Nashville Predators vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 21, 2022

FinalWednesday, Dec 21, 2022· United Center

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

4

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Chicago BlackhawksCHI

2

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	1	2	4		NSH	8	13	16	37
CHI	0	2	0	2		CHI	10	13	16	39

: NSH 70CHI 66
: NSH 3.79CHI 3.72
PP goals: NSH 1CHI 0
Hits: NSH 20CHI 27
Blocks: NSH 13CHI 17
PIM: NSH 8CHI 4
: NSH 50%CHI 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2

Nashville Predators beat Chicago Blackhawks 4–2 at CHI. Roman Josi (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Forsberg, Novak and Parssinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:52 together.

Points
Connor Murphy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 17:30.Murphy
Points
Roman Josi had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 22:01.Josi
Points
Juuso Parssinen had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:03.Parssinen
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Josi, Johansen, Forsberg, Novak and Parssinen) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:52 together.Josi Johansen Forsberg Novak Parssinen
Usage
Jake McCabe (CHI) played 4:37, −15:03 down on his 19:40 season average over 75 games.McCabe
New line
New look for CHI: Athanasiou–Dickinson–Lafferty skated 10:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (46.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Athanasiou Dickinson Lafferty
Goalie
Juuse Saros (NSH) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +6 against a season average of 32.8; the win.Saros
Goalie
Petr Mrazek (CHI) faced 37 shots and stopped 33 (.892), +5 against a season average of 32.0; the loss.Mrazek

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 136 of 136 attempts · CHI 66 · NSH 70

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 30%.

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
	72	56
	3.42	3.18
	3.15	3.03
	18	8
	7	11
	16	16
	−0.045	+0.046
	30%	30%

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

L1Niederreiter – Jeannot – Glass
9:5533% CF
L2Duchene – Johansen – Trenin
7:4550% CF
L3Granlund – Forsberg – Novak
5:2360% CF
L4Sissons – Parssinen – Smith
5:1060% CF
D1Ekholm – Carrier
16:0938% CF
D2McDonagh – Josi
15:2550% CF
D3Lauzon – Fabbro
12:1277% CF

PP1Josi – Johansen – Forsberg – Novak – Parssinen
1:5280% CF
PK1FSissons – Jeannot
1:57
PK2FGranlund – Trenin
1:15
PK1DMcDonagh – Fabbro
3:24
PK2DEkholm – Carrier
1:53

Current NSH line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Johnson – Domi
10:3360% CF
L2Athanasiou – Dickinson – Lafferty
10:3046% CF
L3Toews – Raddysh – Kurashev
10:0740% CF
L4Khaira – Katchouk – Entwistle
5:2517% CF
D1Murphy – Phillips
9:4850% CF
D2Johnson – Mitchell
9:1837% CF
D3McCabe – Jones
4:1950% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Jones – Domi – Raddysh
5:0689% CF
PP2Johnson – Athanasiou – Entwistle – Mitchell – Kurashev
2:2150% CF
PK1FDickinson – Lafferty
1:26
PK2FKhaira – Katchouk
0:25
PK1DMurphy – Phillips
1:45
PK2DJohnson – Jones
0:12

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:23
NSHNino Niederreiter (Cody Glass, Dante Fabbro)wrist0.12 xG
NSH: Niederreiter, Lauzon, Fabbro, Jeannot, GlassCHI: Murphy, Khaira, Athanasiou, Lafferty, Phillips
NSH 1 – 0 CHI

2nd period

16:03
CHIConnor Murphy (Boris Katchouk, Max Domi)wrist0.02 xG
NSH: Josi, Niederreiter, Lauzon, Jeannot, GlassCHI: Kane, Murphy, Jones, Domi, Katchouk
NSH 1 – 1 CHI
16:40
CHIMacKenzie Entwistle (Connor Murphy)wrist0.06 xG
NSH: Johansen, Niederreiter, Lauzon, Fabbro, JeannotCHI: Murphy, Khaira, Jones, Raddysh, Entwistle
NSH 1 – 2 CHI
19:55
NSHMatt Duchene (Mattias Ekholm, Alexandre Carrier)snap0.11 xG
NSH: Duchene, Ekholm, Johansen, Trenin, CarrierCHI: Toews, Jones, Raddysh, Kurashev, Phillips
NSH 2 – 2 CHI

3rd period

1:27
NSHRoman Josi (Ryan McDonagh, Juuso Parssinen)backhand0.08 xG
NSH: McDonagh, Josi, Granlund, Forsberg, ParssinenCHI: Johnson, Toews, Jones, Raddysh, Kurashev
NSH 3 – 2 CHI
6:09
NSHTommy NovakPP (Roman Josi, Juuso Parssinen)wrist0.09 xG
NSH: Josi, Johansen, Forsberg, Novak, ParssinenCHI: Johnson, Murphy, Dickinson, Lafferty
NSH 4 – 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
Cody Glass C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	15:51	—	—	54	58
Nino Niederreiter R	L1	1	0	1	-1	2	0.39	1	0	0	15:11	—	—	52	53
Tanner Jeannot L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	6	1	4	15:07	—	—	44	57
Yakov Trenin C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.72	0	1	0	14:08	—	—	62	64
Matt Duchene C	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	63	62
Ryan Johansen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	0	0	0	10:48	—	—	52	58
Mikael Granlund C	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.11	0	1	0	16:56	—	—	56	39
Filip Forsberg L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.29	4	0	0	16:25	—	—	62	40
Tommy Novak C	L3	1	0	1	0	3	0.17	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	55	34
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	15:47	—	—	53	67
Juuso Parssinen C	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.16	1	0	0	15:03	—	—	57	41
Cole Smith R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.56	3	1	0	11:46	—	—	50	45
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.04	1	2	0	22:13	—	—	39	23
Mattias Ekholm D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.10	0	2	0	21:35	—	—	39	31
Roman Josi D	D2	1	1	2	0	6	0.45	0	0	2	22:01	—	—	51	41
Ryan McDonagh D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	0	0	20:49	—	—	51	44
Dante Fabbro D	D3	0	1	1	0	3	0.14	0	3	0	18:01	—	—	81	89
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.13	2	1	0	15:38	—	—	73	80

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.72	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	0	0	0	+1	9	0.68	0	1	0	20:26	—	—	56	61
Max Domi C	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.57	1	0	2	20:25	—	—	58	63
Tyler Johnson C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.18	0	0	0	20:08	—	—	58	74
Andreas Athanasiou C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.20	1	0	0	18:45	—	—	46	44
Jason Dickinson C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	43	46
Sam Lafferty C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.21	2	0	0	14:08	—	—	42	38
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.16	1	0	0	19:24	—	—	39	41
Taylor Raddysh R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.51	0	0	0	18:56	—	—	41	39
Jonathan Toews C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.29	1	1	0	18:37	—	—	38	39
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	1	2	0	8:23	—	—	23	54
Boris Katchouk L	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:02	—	—	28	52
Jujhar Khaira L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	2	0	0	6:30	—	—	21	40
Isaak Phillips D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.03	5	0	0	17:59	—	—	44	49
Connor Murphy D	D1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.03	5	6	0	17:30	—	—	43	44
Jack Johnson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	4	1	0	22:58	—	—	44	48
Ian Mitchell D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	3	0	20:15	—	—	36	41
Seth Jones D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	2	2	0	27:25	—	—	51	59
Jake McCabe D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	4:37	—	—	44	84

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Petr Mrazek(start)	L	37	33	4	.892	3.34	58:28

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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.