Columbus Blue Jackets vs. Ottawa SenatorsApr 6, 2025

FinalSunday, Apr 6, 2025· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
CBJ	0	0	0	0		CBJ	9	10	10	29
OTT	2	0	2	4		OTT	14	9	7	30

: CBJ 63OTT 57
: CBJ 2.29OTT 2.17
PP goals: CBJ 0OTT 0
Hits: CBJ 27OTT 24
Blocks: CBJ 12OTT 16
PIM: CBJ 6OTT 0
: CBJ 43%OTT 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators rout Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0

Ottawa Senators beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–0 at home. Thomas Chabot (OTT) led the scoring with 0G 2A. New look for CBJ: Jenner–Monahan–Johnson skated 13:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Thomas Chabot had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:26.Chabot
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Monahan–Johnson skated 13:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Monahan Johnson
New line
New look for CBJ: Marchenko–Voronkov–Fantilli skated 11:19 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (48% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Marchenko Voronkov Fantilli
Luck
CBJ scored 0 goals on 2.29 expected goals (63 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for CBJ: Olivier–Chinakhov–Sillinger skated 9:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Olivier Chinakhov Sillinger
New line
New look for CBJ: van Riemsdyk–Kuraly–Danforth skated 7:35 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.van Riemsdyk Kuraly Danforth
Luck
OTT scored 4 goals on 2.17 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Claude Giroux (OTT) played 14:57, −3:18 down on his 18:15 season average over 80 games.Giroux

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

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

OTT
CBJ
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · OTT 57 · CBJ 63

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
CBJ
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: CBJ 37% of the game, OTT 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

OTT

CBJ

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	CBJ	OTT
	62	58
	1.92	1.44
	1.86	1.41
	12	12
	4	2
	31	28
	−0.019	+0.019
	37%	25%

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.

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Jenner – Monahan – Johnson
13:1074% CF
L2Marchenko – Voronkov – Fantilli
11:1948% CF
L3Olivier – Chinakhov – Sillinger
9:3850% CF
L4van Riemsdyk – Kuraly – Danforth
7:3531% CF
D1Werenski – Fabbro
13:3377% CF
D2Provorov – Mateychuk
11:1538% CF
D3Johnson – Gudbranson
6:4835% CF

PK1FOlivier – Sillinger
1:06
PK2FJenner – Monahan
1:03
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
2:56
PK2DJohnson – Fabbro
2:05

Current CBJ line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Amadio – Pinto – Greig
12:0556% CF
L2Giroux – Zetterlund – Stützle
10:3055% CF
L3Perron – Batherson – Cozens
10:2843% CF
L4Highmore – Gaudette – Crookshank
8:1258% CF
D1Jensen – Chabot
16:2050% CF
D2Sanderson – Zub
15:1646% CF
D3Kleven – Matinpalo
12:2453% CF

PP1Batherson – Cozens – Greig – Sanderson – Stützle
2:44100% CF
PP2Giroux – Perron – Chabot – Gaudette – Zetterlund
1:53100% CF

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:24
OTTAdam Gaudette (Thomas Chabot, Nick Jensen)wrist0.04 xG
CBJ: Johnson, van Riemsdyk, Gudbranson, Kuraly, DanforthOTT: Jensen, Highmore, Chabot, Gaudette, Crookshank
CBJ 0 – 1 OTT
4:26
OTTNikolas Matinpalo (Claude Giroux, Fabian Zetterlund)backhand0.05 xG
CBJ: Johnson, Gudbranson, Olivier, Voronkov, FantilliOTT: Giroux, Zetterlund, Kleven, Stützle, Matinpalo
CBJ 0 – 2 OTT

3rd period

4:32
OTTDavid Perron (Drake Batherson, Thomas Chabot)other0.05 xG
CBJ: Werenski, Olivier, Voronkov, Mateychuk, FantilliOTT: Perron, Jensen, Chabot, Batherson, Cozens
CBJ 0 – 3 OTT
19:19
OTTShane PintoEN (Jake Sanderson, Ridly Greig)wrist0.38 xG
CBJ: Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Marchenko, Johnson, FantilliOTT: Amadio, Pinto, Greig, Sanderson, Zub
CBJ 0 – 4 OTT

Box score

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

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	-1	5	0.59	2	0	0	20:13	—	—	71	84
Kent Johnson C	L1	-1	2	0.07	0	0	0	18:36	—	—	69	83
Sean Monahan C	L1	-1	0	0.01	1	1	0	17:23	—	—	69	80
Adam Fantilli C	L2	-3	1	0.05	2	2	0	16:26	—	—	37	38
Kirill Marchenko R	L2	-1	1	0.09	2	0	0	15:27	—	—	45	55
Dmitri Voronkov L	L2	-2	3	0.10	0	0	0	12:58	—	—	38	31
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	-2	3	0.35	7	1	2	17:09	—	—	33	29
Cole Sillinger C	L3	0	1	0.18	3	0	0	15:55	—	—	60	79
Egor Chinakhov R	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:19	—	—	55	70
Justin Danforth R	L4	-1	1	0.14	4	0	2	13:00	—	—	36	22
Sean Kuraly C	L4	-1	1	0.03	0	0	2	10:57	—	—	33	22
James van Riemsdyk L	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:40	—	—	31	22
Zach Werenski D	D1	-2	8	0.23	1	2	0	24:53	—	—	69	81
Dante Fabbro D	D1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	21:26	—	—	66	75
Ivan Provorov D	D2	0	1	0.28	1	2	0	24:28	—	—	39	67
Denton Mateychuk D	D2	-1	2	0.16	2	0	0	19:12	—	—	47	69
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	14:52	—	—	39	31
Jack Johnson D	D3	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	13:35	—	—	35	26

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins	—	23	22	1	.957	1.51	53:05
Daniil Tarasov(start)	L	6	4	2	.667	0.28	4:26

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk		PP	SH
Ridly Greig C	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	0	0	18:41	—	—	58	47
Shane Pinto C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.54	5	0	17:02	—	—	59	50
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.04	1	1	16:17	—	—	54	43
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	2	17:26	—	—	50	59
Fabian Zetterlund L	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	1	2	15:54	—	—	47	48
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	14:57	—	—	52	61
David Perron L	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.22	1	0	17:30	—	—	35	34
Drake Batherson R	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	2	2	17:12	—	—	42	39
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.25	3	0	17:02	—	—	33	29
Adam Gaudette R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.07	1	0	12:26	—	—	57	46
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	11:10	—	—	37	17
Angus Crookshank C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	9:46	—	—	57	59
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	2	2	+2	3	0.05	1	0	22:26	—	—	54	41
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.01	0	0	17:58	—	—	46	31
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	4	0.17	0	4	22:53	—	—	42	27
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	22:06	—	—	48	34
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.21	3	1	14:41	—	—	55	71
Tyler Kleven D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.02	1	1	14:39	—	—	50	73

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	2.29	59:54

Goal anatomy

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

Adam Gaudette (OTT) 1st 2:24 · assists Thomas Chabot, Nick Jensen · Rush · carried in · 58.4 mph shot · 1.6 s from entry to goal.

Adam Gaudette · 1st 2:24 · OTT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 58.4 mph
Distance: 41 ft
Entry to goal: 1.6 s

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Nikolas Matinpalo · 1st 4:26 · OTT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.3 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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David Perron · 3rd 4:32 · OTT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.7 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Shane Pinto · 3rd 19:19 · OTT EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 11.7 mph
Distance: 6 ft

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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.