San Jose Sharks vs. Chicago BlackhawksApr 15, 2026

FinalWednesday, Apr 15, 2026· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	1	1	0	2		SJS	7	6	4	17
CHI	0	1	4	5		CHI	3	10	11	24

: SJS 41CHI 48
: SJS 1.59CHI 3.08
PP goals: SJS 1CHI 0
Hits: SJS 26CHI 13
Blocks: SJS 10CHI 14
PIM: SJS 6CHI 8
: SJS 52%CHI 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat San Jose Sharks 5–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat San Jose Sharks 5–2 at home. Louis Crevier (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for CHI: Burakovsky–Donato–Greene skated 10:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Louis Crevier had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:09.Crevier
Points
Connor Bedard had 2 assists (2 points) in 17:51.Bedard
Points
Kiefer Sherwood had 2 assists (2 points) in 18:17.Sherwood
New line
New look for CHI: Burakovsky–Donato–Greene skated 10:06 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Burakovsky Donato Greene
New line
New look for CHI: Nazar–Bedard–Lardis skated 9:30 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (70% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nazar Bedard Lardis
Luck
CHI scored 5 goals on 3.08 expected goals (48 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for CHI: Teravainen–Lafferty–Slaggert skated 6:29 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Teravainen Lafferty Slaggert
Usage
Connor Bedard (CHI) played 17:51, −3:04 down on his 20:55 season average over 68 games.Bedard

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 89 of 89 attempts · CHI 48 · SJS 41

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 36% of the game, CHI 40%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

CHI skaters (rows) against SJS skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the CHI side.

Matchup matrix

CHI xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	SJS	CHI
	41	46
	1.36	2.59
	1.26	2.48
	5	12
	2	2
	20	19
	+0.023	−0.023
	36%	40%

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

L1Smith – Celebrini – Chernyshov
10:2940% CF
L2Wennberg – Sherwood – Eklund
9:2054% CF
L3Toffoli – Graf – Misa
8:3236% CF
L4Goodrow – Gaudette – Ostapchuk
5:4570% CF
D1Desharnais – Cagnoni
12:2329% CF
D2Orlov – Mukhamadullin
11:4860% CF
D3Ferraro – Dickinson
10:4452% CF

PP1Toffoli – Wennberg – Cagnoni – Smith – Celebrini
4:30100% CF
PP2Orlov – Sherwood – Eklund – Chernyshov – Misa
2:29100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Graf
3:12
PK2FGoodrow – Ostapchuk
1:40
PK1DDesharnais – Ferraro
2:22
PK2DMukhamadullin – Dickinson
0:47

Current SJS line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Burakovsky – Donato – Greene
10:0673% CF
L2Nazar – Bedard – Lardis
9:3070% CF
L3Bertuzzi – Mikheyev – Frondell
9:0326% CF
L4Teravainen – Lafferty – Slaggert
6:2950% CF
D1Vlasic – Crevier
12:3552% CF
D2Kaiser – Rinzel
11:1275% CF
D3Del Mastro – Korchinski
8:5055% CF

PP1Teravainen – Bertuzzi – Nazar – Bedard – Frondell
2:3580% CF
PP2Burakovsky – Donato – Greene – Rinzel – Lardis
2:14100% CF
PK1FMikheyev – Greene
2:40
PK2FTeravainen – Slaggert
2:25
PK1DVlasic – Crevier
4:14
PK2DKaiser – Del Mastro
0:56

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	0	0	0	-3	3	0.31	0	1	0	18:54	—	—	44	31
Will Smith C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:59	—	—	41	23
Igor Chernyshov L	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.12	0	1	2	15:33	—	—	43	28
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	19:52	—	—	37	20
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	18:17	—	—	61	50
William Eklund L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	56	33
Collin Graf R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	3	0	0	15:25	—	—	37	29
Michael Misa C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.21	1	1	0	14:37	—	—	47	39
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	29	24
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	10:53	—	—	67	46
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:11	—	—	62	70
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.21	2	0	0	9:46	—	—	60	52
Luca Cagnoni D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	1	2	21:06	—	—	35	23
Vincent Desharnais D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	2	0	20:45	—	—	29	16
Dmitry Orlov D	D2	0	1	1	-2	1	0.06	2	0	0	18:29	—	—	58	55
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	17:06	—	—	57	57
Mario Ferraro D	D3	1	0	1	-3	3	0.29	1	1	0	18:44	—	—	52	25
Sam Dickinson D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	16:34	—	—	48	25

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	L	24	19	5	.792	3.08	59:39

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan Greene C	L1	1	0	1	+2	2	0.48	2	0	0	18:09	—	—	69	88
Ryan Donato C	L1	0	1	1	+2	5	0.78	1	1	2	16:03	—	—	79	99
Andre Burakovsky L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.13	0	0	0	15:14	—	—	73	98
Connor Bedard C	L2	0	2	2	+1	0	0.05	0	0	6	17:51	—	—	69	81
Frank Nazar C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	2	0	0	17:51	—	—	65	71
Nick Lardis L	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.25	1	1	0	13:59	—	—	61	62
Ilya Mikheyev R	L3	0	0	0	+2	3	0.44	0	1	0	17:51	—	—	30	56
Tyler Bertuzzi L	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.02	0	1	0	15:51	—	—	26	48
Anton Frondell C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	0	2	0	13:14	—	—	25	40
Teuvo Teravainen C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	50	50
Landon Slaggert L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	11:40	—	—	38	11
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:44	—	—	33	10
Alex Vlasic D	D1	0	0	0	+3	2	0.09	1	1	0	21:20	—	—	50	58
Louis Crevier D	D1	2	0	2	+2	2	0.26	1	2	0	19:09	—	—	52	65
Wyatt Kaiser D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	1	2	0	21:30	—	—	58	68
Sam Rinzel D	D2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.02	1	1	0	19:00	—	—	63	81
Kevin Korchinski D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	43	54
Ethan Del Mastro D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	14:01	—	—	50	69

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Spencer Knight(start)	W	17	15	2	.882	1.59	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Mario Ferraro (SJS) 1st 8:09 · assists Kiefer Sherwood · Odd-man rush · carried in · 3-on-2 at the blue line · 36.6 mph shot · 3.0 s from entry to goal.

Mario Ferraro · 1st 8:09 · SJS

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 36.6 mph
Distance: 36 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Michael Misa · 2nd 5:17 · SJS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 4.5 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Sam Rinzel · 2nd 19:30 · CHI

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 2
Shot: 12.3 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 4.4 s

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Louis Crevier · 3rd 3:51 · CHI

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Ryan Greene · 3rd 8:35 · CHI

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 14.0 mph
Distance: 1 ft

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Louis Crevier · 3rd 10:32 · CHI

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 84.8 mph
Distance: 61 ft
Type: one-timer

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Nick Lardis · 3rd 14:44 · CHI

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 48.7 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.

San Jose Sharks vs. Chicago BlackhawksApr 15, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Chicago Blackhawks beat San Jose Sharks 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

San Jose Sharks

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

San Jose Sharks

Chicago Blackhawks

Goal anatomy

Mario Ferraro · 1st 8:09 · SJS

Michael Misa · 2nd 5:17 · SJS PP

Sam Rinzel · 2nd 19:30 · CHI

Louis Crevier · 3rd 3:51 · CHI

Ryan Greene · 3rd 8:35 · CHI

Louis Crevier · 3rd 10:32 · CHI

Nick Lardis · 3rd 14:44 · CHI