Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 27, 2018

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	0	1	2		MIN	15	16	17	48
CHI	1	2	2	5		CHI	4	11	5	20

: MIN 85CHI 47
: MIN 3.95CHI 3.23
PP goals: MIN 0CHI 2
Hits: MIN 24CHI 15
Blocks: MIN 18CHI 22
PIM: MIN 8CHI 4
: MIN 52%CHI 48%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

Chicago Blackhawks beat Minnesota Wild 5–2 at home. Patrick Kane (CHI) led the scoring with 3G 0A. CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:31 together.

Points
Patrick Kane had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 21:22.Kane
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Brandon Saad had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:38.Saad
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Eric Staal had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:00.Staal
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Dylan Strome had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:53.Strome
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Erik Gustafsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:07.Gustafsson
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Jonathan Toews had 2 assists (2 points) in 21:56.Toews
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Mikael Granlund had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 19:50.Granlund
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:31 together.Toews Kane Gustafsson Strome DeBrincat

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 132 of 132 attempts · CHI 47 · MIN 85

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 44% of the game, CHI 18%.

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
	74	38
	2.29	1.86
	2.22	1.79
	10	4
	5	4
	16	6
	−0.024	+0.024
	44%	18%

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 – Zucker – Granlund
11:4870% CF
L2Parise – Coyle – Kunin
11:2668% CF
L3Koivu – Niederreiter – Greenway
9:4664% CF
L4Fehr – Foligno – Brown
7:2573% CF
D1Suter – Spurgeon
17:4763% CF
D2Pateryn – Brodin
14:4772% CF
D3Prosser – Seeler
7:0350% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Zucker – Granlund
3:3792% CF
PP2Koivu – Spurgeon – Coyle – Niederreiter – Greenway
1:44100% CF
PK1FFehr – Foligno
2:05
PK2FKoivu – Parise
1:32
PK1DPateryn – Brodin
2:28
PK2DSuter – Spurgeon
1:48

Current MIN line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Anisimov – Kane – Strome
12:2328% CF
L2Toews – Saad – Kahun
10:5637% CF
L3Perlini – DeBrincat – Kampf
7:0938% CF
L4Hayden – Sikura – Nilsson
6:4033% CF
D1Murphy – Dahlstrom
14:1531% CF
D2Keith – Gustafsson
13:2438% CF
D3Seabrook – Forsling
9:4330% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
3:31100% CF
PP2Keith – Anisimov – Saad – Gustafsson – Kahun
0:29
PK1FToews – Kampf
1:41
PK2FAnisimov – Saad
0:33
PK1DKeith – Seabrook
2:42
PK2DMurphy – Dahlstrom
2:13

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
Eric Staal C	L1	1	1	2	0	6	0.54	0	0	4	20:00	—	—	72	57
Mikael Granlund C	L1	0	2	2	0	5	0.31	1	1	0	19:50	—	—	71	56
Jason Zucker L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.21	1	0	0	17:15	—	—	71	56
Zach Parise L	L2	1	0	1	0	10	1.01	1	0	0	20:30	—	—	71	94
Charlie Coyle C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.29	2	1	0	17:51	—	—	64	82
Luke Kunin C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	2	3	0	15:09	—	—	58	74
Mikko Koivu C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	67	35
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	1	0	13:20	—	—	64	32
Nino Niederreiter R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	2	13:09	—	—	56	29
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	2	1	0	11:27	—	—	63	64
Eric Fehr C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	2	0	10:32	—	—	57	60
JT Brown R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	0	8:12	—	—	77	97
Ryan Suter D	D1	0	1	1	-1	6	0.58	3	2	0	30:08	—	—	69	57
Jared Spurgeon D	D1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.05	0	2	0	24:33	—	—	63	55
Jonas Brodin D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	0	1	0	20:52	—	—	71	79
Greg Pateryn D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	7	1	0	20:05	—	—	72	75
Nate Prosser D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	0	9:29	—	—	57	26
Nick Seeler D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	8:23	—	—	43	15

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Stalock	—	9	8	1	.889	0.85	32:58
Devan Dubnyk(start)	L	10	7	3	.700	1.04	23:52

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	3	0	3	+2	4	0.72	0	1	0	21:22	—	—	32	46
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.30	0	3	0	18:53	—	—	25	33
Artem Anisimov C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.80	2	0	0	18:47	—	—	29	36
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	2	2	0	0	0.23	0	1	0	21:56	—	—	30	39
Brandon Saad L	L2	2	0	2	+2	4	0.31	0	0	0	16:38	—	—	44	51
Dominik Kahun C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.12	0	1	0	16:06	—	—	37	40
David Kampf C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.10	0	2	0	15:52	—	—	48	57
Alex DeBrincat R	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.19	0	0	0	14:11	—	—	39	54
Brendan Perlini L	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	4	0	2	10:04	—	—	29	27
Jacob Nilsson C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	8:56	—	—	30	36
John Hayden C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	2	0	7:54	—	—	23	37
Dylan Sikura R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	0	0	7:37	—	—	50	81
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	3	1	0	20:29	—	—	31	48
Carl Dahlstrom D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:51	—	—	29	48
Erik Gustafsson D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.06	1	1	0	21:07	—	—	34	33
Duncan Keith D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	2	2	2	20:01	—	—	41	37
Brent Seabrook D	D3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.06	0	6	0	18:04	—	—	38	50
Gustav Forsling D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:14	—	—	30	44

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Collin Delia(start)	W	48	46	2	.958	3.95	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.

Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 27, 2018

Fantasy takeaways

Chicago Blackhawks beat Minnesota Wild 5–2

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