Nashville Predators vs. Chicago BlackhawksNov 7, 2021

Final / OTSunday, Nov 7, 2021· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	0	1	0	0	1		NSH	5	8	8	0	21
CHI	0	1	0	1	2		CHI	10	7	14	1	32

: NSH 49CHI 56
: NSH 2.19CHI 3.27
PP goals: NSH 0CHI 0
Hits: NSH 31CHI 40
Blocks: NSH 12CHI 17
PIM: NSH 6CHI 4
: NSH 54%CHI 46%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks edge Nashville Predators 2–1 (OT)

Chicago Blackhawks beat Nashville Predators 2–1 in overtime at home. Brandon Hagel (CHI) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Erik Gustafsson (CHI) played 6:21, −10:02 down on his 16:23 season average over 58 games.

Usage
Erik Gustafsson (CHI) played 6:21, −10:02 down on his 16:23 season average over 58 games.Gustafsson
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New look for CHI: Toews–Kubalik–Hagel skated 8:43 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Toews Kubalik Hagel
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New look for CHI: Khaira–Carpenter–Kurashev skated 8:26 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Khaira Carpenter Kurashev
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New look for CHI: Strome–Entwistle–Hardman skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (23.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Strome Entwistle Hardman
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New look for NSH: Grimaldi–Novak–Tolvanen skated 5:16 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (78.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grimaldi Novak Tolvanen
Usage
Brandon Hagel (CHI) played 12:33, −3:51 down on his 16:24 season average over 76 games.Hagel
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Connor Murphy (CHI) played 26:46, +5:06 up on his 21:40 season average over 56 games.Murphy
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Nick Cousins (NSH) played 7:25, −5:08 down on his 12:33 season average over 67 games.Cousins

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 105 of 105 attempts · CHI 56 · NSH 49

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 34% of the game, CHI 42%.

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
	52	53
	2.46	2.46
	2.37	2.41
	8	14
	2	6
	23	18
	+0.047	−0.047
	34%	42%

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 – Granlund – Kunin
10:5957% CF
L2Sissons – Trenin – Jeannot
10:5331% CF
L3Grimaldi – Novak – Tolvanen
5:1679% CF
L4Johansen – Cousins – Tomasino
3:2638% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
15:1239% CF
D2Ekholm – Benning
12:3748% CF
D3Carrier – Myers
8:3750% CF

PP1Josi – Duchene – Johansen – Granlund – Tolvanen
2:00100% CF
PP2Novak – Trenin – Carrier – Kunin – Tomasino
1:11100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
2:30
PK2FGranlund – Grimaldi
0:55
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
2:54
PK2DBenning – Myers
2:00

Current NSH line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – DeBrincat – Dach
13:1343% CF
L2Toews – Kubalik – Hagel
8:4375% CF
L3Khaira – Carpenter – Kurashev
8:2662% CF
L4Strome – Entwistle – Hardman
6:5023% CF
D1Murphy – McCabe
8:3958% CF
D2Jones – Stillman
7:0769% CF
D3de Haan – Gustafsson
0:24100% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Jones – Carpenter – DeBrincat
3:05100% CF
PP2Gustafsson – Kubalik – Strome – Kurashev – Dach
1:34100% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Hagel
1:14
PK2FToews – Khaira
0:46
PK1DMurphy – McCabe
1:20
PK2Dde Haan – Jones
1:14

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

7:15
CHIBrandon Hagel (Seth Jones, Jonathan Toews)wrist0.01 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Johansen, Cousins, Benning, TomasinoCHI: Toews, Gustafsson, Kubalik, Jones, Hagel
NSH 0 – 1 CHI
9:05
NSHAlexandre Carrierbackhand0.15 xG
NSH: Grimaldi, Novak, Carrier, Myers, TolvanenCHI: de Haan, Strome, Stillman, Entwistle, Hardman
NSH 1 – 1 CHI

OT period

0:37
CHIAlex DeBrincat (Patrick Kane, Kevin Lankinen)snap0.21 xG
NSH: Josi, Duchene, JohansenCHI: Kane, Jones, DeBrincat
NSH 1 – 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	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	0	0.08	1	1	0	19:50	—	—	48	69
Matt Duchene C	L1	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	1	2	19:38	—	—	55	63
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	1	0.02	9	0	0	17:23	—	—	40	33
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	3	0.08	3	0	0	18:04	—	—	52	43
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	1	0	17:03	—	—	45	28
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	1	0	16:40	—	—	33	22
Eeli Tolvanen R	L3	0	0	+1	5	0.53	1	0	0	13:22	—	—	67	85
Tommy Novak C	L3	0	0	+1	0	0.14	0	0	0	11:10	—	—	67	77
Rocco Grimaldi R	L3	0	0	+1	1	0.08	1	0	0	10:37	—	—	67	56
Ryan Johansen C	L4	0	0	-2	1	0.03	0	1	0	14:16	—	—	32	27
Philip Tomasino R	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.35	1	1	0	13:36	—	—	38	43
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	1	0	7:25	—	—	46	48
Roman Josi D	D1	0	0	-1	0	0.09	0	2	2	25:51	—	—	45	56
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	18:02	—	—	42	43
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	22:20	—	—	54	54
Matt Benning D	D2	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	2	2	16:48	—	—	48	50
Alexandre Carrier D	D3	1	1	+1	2	0.18	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	58	54
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	15:43	—	—	53	39

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	O	32	30	2	.938	3.27	60:37

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.36	0	0	0	22:13	—	—	39	30
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	3	1	0	21:05	—	—	39	30
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.63	3	0	4	19:12	—	—	48	36
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.45	0	1	0	17:02	—	—	63	67
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	0	0	+1	6	0.63	3	1	0	15:34	—	—	68	71
Brandon Hagel L	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.28	1	0	0	12:33	—	—	77	78
Ryan Carpenter C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	3	0	0	15:20	—	—	62	81
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.28	7	0	0	14:54	—	—	60	84
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.07	0	1	0	12:43	—	—	60	82
Dylan Strome C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:45	—	—	33	25
Mike Hardman L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	4	1	0	9:58	—	—	24	8
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	9:08	—	—	29	9
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	3	1	0	26:46	—	—	49	46
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	2	0	18:51	—	—	71	64
Seth Jones D	D2	0	1	1	+2	4	0.10	1	3	0	27:03	—	—	49	57
Riley Stillman D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	6	1	0	17:59	—	—	53	60
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	3	2	0	17:42	—	—	36	24
Erik Gustafsson D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	6:21	—	—	58	71

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	21	20	1	.952	2.19	60:19

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.