Chicago Blackhawks vs. Dallas StarsDec 20, 2018

FinalThursday, Dec 20, 2018· American Airlines Center

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

5

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Dallas StarsDAL

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	2	1	2	5		CHI	12	6	11	29
DAL	0	1	1	2		DAL	14	10	4	28

: CHI 53DAL 65
: CHI 3.88DAL 2.43
PP goals: CHI 1DAL 0
Hits: CHI 9DAL 23
Blocks: CHI 14DAL 14
PIM: CHI 2DAL 2
: CHI 46%DAL 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Dallas Stars 5–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat Dallas Stars 5–2 at DAL. Patrick Kane (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 1A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:06 together.

Points
Patrick Kane had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:56.Kane
Points
Alex DeBrincat had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 16:33.DeBrincat
Points
David Kampf had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:09.Kampf
Points
Jamie Benn had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:03.Benn
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:06 together.Toews Kane Gustafsson Strome DeBrincat
Usage
Denis Gurianov (DAL) played 15:58, +5:21 up on his 10:37 season average over 20 games.Gurianov
New line
New look for CHI: Johnson–Hayden–Perlini skated 6:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (31.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnson Hayden Perlini
Usage
Taylor Fedun (DAL) played 18:07, +4:20 up on his 13:47 season average over 53 games.Fedun

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)DAL attacks right (top on phones) →

DAL
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · DAL 65 · CHI 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

DAL
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

DAL 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 21% of the game, DAL 31%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

DAL

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	DAL
	53	71
	2.28	2.40
	2.19	2.34
	6	17
	8	11
	38	20
	−0.029	+0.029
	21%	31%

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

L1Anisimov – Kane – Strome
14:0450% CF
L2Toews – Saad – Kahun
13:1162% CF
L3Sikura – DeBrincat – Kampf
11:3233% CF
L4Johnson – Hayden – Perlini
6:4932% CF
D1Keith – Gustafsson
20:0744% CF
D2Murphy – Dahlstrom
17:0741% CF
D3Seabrook – Forsling
11:5641% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
1:06100% CF
PK1FSaad – Hayden
0:44
PK2FAnisimov – Johnson
0:22
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
1:19
PK2DMurphy – Dahlstrom
0:34

Current CHI line combinations →

Dallas Stars

L1Radulov – Benn – Seguin
8:5678% CF
L2Comeau – Janmark – Dickinson
8:3747% CF
L3Hanzal – Pitlick – Faksa
7:0544% CF
L4Shore – Nichushkin – Gurianov
3:2458% CF
D1Klingberg – Lindell
18:0066% CF
D2Fedun – Heiskanen
13:5058% CF
D3Polak – Bayreuther
11:4361% CF

PP1Faksa – Lindell – Shore – Gurianov – Heiskanen
0:5780% CF
PP2Radulov – Hanzal – Benn – Seguin – Klingberg
0:5450% CF
PK1FHanzal – Faksa
1:06
PK1DPolak – Heiskanen
1:06

Current DAL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:12
CHIAlex DeBrincat (Dylan Sikura, David Kampf)wrist0.03 xG
CHI: Keith, Gustafsson, Sikura, DeBrincat, KampfDAL: Comeau, Polak, Janmark, Dickinson, Bayreuther
CHI 1 – 0 DAL
17:23
CHIErik GustafssonPP (Alex DeBrincat, Patrick Kane)slap0.07 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincatDAL: Polak, Hanzal, Faksa, Heiskanen
CHI 2 – 0 DAL

2nd period

1:56
CHIPatrick Kane (Artem Anisimov, Connor Murphy)backhand0.06 xG
CHI: Anisimov, Kane, Murphy, Dahlstrom, StromeDAL: Klingberg, Shore, Nichushkin, Gurianov, Bayreuther
CHI 3 – 0 DAL
8:15
DALTyler Seguin (Jamie Benn, Denis Gurianov)wrist0.13 xG
CHI: Kane, Murphy, Dahlstrom, Strome, DeBrincatDAL: Polak, Benn, Seguin, Gurianov, Bayreuther
CHI 3 – 1 DAL

3rd period

6:16
DALTaylor Fedun (Jamie Benn, Alexander Radulov)wrist0.17 xG
CHI: Toews, Saad, Murphy, Dahlstrom, KahunDAL: Radulov, Benn, Seguin, Fedun, Heiskanen
CHI 3 – 2 DAL
18:10
CHIPatrick KaneEN (David Kampf)wrist0.58 xG
CHI: Anisimov, Kane, Gustafsson, Forsling, KampfDAL: Benn, Klingberg, Faksa, Shore, Gurianov, Heiskanen
CHI 4 – 2 DAL
18:50
CHIBrendan PerliniEN (Alex DeBrincat)backhand0.83 xG
CHI: Seabrook, Toews, Dahlstrom, Perlini, DeBrincatDAL: Radulov, Hanzal, Benn, Seguin, Klingberg, Heiskanen
CHI 5 – 2 DAL

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	2	1	3	+1	4	0.74	0	1	0	19:56	—	—	42	34
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	46	32
Artem Anisimov C	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.05	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	46	38
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	0	0	17:31	—	—	54	53
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.42	0	0	2	17:15	—	—	54	48
Dominik Kahun C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:41	—	—	56	54
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	1	2	3	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	16:33	—	—	37	30
David Kampf C	L3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.12	1	0	0	15:09	—	—	39	39
Dylan Sikura R	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.26	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	33	47
Luke Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	1	0	0	10:46	—	—	33	58
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:47	—	—	36	60
Brendan Perlini L	L4	1	0	1	+1	5	1.43	1	1	0	8:58	—	—	36	52
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	3	0	24:51	—	—	43	62
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	1	0	1	+2	1	0.09	0	3	0	24:21	—	—	44	52
Carl Dahlstrom D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	0	1	0	19:18	—	—	39	28
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	3	1	0	18:59	—	—	44	40
Gustav Forsling D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	50	61
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	3	0	15:23	—	—	35	43

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Ward(start)	W	28	26	2	.929	2.43	60:00

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Seguin C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.15	2	0	0	21:15	—	—	63	54
Alexander Radulov R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.35	1	1	2	19:06	—	—	71	55
Jamie Benn L	L1	0	2	2	0	1	0.33	2	0	0	19:03	—	—	71	60
Mattias Janmark C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	50	51
Blake Comeau L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	3	0	0	11:46	—	—	57	60
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:35	—	—	50	54
Radek Faksa C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	1	0	0	15:18	—	—	50	70
Martin Hanzal C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	3	0	0	14:47	—	—	55	66
Tyler Pitlick C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	3	0	0	11:24	—	—	52	71
Denis Gurianov R	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.18	1	0	0	15:58	—	—	42	32
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	1	0	14:28	—	—	54	30
Valeri Nichushkin R	L4	0	0	0	-1	4	0.07	2	0	0	10:57	—	—	61	32
John Klingberg D	D1	0	0	0	-3	2	0.05	0	1	0	24:30	—	—	60	57
Esa Lindell D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	23:22	—	—	67	59
Miro Heiskanen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.18	0	4	0	22:45	—	—	50	47
Taylor Fedun D	D2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.30	0	0	0	18:07	—	—	61	48
Roman Polak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	16:26	—	—	50	47
Gavin Bayreuther D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.11	1	1	0	13:56	—	—	55	47

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ben Bishop(start)	L	27	24	3	.889	2.47	59:20

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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.