Chicago BlackhawksCHI 4–6 Final Ottawa SenatorsOTT

Saturday, December 20, 2025

Final	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
Chicago BlackhawksCHI	0	3	1	4	24
Ottawa SenatorsOTT	1	2	3	6	40

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
6:36	OTT	Brady Tkachuk (5) Tyler Kleven (5), Tim Stützle (20) · deflected xG 0.43	0–1 ▶
2nd Period
1:53	CHI	Ilya Mikheyev (5) Wyatt Kaiser (5), Ryan Greene (7) · wrist xG 0.09	1–1 ▶
8:02	OTT	Tim Stützle (16)SH Unassisted · wrist xG 0.30	1–2 ▶
9:55	CHI	Andre Burakovsky (9)PP Ryan Greene (8), Artyom Levshunov (14) · slap xG 0.10	2–2 ▶
14:07	OTT	Brady Tkachuk (6) Thomas Chabot (9) · wrist xG 0.10	2–3 ▶
18:32	CHI	Ilya Mikheyev (6) Ryan Donato (6), Oliver Moore (6) · backhand xG 0.16	3–3 ▶
3rd Period
1:45	OTT	David Perron (6)PP Claude Giroux (15), Fabian Zetterlund (6) · snap xG 0.15	3–4 ▶
5:31	OTT	David Perron (7) Tim Stützle (21), Olle Lycksell (1) · wrist xG 0.14	3–5 ▶
7:17	CHI	Nick Lardis (1) Alex Vlasic (4) · backhand xG 0.25	4–5 ▶
16:10	OTT	Fabian Zetterlund (7) Ridly Greig (9), Claude Giroux (16) · wrist xG 0.09	4–6 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

CHI 8%Deserve to win92% OTT

CHI		OTT
1.79	Expected goals	5.11
4	Goals (no shootout)	6
1.14	Expected goals, 5 on 5	3.13
42	Shot attempts	81
32	Unblocked attempts	61
24	Shots on goal	40

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

1st Period
13:50	OTT	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced CHI 1.47–0.37 In xG over 10 minutes, 3:50 to 13:50 of the 1st; goals 1–0
2nd Period
4:40	CHI	No shift	No shift · Nazar, 36:26 on the bench No shift after 5:11 of the 1st; 3 shifts (1:58) before that
16:00	OTT	No shift	No shift · Kleven, 27:29 on the bench No shift after 3:34 of the 2nd; 9 shifts (6:47) before that
3rd Period
3:30	OTT	xG swing	xG swing · Out-chanced CHI 1.47–0.19 In xG over 10 minutes, 13:30 of the 2nd to 3:30 of the 3rd; goals 2–1
7:17	OTT	Goalie	Goalie · Meriläinen −2.3 goals saved 4 goals on 1.71 xG, 22 shots on goal
18:53	CHI	Pulled goalie	Pulled goalie · Pulled Soderblom, down 6–4 With 1:07 left

Shot map

CHI shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ OTT shoots

About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Chicago Blackhawks

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
20	Ryan Greene	0	2	2	-3	2	0.10	3	1	22:46
86	Teuvo Teravainen	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	0	1	19:58
59	Tyler Bertuzzi	0	0	0	-4	7	0.26	1	2	18:10
95	Ilya Mikheyev	2	0	2	+2	2	0.25	0	1	17:58
16	Jason Dickinson	0	0	0	+2	3	0.07	1	1	17:39
95	Andre Burakovsky	1	0	1	-4	5	0.32	0	0	16:26
8	Ryan Donato	0	1	1	0	4	0.05	2	0	15:12
34	Colton Dach	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	0	13:49
11	Oliver Moore	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	12:09
18	Sam Lafferty	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	09:28
76	Nick Lardis	1	0	1	+1	1	0.25	1	0	08:13
91	Frank Nazar	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	01:58
Defense
55	Artyom Levshunov	0	1	1	-4	4	0.06	1	3	23:21
44	Wyatt Kaiser	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	19:51
72	Alex Vlasic	0	1	1	+1	2	0.02	0	0	19:42
5	Connor Murphy	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	5	2	18:43
24	Matt Grzelcyk	0	0	0	-3	1	0.00	0	2	17:48
46	Louis Crevier	0	0	0	+3	6	0.08	1	1	16:42

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Arvid Soderblom	40	6	34	.850	5.11	-0.89

Ottawa Senators

	Skater	G	A	P	+/−	Att	xG	Hit	Blk	TOI
Forwards
28	Claude Giroux	0	2	2	-2	4	0.19	1	0	20:32
18	Tim Stützle	1	2	3	+4	2	0.34	2	0	19:43
8	Brady Tkachuk	2	0	2	+1	16	1.63	4	1	19:25
19	Drake Batherson	0	0	0	0	4	0.39	2	0	18:51
24	Dylan Cozens	0	0	0	0	6	0.35	2	0	17:32
20	Fabian Zetterlund	1	1	2	+3	11	1.13	3	0	16:22
22	Michael Amadio	0	0	0	+1	2	0.12	1	1	15:05
71	Ridly Greig	0	1	1	-1	1	0.00	1	0	14:57
16	David Perron	2	0	2	0	4	0.33	1	0	11:57
21	Nick Cousins	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	4	0	11:15
34	Stephen Halliday	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	11:06
Defense
85	Jake Sanderson	0	0	0	+2	7	0.16	1	2	27:17
72	Thomas Chabot	0	1	1	-1	5	0.14	0	1	26:37
2	Artem Zub	0	0	0	+1	5	0.05	2	1	19:40
10	Jordan Spence	0	0	0	+2	6	0.17	1	0	16:43
4	Nick Jensen	0	0	0	-1	3	0.09	0	0	14:27
43	Tyler Kleven	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	0	1	06:47

