – Mikheyev
10:3842% CF
L3Foligno – Hall – Bertuzzi
10:1468% CF
L4Maroon – Smith – Reichel
9:0645% CF
D1Jones – Kaiser
16:3553% CF
D2Murphy – Vlasic
13:2357% CF
D3Brodie – Allan
8:5356% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Jones – Reichel – Bedard
1:59100% CF
PP2Maroon – Smith – Hall – Kurashev – Vlasic
1:57100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Dickinson
0:45
PK2FTeravainen – Mikheyev
0:40
PK1DJones – Kaiser
1:16
PK2DMurphy – Vlasic
0:09

Current CHI line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Toffoli – Granlund – Eklund
13:1467% CF
L2Goodrow – Kunin – Smith
9:5233% CF
L3Wennberg – Zetterlund – Gushchin
9:4819% CF
L4Grundstrom – Sturm – Cardwell
7:3138% CF
D1Ferraro – Rutta
14:3532% CF
D2Ceci – Walman
13:4154% CF
D3Thrun – Thompson
10:0460% CF

PP1Toffoli – Granlund – Wennberg – Walman – Eklund
1:17
PP2Kunin – Zetterlund – Gushchin – Thompson – Smith
0:09100% CF
PK1FGoodrow – Kunin
1:58
PK2FGranlund – Eklund
1:38
PK1DCeci – Walman
1:05
PK2DFerraro – Rutta
0:54

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:52
SJSWill Smith (Luke Kunin, Cody Ceci)wrist0.06 xG
CHI: Maroon, Brodie, Smith, Reichel, AllanSJS: Goodrow, Ceci, Walman, Kunin, Smith
CHI 0 – 1 SJS
7:29
CHIRyan Donato (Ilya Mikheyev, Connor Murphy)snap0.09 xG
CHI: Murphy, Dickinson, Donato, Vlasic, MikheyevSJS: Toffoli, Granlund, Ferraro, Rutta, Eklund
CHI 1 – 1 SJS
8:19
CHITyler Bertuzzi (Connor Murphy, Taylor Hall)wrist0.43 xG
CHI: Foligno, Hall, Murphy, Bertuzzi, VlasicSJS: Grundstrom, Ferraro, Rutta, Sturm, Cardwell
CHI 2 – 1 SJS

2nd period

1:30
SJSAlexander Wennberg (Fabian Zetterlund, Jake Walman)other0.34 xG
CHI: Teravainen, Jones, Kurashev, Vlasic, BedardSJS: Ceci, Wennberg, Walman, Zetterlund, Gushchin
CHI 2 – 2 SJS
10:42
SJSWill SmithPPwrist0.09 xG
CHI: Foligno, Murphy, Dickinson, VlasicSJS: Kunin, Zetterlund, Gushchin, Thompson, Smith
CHI 2 – 3 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
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	0	0	0	20:55	—	—	63	53
Teuvo Teravainen C	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.40	0	0	0	20:22	—	—	67	62
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	1	0	0	17:08	—	—	67	59
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	14:24	—	—	46	53
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.30	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	43	53
Ryan Donato C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	2	0	0	13:27	—	—	41	43
Taylor Hall L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.13	0	0	0	15:54	—	—	67	97
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.85	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	71	98
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.27	5	1	0	14:53	—	—	69	98
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	2	14:40	—	—	46	24
Patrick Maroon L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	50	24
Lukas Reichel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	0	0	0	12:08	—	—	46	13
Seth Jones D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.24	0	1	0	27:09	—	—	57	52
Wyatt Kaiser D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	2	0	22:11	—	—	57	59
Alex Vlasic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	2	0	20:48	—	—	54	58
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	2	2	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	17:54	—	—	58	75
TJ Brodie D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	2	0	14:11	—	—	67	67
Nolan Allan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:47	—	—	57	58

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	29	26	3	.897	2.01	58:41

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
William Eklund L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.14	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	60	64
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	2	0	0	19:19	—	—	63	62
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	-1	8	0.32	0	1	2	16:47	—	—	57	64
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	2	1	0	16:35	—	—	31	30
Barclay Goodrow C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	4	0	16:08	—	—	26	15
Will Smith C	L2	2	0	2	+1	3	0.16	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	41	39
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.34	0	2	0	18:10	—	—	16	31
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	3	0	2	14:50	—	—	28	36
Danil Gushchin L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	1	0	11:51	—	—	32	43
Nico Sturm C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	9:57	—	—	39	23
Ethan Cardwell R	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	2	0	0	9:51	—	—	41	26
Carl Grundstrom R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	2	0	9:07	—	—	38	26
Jan Rutta D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.01	3	3	0	21:19	—	—	20	15
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	2	0	21:00	—	—	31	24
Jake Walman D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.11	1	3	0	25:04	—	—	46	47
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	2	0	24:07	—	—	44	42
Henry Thrun D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	13:46	—	—	61	55
Jack Thompson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	13:37	—	—	47	45

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	3.46	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Alexander Wennberg (SJS) 2nd 1:30 · assists Fabian Zetterlund, Jake Walman · Forecheck turnover · 8.3 mph shot.

Alexander Wennberg · 2nd 1:30 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 8.3 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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

Will Smith · 1st 6:52 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 49.1 mph
Distance: 28 ft

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Ryan Donato · 1st 7:29 · CHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 71.0 mph
Distance: 29 ft

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Tyler Bertuzzi · 1st 8:19 · CHI

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2
Shot: 22.8 mph
Distance: 3 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.