Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 17, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	1	3	0	4		VAN	6	14	7	27
CHI	1	1	1	3		CHI	13	9	6	28

: VAN 53CHI 50
: VAN 3.23CHI 2.24
PP goals: VAN 1CHI 2
Hits: VAN 14CHI 11
Blocks: VAN 8CHI 15
PIM: VAN 23CHI 13
: VAN 55%CHI 45%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vancouver Canucks edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3

Vancouver Canucks beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–3 at CHI. Nick Foligno (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Foligno, Johnson, Raddysh, Kurashev and Bedard) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:58 together.

Points
Nick Foligno had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:19.Foligno
Points
Connor Bedard had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 23:16.Bedard
Points
J.T. Miller had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:55.Miller
Points
Tyler Myers had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:38.Myers
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Foligno, Johnson, Raddysh, Kurashev and Bedard) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 4:58 together.Foligno Johnson Raddysh Kurashev Bedard
New line
New look for VAN: Pettersson–Suter–Mikheyev skated 10:21 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (84.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Pettersson Suter Mikheyev
Usage
Joey Anderson (CHI) played 7:39, −6:00 down on his 13:39 season average over 54 games.Anderson
New line
New look for VAN: Lafferty–Aman–Kuzmenko skated 5:19 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (28.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Lafferty Aman Kuzmenko

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

← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)CHI attacks right (top on phones) →

CHI
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 103 of 103 attempts · CHI 50 · VAN 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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 31% of the game, CHI 27%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

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
Stat	VAN	CHI
	47	37
	2.47	1.17
	2.39	1.15
	11	5
	6	6
	19	12
	+0.041	−0.041
	31%	27%

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

L1Pettersson – Suter – Mikheyev
10:2185% CF
L2Blueger – Joshua – Garland
8:5850% CF
L3Miller – Boeser – Hoglander
7:5435% CF
L4Lafferty – Aman – Kuzmenko
5:1929% CF
D1Hronek – Hughes
13:1670% CF
D2Cole – Juulsen
11:4624% CF
D3Myers – Zadorov
10:1063% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Pettersson – Hughes – Kuzmenko
4:4186% CF
PP2Lafferty – Garland – Hronek – Suter – Mikheyev
1:08
PK1FSuter – Aman
2:19
PK2FBlueger – Joshua
1:24
PK1DMyers – Hronek
1:54
PK2DCole – Juulsen
1:32

Current VAN line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Johnson – Beauvillier – Raddysh
10:5530% CF
L2Kurashev – Reichel – Bedard
8:2842% CF
L3Foligno – Dickinson – Anderson
5:0257% CF
L4Donato – Guttman – Johnson
3:5660% CF
D1Murphy – Phillips
13:1863% CF
D2Crevier – Kaiser
9:5927% CF
D3Zaitsev – Roos
9:0547% CF

PP1Foligno – Johnson – Raddysh – Kurashev – Bedard
4:5890% CF
PP2Donato – Beauvillier – Zaitsev – Guttman – Reichel
1:2825% CF
PK1FFoligno – Dickinson
2:47
PK2FDonato – Johnson
0:47
PK1DMurphy – Phillips
2:45
PK2DCrevier – Kaiser
1:58

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.27	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	83	83
Pius Suter C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:19	—	—	82	85
Ilya Mikheyev R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	0	1	0	15:44	—	—	80	86
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:18	—	—	55	75
Dakota Joshua C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.19	4	1	2	15:09	—	—	53	73
Conor Garland R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.18	1	0	0	13:55	—	—	54	72
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	2	2	0	3	1.20	3	1	2	19:55	—	—	44	62
Brock Boeser R	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.43	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	44	62
Nils Hoglander L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	9:53	—	—	39	57
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:09	—	—	46	59
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:33	—	—	50	48
Nils Aman C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	8:42	—	—	38	57
Filip Hronek D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.16	0	0	0	23:57	—	—	65	56
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	23:13	—	—	75	65
Ian Cole D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	3	2	2	19:00	—	—	39	54
Noah Juulsen D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	17:04	—	—	25	51
Tyler Myers D	D3	0	2	2	+3	0	0.02	0	0	0	18:38	—	—	67	93
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	+3	2	0.03	0	0	17	13:41	—	—	68	94

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	W	28	25	3	.893	2.24	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Taylor Raddysh R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.24	1	0	2	21:32	—	—	26	13
Tyler Johnson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.29	0	1	0	20:56	—	—	38	33
Anthony Beauvillier R	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	15:55	—	—	29	14
Connor Bedard C	L2	0	2	2	0	5	0.54	0	0	0	23:16	—	—	33	25
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.09	0	0	4	20:25	—	—	36	46
Lukas Reichel L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:09	—	—	44	38
Nick Foligno L	L3	2	0	2	0	4	0.47	0	1	0	20:19	—	—	56	71
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	15:10	—	—	40	43
Joey Anderson R	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	7:39	—	—	60	79
Ryan Donato C	L4	0	0	0	-2	4	0.21	1	0	0	11:06	—	—	59	27
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	4	0	5	8:44	—	—	77	48
Cole Guttman C	L4	1	0	1	-2	1	0.08	0	1	0	8:07	—	—	60	16
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	3	0	21:33	—	—	61	43
Isaak Phillips D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	21:02	—	—	61	54
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	2	0	19:01	—	—	22	32
Louis Crevier D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	4	2	14:33	—	—	25	46
Nikita Zaitsev D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:55	—	—	33	15
Filip Roos D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	47	18

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	27	23	4	.852	3.23	58:00

Goal anatomy

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

Brock Boeser (VAN) 2nd 3:45 · assists J.T. Miller, Tyler Myers · Odd-man rush · passed in · 2-on-1 at the blue line · 38.2 mph shot · 2.7 s from entry to goal.

Brock Boeser · 2nd 3:45 · VAN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 38.2 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Nick Foligno · 1st 9:59 · CHI

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 19.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Elias Pettersson · 1st 18:15 · VAN PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 57.7 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nick Foligno · 2nd 0:35 · CHI PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 8.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Dakota Joshua · 2nd 3:04 · VAN

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 34.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 7.0 s
Type: deflection

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Ilya Mikheyev · 2nd 15:41 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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Cole Guttman · 3rd 6:44 · CHI PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 2
Shot: 72.1 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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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.

Vancouver Canucks vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 17, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Vancouver Canucks edge Chicago Blackhawks 4–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Vancouver Canucks

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Vancouver Canucks

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Brock Boeser · 2nd 3:45 · VAN

Nick Foligno · 1st 9:59 · CHI

Elias Pettersson · 1st 18:15 · VAN PP

Nick Foligno · 2nd 0:35 · CHI PP

Dakota Joshua · 2nd 3:04 · VAN

Ilya Mikheyev · 2nd 15:41 · VAN

Cole Guttman · 3rd 6:44 · CHI PP