Nashville Predators vs. Chicago BlackhawksApr 21, 2021

Final / OTWednesday, Apr 21, 2021· United Center

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

4

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

5

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	1	2	1	0	4		NSH	16	14	9	1	40
CHI	1	0	3	1	5		CHI	11	10	7	2	30

: NSH 60CHI 62
: NSH 3.83CHI 3.23
PP goals: NSH 0CHI 0
Hits: NSH 36CHI 29
Blocks: NSH 22CHI 13
PIM: NSH 8CHI 4
: NSH 58%CHI 42%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge Nashville Predators 5–4 (OT)

Chicago Blackhawks beat Nashville Predators 5–4 in overtime at home. Brandon Hagel (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 2A. Calvin de Haan (CHI) played 3:50, −15:08 down on his 18:58 season average over 43 games.

Points
Brandon Hagel had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:44.Hagel
Points
Mikael Granlund had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:43.Granlund
Points
Pius Suter had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:02.Suter
Points
Vinnie Hinostroza had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:03.Hinostroza
Points
Kirby Dach had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:58.Dach
Usage
Calvin de Haan (CHI) played 3:50, −15:08 down on his 18:58 season average over 43 games.de Haan
Goalie
Malcolm Subban (CHI) faced 40 shots and stopped 36 (.900), +11 against a season average of 29.4; the win.Subban
New line
New look for NSH: Johansen–Arvidsson–Tolvanen skated 10:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (56.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansen Arvidsson Tolvanen

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 122 of 122 attempts · CHI 62 · NSH 60

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 30% of the game, CHI 32%.

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
	65	64
	4.36	3.09
	3.86	3.05
	19	10
	7	11
	22	21
	+0.072	−0.072
	30%	32%

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

L1Duchene – Haula – Cousins
10:3043% CF
L2Jarnkrok – Granlund – Kunin
10:1861% CF
L3Johansen – Arvidsson – Tolvanen
10:1856% CF
L4Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
8:1561% CF
D1Ellis – Ekholm
16:2953% CF
D2Josi – Gudbranson
13:1563% CF
D3Benning – Harpur
8:3155% CF

PP1Josi – Jarnkrok – Johansen – Granlund – Tolvanen
2:37100% CF
PP2Duchene – Ellis – Ekholm – Haula – Arvidsson
1:1450% CF
PK1FGranlund – Sissons
2:09
PK2FHaula – Jarnkrok
1:52
PK1DBenning – Harpur
3:53
PK2DEllis – Ekholm
2:46

Current NSH line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Hagel – Kurashev
2:5350% CF
L2Hinostroza – Carpenter – Kampf
2:0180% CF
L3Connolly – DeBrincat – Dach
1:58100% CF
D1Zadorov – Stillman
7:4036% CF
D2Keith – Boqvist
7:1753% CF
D3Murphy – Kalynuk
7:1160% CF

PP1Kane – Kubalik – DeBrincat – Boqvist – Dach
4:3680% CF
PP2Keith – Connolly – Kalynuk – Suter – Kurashev
2:16
PK1FCarpenter – Kampf
1:12
PK2FDeBrincat – Dach
1:03
PK1DKeith – Murphy
2:14
PK2DZadorov – Stillman
1:41

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:14
CHIPius Suter (Brandon Hagel)snap0.29 xG
NSH: Josi, Jarnkrok, Granlund, Benning, KuninCHI: Hinostroza, Stillman, Hagel, Suter, Boqvist
NSH 0 – 1 CHI
14:16
NSHEeli Tolvanen (Viktor Arvidsson, Ryan Johansen)wrist0.21 xG
NSH: Ellis, Ekholm, Haula, Arvidsson, TolvanenCHI: Murphy, Hinostroza, Carpenter, Stillman, Kampf
NSH 1 – 1 CHI

2nd period

13:39
NSHColton Sissonswrist0.22 xG
NSH: Sissons, Benning, Harpur, Trenin, JeannotCHI: Kane, Connolly, Murphy, Zadorov, Suter
NSH 2 – 1 CHI
19:58
NSHMikael Granlund (Mattias Ekholm)wrist0.15 xG
NSH: Ellis, Ekholm, Jarnkrok, Granlund, KuninCHI: Keith, Kane, Murphy, Carpenter, Kampf
NSH 3 – 1 CHI

