Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa SenatorsFeb 21, 2021

Final / OTSunday, Feb 21, 2021· Canadian Tire Centre

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Ottawa SenatorsOTT

3

Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	0	1	0	2		MTL	9	14	9	0	32
OTT	1	0	1	1	3		OTT	12	8	13	6	39

: MTL 58OTT 62
: MTL 1.85OTT 3.76
PP goals: MTL 0OTT 0
Hits: MTL 25OTT 27
Blocks: MTL 11OTT 15
PIM: MTL 10OTT 6
: MTL 45%OTT 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2 (OT)

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in overtime at home. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Jake Allen (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +11 against a season average of 28.2; the overtime loss.

Points
Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 8 shots in 20:11.Tkachuk
Points
Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 15:25.Batherson
Goalie
Jake Allen (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +11 against a season average of 28.2; the overtime loss.Allen
Usage
Jonathan Drouin (MTL) played 9:11, −7:04 down on his 16:15 season average over 43 games.Drouin
Usage
Mike Reilly (OTT) played 25:32, +6:22 up on his 19:10 season average over 54 games.Reilly
Usage
Artem Zub (OTT) played 14:56, −3:31 down on his 18:27 season average over 46 games.Zub
Usage
Corey Perry (MTL) played 10:19, −3:30 down on his 13:49 season average over 48 games.Perry
Usage
Tyler Toffoli (MTL) played 22:11, +4:45 up on his 17:26 season average over 51 games.Toffoli

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

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

OTT
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · OTT 62 · MTL 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 28% of the game, OTT 33%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

OTT

MTL

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	MTL	OTT
	62	40
	1.44	1.39
	1.42	1.33
	2	6
	4	6
	19	13
	−0.021	+0.020
	28%	33%

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.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Toffoli – Gallagher – Danault
12:0758% CF
L2Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
5:5050% CF
L3Tatar – Armia – Kotkaniemi
5:4464% CF
L4Perry – Byron – Evans
3:4250% CF
D1Weber – Chiarot
15:2755% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
14:0465% CF
D3Mete – Romanov
7:1750% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Toffoli – Drouin – Suzuki
2:4050% CF
PP2Weber – Tatar – Gallagher – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
2:30
PK1FArmia – Danault
2:21
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
1:41
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
3:06
PK2DPetry – Edmundson
2:33

Current MTL line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Dadonov – Paul – White
10:0842% CF
L2Brown – Norris – Tkachuk
7:4044% CF
L3Stepan – Batherson – Stützle
7:3050% CF
L4Haley – Watson – Tierney
2:27100% CF
D1Coburn – Zaitsev
12:5657% CF
D2Reilly – Zub
12:1744% CF
D3Gudbranson – Brannstrom
8:4331% CF

PP1Dadonov – Reilly – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
4:21100% CF
PP2Stepan – Paul – White – Norris – Brannstrom
3:01100% CF
PK1FTierney – Brown
2:20
PK2FStepan – Watson
1:22
PK1DGudbranson – Zaitsev
3:26
PK2DCoburn – Reilly
0:56

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:17
MTLNick Suzuki (Josh Anderson)snap0.18 xG
MTL: Petry, Edmundson, Anderson, Drouin, SuzukiOTT: Dadonov, Reilly, Paul, White, Zub
MTL 1 – 0 OTT
9:47
OTTDrake Batherson (Artem Zub)wrist0.21 xG
MTL: Anderson, Drouin, Mete, Suzuki, RomanovOTT: Stepan, Reilly, Batherson, Stützle, Zub
MTL 1 – 1 OTT

3rd period

3:33
OTTJosh Norris (Nikita Zaitsev, Brady Tkachuk)tip-in0.08 xG
MTL: Perry, Weber, Chiarot, Anderson, EvansOTT: Coburn, Brown, Zaitsev, Norris, Tkachuk
MTL 1 – 2 OTT
14:35
MTLCorey Perry (Jeff Petry)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Perry, Petry, Armia, Mete, KotkaniemiOTT: Watson, Gudbranson, Tierney, Brannstrom, Tkachuk
MTL 2 – 2 OTT

OT period

3:30
OTTBrady Tkachuk (Drake Batherson, Erik Brannstrom)snap0.05 xG
MTL: Byron, Anderson, RomanovOTT: Brannstrom, Batherson, Tkachuk
MTL 2 – 3 OTT

Box score

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

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	22:11	—	—	65	63
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	0	2	18:55	—	—	65	63
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	3	1	0	16:23	—	—	62	59
Nick Suzuki C	L2	1	0	1	0	1	0.21	0	0	2	20:24	—	—	48	33
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	2	0	0	18:19	—	—	46	35
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	1	0	0	9:11	—	—	62	37
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	74	68
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.07	1	1	0	14:40	—	—	69	63
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:59	—	—	64	52
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	2	14:35	—	—	64	51
Corey Perry R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	10:19	—	—	50	60
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	69	58
Shea Weber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.09	1	0	0	25:05	—	—	56	50
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	6	5	2	23:59	—	—	58	42
Jeff Petry D	D2	0	1	1	+2	5	0.13	2	0	2	24:15	—	—	69	61
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.07	0	1	0	21:49	—	—	68	59
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	2	2	0	12:45	—	—	60	35
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	1	0	0	10:50	—	—	52	48

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	O	39	36	3	.923	3.76	63:30

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.52	1	0	0	17:59	—	—	44	39
Nick Paul L	L1	0	0	0	-1	5	0.24	3	0	0	17:58	—	—	43	35
Colin White C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	4	1	0	16:22	—	—	33	29
Brady Tkachuk L	L2	1	1	2	+1	8	0.53	5	1	0	20:11	—	—	40	46
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.67	0	0	0	20:07	—	—	35	58
Josh Norris C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.13	2	1	0	17:48	—	—	29	46
Derek Stepan C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.23	0	0	2	18:17	—	—	42	67
Tim Stützle C	L3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.25	1	0	0	17:50	—	—	36	61
Drake Batherson R	L3	1	1	2	+2	4	0.59	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	50	68
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	0	0	0	11:14	—	—	50	42
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	9:29	—	—	29	32
Micheal Haley L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	3:32	—	—	75	80
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	2	1	0	23:39	—	—	47	65
Braydon Coburn D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	0	1	0	17:23	—	—	46	56
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	3	2	25:32	—	—	41	53
Artem Zub D	D2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	3	1	2	14:56	—	—	39	53
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	2	0	19:15	—	—	31	34
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	1	1	0	1	0.30	0	2	0	15:33	—	—	23	28

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	1.85	63:30

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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.