New York Islanders vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 27, 2019

FinalFriday, Dec 27, 2019· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NYI	1	0	1	2		NYI	14	16	10	40
CHI	3	0	2	5		CHI	13	8	9	30

: NYI 58CHI 57
: NYI 2.44CHI 2.60
PP goals: NYI 0CHI 0
Hits: NYI 50CHI 28
Blocks: NYI 18CHI 14
PIM: NYI 18CHI 14
: NYI 50%CHI 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat New York Islanders 5–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat New York Islanders 5–2 at home. Dylan Strome (CHI) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for CHI: Kane–Carpenter–Nylander skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Duncan Keith had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:40.Keith
Points
Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:27.Strome
New line
New look for CHI: Kane–Carpenter–Nylander skated 11:12 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Carpenter Nylander
New line
New look for NYI: Brassard–Dal Colle–Beauvillier skated 8:52 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brassard Dal Colle Beauvillier
Goalie
Robin Lehner (CHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 38 (.950), +6 against a season average of 34.3; the win.Lehner
Luck
CHI scored 5 goals on 2.60 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for CHI: Strome–DeBrincat–Dach skated 8:57 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome DeBrincat Dach
New line
New look for NYI: Bailey–Nelson–Johnston skated 7:45 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (42.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bailey Nelson Johnston

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

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

CHI
NYI
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · CHI 57 · NYI 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
NYI
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NYI 31% of the game, CHI 34%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

NYI

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	NYI	CHI
	56	60
	2.14	2.57
	2.08	2.48
	10	5
	5	4
	25	25
	+0.006	−0.006
	31%	34%

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.

New York Islanders

L1Eberle – Lee – Barzal
13:2258% CF
L2Brassard – Dal Colle – Beauvillier
8:5259% CF
L3Bailey – Nelson – Johnston
7:4543% CF
L4Martin – Cizikas – Kuhnhackl
6:4170% CF
D1Pelech – Pulock
13:0135% CF
D2Boychuk – Leddy
12:5253% CF
D3Mayfield – Toews
12:1150% CF

PP1Bailey – Eberle – Lee – Toews – Barzal
2:15100% CF
PP2Brassard – Leddy – Nelson – Pulock – Beauvillier
1:35100% CF
PK1FCizikas – Kuhnhackl
3:33
PK2FBailey – Nelson
3:17
PK1DBoychuk – Pulock
4:02
PK2DMayfield – Pelech
3:58

Current NYI line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Carpenter – Nylander
11:1256% CF
L2Toews – Kubalik – Quenneville
9:5152% CF
L3Strome – DeBrincat – Dach
8:5750% CF
L4Smith – Highmore – Kampf
8:2155% CF
D1Keith – Gustafsson
15:4549% CF
D2Murphy – Koekkoek
14:1859% CF
D3Maatta – Gilbert
14:0533% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
4:0567% CF
PP2Keith – Kubalik – Quenneville – Nylander – Dach
2:20
PK1FToews – Carpenter
1:52
PK2FSmith – Kampf
1:45
PK1DKeith – Murphy
2:36
PK2DMaatta – Gilbert
0:25

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

5:50
NYIRoss Johnston (Josh Bailey, Nick Leddy)tip-in0.07 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, JohnstonCHI: Keith, Toews, Gustafsson, Kubalik, Quenneville
NYI 1 – 0 CHI
7:34
CHIDennis Gilbert (Dylan Strome, Duncan Keith)backhand0.07 xG
NYI: Cizikas, Mayfield, Dal Colle, Toews, BeauvillierCHI: Keith, Strome, Gilbert, DeBrincat, Dach
NYI 1 – 1 CHI
9:46
CHIDominik Kubalik (Patrick Kane)wrist0.13 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Eberle, Leddy, Lee, BarzalCHI: Toews, Kane, Maatta, Kubalik, Gilbert
NYI 1 – 2 CHI
11:56
CHIAlex DeBrincat (Dylan Strome, Duncan Keith)wrist0.05 xG
NYI: Boychuk, Bailey, Leddy, Nelson, JohnstonCHI: Keith, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincat, Dach
NYI 1 – 3 CHI

3rd period

0:50
CHIJonathan Toewssnap0.04 xG
NYI: Eberle, Lee, Pelech, Pulock, BarzalCHI: Toews, Murphy, Koekkoek, Quenneville, Nylander
NYI 1 – 4 CHI
3:03
CHIMatthew Highmore (David Kampf)wrist0.03 xG
NYI: Bailey, Nelson, Pelech, Pulock, BeauvillierCHI: Keith, Smith, Gustafsson, Highmore, Kampf
NYI 1 – 5 CHI
16:32
NYICasey CizikasSH (Tom Kuhnhackl, Adam Pelech)wrist0.21 xG
NYI: Cizikas, Kuhnhackl, Mayfield, PelechCHI: Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome, DeBrincat
NYI 2 – 5 CHI

Box score

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

New York Islanders

NYI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anders Lee L	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.12	3	0	0	19:55	—	—	47	39
Jordan Eberle R	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.32	1	1	0	19:11	—	—	42	32
Mathew Barzal C	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.19	4	2	2	18:44	—	—	53	57
Derick Brassard C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	14:45	—	—	50	43
Anthony Beauvillier R	L2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.07	3	0	0	14:41	—	—	54	48
Michael Dal Colle L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.31	2	0	0	11:48	—	—	58	57
Josh Bailey R	L3	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	15:36	—	—	33	34
Brock Nelson C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	4	0	0	15:19	—	—	48	51
Ross Johnston L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.07	2	2	2	9:36	—	—	42	51
Casey Cizikas C	L4	1	0	1	0	4	0.35	3	0	0	14:11	—	—	45	34
Tom Kuhnhackl R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	2	0	0	11:24	—	—	54	67
Matt Martin L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	9	1	12	9:15	—	—	62	62
Ryan Pulock D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.08	1	2	0	21:09	—	—	33	28
Adam Pelech D	D1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.02	4	2	0	20:04	—	—	39	34
Nick Leddy D	D2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.14	1	1	2	19:03	—	—	59	58
Johnny Boychuk D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.03	3	3	0	18:24	—	—	53	53
Scott Mayfield D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	19:37	—	—	52	51
Devon Toews D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	3	1	0	19:18	—	—	40	33

NYI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Semyon Varlamov	—	19	17	2	.895	1.64	48:04
Thomas Greiss(start)	L	11	8	3	.727	0.96	11:56

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.30	0	1	0	20:12	—	—	44	49
Alex Nylander L	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	54	54
Ryan Carpenter C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	1	0	15:21	—	—	52	60
Jonathan Toews C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	18:22	—	—	52	50
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:43	—	—	55	48
John Quenneville C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	5	1	0	13:55	—	—	56	46
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.41	0	0	0	16:12	—	—	50	77
Kirby Dach C	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.08	0	1	0	15:52	—	—	48	65
Dylan Strome C	L3	0	2	2	+1	4	0.37	0	1	0	15:27	—	—	52	74
Zack Smith C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	4	0	0	12:34	—	—	47	33
David Kampf C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:48	—	—	54	34
Matthew Highmore C	L4	1	0	1	+1	4	0.15	0	0	2	9:50	—	—	62	55
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.10	0	3	0	23:40	—	—	51	49
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	1	0	20:14	—	—	51	52
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	5	0.31	3	0	0	19:55	—	—	61	55
Slater Koekkoek D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	3	1	10	15:37	—	—	55	47
Dennis Gilbert D	D3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.07	3	3	0	17:55	—	—	44	65
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	6	1	2	15:30	—	—	42	63

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	40	38	2	.950	2.44	60:00

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.