Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 17, 2017

FinalSunday, Dec 17, 2017· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	0	0	1	1		MIN	13	6	9	28
CHI	1	1	2	4		CHI	9	22	15	46

: MIN 53CHI 78
: MIN 3.28CHI 3.29
PP goals: MIN 0CHI 0
Hits: MIN 27CHI 18
Blocks: MIN 24CHI 12
PIM: MIN 12CHI 6
: MIN 56%CHI 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

Chicago Blackhawks beat Minnesota Wild 4–1 at home. Patrick Kane (CHI) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Alex Stalock (MIN) faced 45 shots and stopped 42 (.933), +17 against a season average of 28.1; the loss.

Points
Patrick Kane had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:18.Kane
Goalie
Alex Stalock (MIN) faced 45 shots and stopped 42 (.933), +17 against a season average of 28.1; the loss.Stalock
New line
New look for MIN: Staal–Granlund–Eriksson Ek skated 7:13 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (35.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Staal Granlund Eriksson Ek
New line
New look for MIN: Cullen–Winnik–Mitchell skated 6:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cullen Winnik Mitchell
Luck
MIN scored 1 goal on 3.28 expected goals (53 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MIN: Ennis–Coyle–Niederreiter skated 4:11 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (62.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Ennis Coyle Niederreiter
New line
New look for MIN: Koivu–Stewart–Zucker skated 6:31 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (41.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Koivu Stewart Zucker
Usage
Charlie Coyle (MIN) played 13:14, −3:21 down on his 16:35 season average over 65 games.Coyle

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

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

CHI
MIN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 131 of 131 attempts · CHI 78 · MIN 53

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CHI
MIN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MIN 30% of the game, CHI 32%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CHI

MIN

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	MIN	CHI
	47	60
	3.23	1.83
	3.08	1.77
	14	6
	5	2
	14	18
	+0.025	−0.025
	30%	32%

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.

Minnesota Wild

L1Staal – Granlund – Eriksson Ek
7:1335% CF
L2Cullen – Winnik – Mitchell
6:3653% CF
L3Koivu – Stewart – Zucker
6:3142% CF
L4Ennis – Coyle – Niederreiter
4:1163% CF
D1Suter – Dumba
15:2253% CF
D2Spurgeon – Brodin
12:2236% CF
D3Prosser – Reilly
10:3645% CF

PP1Koivu – Suter – Granlund – Niederreiter – Dumba
1:5475% CF
PP2Staal – Spurgeon – Zucker – Coyle – Reilly
0:57100% CF
PK1FWinnik – Eriksson Ek
1:53
PK2FStaal – Granlund
1:42
PK1DSpurgeon – Brodin
5:54
PK2DSuter – Dumba
3:16

Current MIN line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Sharp – Hinostroza – Hartman
8:5162% CF
L2Anisimov – Kane – Schmaltz
8:5040% CF
L3Toews – Saad – DeBrincat
8:1050% CF
L4Bouma – Wingels – Hayden
8:0450% CF
D1Keith – Oesterle
12:1352% CF
D2Murphy – Forsling
11:1276% CF
D3Seabrook – Kempny
10:4848% CF

PP1Keith – Seabrook – Anisimov – Toews – Kane
7:4395% CF
PP2Sharp – Saad – Oesterle – Schmaltz – DeBrincat
3:3467% CF
PK1FToews – Saad
1:42
PK2FBouma – Wingels
0:56
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
1:47
PK2DMurphy – Forsling
1:39

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.

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.13	1	0	0	19:02	—	—	37	34
Eric Staal C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.15	1	2	0	16:42	—	—	42	50
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.27	1	2	2	13:07	—	—	40	61
Daniel Winnik L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	0	0	14:50	—	—	48	68
Matt Cullen C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.72	0	0	2	11:10	—	—	50	70
Zack Mitchell R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.38	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	45	66
Mikko Koivu C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	1	2	16:24	—	—	38	51
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.17	6	5	2	15:55	—	—	30	50
Chris Stewart R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	2	0	0	11:47	—	—	50	76
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	1	1	0	3	0.49	1	0	0	13:14	—	—	46	69
Tyler Ennis R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	2	0	11:56	—	—	52	75
Nino Niederreiter R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	0	0	2	11:50	—	—	50	68
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.11	0	2	2	24:21	—	—	48	79
Mathew Dumba D	D1	1	0	1	0	1	0.05	5	3	0	23:17	—	—	53	85
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	3	0	23:20	—	—	33	51
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	2	3	0	21:14	—	—	35	45
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	14:14	—	—	44	47
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	13:42	—	—	44	47

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock(start)	L	45	42	3	.933	3.02	59:06

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Sharp L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.30	0	0	0	12:12	—	—	64	40
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	2	11:41	—	—	59	40
Ryan Hartman R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	1	0	0	10:48	—	—	65	41
Patrick Kane R	L2	2	0	2	+2	5	0.58	1	0	0	20:18	—	—	52	22
Artem Anisimov C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	0	0	2	18:19	—	—	55	20
Nick Schmaltz C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	18:12	—	—	58	16
Jonathan Toews C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.33	2	0	0	21:27	—	—	61	44
Brandon Saad L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	50	28
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	59	46
Lance Bouma L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	5	1	0	12:01	—	—	46	57
Tommy Wingels C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.38	3	1	0	11:03	—	—	47	57
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.17	1	1	2	10:33	—	—	52	65
Duncan Keith D	D1	0	1	1	+2	4	0.26	1	2	0	22:55	—	—	52	31
Jordan Oesterle D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.11	1	0	0	19:05	—	—	53	31
Connor Murphy D	D2	0	0	0	+2	5	0.03	2	3	0	18:35	—	—	67	44
Gustav Forsling D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.10	0	1	0	17:15	—	—	72	43
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.20	0	2	0	24:38	—	—	48	39
Michal Kempny D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	1	0	14:41	—	—	43	37

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Corey Crawford(start)	W	28	27	1	.964	3.28	59:31

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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 17, 2017

Fantasy takeaways

Chicago Blackhawks beat Minnesota Wild 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Minnesota Wild

Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Minnesota Wild

Chicago Blackhawks