Colorado Avalanche vs. Ottawa SenatorsJan 28, 2026

FinalWednesday, Jan 28, 2026· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
COL	0	1	1	2		COL	4	4	10	18
OTT	0	2	3	5		OTT	9	6	8	23

: COL 48OTT 45
: COL 2.02OTT 4.29
PP goals: COL 0OTT 0
Hits: COL 22OTT 31
Blocks: COL 10OTT 10
PIM: COL 6OTT 0
: COL 62%OTT 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2

Ottawa Senators beat Colorado Avalanche 5–2 at home. Tim Stützle (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Nick Cousins (OTT) played 16:44, +5:23 up on his 11:21 season average over 80 games.

Points
Tim Stützle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 18:28.Stützle
Points
Artem Zub had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 21:55.Zub
Usage
Nick Cousins (OTT) played 16:44, +5:23 up on his 11:21 season average over 80 games.Cousins
New line
New look for OTT: Eller–Zetterlund–Bourgault skated 4:53 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eller Zetterlund Bourgault
Usage
Jordan Spence (OTT) played 15:06, −3:41 down on his 18:47 season average over 72 games.Spence
Usage
Tyler Kleven (OTT) played 13:59, −3:25 down on his 17:24 season average over 69 games.Kleven
Usage
Michael Amadio (OTT) played 20:13, +4:09 up on his 16:04 season average over 80 games.Amadio
Usage
Lars Eller (OTT) played 8:14, −3:16 down on his 11:30 season average over 67 games.Eller

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

← COL attacks left (bottom on phones)OTT attacks right (top on phones) →

OTT
COL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 93 of 93 attempts · OTT 45 · COL 48

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
COL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

OTT pressure
COL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: COL 22% of the game, OTT 37%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

OTT

COL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

OTT skaters (rows) against COL skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the OTT side.

Matchup matrix

OTT xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	COL	OTT
	48	36
	2.04	2.12
	1.99	2.09
	7	10
	4	6
	18	26
	+0.055	−0.055
	22%	37%

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.

Colorado Avalanche

L1MacKinnon – Olofsson – Necas
10:1267% CF
L2Nelson – Lehkonen – Nichushkin
8:340% CF
L3Drury – Makar – Brindley
4:5250% CF
L4Kelly – Kiviranta – Bardakov
3:3957% CF
D1Makar – Malinski
15:5354% CF
D2Burns – Manson
11:0262% CF
D3Middleton – Girard
4:4650% CF

PK1FKelly – Drury
1:45
PK2FNelson – Nichushkin
1:22
PK1DBurns – Manson
1:24
PK2DGirard – Makar
1:20

Current COL line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Cousins – Amadio – Pinto
13:3647% CF
L2Giroux – Batherson – Stützle
11:0435% CF
L3Tkachuk – Cozens – Greig
9:0960% CF
L4Eller – Zetterlund – Bourgault
4:5356% CF
D1Sanderson – Zub
18:1647% CF
D2Jensen – Chabot
15:4943% CF
D3Spence – Kleven
13:3240% CF

PP1Giroux – Chabot – Zetterlund – Pinto – Greig
2:58100% CF
PP2Batherson – Tkachuk – Cozens – Sanderson – Stützle
2:37100% CF

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:21
OTTNick Cousins (Artem Zub, Tim Stützle)backhand0.11 xG
COL: Burns, Manson, MacKinnon, Necas, DruryOTT: Giroux, Cousins, Sanderson, Stützle, Zub
COL 0 – 1 OTT
14:05
COLParker Kelly (Brock Nelson, Keaton Middleton)snap0.15 xG
COL: Middleton, Girard, Kelly, Drury, KivirantaOTT: Eller, Jensen, Chabot, Zetterlund, Bourgault
COL 1 – 1 OTT
14:22
OTTRidly Greig (Tyler Kleven, Jordan Spence)wrist0.14 xG
COL: Middleton, Girard, Kelly, Drury, KivirantaOTT: Eller, Zetterlund, Spence, Greig, Kleven
COL 1 – 2 OTT

