Calgary Flames vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 2, 2022

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	1	2	2	5		CGY	6	26	10	42
CHI	1	0	0	1		CHI	11	9	11	31

: CGY 70CHI 56
: CGY 4.58CHI 2.50
PP goals: CGY 1CHI 0
Hits: CGY 34CHI 21
Blocks: CGY 17CHI 16
PIM: CGY 6CHI 6
: CGY 61%CHI 39%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–1

Calgary Flames beat Chicago Blackhawks 5–1 at CHI. Johnny Gaudreau (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 2A. CGY's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:02 together.

Points
Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:25.Gaudreau
Points
Matthew Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 7 shots in 18:12.Tkachuk
PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Lindholm, Monahan, Andersson and Tkachuk) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 3:02 together.Gaudreau Lindholm Monahan Andersson Tkachuk
Goalie
Arvid Soderblom (CHI) faced 41 shots and stopped 37 (.902), +9 against a season average of 31.7; the loss.Soderblom
New line
New look for CHI: Gabriel–Khaira–Slavin skated 5:30 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gabriel Khaira Slavin
Usage
Dylan Strome (CHI) played 10:57, −6:35 down on his 17:32 season average over 68 games.Strome
Usage
Henrik Borgstrom (CHI) played 13:43, +3:16 up on his 10:27 season average over 51 games.Borgstrom
Usage
Josiah Slavin (CHI) played 8:14, −4:04 down on his 12:18 season average over 14 games.Slavin

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

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

CHI
CGY
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · CHI 56 · CGY 70

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
CGY
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

CHI pressure
CGY pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CGY 43% 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

CGY

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	CGY	CHI
	60	56
	3.04	2.01
	2.79	1.96
	11	5
	7	2
	19	26
	+0.117	−0.117
	43%	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.

Calgary Flames

L1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Tkachuk
12:5067% CF
L2Backlund – Pitlick – Coleman
9:4344% CF
L3Lucic – Mangiapane – Dube
8:3753% CF
L4Richardson – Lewis – Monahan
8:3329% CF
D1Tanev – Kylington
17:3948% CF
D2Hanifin – Andersson
14:3943% CF
D3Gudbranson – Zadorov
14:0664% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Lindholm – Monahan – Andersson – Tkachuk
3:02100% CF
PP2Lucic – Backlund – Mangiapane – Hanifin – Kylington
1:2883% CF
PK1FBacklund – Lindholm
1:47
PK2FLewis – Coleman
1:38
PK1DTanev – Gudbranson
2:46
PK2DHanifin – Andersson
1:58

Current CGY line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kubalik – Kurashev – Dach
11:0353% CF
L2Kane – DeBrincat – Borgstrom
10:1468% CF
L3Gabriel – Khaira – Slavin
5:3033% CF
L4Toews – Strome – Hagel
4:5338% CF
D1Murphy – McCabe
13:3044% CF
D2de Haan – Jones
10:3663% CF
D3Gustafsson – Jones
7:158% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – DeBrincat – Dach
2:4575% CF
PP2Kubalik – Jones – Strome – Borgstrom – Kurashev
1:21100% CF
PK1FToews – Hagel
2:35
PK2FKhaira – Dach
1:52
PK1DMurphy – McCabe
3:05
PK2Dde Haan – Jones
1:37

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.

Calgary Flames

CGY skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Lindholm C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.12	1	1	0	20:37	—	—	58	63
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	1	2	3	+2	3	0.31	1	0	0	19:25	—	—	65	72
Matthew Tkachuk L	L1	1	1	2	+2	7	1.00	2	1	0	18:12	—	—	66	70
Mikael Backlund C	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.36	2	1	0	16:28	—	—	48	61
Blake Coleman L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.42	2	1	0	13:57	—	—	46	58
Tyler Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	9	0	0	12:21	—	—	44	60
Andrew Mangiapane L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	57	62
Milan Lucic L	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.17	2	0	0	12:59	—	—	56	64
Dillon Dube C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.70	0	0	2	9:52	—	—	48	59
Sean Monahan C	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	1	1	2	14:26	—	—	40	37
Trevor Lewis C	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	5	2	0	14:20	—	—	37	38
Brad Richardson R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:21	—	—	29	20
Chris Tanev D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	2	1	0	21:06	—	—	47	50
Oliver Kylington D	D1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.45	0	1	0	20:26	—	—	53	59
Rasmus Andersson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.18	2	3	0	21:18	—	—	42	63
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.14	0	0	0	19:59	—	—	46	64
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	3	3	0	18:23	—	—	68	71
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	0	2	2	16:06	—	—	59	58

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jacob Markstrom(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	2.50	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	1	0	0	21:46	—	—	47	43
Dominik Kubalik L	L1	0	0	0	-2	5	0.63	1	0	0	17:09	—	—	52	58
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.11	0	0	2	16:10	—	—	52	57
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	1	1	-2	3	0.22	0	1	0	20:55	—	—	66	47
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	1	0	1	-1	3	0.33	1	0	2	20:24	—	—	53	34
Henrik Borgstrom C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	0	0	0	13:43	—	—	71	63
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	4	0	0	13:02	—	—	50	38
Josiah Slavin L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	2	8:14	—	—	31	17
Kurtis Gabriel R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	6:39	—	—	33	59
Jonathan Toews C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.09	1	0	0	17:21	—	—	38	29
Brandon Hagel L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.15	0	1	0	13:37	—	—	43	39
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:57	—	—	24	17
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	3	0	21:03	—	—	40	35
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	4	0	20:00	—	—	45	46
Seth Jones D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	24:15	—	—	69	58
Calvin de Haan D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.07	3	2	0	18:43	—	—	59	46
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	0	2	0	17:44	—	—	39	23
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:33	—	—	38	33

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Arvid Soderblom(start)	L	41	37	4	.902	4.19	59:18

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.

Calgary Flames vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 2, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Calgary Flames rout Chicago Blackhawks 5–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Calgary Flames

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Calgary Flames

Chicago Blackhawks