Chicago Blackhawks vs. Minnesota WildDec 16, 2022

FinalFriday, Dec 16, 2022· Xcel Energy Center

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Minnesota WildMIN

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CHI	0	0	1	1		CHI	9	9	12	30
MIN	1	2	1	4		MIN	10	7	5	22

: CHI 47MIN 50
: CHI 2.63MIN 3.17
PP goals: CHI 1MIN 1
Hits: CHI 13MIN 20
Blocks: CHI 18MIN 12
PIM: CHI 6MIN 10
: CHI 61%MIN 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Minnesota Wild beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at home. Mats Zuccarello (MIN) led the scoring with 3G 1A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Jones, Domi and Raddysh) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:14 together.

Points
Mats Zuccarello had a hat trick and an assist (4 points) on 4 shots in 18:00.Zuccarello
Points
Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:43.Kaprizov
Points
Sam Steel had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:35.Steel
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Jones, Domi and Raddysh) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 4:14 together.Toews Kane Jones Domi Raddysh
PP1
MIN's first power-play unit (Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Addison and Boldy) scored 1 power-play goal on 3 attempts in 1:32 together.Zuccarello Eriksson Ek Kaprizov Addison Boldy
New line
New look for CHI: Blackwell–Khaira–Johnson skated 7:40 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Blackwell Khaira Johnson
Usage
Patrick Kane (CHI) played 23:55, +4:40 up on his 19:15 season average over 72 games.Kane
Luck
CHI scored 1 goal on 2.63 expected goals (47 attempts), well short of its chances.

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
CHI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · MIN 50 · CHI 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
CHI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 31% of the game, MIN 35%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	43	48
	2.46	2.19
	2.31	2.12
	6	8
	0	1
	12	14
	+0.089	−0.090
	31%	35%

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 – Domi – Lafferty
12:4435% CF
L2Athanasiou – Dickinson – Entwistle
8:4060% CF
L3Blackwell – Khaira – Johnson
7:4080% CF
L4Toews – Raddysh – Kurashev
7:1930% CF
D1McCabe – Jones
13:3156% CF
D2Tinordi – Murphy
13:2250% CF
D3Johnson – Jones
12:2743% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Jones – Domi – Raddysh
4:1478% CF
PP2Khaira – Athanasiou – Jones – Entwistle – Kurashev
2:3750% CF
PK1FDickinson – Lafferty
1:15
PK2FToews – Blackwell
0:17
PK1DTinordi – Murphy
1:15
PK2DMcCabe – Jones
0:17

Current CHI line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Kaprizov – Steel
11:5281% CF
L2Foligno – Greenway – Eriksson Ek
10:1043% CF
L3Reaves – Shaw – Dewar
9:0324% CF
L4Gaudreau – Walker – Boldy
8:5343% CF
D1Brodin – Dumba
15:1668% CF
D2Spurgeon – Middleton
15:1346% CF
D3Merrill – Addison
14:1847% CF

PP1Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Kaprizov – Addison – Boldy
1:32100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
2:08
PK2FFoligno – Steel
2:06
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
2:45
PK2DDumba – Middleton
2:10

Current MIN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:54
MINMats Zuccarello (Kirill Kaprizov, Sam Steel)deflected0.09 xG
CHI: Toews, Tinordi, Murphy, Raddysh, KurashevMIN: Zuccarello, Merrill, Kaprizov, Steel, Addison
CHI 0 – 1 MIN

2nd period

8:32
MINKirill Kaprizov (Mats Zuccarello, Sam Steel)other0.21 xG
CHI: Kane, Tinordi, Murphy, Domi, LaffertyMIN: Zuccarello, Brodin, Dumba, Kaprizov, Steel
CHI 0 – 2 MIN
19:17
MINMats ZuccarelloPP (Matt Boldy, Joel Eriksson Ek)wrist0.06 xG
CHI: Tinordi, Murphy, Dickinson, LaffertyMIN: Zuccarello, Eriksson Ek, Kaprizov, Addison, Boldy
CHI 0 – 3 MIN

3rd period

8:27
CHIJonathan ToewsPP (Patrick Kane, Seth Jones)tip-in0.10 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Jones, Domi, RaddyshMIN: Merrill, Dumba, Gaudreau, Eriksson Ek
CHI 1 – 3 MIN
17:51
MINMats ZuccarelloEN (Kirill Kaprizov, Jared Spurgeon)wrist0.46 xG
CHI: Toews, Kane, Athanasiou, Jones, Domi, RaddyshMIN: Spurgeon, Zuccarello, Brodin, Kaprizov, Steel
CHI 1 – 4 MIN

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	1	1	-2	3	0.15	0	1	2	23:55	—	—	39	29
Max Domi C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	0	0	0	20:32	—	—	39	29
Sam Lafferty C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	39	46
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	1	1	0	15:24	—	—	50	70
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	56	71
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	14:15	—	—	60	73
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:31	—	—	69	71
Reese Johnson C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	2	0	0	10:02	—	—	75	62
Colin Blackwell C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	2	9:37	—	—	80	64
Jonathan Toews C	L4	1	0	1	-2	4	0.40	0	1	0	16:26	—	—	44	49
Taylor Raddysh R	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	0	1	0	15:41	—	—	35	55
Philipp Kurashev C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.06	0	1	2	14:38	—	—	31	55
Seth Jones D	D1	0	1	1	-1	5	0.35	1	4	0	22:30	—	—	49	64
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.14	0	3	0	17:36	—	—	56	64
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	2	0	18:13	—	—	48	63
Jarred Tinordi D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	50	27
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.44	3	1	0	20:17	—	—	46	52
Jack Johnson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	17:08	—	—	32	26

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	2.51	59:41

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirill Kaprizov L	L1	1	2	3	+3	3	0.54	0	1	2	18:43	—	—	75	71
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	3	1	4	+3	4	0.75	0	0	0	18:00	—	—	81	71
Sam Steel C	L1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.28	1	1	0	16:35	—	—	82	77
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.46	0	1	0	16:33	—	—	44	18
Marcus Foligno L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	6	0	0	14:23	—	—	44	8
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:13	—	—	44	17
Connor Dewar C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:57	—	—	24	41
Mason Shaw C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	12:05	—	—	24	41
Ryan Reaves R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	2	1	0	10:45	—	—	28	50
Matt Boldy L	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.26	0	0	2	15:03	—	—	58	54
Frederick Gaudreau C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.13	1	1	0	14:30	—	—	27	38
Sammy Walker C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	11:07	—	—	27	26
Mathew Dumba D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.35	3	1	0	22:29	—	—	59	61
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	1	2	20:48	—	—	69	68
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	20:51	—	—	50	43
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	2	2	0	19:40	—	—	45	40
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:28	—	—	43	28
Calen Addison D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	1	2	16:43	—	—	47	30

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	W	30	29	1	.967	2.63	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.