Dallas Stars vs. Chicago BlackhawksMay 9, 2021

FinalSunday, May 9, 2021· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
DAL	1	0	1	2		DAL	17	10	12	39
CHI	3	0	1	4		CHI	9	5	11	25

: DAL 62CHI 40
: DAL 3.75CHI 1.91
PP goals: DAL 0CHI 1
Hits: DAL 34CHI 33
Blocks: DAL 13CHI 14
PIM: DAL 4CHI 0
: DAL 57%CHI 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Dallas Stars 4–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat Dallas Stars 4–2 at home. Alex DeBrincat (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Kane, DeBrincat, Hagel, Kalynuk and Suter) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:08 together.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:00.DeBrincat
Points
Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:37.Hagel
Points
Patrick Kane had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 23:11.Kane
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Kane, DeBrincat, Hagel, Kalynuk and Suter) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 2:08 together.Kane DeBrincat Hagel Kalynuk Suter
New line
New look for DAL: Comeau–Cogliano–Gardner skated 8:47 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Comeau Cogliano Gardner
New line
New look for DAL: Benn–Gurianov–Robertson skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Benn Gurianov Robertson
Goalie
Kevin Lankinen (CHI) faced 39 shots and stopped 37 (.949), +6 against a season average of 32.5; the win.Lankinen
Luck
CHI scored 4 goals on 1.91 expected goals (40 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

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

CHI
DAL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 102 of 102 attempts · CHI 40 · DAL 62

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
DAL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: DAL 44% of the game, CHI 16%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

DAL

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	DAL	CHI
	68	41
	4.08	1.80
	3.84	1.71
	19	12
	6	2
	23	18
	+0.015	−0.015
	44%	16%

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.

Dallas Stars

L1Comeau – Cogliano – Gardner
8:4767% CF
L2Benn – Gurianov – Robertson
8:2950% CF
L3Pavelski – Dickinson – Kiviranta
5:5560% CF
D1Oleksiak – Heiskanen
18:5967% CF
D2Klingberg – Lindell
12:1653% CF
D3Sekera – Hanley
9:2848% CF

PK1FFaksa – Dickinson
1:11
PK2FComeau – Cogliano
0:42
PK1DKlingberg – Oleksiak
0:49
PK2DLindell – Heiskanen
0:46

Current DAL line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1DeBrincat – Entwistle – Hardman
2:570% CF
L2Kane – Hinostroza – Kampf
2:54100% CF
L3Kubalik – Hagel – Kurashev
2:4733% CF
D1Murphy – Stillman
18:5034% CF
D2Mitchell – Kalynuk
5:3750% CF
D3Zadorov – Regula
5:1314% CF

PP1Kane – DeBrincat – Hagel – Kalynuk – Suter
2:08100% CF
PP2Kubalik – Kurashev – Beaudin – Regula – Hardman
0:14

Current CHI line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:23
CHIMacKenzie Entwistle (Mike Hardman, Patrick Kane)wrist0.05 xG
DAL: Comeau, Cogliano, Klingberg, Lindell, GardnerCHI: Kane, Murphy, Stillman, Entwistle, Hardman
DAL 0 – 1 CHI
9:40
DALDenis Gurianov (Jamie Benn)wrist0.21 xG
DAL: Sekera, Cogliano, Benn, Lindell, GurianovCHI: Kubalik, Entwistle, Beaudin, Regula, Hardman
DAL 1 – 1 CHI
10:31
CHIBrandon Hagel (Dominik Kubalik, Philipp Kurashev)wrist0.18 xG
DAL: Pavelski, Klingberg, Dickinson, Hanley, KivirantaCHI: Murphy, Kubalik, Stillman, Hagel, Kurashev
DAL 1 – 2 CHI
18:24
CHIAlex DeBrincatPP (Patrick Kane, Brandon Hagel)slap0.14 xG
DAL: Sekera, Faksa, Lindell, DickinsonCHI: Kane, DeBrincat, Hagel, Kalynuk, Suter
DAL 1 – 3 CHI

3rd period

2:16
DALMark Pysyk (Radek Faksa)wrist0.13 xG
DAL: Sekera, Pysyk, Faksa, Hanley, KeroCHI: Gaudette, Hagel, Mitchell, Suter, Beaudin
DAL 2 – 3 CHI
16:48
CHIAlex DeBrincat (Pius Suter, Connor Murphy)wrist0.02 xG
DAL: Pavelski, Klingberg, Oleksiak, Dickinson, KivirantaCHI: Hinostroza, DeBrincat, Stillman, Kalynuk, Suter
DAL 2 – 4 CHI

Box score

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

Dallas Stars

DAL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Andrew Cogliano C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	74	83
Blake Comeau L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.29	2	0	0	14:08	—	—	62	59
Rhett Gardner C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	5	1	0	12:44	—	—	48	43
Jason Robertson L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.33	2	0	0	19:14	—	—	55	81
Denis Gurianov R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.59	1	0	0	17:04	—	—	67	85
Jamie Benn L	L2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.62	2	0	0	16:52	—	—	64	85
Joe Pavelski C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.33	0	1	0	17:19	—	—	67	55
Jason Dickinson C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.13	1	1	0	16:04	—	—	63	45
Joel Kiviranta L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.05	4	0	0	11:00	—	—	69	56
Miro Heiskanen D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	3	0	0	24:35	—	—	72	73
Jamie Oleksiak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	1	0	21:56	—	—	61	66
John Klingberg D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	2	2	0	22:20	—	—	56	56
Esa Lindell D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.03	4	1	0	20:25	—	—	70	88
Joel Hanley D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	15:29	—	—	57	63
Andrej Sekera D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:15	—	—	56	73
Radek Faksa C	—	0	1	1	+1	3	0.45	3	1	0	16:35	—	—	57	72
Mark Pysyk D	—	1	0	1	+1	3	0.45	0	1	2	12:45	—	—	61	79
Tanner Kero C	—	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	4	1	2	11:32	—	—	60	75

DAL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Khudobin(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	1.91	57:38

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	2	0	2	+1	4	0.34	4	0	20:00	—	—	32	31
MacKenzie Entwistle R	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	2	1	12:28	—	—	19	11
Mike Hardman L	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	6	0	11:49	—	—	27	16
Patrick Kane R	L2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.12	0	0	23:11	—	—	30	17
David Kampf C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	16:24	—	—	59	51
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.28	3	0	15:36	—	—	56	38
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	1	1	0	3	0.40	1	1	18:23	—	—	46	44
Philipp Kurashev C	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	2	1	18:02	—	—	40	37
Brandon Hagel L	L3	1	1	2	0	2	0.26	1	1	16:37	—	—	38	42
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	2	4	24:09	—	—	32	30
Riley Stillman D	D1	0	0	0	+3	1	0.04	4	1	22:35	—	—	40	36
Wyatt Kalynuk D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	16:30	—	—	50	52
Ian Mitchell D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	14:11	—	—	41	35
Nikita Zadorov D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	19:17	—	—	29	24
Alec Regula D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	11:06	—	—	32	18
Pius Suter C	—	0	1	1	0	5	0.23	0	1	16:57	—	—	33	36
Adam Gaudette R	—	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	12:41	—	—	39	29
Nicolas Beaudin D	—	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	2	10:04	—	—	33	17

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	W	39	37	2	.949	3.75	60:00

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.