3rd period

0:58
NSHLuke Kunin (Mikael Granlund, Roman Josi)wrist0.16 xG
NSH: Josi, Jarnkrok, Gudbranson, Granlund, KuninCHI: Keith, Kane, Murphy, Hagel, Suter
NSH 4 – 1 CHI
10:04
CHIWyatt Kalynuk (Patrick Kane, Brandon Hagel)wrist0.16 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, Haula, Gudbranson, TolvanenCHI: Kane, Murphy, Hagel, Kalynuk, Kurashev
NSH 4 – 2 CHI
11:13
CHIVinnie Hinostroza (Kirby Dach, Nikita Zadorov)snap0.20 xG
NSH: Ellis, Ekholm, Sissons, Trenin, JeannotCHI: Hinostroza, Zadorov, DeBrincat, Stillman, Dach
NSH 4 – 3 CHI
12:55
CHIDominik Kubalik (Pius Suter)snap0.05 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ellis, Ekholm, Haula, CousinsCHI: Keith, Connolly, Murphy, Kubalik, Suter
NSH 4 – 4 CHI

OT period

3:00
CHIBrandon Hagel (Vinnie Hinostroza, Kirby Dach)wrist0.11 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Haula, GranlundCHI: Hinostroza, Hagel, Boqvist
NSH 4 – 5 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
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.37	2	4	0	19:10	—	—	39	58
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	0	1	0	15:04	—	—	39	63
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.23	0	1	0	12:18	—	—	46	65
Mikael Granlund C	L2	1	1	2	0	3	0.35	2	0	0	20:43	—	—	52	62
Calle Jarnkrok C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	2	1	0	20:30	—	—	50	50
Luke Kunin C	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.55	4	0	0	12:44	—	—	59	54
Ryan Johansen C	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	15:45	—	—	60	68
Viktor Arvidsson L	L3	0	1	1	+1	4	0.26	2	2	4	15:32	—	—	52	62
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.40	3	1	0	15:00	—	—	52	63
Colton Sissons C	L4	1	0	1	0	1	0.24	2	0	0	14:31	—	—	61	54
Yakov Trenin C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.17	2	1	0	9:56	—	—	58	59
Tanner Jeannot L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	4	0	0	9:19	—	—	60	54
Ryan Ellis D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	3	2	22:36	—	—	53	50
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.11	0	0	0	22:23	—	—	53	49
Roman Josi D	D2	0	1	1	-1	4	0.28	0	5	0	22:07	—	—	55	74
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	6	1	2	19:03	—	—	49	66
Ben Harpur D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	1	0	17:31	—	—	40	39
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	48	56

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	O	30	25	5	.833	3.23	63:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	-2	4	0.23	1	1	0	23:50	—	—	51	30
Brandon Hagel L	L1	1	2	3	+2	1	0.17	3	0	0	17:44	—	—	36	40
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.10	2	0	0	14:30	—	—	57	60
David Kampf C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	2	0	0	16:59	—	—	35	22
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.22	2	0	0	15:03	—	—	47	41
Ryan Carpenter C	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	1	0	2	12:41	—	—	62	52
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.22	2	1	0	22:14	—	—	37	28
Kirby Dach C	L3	0	2	2	+1	2	0.42	1	0	0	17:58	—	—	68	81
Brett Connolly R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:30	—	—	71	45
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:31	—	—	54	36
Riley Stillman D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	3	2	0	14:26	—	—	39	37
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.08	0	1	0	26:24	—	—	48	36
Adam Boqvist D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	1	2	17:40	—	—	56	71
Connor Murphy D	D3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.17	0	3	0	20:49	—	—	54	38
Wyatt Kalynuk D	D3	1	0	1	+1	4	0.35	2	1	0	17:52	—	—	54	41
Pius Suter C	—	1	1	2	0	1	0.29	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	50	40
Dominik Kubalik L	—	1	0	1	+1	5	0.67	3	1	0	17:00	—	—	50	52
Calvin de Haan D	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	3:50	—	—	42	49

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Malcolm Subban(start)	W	40	36	4	.900	3.83	62:57

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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.