Calgary Flames vs. Chicago BlackhawksJan 15, 2026

FinalThursday, Jan 15, 2026· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CGY	2	0	1	3		CGY	6	11	6	23
CHI	1	0	0	1		CHI	9	9	5	23

: CGY 53CHI 47
: CGY 3.68CHI 1.78
PP goals: CGY 1CHI 0
Hits: CGY 29CHI 11
Blocks: CGY 12CHI 19
PIM: CGY 19CHI 17
: CGY 46%CHI 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Calgary Flames beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1

Calgary Flames beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–1 at CHI. Mikael Backlund (CGY) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CGY's first power-play unit (Backlund, Andersson, Frost, Sharangovich and Zary) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:54 together.

Points
Mikael Backlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:07.Backlund
Points
Yegor Sharangovich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:51.Sharangovich
PP1
CGY's first power-play unit (Backlund, Andersson, Frost, Sharangovich and Zary) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:54 together.Backlund Andersson Frost Sharangovich Zary
Usage
Connor Zary (CGY) played 19:47, +5:29 up on his 14:18 season average over 73 games.Zary
New line
New look for CHI: Donato–Lardis–Moore skated 7:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Donato Lardis Moore
Usage
Colton Dach (CHI) played 8:01, −3:31 down on his 11:32 season average over 60 games.Dach
Usage
Adam Klapka (CGY) played 15:10, +4:35 up on his 10:35 season average over 78 games.Klapka
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (CHI) played 20:53, +3:58 up on his 16:55 season average over 68 games.Grzelcyk

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 100 of 100 attempts · CHI 47 · CGY 53

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 40% of the game, CHI 19%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

CHI skaters (rows) against CGY skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CHI side.

Matchup matrix

CHI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	CGY	CHI
	50	43
	1.69	1.30
	1.66	1.28
	7	8
	6	7
	20	25
	−0.030	+0.030
	40%	19%

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

L1Kadri – Zary – Klapka
11:5257% CF
L2Backlund – Sharangovich – Coronato
9:2563% CF
L3Huberdeau – Frost – Farabee
7:2140% CF
L4Kirkland – Hunt – Lomberg
3:1978% CF
D1Andersson – Bahl
15:2467% CF
D2Weegar – Kuznetsov
13:4154% CF
D3Hanley – Brzustewicz
10:3842% CF

PP1Backlund – Andersson – Frost – Sharangovich – Zary
2:5480% CF
PP2Kadri – Huberdeau – Weegar – Farabee – Coronato
0:500% CF
PK1FBacklund – Farabee
3:41
PK2FHuberdeau – Kirkland
2:51
PK1DAndersson – Bahl
4:30
PK2DWeegar – Kuznetsov
1:41

Current CGY line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Burakovsky – Greene – Bedard
10:0748% CF
L2Dickinson – Bertuzzi – Mikheyev
7:3463% CF
L3Donato – Lardis – Moore
7:0450% CF
L4Foligno – Slaggert – Dach
6:0042% CF
D1Vlasic – Crevier
11:2063% CF
D2Kaiser – Levshunov
10:1744% CF
D3Murphy – Grzelcyk
9:4614% CF

PP1Burakovsky – Bertuzzi – Donato – Bedard – Levshunov
4:04100% CF
PP2Foligno – Grzelcyk – Greene – Lardis – Moore
3:270% CF
PK1FDickinson – Slaggert
1:23
PK2FMikheyev – Greene
0:41
PK1DVlasic – Crevier
1:37
PK2DMurphy – Kaiser
0:29

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:38
CHINick Foligno (Colton Dach, Landon Slaggert)wrist0.12 xG
CGY: Hanley, Kirkland, Hunt, Lomberg, BrzustewiczCHI: Foligno, Murphy, Grzelcyk, Slaggert, Dach
CGY 0 – 1 CHI
3:14
CGYYegor SharangovichPP (Mikael Backlund, Connor Zary)snap0.64 xG
CGY: Backlund, Andersson, Frost, Sharangovich, ZaryCHI: Murphy, Vlasic, Mikheyev, Greene
CGY 1 – 1 CHI
6:05
CGYMikael BacklundSHwrist0.25 xG
CGY: Backlund, Hanley, Farabee, KuznetsovCHI: Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, Greene, Bedard, Levshunov
CGY 2 – 1 CHI

3rd period

18:59
CGYMatt CoronatoEN (Yegor Sharangovich)wrist0.65 xG
CGY: Backlund, Andersson, Bahl, Sharangovich, CoronatoCHI: Grzelcyk, Burakovsky, Bertuzzi, Bedard, Moore, Levshunov
CGY 3 – 1 CHI

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
Nazem Kadri C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	20:05	—	—	53	45
Connor Zary C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.23	1	0	2	19:47	—	—	56	48
Adam Klapka R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	6	2	0	15:10	—	—	52	39
Mikael Backlund C	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.30	1	0	0	20:07	—	—	55	69
Yegor Sharangovich C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.77	1	0	2	16:51	—	—	52	72
Matt Coronato R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	1.04	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	67	79
Joel Farabee L	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	0	5	16:06	—	—	41	38
Jonathan Huberdeau L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.58	0	0	0	15:26	—	—	46	45
Morgan Frost C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:03	—	—	42	27
Justin Kirkland C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:03	—	—	64	70
Dryden Hunt L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	5	0	2	5:35	—	—	57	52
Ryan Lomberg L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	5:34	—	—	61	60
Rasmus Andersson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.11	1	1	0	26:55	—	—	67	75
Kevin Bahl D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	4	1	0	23:44	—	—	64	74
Yan Kuznetsov D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	2	0	20:12	—	—	58	70
MacKenzie Weegar D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	2	2	4	20:01	—	—	52	52
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	2	2	13:02	—	—	40	38
Hunter Brzustewicz D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	12:37	—	—	43	50

CGY goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devin Cooley(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.78	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Bedard C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.36	0	0	0	22:05	—	—	47	26
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	0	3	0	19:22	—	—	50	26
Ryan Greene C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	41	19
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.20	0	0	0	18:02	—	—	52	52
Ilya Mikheyev R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	2	13:46	—	—	58	72
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	1	0	13:25	—	—	57	64
Oliver Moore C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	2	16:10	—	—	33	8
Ryan Donato C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	4	13:30	—	—	38	31
Nick Lardis L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:12	—	—	38	11
Nick Foligno L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.12	2	2	0	13:37	—	—	35	62
Landon Slaggert L	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	11:27	—	—	44	65
Colton Dach C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	8:01	—	—	36	65
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	3	0	19:09	—	—	58	72
Louis Crevier D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	2	3	0	17:17	—	—	60	75
Artyom Levshunov D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.02	0	1	2	19:46	—	—	38	21
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:40	—	—	44	21
Matt Grzelcyk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.29	1	1	2	20:53	—	—	22	29
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	2	1	5	15:18	—	—	23	55

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	3.04	59:02

Goal anatomy

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

Nick Foligno (CHI) 1st 2:38 · assists Colton Dach, Landon Slaggert · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 49.4 mph shot · 3.5 s from entry to goal.

Nick Foligno · 1st 2:38 · CHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 3.5 s

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Yegor Sharangovich · 1st 3:14 · CGY PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.9 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Mikael Backlund · 1st 6:05 · CGY SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.6 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Matt Coronato · 3rd 18:59 · CGY EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 55 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 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.