San Jose Sharks vs. Chicago BlackhawksNov 28, 2021

FinalSunday, Nov 28, 2021· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	1	1	2		SJS	4	15	3	22
CHI	0	0	0	0		CHI	11	9	9	29

: SJS 49CHI 76
: SJS 2.37CHI 3.12
PP goals: SJS 0CHI 0
Hits: SJS 32CHI 25
Blocks: SJS 32CHI 18
PIM: SJS 2CHI 2
: SJS 53%CHI 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–0

San Jose Sharks beat Chicago Blackhawks 2–0 at CHI. Timo Meier (SJS) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI scored 0 goals on 3.12 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Timo Meier had two goals (2 points) on 6 shots in 18:30.Meier
Points
Logan Couture had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:38.Couture
Luck
CHI scored 0 goals on 3.12 expected goals (76 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CHI: DeBrincat–Kurashev–Dach skated 12:18 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (59.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrincat Kurashev Dach
New line
New look for CHI: Carpenter–Johnson–Hardman skated 6:26 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (15.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carpenter Johnson Hardman
New line
New look for CHI: Khaira–Kubalik–Borgstrom skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (73.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Khaira Kubalik Borgstrom
New line
New look for SJS: Cogliano–Bonino–Gregor skated 9:17 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (73.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cogliano Bonino Gregor
Usage
Calvin de Haan (CHI) played 11:52, −7:12 down on his 19:04 season average over 68 games.de Haan

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

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

CHI
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 125 of 125 attempts · CHI 76 · SJS 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 29% of the game, CHI 48%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

SJS

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	SJS	CHI
	54	74
	1.89	3.12
	1.81	2.70
	5	11
	1	4
	17	25
	+0.022	−0.022
	29%	48%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Hertl – Balcers – Barabanov
12:1836% CF
L2Couture – Meier – Dahlen
11:2150% CF
L3Cogliano – Bonino – Gregor
9:1773% CF
L4Nieto – Labanc – Weatherby
6:4044% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
18:5850% CF
D2Karlsson – Middleton
15:1541% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
12:5048% CF

PP1Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc – Weatherby – Barabanov
1:02
PP2Burns – Bonino – Couture – Meier – Dahlen
0:58100% CF
PK1FBonino – Nieto
1:27
PK2FHertl – Balcers
1:26
PK1DKarlsson – Ferraro
1:11
PK2DVlasic – Middleton
0:49

Current SJS line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Toews – Kane – Hagel
12:5772% CF
L2DeBrincat – Kurashev – Dach
12:1859% CF
L3Khaira – Kubalik – Borgstrom
9:3874% CF
L4Carpenter – Johnson – Hardman
6:2615% CF
D1Murphy – McCabe
11:1065% CF
D2Gustafsson – Jones
8:4278% CF
D3de Haan – Jones
0:00

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Kubalik – Dach
2:09100% CF
PP2Kane – Jones – DeBrincat – Hagel – Kurashev
1:47
PK1FHagel – Dach
0:38
PK2FKhaira – Carpenter
0:37
PK1Dde Haan – Jones
1:01
PK2DMurphy – McCabe
0:59

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

13:39
SJSTimo Meier (Rudolfs Balcers, Logan Couture)tip-in0.06 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Meier, Balcers, FerraroCHI: McCabe, Jones, Kurashev, Dach, Hardman
SJS 1 – 0 CHI

3rd period

18:29
SJSTimo MeierEN (Logan Couture)wrist0.64 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Nieto, Meier, FerraroCHI: Toews, Kane, Jones, DeBrincat, Hagel, Dach
SJS 2 – 0 CHI

Box score

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

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Hertl C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	2	0	18:41	—	—	38	38
Alexander Barabanov L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	1	0	16:43	—	—	30	20
Rudolfs Balcers L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:37	—	—	36	35
Logan Couture C	L2	0	2	2	+2	2	0.17	4	3	0	18:38	—	—	49	50
Timo Meier R	L2	2	0	2	+2	6	1.09	3	2	0	18:30	—	—	47	51
Jonathan Dahlen C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	0	0	12:54	—	—	47	52
Nick Bonino C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	3	0	17:27	—	—	44	37
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	13:14	—	—	67	97
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	3	0	0	11:38	—	—	63	71
Matt Nieto L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	3	0	0	13:05	—	—	23	7
Kevin Labanc R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	0	0	10:45	—	—	39	25
Jasper Weatherby C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	0	9:42	—	—	31	17
Brent Burns D	D1	0	0	0	+2	1	0.12	1	1	2	24:30	—	—	37	31
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	7	0	23:31	—	—	51	50
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	0	3	0	21:05	—	—	42	47
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	19:49	—	—	36	41
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	1	3	0	15:53	—	—	38	24
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	3	4	0	13:15	—	—	46	38

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	3.12	60:00

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	-1	3	0.20	0	0	0	23:39	—	—	71	61
Brandon Hagel L	L1	-1	2	0.24	1	0	0	19:44	—	—	73	70
Jonathan Toews C	L1	-1	2	0.20	0	1	0	19:15	—	—	68	76
Kirby Dach C	L2	-2	2	0.23	0	2	0	22:22	—	—	54	50
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	-1	3	0.55	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	63	56
Philipp Kurashev C	L2	-1	3	0.21	0	0	0	15:31	—	—	55	57
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	1	0.69	1	0	0	15:31	—	—	64	89
Jujhar Khaira L	L3	0	4	0.29	4	1	0	14:16	—	—	67	90
Henrik Borgstrom C	L3	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	12:18	—	—	75	86
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	8:34	—	—	21	5
Reese Johnson C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	8:30	—	—	21	5
Mike Hardman L	L4	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	7:23	—	—	12	0
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	22:01	—	—	64	71
Jake McCabe D	D1	-1	2	0.05	2	1	0	19:07	—	—	51	50
Seth Jones D	D2	-2	3	0.06	1	3	0	29:00	—	—	55	58
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	2	0.10	1	3	2	20:35	—	—	73	75
Calvin de Haan D	D3	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	11:52	—	—	67	85
Caleb Jones D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:31	—	—	35	40

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury(start)	L	21	20	1	.952	1.73	57:32

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.