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Minnesota Wild at Chicago Blackhawks

Dec 16, 2014 · United Center

Team Goals Shots
Minnesota Wild 3 29
Chicago Blackhawks 5 39

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
12:49 MIN Thomas Vanek (4) Mikael Granlund (10) 1 - 0
2nd Period
08:10 CHI Brent Seabrook (6) Kris Versteeg (16), Patrick Kane (16) 1 - 1
12:19 CHI Marian Hossa (6) Jonathan Toews (15), Brent Seabrook (11) 1 - 2
16:21 CHI Jonathan Toews (12) Ben Smith (3) 1 - 3
3rd Period
07:13 MIN Nino Niederreiter (14) Unassisted 2 - 3
10:03 MIN Marco Scandella (6) Christian Folin (2), Mikko Koivu (10) 3 - 3
16:32 CHI Patrick Kane (15) PP Jonathan Toews (16), Brent Seabrook (12) 3 - 4
19:46 CHI Ben Smith (4) Patrick Kane (17), Marcus Kruger (7) 3 - 5

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
18:24 CHI Patrick Sharp Interference 2
2nd Period
03:43 MIN Nate Prosser Roughing 2
08:45 CHI Tim Erixon Slashing 2
3rd Period
00:27 CHI Marcus Kruger Holding 2
07:13 CHI Marian Hossa Ps tripping on breakaway 0
11:33 MIN Brett Sutter Hooking 2
15:25 MIN Erik Haula Hooking 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Minnesota Wild 56 38 29 3 2.9 47.1
Chicago Blackhawks 61 44 39 5 3.5 52.9

How the game went

1050510Start2nd3rdChicago Blackhawks aheadMinnesota Wild ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Chicago Blackhawks had taken more, and below it and blue while Minnesota Wild had.

Expected goals

Minnesota Wild: 2.9 expected, 3 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 3.5 expected, 5 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndMIN goal, 12:49 of 1st, a 12% chanceMIN goal, 7:13 of 3rd, a 21% chanceMIN goal, 10:03 of 3rd, a 1% chanceCHI goal, 8:10 of 2nd, a 3% chanceCHI goal, 12:19 of 2nd, a 8% chanceCHI goal, 16:21 of 2nd, a 12% chanceCHI goal, 16:32 of 3rd, a 22% chanceCHI goal, 19:46 of 3rd, a 54% chanceCHI 3.5MIN 2.9

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Minnesota Wild
Chicago Blackhawks

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Minnesota Wild

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikko Koivu · Jason Pominville · Jason Zucker11:3658.856.31-1
Thomas Vanek · Zach Parise · Mikael Granlund10:5433.360.51-0
Charlie Coyle · Nino Niederreiter · Justin Fontaine9:0944.432.40-0
Kyle Brodziak · Brett Sutter · Erik Haula6:3066.757.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan Suter · Jonas Brodin19:1844.455.61-0
Marco Scandella · Christian Folin16:0750.039.11-2
Justin Falk · Nate Prosser6:1575.081.30-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
6 Marco Scandella D 1 0 1 -2 0 2 1 21:15 0.21 19-16 0.73-1.04
26 Thomas Vanek L 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:02 0.32 5-14 0.44-0.52
62 Nino Niederreiter R 1 0 1 0 0 5 2 14:50 0.81 14-15 0.59-0.84
9 Mikko Koivu C 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19:24 11-10 0.34-0.25
32 Christian Folin D 0 1 1 -1 0 2 2 20:21 0.08 17-18 0.66-1.27
64 Mikael Granlund C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 16:47 0.16 6-16 0.56-0.81
3 Charlie Coyle C 0 0 0 -1 0 4 4 15:47 0.26 12-17 0.52-0.84
9 Zach Parise L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 19:40 0.44 12-10 0.96-0.29
14 Justin Fontaine R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:05 8-10 0.25-0.51
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 4 16:17 10-11 0.28-0.74
22 Ryan Suter D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 29:56 0.01 16-23 0.79-0.69
25 Jonas Brodin D 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 25:24 0.02 16-23 0.79-0.65
27 Brett Sutter L 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 08:22 0.12 9-6 0.20-0.13
28 Kyle Brodziak C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 12:28 0.03 11-8 0.30-0.22
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 -2 0 4 2 19:44 0.30 13-13 0.49-0.78
39 Nate Prosser D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 10:31 8-6 0.24-0.30
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 08:28 7-6 0.30-0.12
56 Erik Haula L 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 10:58 0.16 11-8 0.33-0.17
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Niklas Backstrom L 38 34 4 58:34 2.93 -1.07

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brad Richards · Kris Versteeg · Patrick Kane13:3556.343.41-0
Marian Hossa · Jonathan Toews · Brandon Saad9:1766.755.91-1
Patrick Sharp · Bryan Bickell · Andrew Shaw8:0253.365.20-0
Daniel Carcillo · Ben Smith · Marcus Kruger6:1712.513.40-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Michal Rozsival · Niklas Hjalmarsson11:2450.015.70-0
Johnny Oduya · Brent Seabrook9:5961.574.92-1
Brent Seabrook · David Rundblad6:4454.563.20-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
7 Brent Seabrook D 1 2 3 3 0 3 3 23:06 0.09 23-17 1.22-0.48
19 Jonathan Toews C 1 2 3 1 0 4 2 19:47 0.51 16-6 0.91-0.30
88 Patrick Kane R 1 2 3 2 0 7 1 19:48 0.92 19-15 0.71-0.92
18 Ben Smith R 1 1 2 1 0 3 1 14:55 0.40 5-10 0.56-0.22
81 Marian Hossa R 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 17:05 0.13 13-8 0.42-0.30
10 Kris Versteeg R 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 17:50 0.09 19-17 0.76-1.08
16 Marcus Kruger C 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 11:58 2-9 0.03-0.23
4 Niklas Hjalmarsson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 23:48 10-14 0.10-0.84
5 David Rundblad D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16:06 13-12 0.45-0.37
10 Patrick Sharp L 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 16:31 0.07 10-10 0.35-0.30
13 Daniel Carcillo L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 08:05 0.03 4-7 0.56-0.20
17 Brad Richards C 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 17:50 0.26 19-17 0.74-0.95
20 Brandon Saad L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 14:58 0.08 13-8 0.42-0.30
29 Johnny Oduya D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 21:43 20-16 1.26-0.63
29 Bryan Bickell L 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 10:12 0.02 9-8 0.30-0.17
32 Michal Rozsival D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 19:02 0.01 14-11 0.53-0.71
33 Tim Erixon D 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 10:58 0.07 12-11 0.51-0.47
65 Andrew Shaw R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:39 0.27 9-9 0.35-0.28
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Antti Raanta W 29 26 3 59:39 2.89 -0.11