Minnesota Wild vs. Chicago BlackhawksDec 15, 2019

FinalSunday, Dec 15, 2019· United Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MIN	1	2	0	3		MIN	9	11	6	26
CHI	2	1	2	5		CHI	10	9	8	27

: MIN 57CHI 51
: MIN 1.57CHI 2.14
PP goals: MIN 1CHI 1
Hits: MIN 21CHI 17
Blocks: MIN 20CHI 17
PIM: MIN 6CHI 4
: MIN 38%CHI 62%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Chicago Blackhawks beat Minnesota Wild 5–3

Chicago Blackhawks beat Minnesota Wild 5–3 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 4 attempts in 2:18 together.

Points
Patrick Kane had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 19:24.Kane
Points
Jonathan Toews had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:00.Toews
Points
Ryan Suter had 3 assists (3 points) in 23:24.Suter
Points
Kevin Fiala had two goals (2 points) on 5 shots in 15:34.Fiala
Points
Connor Murphy had 2 assists (2 points) in 24:58.Murphy
PP1
CHI's first power-play unit (Toews, Kane, Gustafsson, Strome and DeBrincat) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:18 together.Toews Kane Gustafsson Strome DeBrincat
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New look for CHI: Kane–Strome–Nylander skated 13:30 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (51.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Kane Strome Nylander
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New look for MIN: Hartman–Greenway–Kunin skated 12:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (45.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hartman Greenway Kunin

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 108 of 108 attempts · CHI 51 · MIN 57

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 27% of the game, CHI 26%.

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
	65	49
	1.73	2.00
	1.67	1.98
	7	12
	6	4
	11	16
	−0.070	+0.070
	27%	26%

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

L1Hartman – Greenway – Kunin
12:4046% CF
L2Parise – Fiala – Donato
11:5770% CF
L3Staal – Zuccarello – Zucker
11:1959% CF
L4Foligno – Rask – Mayhew
9:2153% CF
D1Brodin – Soucy
18:4864% CF
D2Suter – Menell
9:5682% CF
D3Hunt – Dumba
5:5947% CF

PP1Staal – Suter – Parise – Zucker – Dumba
0:53100% CF
PK1FFoligno – Kunin
1:32
PK2FParise – Hartman
0:37
PK1DBrodin – Soucy
1:44
PK2DSuter – Dumba
1:11

Current MIN line combinations →

Chicago Blackhawks

L1Kane – Strome – Nylander
13:3052% CF
L2Toews – Saad – Kubalik
12:2448% CF
L3Smith – Highmore – Kampf
10:3033% CF
L4Carpenter – DeBrincat – Dach
10:1236% CF
D1Murphy – Gustafsson
19:0954% CF
D2Seabrook – Gilbert
14:1530% CF
D3Maatta – Boqvist
12:0650% CF

PP1Toews – Kane – Gustafsson – Strome – DeBrincat
2:18100% CF
PP2Seabrook – Saad – Nylander – Boqvist – Dach
0:43
PK1FSaad – Carpenter
0:35
PK1DMurphy – Maatta
0:53

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
Luke Kunin C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	16:05	—	—	48	75
Ryan Hartman R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	1	2	0	15:50	—	—	48	75
Jordan Greenway L	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	4	0	4	14:24	—	—	46	75
Zach Parise L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	0	0	16:54	—	—	72	63
Kevin Fiala L	L2	2	0	2	0	5	0.20	0	0	0	15:34	—	—	65	53
Ryan Donato C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.12	2	1	0	14:03	—	—	70	62
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.11	1	0	0	16:33	—	—	56	22
Eric Staal C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.04	0	1	2	15:18	—	—	58	23
Mats Zuccarello R	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.09	1	1	0	13:23	—	—	58	24
Marcus Foligno L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	14:28	—	—	55	46
Victor Rask C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	53	43
Gerry Mayhew C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	1	1	0	10:47	—	—	53	40
Carson Soucy D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.10	1	3	0	23:37	—	—	62	51
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	2	0	22:35	—	—	61	49
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	3	3	-1	0	0.05	1	4	0	23:24	—	—	51	45
Brennan Menell D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:56	—	—	80	85
Mathew Dumba D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.02	1	2	0	18:13	—	—	38	38
Brad Hunt D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	2	0	14:15	—	—	60	53

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kaapo Kahkonen(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	1.91	59:21

Chicago Blackhawks

CHI skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Patrick Kane R	L1	3	0	3	+1	7	0.60	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	50	50
Dylan Strome C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	18:34	—	—	45	44
Alex Nylander L	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	0	1	0	14:50	—	—	50	55
Brandon Saad L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.27	1	0	0	16:25	—	—	41	34
Jonathan Toews C	L2	0	3	3	+1	1	0.02	1	0	2	16:00	—	—	50	41
Dominik Kubalik L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	44	36
David Kampf C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.42	1	1	0	12:40	—	—	36	89
Matthew Highmore C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:59	—	—	31	85
Zack Smith C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	11:57	—	—	31	85
Alex DeBrincat R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	15:59	—	—	41	63
Ryan Carpenter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	4	1	0	14:00	—	—	35	52
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	2	13:43	—	—	35	44
Connor Murphy D	D1	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	2	3	0	24:58	—	—	47	79
Erik Gustafsson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.09	1	0	0	23:21	—	—	53	84
Brent Seabrook D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	3	0	18:38	—	—	35	33
Dennis Gilbert D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	16:48	—	—	26	17
Olli Maatta D	D3	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	2	4	0	19:56	—	—	44	35
Adam Boqvist D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:42	—	—	48	37

CHI goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Robin Lehner(start)	W	26	23	3	.885	1.57	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 15, 2019

Fantasy takeaways

Chicago Blackhawks beat Minnesota Wild 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

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Chicago Blackhawks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

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Chicago Blackhawks