Nashville Predators at Chicago Blackhawks

Dec 18, 2018 · United Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	1	31
Chicago Blackhawks	2	36

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
19:27	NSH	Kevin Fiala (6)	Ryan Johansen (25), Mattias Ekholm (19)	1 - 0
2nd Period
15:22	CHI	Gustav Forsling (2)	Erik Gustafsson (10)	1 - 1
17:16	CHI	Erik Gustafsson (7) PP	Patrick Kane (24), Jonathan Toews (15)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
00:44	NSH	Kevin Fiala	Tripping	2
06:48	CHI	Gustav Forsling	Holding	2
16:59	NSH	Rocco Grimaldi	Tripping	2
3rd Period
06:12	NSH	Ryan Ellis	Tripping	2
08:35	CHI	Cam Ward	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	56	41	31	1	3.0	49.5
Chicago Blackhawks	56	42	36	2	3.4	50.5

How the game went

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 Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 3.0 expected, 1 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 3.4 expected, 2 scored

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

Nashville Predators

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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Johansen · Ryan Hartman · Kevin Fiala	13:16	56.0	67.9	1-0
Kyle Turris · Craig Smith · Calle Jarnkrok	9:42	55.6	50.1	0-0
Rocco Grimaldi · Miikka Salomaki · Frederick Gaudreau	9:03	28.6	12.0	0-0
Nick Bonino · Austin Watson · Colton Sissons	8:55	47.6	32.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dan Hamhuis · Mattias Ekholm	16:37	53.8	54.2	1-0
Roman Josi · Ryan Ellis	15:54	56.0	53.5	0-0
Yannick Weber · Anthony Bitetto	11:54	37.9	28.7	0-0

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
22	Kevin Fiala	L	1	0	1	1	2	6	2	19:17	0.52	19-13	1.50-0.70
12	Ryan Johansen	C	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	20:49	0.29	15-11	1.14-0.52
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	2	23:28	0.14	18-13	1.07-0.50
3	Yannick Weber	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	14:32	0.02	13-20	0.84-1.65
5	Dan Hamhuis	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20:01	0.02	14-14	0.52-0.47
8	Kyle Turris	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	13:54	0.03	14-11	0.69-0.52
12	Nick Bonino	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	14:12	0.26	11-11	0.59-0.86
15	Craig Smith	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	15:22	0.17	11-11	0.44-0.75
15	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	14:53	0.14	14-12	0.71-0.95
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:34	0.18	12-12	0.58-0.86
20	Miikka Salomaki	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:02		5-10	0.08-0.33
22	Anthony Bitetto	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:18	0.17	11-18	0.60-1.49
23	Rocco Grimaldi	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	11:03	0.08	4-12	0.05-0.68
24	Austin Watson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	14:35	0.24	12-13	0.50-0.98
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	18:06	0.67	16-12	1.28-0.52
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	24:45	0.01	14-15	0.57-0.71
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10:44		4-10	0.05-0.33
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	22:57	0.06	18-12	1.18-0.52

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
35	Pekka Rinne	36	34	2	57:11	3.32	+1.32

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Artem Anisimov · Patrick Kane · Dylan Strome	12:23	55.6	64.5	0-1
Jonathan Toews · Brandon Saad · Dominik Kahun	10:42	55.6	37.6	1-0
Dylan Sikura · Alex DeBrincat · David Kampf	10:25	46.7	61.7	0-0
Marcus Kruger · John Hayden · Brendan Perlini	5:19	63.6	67.9	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Connor Murphy · Carl Dahlstrom	16:13	57.1	60.5	0-1
Duncan Keith · Erik Gustafsson	13:29	53.3	53.5	0-0
Brent Seabrook · Gustav Forsling	9:45	57.9	53.9	1-0

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
64	Erik Gustafsson	D	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	20:13	0.06	18-19	1.03-1.14
42	Gustav Forsling	D	1	0	1	1	2	1	2	16:58	0.03	12-13	0.51-0.67
19	Jonathan Toews	C	0	1	1	1	0	2	0	20:13	0.09	16-15	0.86-1.36
88	Patrick Kane	R	0	1	1	-1	0	7	0	20:08	0.69	14-14	1.20-0.52
2	Duncan Keith	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21:10		17-20	1.06-1.06
5	Connor Murphy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	21:54	0.01	16-13	1.04-0.69
7	Brent Seabrook	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	14:58	0.03	13-13	0.67-0.72
9	Dylan Sikura	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	12:40	0.16	8-10	0.36-0.34
15	John Hayden	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	07:03	0.10	9-6	0.30-0.12
16	Marcus Kruger	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	07:08		7-4	0.15-0.07
17	Dylan Strome	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	17:54	0.48	12-10	1.06-0.48
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	1	0	4	1	17:30	0.33	17-13	0.96-1.32
21	Dominik Kahun	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	16:13	0.55	16-13	0.89-1.32
42	Brendan Perlini	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	08:51	0.05	10-10	0.30-0.41
48	Carl Dahlstrom	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	22:01	0.02	16-12	1.04-0.68
51	Artem Anisimov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	18:26	0.39	11-14	0.96-0.71
64	David Kampf	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	16:33	0.24	9-15	0.44-0.56
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:18	0.13	9-11	0.55-0.22

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
30	Cam Ward	31	30	1	59:49	2.99	+1.99