Nashville Predators vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 17, 2021

Final / OTFriday, Dec 17, 2021· United Center

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

3

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

2

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	1	0	1	1	3		NSH	9	15	6	1	31
CHI	1	0	1	0	2		CHI	6	6	7	0	19

: NSH 59CHI 43
: NSH 2.07CHI 1.81
PP goals: NSH 2CHI 0
Hits: NSH 36CHI 33
Blocks: NSH 16CHI 19
PIM: NSH 10CHI 10
: 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 (OT)

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 3–2 in overtime at CHI. Colton Sissons (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Forsberg, Sissons, Jeannot and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:01 together.

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NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Forsberg, Sissons, Jeannot and Tolvanen) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 5:01 together.Josi Forsberg Sissons Jeannot Tolvanen
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Colton Sissons (NSH) played 23:17, +7:13 up on his 16:04 season average over 78 games.Sissons
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Tanner Jeannot (NSH) played 22:41, +6:47 up on his 15:54 season average over 80 games.Jeannot
New line
New look for NSH: Grimaldi–Sherwood–Smith skated 6:49 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (54.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grimaldi Sherwood Smith
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Philippe Myers (NSH) played 8:23, −6:45 down on his 15:08 season average over 26 games.Myers
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Filip Forsberg (NSH) played 21:08, +3:05 up on his 18:03 season average over 68 games.Forsberg
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Caleb Jones (CHI) played 12:54, −3:54 down on his 16:48 season average over 50 games.Jones
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Erik Gustafsson (CHI) played 13:00, −3:16 down on his 16:16 season average over 58 games.Gustafsson

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 102 of 102 attempts · CHI 43 · NSH 59

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 39% of the game, CHI 26%.

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
	54	42
	1.38	1.71
	1.35	1.64
	7	5
	2	4
	18	11
	−0.050	+0.050
	39%	26%

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

L1Forsberg – Sissons – Jeannot
11:0041% CF
L2Novak – Kunin – Tolvanen
7:3569% CF
L3Trenin – Olivier – Glass
6:5150% CF
L4Grimaldi – Sherwood – Smith
6:4955% CF
D1Josi – Fabbro
12:3352% CF
D2Ekholm – Carrier
12:2039% CF
D3Benning – Myers
7:0164% CF

PP1Josi – Forsberg – Sissons – Jeannot – Tolvanen
5:01100% CF
PP2Novak – Trenin – Carrier – Kunin – Glass
1:56100% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
2:34
PK2FTrenin – Olivier
2:33
PK1DEkholm – Carrier
3:09
PK2DBenning – Fabbro
1:03

Current NSH line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Strome – DeBrincat
9:5141% CF
L2Kubalik – Entwistle – Dach
5:5429% CF
L3Toews – Hagel – Kurashev
4:4533% CF
L4Gabriel – Carpenter – Slavin
3:5750% CF
D1Murphy – Jones
8:4556% CF
D2Gustafsson – Jones
8:4431% CF
D3McCabe – Stillman
7:4427% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Jones – DeBrincat – Hagel
6:1180% CF
PP2Gustafsson – Kubalik – Strome – Kurashev – Dach
1:400% CF
PK1FCarpenter – Slavin
1:49
PK2FHagel – Dach
1:11
PK1DMurphy – McCabe
3:49
PK2DJones – Stillman
0:26

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

11:56
NSHTommy NovakPP (Alexandre Carrier, Luke Kunin)wrist0.04 xG
NSH: Novak, Trenin, Carrier, Kunin, GlassCHI: Carpenter, Jones, Stillman, Slavin
NSH 1 – 0 CHI
13:57
CHIKirby Dach (MacKenzie Entwistle, Dominik Kubalik)wrist0.03 xG
NSH: Josi, Forsberg, Sissons, Fabbro, JeannotCHI: Murphy, Kubalik, Jones, Entwistle, Dach
NSH 1 – 1 CHI

3rd period

11:33
NSHColton SissonsPP (Filip Forsberg, Eeli Tolvanen)snap0.15 xG
NSH: Josi, Forsberg, Sissons, Jeannot, TolvanenCHI: Murphy, McCabe, Carpenter, Slavin
NSH 2 – 1 CHI
13:55
CHIJonathan Toews (Riley Stillman)snap0.11 xG
NSH: Ekholm, Benning, Novak, Kunin, TolvanenCHI: Toews, Kubalik, Jones, Stillman, Hagel
NSH 2 – 2 CHI

OT period

0:58
NSHTanner Jeannot (Roman Josi)wrist0.28 xG
NSH: Josi, Jeannot, TolvanenCHI: McCabe, DeBrincat, Hagel
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	1	0	1	-1	3	0.37	2	0	0	23:17	—	—	48	49
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.46	6	0	2	22:41	—	—	50	48
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.15	1	3	0	21:08	—	—	46	42
Eeli Tolvanen R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.11	4	0	2	15:39	—	—	77	57
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.04	0	0	0	14:38	—	—	75	42
Tommy Novak C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.06	0	0	0	12:55	—	—	77	50
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	5	0	0	16:13	—	—	56	58
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	11:42	—	—	46	37
Cody Glass C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	1	1	0	11:31	—	—	50	39
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:12	—	—	60	36
Rocco Grimaldi R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	2	9:25	—	—	60	41
Kole Sherwood R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	3	0	0	8:08	—	—	53	39
Roman Josi D	D1	0	1	1	0	4	0.37	0	3	0	25:56	—	—	56	49
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	3	5	0	19:43	—	—	56	50
Mattias Ekholm D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	1	2	23:43	—	—	52	45
Alexandre Carrier D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	21:02	—	—	42	29
Matt Benning D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:38	—	—	55	36
Philippe Myers D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.15	2	0	2	8:23	—	—	71	51

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	19	17	2	.895	1.81	60:58

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	2	0	0	21:33	—	—	41	53
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	2	20:49	—	—	44	61
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.39	0	1	0	15:43	—	—	36	56
Kirby Dach C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	1	2	0	18:31	—	—	37	32
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.12	2	1	0	14:27	—	—	44	51
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:46	—	—	38	36
Brandon Hagel L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	17:59	—	—	44	78
Jonathan Toews C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	50	90
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.36	1	0	0	13:34	—	—	50	62
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	12:45	—	—	57	57
Josiah Slavin L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	9:44	—	—	62	65
Kurtis Gabriel R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	5:24	—	—	60	66
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	6	1	4	24:06	—	—	50	48
Caleb Jones D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.06	1	1	0	12:54	—	—	52	39
Seth Jones D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.07	2	2	2	23:49	—	—	40	62
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	13:00	—	—	30	69
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	6	0	23:18	—	—	38	47
Riley Stillman D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	7	2	0	16:25	—	—	43	64

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	O	31	28	3	.903	2.07	60:58

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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.