Edgehalla

Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago BlackhawksOct 21, 2021

Final· United Center
Goals123TShots123T
VAN1214VAN98825
CHI1001CHI129930
VAN 55CHI 55
VAN 3.33CHI 3.36
PP goals
VAN 1CHI 1
Hits
VAN 17CHI 23
Blocks
VAN 18CHI 14
PIM
VAN 13CHI 13
VAN 55%CHI 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–1 at CHI. Conor Garland (VAN) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Johnson, Jones and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:51 together.

  1. Points
    Conor Garland had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:22.Garland
  2. PP1
    CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Johnson, Jones and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:51 together.ToewsKaneJohnsonJonesDeBrincat
  3. PP1
    VAN's first power-play unit (Miller, Horvat, Boeser, Pettersson and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:10 together.MillerHorvatBoeserPetterssonHughes
  4. New line
    New look for VAN: Miller–Boeser–Pettersson skated 12:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (36% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.MillerBoeserPettersson
  5. Luck
    CHI scored 1 goal on 3.36 expected goals (55 attempts), well short of its chances.
  6. New line
    New look for CHI: Strome–DeBrincat–Borgstrom skated 4:09 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.StromeDeBrincatBorgstrom
  7. Usage
    Tucker Poolman (VAN) played 21:01, +4:07 up on his 16:54 season average over 39 games.Poolman
  8. Usage
    Juho Lammikko (VAN) played 6:19, −6:03 down on his 12:22 season average over 74 games.Lammikko

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.

Shot map, VAN at CHI: 110 attempts, 55 on goal, 5 goals, 6.69 expected goals; best chance Conor Garland at 0.98 xG.

Strength
Period
Team
← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →
  • CHI
  • VAN
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked

Showing 110 of 110 attempts · CHI 55 · VAN 55

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

Game flow, VAN at CHI: expected goals 3.36 to 3.33 (CHI led the chances), shot attempts 55 to 55, 5 goals.

0.01.02.03.04.01st2nd3rdCHIVANDDPBGnet xGcumulative expected goals · 60:00
  • CHI
  • VAN
  • Goal
  • Power play (shaded)
Pressure Index
CHIVANcontrol2nd3rdDickinson · 1st 6:36DeBrincat · 1st 8:26Pearson · 2nd 9:55Boeser · 2nd 18:21Garland · 3rd 18:58
  • CHI pressure
  • VAN pressure
  • Goal
  • Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 39% of the game, CHI 43%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

Shift chart, VAN at CHI: 38 players over 60:00; most ice Kevin Lankinen (58:18) for CHI and Thatcher Demko (60:00) for VAN, 5 goals.

CHI
VAN
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
StatVANCHI
4348
1.672.83
1.652.63
416
02
1712
+0.022−0.022
39%43%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

Current VAN line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

  1. 9:55
    VAN 2 – 1 CHI
  2. 18:21
    VAN 3 – 1 CHI

3rd period

  1. 18:58
    VAN 4 – 1 CHI

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
J.T. Miller CL1011+130.3541022:49——3526
Elias Pettersson CL1011010.0701019:43——4536
Brock Boeser RL1101030.5801018:45——4737
Bo Horvat CL2000+100.0601019:53——5736
Tanner Pearson LL2101+110.0822015:46——6251
Conor Garland RL2112+231.1100215:22——5044
Jason Dickinson CL3101+210.2011215:05——5042
Matthew Highmore CL3011+120.2120213:19——5552
Nils Hoglander LL3011+100.0001013:12——5538
Justin Dowling CL4000010.000008:43——3836
Alex Chiasson RL4000000.151107:50——140
Juho Lammikko CL4000000.042006:19——1721
Oliver Ekman-Larsson DD1000+150.1220023:19——6570
Tyler Myers DD1011+200.0012021:37——5061
Quinn Hughes DD2011+140.2900022:06——4234
Tucker Poolman DD2011+210.0302021:01——4932
Jack Rathbone DD3000000.0202014:27——3918
Kyle Burroughs DD3000000.0023713:05——4119
VAN goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Thatcher Demko(start)W30291.9673.3660:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
SkaterLineGAP+/-HitsBlkPIMPPSH
Patrick Kane RL1011-260.7600022:46——4855
Kirby Dach CL1000-210.1812018:31——5672
Brandon Hagel LL1000-100.0001015:46——5975
Jonathan Toews CL2000-230.4000218:15——4774
Dominik Kubalik LL2000-220.1331214:52——3945
Jujhar Khaira LL2000-110.1830013:55——5061
Alex DeBrincat RL3101-120.4410019:17——3850
Dylan Strome CL3000010.1600213:12——6392
Henrik Borgstrom CL3000030.3200012:27——5256
Tyler Johnson CL4000010.1810014:00——7176
Ryan Carpenter CL4000020.0432010:53——5530
MacKenzie Entwistle RL4000000.001108:57——5530
Jake McCabe DD1000020.1611020:26——6271
Connor Murphy DD1000010.0230220:25——5370
Seth Jones DD2011-230.3401027:52——5564
Calvin de Haan DD2000-120.0422017:03——5255
Riley Stillman DD3000-100.0231513:30——2531
Erik Gustafsson DD3000-100.0012012:51——5654
CHI goalies
GoalieDecSASVGATOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)L24213.8752.3558:18