3rd period

2:06
OTTClaude Giroux (Drake Batherson, Nick Jensen)wrist0.11 xG
COL: Manson, Girard, Kelly, Drury, KivirantaOTT: Giroux, Jensen, Batherson, Spence, Stützle
COL 1 – 3 OTT
3:30
COLValeri Nichushkin (Jack Drury)backhand0.27 xG
COL: Burns, Manson, Lehkonen, Nichushkin, DruryOTT: Giroux, Batherson, Spence, Kleven, Stützle
COL 2 – 3 OTT
17:44
OTTBrady TkachukEN (Jake Sanderson)wrist0.26 xG
COL: Nelson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Olofsson, Necas, MakarOTT: Giroux, Tkachuk, Sanderson, Stützle, Zub
COL 2 – 4 OTT
18:53
OTTTim StützleEN (Thomas Chabot, Artem Zub)wrist0.96 xG
COL: Nelson, MacKinnon, Nichushkin, Olofsson, Necas, MakarOTT: Amadio, Chabot, Greig, Stützle, Zub
COL 2 – 5 OTT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.13	0	1	0	23:36	—	—	61	60
Martin Necas C	L1	0	0	0	-3	0	0.05	3	0	0	22:37	—	—	56	54
Victor Olofsson L	L1	0	0	0	-2	2	0.40	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	61	55
Brock Nelson C	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:23	—	—	33	27
Artturi Lehkonen L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	2	16:51	—	—	50	81
Valeri Nichushkin R	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.36	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	65	61
Jack Drury C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	2	0	0	16:30	—	—	52	32
Gavin Brindley C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	8:43	—	—	50	5
Taylor Makar L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	5:30	—	—	67	0
Parker Kelly C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.38	2	1	0	14:04	—	—	63	61
Joel Kiviranta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	11:41	—	—	62	41
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	4:42	—	—	67	77
Cale Makar D	D1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.33	0	3	0	27:22	—	—	55	58
Sam Malinski D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	1	1	2	20:52	—	—	53	54
Brent Burns D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	21:45	—	—	71	71
Josh Manson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	4	0	0	20:55	—	—	55	39
Samuel Girard D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:04	—	—	68	55
Keaton Middleton D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	10:23	—	—	33	19

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	L	21	18	3	.857	2.43	57:41

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Shane Pinto C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	22:19	—	—	40	32
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.63	1	2	20:13	—	—	39	32
Nick Cousins C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	3	1	16:44	—	—	45	56
Tim Stützle C	L2	1	1	2	+3	3	1.13	1	0	18:28	—	—	38	46
Claude Giroux R	L2	1	0	1	+2	4	0.46	0	0	17:34	—	—	38	46
Drake Batherson R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	1	0	16:08	—	—	35	40
Ridly Greig C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.20	1	0	18:45	—	—	44	69
Brady Tkachuk L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.50	1	0	15:12	—	—	54	44
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	1	0	14:44	—	—	50	60
Fabian Zetterlund L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	2	0	12:16	—	—	44	59
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.44	0	0	8:14	—	—	47	63
Xavier Bourgault R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	3	0	5:12	—	—	56	56
Jake Sanderson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	4	1	24:43	—	—	38	42
Artem Zub D	D1	0	2	2	+3	1	0.02	2	1	21:55	—	—	50	60
Thomas Chabot D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	1	1	21:24	—	—	48	41
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	0	17:04	—	—	39	38
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.03	3	2	15:06	—	—	42	61
Tyler Kleven D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	4	1	13:59	—	—	42	58

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	18	16	2	.889	2.02	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Nick Cousins (OTT) 2nd 3:21 · assists Artem Zub, Tim Stützle · Odd-man rush · passed in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 17.6 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Nick Cousins · 2nd 3:21 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 17.6 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Parker Kelly · 2nd 14:05 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 46.0 mph
Distance: 32 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Ridly Greig · 2nd 14:22 · OTT

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 40.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Claude Giroux · 3rd 2:06 · OTT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.4 mph
Distance: 20 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Valeri Nichushkin · 3rd 3:30 · COL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 33.2 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 6.8 s

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Brady Tkachuk · 3rd 17:44 · OTT EN

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 56.7 mph
Distance: 98 ft

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Tim Stützle · 3rd 18:53 · OTT EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.8 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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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.