Goalie	SA	GA	SV	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Leevi Meriläinen	24	4	20	.833	1.79	-2.21

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Chicago Blackhawks

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
76 Nick Lardis L	+1.32	+0.75	+0.16	+0.41	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	8:13
95 Ilya Mikheyev R	+0.78	+1.50	+0.16	-0.93	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	17:58
72 Alex Vlasic D	+0.78	+0.70	+0.01	+0.08	0.00	0.00	-0.02	—	19:42
24 Sam Lafferty C	+0.31	0.00	0.00	+0.31	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	9:28
46 Louis Crevier D	+0.14	0.00	+0.05	+0.03	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	16:42
20 Ryan Greene C	+0.06	+1.25	+0.07	-1.12	-0.15	-0.06	+0.07	—	22:46
44 Wyatt Kaiser D	+0.05	+0.70	0.00	-0.72	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	19:51
34 Colton Dach C	-0.12	0.00	+0.03	-0.26	+0.15	-0.02	-0.02	—	13:49
8 Ryan Donato C	-0.13	+0.70	+0.03	-0.70	-0.15	+0.01	-0.02	—	15:12
86 Teuvo Teravainen C	-0.17	0.00	+0.18	-0.40	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	19:58
91 Frank Nazar C	-0.25	0.00	0.00	-0.25	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	1:58
28 Andre Burakovsky L	-0.29	+0.75	+0.21	-1.27	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	16:26
16 Jason Dickinson C	-0.41	0.00	+0.04	-0.25	-0.15	-0.07	+0.01	—	17:39
5 Connor Murphy D	-0.52	0.00	+0.01	-0.59	0.00	0.00	+0.06	—	18:43
11 Oliver Moore C	-0.55	+0.55	0.00	-1.10	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	12:09
40 Arvid Soderblom G	-0.89	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-0.89	58:53
59 Tyler Bertuzzi L	-1.16	0.00	+0.17	-1.45	0.00	+0.02	+0.10	—	18:10
55 Artyom Levshunov D	-1.19	+0.55	+0.04	-1.78	-0.15	0.00	+0.15	—	23:21
48 Matt Grzelcyk D	-1.73	0.00	0.00	-1.70	-0.15	0.00	+0.12	—	17:48

Ottawa Senators

Player	Rating	Points	Shots	On ice	Pen	FO	Other	GSAx	TOI
18 Tim Stützle C	+5.14	+2.00	+0.22	+2.73	+0.15	+0.01	+0.02	—	19:43
20 Fabian Zetterlund L	+4.24	+1.30	+0.73	+2.19	0.00	0.00	+0.02	—	16:22
7 Brady Tkachuk L	+4.12	+1.50	+1.06	+1.47	0.00	+0.04	+0.05	—	19:25
10 Jordan Spence D	+2.24	0.00	+0.11	+2.13	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	16:43
72 Thomas Chabot D	+1.88	+0.70	+0.09	+0.91	+0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	26:37
57 David Perron L	+1.73	+1.50	+0.21	+0.02	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:57
85 Jake Sanderson D	+1.35	0.00	+0.11	+1.16	0.00	0.00	+0.08	—	27:17
28 Claude Giroux R	+1.22	+1.25	+0.13	-0.18	0.00	+0.05	-0.02	—	20:32
43 Tyler Kleven D	+1.02	+0.70	0.00	+0.27	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	6:47
24 Dylan Cozens C	+0.92	0.00	+0.23	+0.49	+0.15	+0.05	0.00	—	17:32
19 Drake Batherson R	+0.84	0.00	+0.25	+0.59	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	18:51
71 Ridly Greig C	+0.56	+0.70	0.00	-0.13	0.00	-0.03	+0.02	—	14:57
15 Olle Lycksell R	+0.52	+0.55	0.00	-0.10	0.00	0.00	+0.07	—	7:17
21 Nick Cousins C	+0.34	0.00	0.00	+0.19	+0.15	0.00	0.00	—	11:15
22 Michael Amadio R	+0.31	0.00	+0.08	+0.18	0.00	0.00	+0.05	—	15:05
2 Artem Zub D	+0.28	0.00	+0.03	+0.07	+0.15	0.00	+0.03	—	19:40
3 Nick Jensen D	+0.01	0.00	+0.06	+0.14	-0.15	0.00	-0.04	—	14:27
83 Stephen Halliday C	-0.42	0.00	+0.01	-0.43	0.00	0.00	0.00	—	11:06
1 Leevi Meriläinen G	-2.21	0.00	—	—	0.00	—	—	-2.21	59:25

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.