St. Louis Blues vs. Ottawa SenatorsDec 6, 2025

FinalSaturday, Dec 6, 2025· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
STL	0	1	1	2		STL	2	10	8	20
OTT	0	0	1	1		OTT	15	10	17	42

: STL 41OTT 80
: STL 2.70OTT 4.34
PP goals: STL 0OTT 1
Hits: STL 22OTT 25
Blocks: STL 21OTT 10
PIM: STL 20OTT 10
: STL 51%OTT 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues edge Ottawa Senators 2–1

St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 2–1 at OTT. Jake Neighbours (STL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Jordan Kyrou (STL) played 0:53, −15:03 down on his 15:56 season average over 71 games.

Points
Jake Neighbours had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:15.Neighbours
Usage
Jordan Kyrou (STL) played 0:53, −15:03 down on his 15:56 season average over 71 games.Kyrou
New line
New look for OTT: Giroux–Amadio–Greig skated 8:10 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux Amadio Greig
New line
New look for STL: Buchnevich–Thomas–Neighbours skated 8:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Thomas Neighbours
Goalie
Joel Hofer (STL) faced 42 shots and stopped 41 (.976), +15 against a season average of 27.2; the win.Hofer
Luck
OTT scored 1 goal on 4.34 expected goals (80 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Fabian Zetterlund (OTT) played 18:52, +6:02 up on his 12:50 season average over 81 games.Zetterlund
Usage
Pius Suter (STL) played 20:47, +4:58 up on his 15:49 season average over 63 games.Suter

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

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

OTT
STL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 121 of 121 attempts · OTT 80 · STL 41

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
STL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: STL 15% of the game, OTT 68%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

OTT

STL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

OTT skaters (rows) against STL 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	STL	OTT
	41	58
	2.08	2.70
	1.80	2.68
	6	10
	5	5
	10	25
	+0.016	−0.016
	15%	68%

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.

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Thomas – Neighbours
8:2955% CF
L2Schenn – Joseph – Holloway
2:0050% CF
L3Bjugstad – Sundqvist – Kaskimaki
1:32
D1Parayko – Broberg
11:4335% CF
D2Fowler – Mailloux
9:2855% CF
D3Faulk – Kessel
6:2929% CF

PP1Schenn – Fowler – Suter – Holloway – Neighbours
0:55100% CF
PP2Faulk – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Thomas – Dvorsky
0:51
PK1FSundqvist – Suter
3:42
PK2FBuchnevich – Thomas
2:17
PK1DParayko – Broberg
6:44
PK2DFaulk – Fowler
4:43

Current STL line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Giroux – Amadio – Greig
8:1065% CF
L2Zetterlund – Tkachuk – Stützle
7:0963% CF
L3Perron – Batherson – Cozens
6:2830% CF
D1Sanderson – Zub
8:3044% CF
D2Spence – Kleven
7:3175% CF
D3Jensen – Matinpalo
7:2644% CF

PP1Batherson – Tkachuk – Cozens – Sanderson – Stützle
6:2189% CF
PP2Giroux – Perron – Zetterlund – Spence – Halliday
5:17100% CF
PK1FZetterlund – Stützle
1:08
PK2FAmadio – Greig
0:46
PK1DKleven – Matinpalo
1:08
PK2DSanderson – Zub
0:46

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

17:36
STLJake Neighbours (Brayden Schenn, Pius Suter)other0.52 xG
STL: Schenn, Fowler, Suter, Holloway, NeighboursOTT: Giroux, Zetterlund, Kleven, Stützle, Matinpalo
STL 1 – 0 OTT

3rd period

0:12
STLJake Neighbours (Pavel Buchnevich)tip-in0.31 xG
STL: Parayko, Buchnevich, Thomas, Broberg, NeighboursOTT: Zetterlund, Tkachuk, Sanderson, Stützle, Zub
STL 2 – 0 OTT
15:39
OTTFabian ZetterlundPP (Stephen Halliday, Claude Giroux)wrist0.20 xG
STL: Parayko, Sundqvist, Suter, BrobergOTT: Giroux, Perron, Zetterlund, Sanderson, Halliday
STL 2 – 1 OTT

Box score

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

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	19:44	—	—	44	38
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	1	3	4	19:10	—	—	40	42
Jake Neighbours L	L1	2	0	2	+2	4	0.92	4	1	4	15:15	—	—	47	61
Dylan Holloway L	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.23	3	1	2	17:05	—	—	52	69
Mathieu Joseph R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	2	0	14:46	—	—	35	35
Brayden Schenn C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.11	1	1	2	14:08	—	—	50	80
Oskar Sundqvist C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	4	2	2	15:32	—	—	15	8
Nick Bjugstad C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	13:36	—	—	31	24
Aleksanteri Kaskimaki C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:39	—	—	55	31
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.10	1	4	2	25:35	—	—	38	40
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	24:07	—	—	36	49
Cam Fowler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	25:04	—	—	50	54
Logan Mailloux D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	0	0	12:40	—	—	50	36
Justin Faulk D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	1	1	2	21:55	—	—	35	20
Matthew Kessel D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:45	—	—	30	8
Pius Suter C	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	0	2	0	20:47	—	—	31	55
Dalibor Dvorsky R	—	0	0	0	0	4	0.10	0	1	0	11:10	—	—	50	21
Jordan Kyrou R	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:53	—	—	0	0

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joel Hofer(start)	W	42	41	1	.976	4.34	59:49

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.18	0	1	2	18:35	—	—	48	21
Ridly Greig C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	1	0	15:59	—	—	60	67
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	3	0	0	15:25	—	—	60	64
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.72	1	2	2	23:24	—	—	50	34
Brady Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	1	0	2	21:26	—	—	64	49
Fabian Zetterlund L	L2	1	0	1	-2	6	0.65	4	0	0	18:52	—	—	69	49
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.31	2	0	2	22:22	—	—	52	76
Drake Batherson R	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	1	2	20:32	—	—	55	79
David Perron L	L3	0	0	0	0	3	0.36	1	0	0	13:56	—	—	43	76
Jake Sanderson D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.33	0	2	0	31:04	—	—	59	49
Artem Zub D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	14:46	—	—	50	46
Jordan Spence D	D2	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	2	0	0	21:18	—	—	79	78
Tyler Kleven D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	3	1	0	14:57	—	—	68	64
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	0	1	0	13:10	—	—	45	64
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:03	—	—	33	14
Stephen Halliday C	—	0	1	1	0	2	0.17	2	0	0	11:12	—	—	92	96
Nick Cousins C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.41	1	0	0	10:04	—	—	57	78
Hayden Hodgson R	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	2	0	0	1:53	—	—	100	100

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	20	18	2	.900	1.96	57:55

Goal anatomy

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

Fabian Zetterlund (OTT PP) 3rd 15:39 · assists Stephen Halliday, Claude Giroux · Rebound · 8.1 mph shot.

Fabian Zetterlund · 3rd 15:39 · OTT PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 8.1 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Type: rebound

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Jake Neighbours · 2nd 17:36 · STL

Play: rebound
Passes: 1
Shot: 11.7 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Type: rebound

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Jake Neighbours · 3rd 0:12 · STL

Play: deflection
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 15.5 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 7.4 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.