Nashville Predators at Chicago Blackhawks

Apr 23, 2021 · United Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	3	28
Chicago Blackhawks	1	30

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
06:33	NSH	Ryan Johansen (5)	Ryan Ellis (9), Eeli Tolvanen (10)	1 - 0
16:24	NSH	Luke Kunin (7)	Mikael Granlund (11), Calle Jarnkrok (11)	2 - 0
3rd Period
16:05	NSH	Erik Haula (6)	Ryan Ellis (10), Nick Cousins (10)	3 - 0
16:41	CHI	Vinnie Hinostroza (2)	Wyatt Kalynuk (3), Nicolas Beaudin (4)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
06:33	NSH	Colton Sissons	High sticking	2
2nd Period
11:57	CHI	Kirby Dach	High sticking	2
3rd Period
12:30	CHI	Brandon Hagel	Holding	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	53	33	28	3	2.1	51.6
Chicago Blackhawks	52	38	30	1	2.1	48.4

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: 2.1 expected, 3 scored · Chicago Blackhawks: 2.1 expected, 1 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
Calle Jarnkrok · Mikael Granlund · Luke Kunin	10:46	50.0	32.6	1-0
Ryan Johansen · Viktor Arvidsson · Eeli Tolvanen	10:23	71.4	70.5	1-0
Matt Duchene · Erik Haula · Nick Cousins	9:23	42.1	25.6	1-0
Colton Sissons · Yakov Trenin · Tanner Jeannot	8:55	58.3	81.7	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Ryan Ellis · Mattias Ekholm	18:54	50.0	46.6	2-0
Roman Josi · Matt Benning	8:56	36.4	59.1	0-0
Roman Josi · Erik Gudbranson	8:28	53.3	60.3	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
94	Ryan Ellis	D	0	2	2	2	0	2	1	23:51	0.05	21-19	1.08-0.98
12	Ryan Johansen	C	1	0	1	0	0	2	3	18:34	0.29	15-12	0.71-0.51
56	Erik Haula	L	1	0	1	1	0	2	1	15:26	0.03	10-14	0.31-0.40
71	Luke Kunin	C	1	0	1	1	0	2	4	13:26	0.24	10-13	0.32-0.81
17	Eeli Tolvanen	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	16:25	0.09	17-7	0.80-0.32
19	Calle Jarnkrok	C	0	1	1	1	0	4	2	18:18	0.20	12-14	0.45-0.81
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	4	11:45		8-15	0.11-0.40
64	Mikael Granlund	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	18:21		12-10	0.42-0.61
5	Ben Harpur	D	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	14:08	0.03	15-9	0.47-0.31
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	11:43	0.30	9-8	0.37-0.11
14	Mattias Ekholm	D	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	24:24	0.06	20-21	0.88-1.00
15	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	13:33	0.11	11-8	0.49-0.12
33	Matt Benning	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:51		11-13	0.33-0.46
33	Viktor Arvidsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	17:03	0.30	19-11	0.93-0.39
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	16:13	0.09	14-11	0.40-0.18
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	22:21	0.04	13-15	0.50-0.34
84	Tanner Jeannot	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12:15		9-8	0.36-0.12
95	Matt Duchene	C	0	0	0	1	0	3	4	13:23	0.33	9-12	0.20-0.31

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Juuse Saros	W	30	29	1	60:00	2.17	+1.17

Chicago Blackhawks

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Patrick Kane · Vinnie Hinostroza · Pius Suter	4:27	78.6	97.9	0-0
Brett Connolly · Ryan Carpenter · David Kampf	2:30	33.3	80.2	0-0
Alex DeBrincat · Brandon Hagel · Kirby Dach	2:23	0.0	0.0	0-0
Patrick Kane · Vinnie Hinostroza · Philipp Kurashev	2:03	60.0	63.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Duncan Keith · Adam Boqvist	13:58	44.8	59.6	0-1
Connor Murphy · Wyatt Kalynuk	7:50	38.5	21.9	0-1
Connor Murphy · Nikita Zadorov	5:43	25.0	13.5	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

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
24	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	14:21	0.44	20-9	1.09-0.47
48	Wyatt Kalynuk	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	16:06	0.02	10-10	0.31-0.51
74	Nicolas Beaudin	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	12:48		13-8	0.25-0.40
2	Duncan Keith	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	23:13	0.04	16-19	0.81-0.69
5	Connor Murphy	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	19:17	0.01	11-18	0.34-0.63
20	Brett Connolly	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	10:51		3-13	0.09-0.41
22	Ryan Carpenter	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10:02	0.02	4-7	0.14-0.14
22	Pius Suter	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	16:24	0.43	22-15	0.95-0.80
34	Adam Boqvist	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	3	18:52	0.11	13-16	0.70-0.48
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	14:46	0.06	9-14	0.29-0.67
61	Riley Stillman	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	11:49	0.09	16-11	0.65-0.51
64	David Kampf	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	15:49	0.06	10-11	0.22-0.37
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	19:59	0.12	8-17	0.17-0.67
81	Dominik Kubalik	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	17:05	0.11	14-11	0.21-0.61
88	Patrick Kane	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	24:09	0.30	18-23	1.13-0.89
91	Nikita Zadorov	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	7	15:50	0.03	9-12	0.22-0.44
93	Alex DeBrincat	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	22:46	0.20	14-12	0.29-0.21
96	Philipp Kurashev	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:43	0.08	10-9	0.36-0.25

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Malcolm Subban	L	28	25	3	57:10	2.16	-0.84