Nashville Predators vs. Chicago BlackhawksMar 28, 2021

FinalSunday, Mar 28, 2021· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	2	0	1	3		NSH	8	12	11	31
CHI	0	0	2	2		CHI	8	11	10	29

: NSH 53CHI 51
: NSH 2.78CHI 1.84
PP goals: NSH 0CHI 0
Hits: NSH 39CHI 25
Blocks: NSH 13CHI 14
PIM: NSH 8CHI 4
: NSH 45%CHI 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators edge Chicago Blackhawks 3–2

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 at CHI. Alex DeBrincat (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CHI: DeBrincat–Suter–Kurashev skated 4:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:14.DeBrincat
Points
Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 16:17.Arvidsson
Points
Pius Suter had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:56.Suter
New line
New look for CHI: DeBrincat–Suter–Kurashev skated 4:32 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrincat Suter Kurashev
Usage
Roman Josi (NSH) played 20:42, −3:43 down on his 24:25 season average over 47 games.Josi
Usage
Adam Boqvist (CHI) played 21:56, +5:05 up on his 16:51 season average over 34 games.Boqvist
Usage
Calvin de Haan (CHI) played 14:07, −4:36 down on his 18:43 season average over 43 games.de Haan
Usage
Matthew Highmore (CHI) played 7:17, −4:27 down on his 11:44 season average over 41 games.Highmore

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

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

CHI
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 104 of 104 attempts · CHI 51 · NSH 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 33% of the game, CHI 22%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

NSH

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	NSH	CHI
	58	50
	2.94	1.96
	2.86	1.93
	7	5
	6	5
	17	20
	−0.053	+0.053
	33%	22%

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.

Nashville Predators

L1Sissons – Trenin – Olivier
10:4550% CF
L2Johansen – Arvidsson – Tolvanen
10:1859% CF
L3Jarnkrok – Granlund – Kunin
9:5854% CF
L4Haula – Cousins – Grimaldi
8:2057% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
14:3544% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
13:5658% CF
D3Benning – Harpur
11:1974% CF

PP1Josi – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Granlund – Tolvanen
1:07100% CF
PP2Ekholm – Haula – Cousins – Grimaldi – Arvidsson
0:53
PK1FHaula – Jarnkrok
2:00
PK2FGranlund – Sissons
1:44
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
2:36
PK2DHarpur – Fabbro
2:02

Current NSH line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Janmark – Dach
6:3754% CF
L2DeBrincat – Suter – Kurashev
4:3244% CF
L3Kubalik – Hagel – Kampf
3:5150% CF
L4Soderberg – Carpenter – Highmore
3:3233% CF
D1Murphy – Zadorov
15:5467% CF
D2Keith – Boqvist
14:3044% CF
D3de Haan – Beaudin
12:1425% CF

PP1Soderberg – Kane – DeBrincat – Boqvist – Dach
3:41100% CF
PP2Keith – Kubalik – Janmark – Suter – Kurashev
2:14100% CF
PK1FSoderberg – Kampf
0:52
PK2FJanmark – Suter
0:34
PK1DKeith – Murphy
1:08
PK2Dde Haan – Boqvist
0:52

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:43
NSHViktor Arvidssonwrist0.08 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Arvidsson, Carrier, TolvanenCHI: Kane, de Haan, Janmark, Beaudin, Dach
NSH 1 – 0 CHI
18:30
NSHCalle Jarnkrok (Mattias Ekholm, Luke Kunin)deflected0.25 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Granlund, Carrier, KuninCHI: Kane, de Haan, Hagel, Beaudin, Dach
NSH 2 – 0 CHI

3rd period

7:35
CHIAlex DeBrincat (Patrick Kane, Pius Suter)slap0.11 xG
NSH: Jarnkrok, Granlund, Benning, Harpur, KuninCHI: Keith, Kane, DeBrincat, Suter, Beaudin
NSH 2 – 1 CHI
9:25
CHIAlex DeBrincat (Pius Suter)wrist0.19 xG
NSH: Josi, Johansen, Arvidsson, Fabbro, TolvanenCHI: Kane, de Haan, Murphy, DeBrincat, Suter
NSH 2 – 2 CHI
13:27
NSHRoman Josi (Eeli Tolvanen, Viktor Arvidsson)wrist0.22 xG
NSH: Josi, Johansen, Benning, Arvidsson, TolvanenCHI: Murphy, Kubalik, Zadorov, Hagel, Dach
NSH 3 – 2 CHI

Box score

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

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Colton Sissons C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	16:13	—	—	56	71
Yakov Trenin C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	4	1	4	14:46	—	—	50	68
Mathieu Olivier R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	2	0	0	13:39	—	—	50	58
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.40	1	0	2	16:17	—	—	65	63
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:55	—	—	52	50
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.19	4	0	0	14:25	—	—	55	53
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	3	0	18:07	—	—	50	63
Calle Jarnkrok C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.57	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	54	62
Luke Kunin C	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.42	2	0	0	11:51	—	—	52	64
Erik Haula L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	13:48	—	—	59	65
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	2	1	0	11:34	—	—	48	51
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:21	—	—	53	55
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	0	0	23:19	—	—	38	35
Roman Josi D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.28	1	4	0	20:42	—	—	46	40
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	0	0	+2	3	0.05	4	1	0	22:19	—	—	48	61
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	1	0	20:26	—	—	62	69
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	3	2	0	15:56	—	—	68	73
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:14	—	—	70	82

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pekka Rinne(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	1.84	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.15	2	0	0	24:46	—	—	50	47
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	1	2	0	21:18	—	—	38	20
Mattias Janmark C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	0	1	0	17:12	—	—	43	26
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	0.48	3	0	0	19:14	—	—	55	59
Pius Suter C	L2	0	2	2	+2	3	0.26	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	54	57
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:03	—	—	50	43
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	2	0	0	15:37	—	—	40	30
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.14	1	1	0	13:01	—	—	44	29
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	10:41	—	—	47	54
Carl Soderberg C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	14:52	—	—	54	74
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	2	8:39	—	—	42	28
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	7:17	—	—	40	20
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	3	1	0	19:07	—	—	64	61
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.11	3	1	2	17:17	—	—	68	62
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.11	0	4	0	24:21	—	—	42	39
Adam Boqvist D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	21:56	—	—	46	40
Nicolas Beaudin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:47	—	—	30	26
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	1	0	14:07	—	—	28	28

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.78	58:39

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.