Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa SenatorsFeb 23, 2021

Final / SOTuesday, Feb 23, 2021· Canadian Tire Centre

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Montreal CanadiensMTL

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Ottawa SenatorsOTT

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
MTL	1	2	1	0	0	4		MTL	13	8	12	3	36
OTT	2	1	1	0	1	5		OTT	14	19	4	2	39

: MTL 66OTT 71
: MTL 2.31OTT 3.36
PP goals: MTL 0OTT 2
Hits: MTL 34OTT 30
Blocks: MTL 14OTT 14
PIM: MTL 13OTT 11
: MTL 51%OTT 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators edge Montreal Canadiens 5–4 (SO)

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 5–4 in a shootout at home. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 0A. Derek Stepan (OTT) played 2:30, −13:14 down on his 15:44 season average over 19 games.

Points
Brady Tkachuk had two goals (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:26.Tkachuk
Points
Shea Weber had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:03.Weber
Points
Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:40.Batherson
Points
Phillip Danault had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:58.Danault
Usage
Derek Stepan (OTT) played 2:30, −13:14 down on his 15:44 season average over 19 games.Stepan
Goalie
Carey Price (MTL) faced 39 shots and stopped 35 (.897), +13 against a season average of 26.4; the overtime loss.Price
Goalie
Matt Murray (OTT) faced 36 shots and stopped 32 (.889), +9 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Murray
Usage
Colin White (OTT) played 18:37, +4:01 up on his 14:36 season average over 44 games.White

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 137 of 137 attempts · OTT 71 · MTL 66

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 29% of the game, OTT 31%.

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
	68	60
	2.50	2.04
	2.44	1.97
	8	6
	4	2
	10	8
	+0.020	−0.020
	29%	31%

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

L1Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
11:5356% CF
L2Toffoli – Gallagher – Danault
11:0162% CF
L3Tatar – Armia – Kotkaniemi
10:5041% CF
L4Perry – Byron – Evans
7:3344% CF
D1Petry – Edmundson
13:3147% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
10:5944% CF
D3Kulak – Romanov
8:2567% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Toffoli – Drouin – Suzuki
2:5850% CF
PP2Weber – Tatar – Gallagher – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
1:40
PK1FArmia – Danault
1:32
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
1:30
PK1DWeber – Chiarot
2:20
PK2DEdmundson – Romanov
0:50

Current MTL line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Brown – Norris – Tkachuk
10:2455% CF
L2Dadonov – Paul – White
8:2843% CF
L3Tierney – Batherson – Stützle
5:0742% CF
L4Haley – Stepan – Watson
0:00
D1Chabot – Zaitsev
19:1845% CF
D2Reilly – Zub
11:3924% CF
D3Gudbranson – Brannstrom
10:2172% CF

PP1Dadonov – Chabot – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
4:10100% CF
PP2Brown – Paul – White – Norris – Brannstrom
0:50100% CF
PK1FTierney – Brown
2:56
PK2FWatson – Paul
1:29
PK1DGudbranson – Zaitsev
2:47
PK2DReilly – Zub
2:34

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:36
OTTDrake Batherson (Derek Stepan, Artem Zub)backhand0.14 xG
MTL: Tatar, Armia, Kulak, Kotkaniemi, RomanovOTT: Stepan, Reilly, Batherson, Stützle, Zub
MTL 0 – 1 OTT
9:57
OTTBrady TkachukPP (Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Toffoli, Edmundson, SuzukiOTT: White, Chabot, Batherson, Tkachuk, Stützle
MTL 0 – 2 OTT
16:03
MTLShea Weber (Jake Evans, Corey Perry)wrist0.01 xG
MTL: Perry, Weber, Byron, Edmundson, EvansOTT: Tierney, Brown, Chabot, Zaitsev, Stützle
MTL 1 – 2 OTT

2nd period

3:41
OTTErik BrannstromPP (Colin White, Connor Brown)wrist0.05 xG
MTL: Toffoli, Edmundson, Suzuki, RomanovOTT: Brown, Paul, White, Norris, Brannstrom
MTL 1 – 3 OTT
4:52
MTLJonathan Drouinwrist0.13 xG
MTL: Weber, Chiarot, Armia, Drouin, KotkaniemiOTT: Brown, Chabot, Norris, Brannstrom, Tkachuk
MTL 2 – 3 OTT
10:06
MTLShea Weber (Phillip Danault, Brett Kulak)slap0.05 xG
MTL: Weber, Toffoli, Gallagher, Danault, KulakOTT: Reilly, Tierney, Batherson, Stützle, Zub
MTL 3 – 3 OTT

3rd period

8:06
MTLTyler Toffoli (Phillip Danault, Joel Edmundson)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Chiarot, Toffoli, Gallagher, Edmundson, DanaultOTT: Haley, Gudbranson, Tierney, Brown, Brannstrom
MTL 4 – 3 OTT
10:11
OTTBrady Tkachuk (Josh Norris, Thomas Chabot)backhand0.05 xG
MTL: Petry, Chiarot, Anderson, Drouin, SuzukiOTT: Brown, Chabot, Zaitsev, Norris, Tkachuk
MTL 4 – 4 OTT

Decided in the shootout: MTL 4 – 5 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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	3	1	0	20:45	—	—	55	54
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	1	0	1	0	1	0.13	0	0	0	19:32	—	—	53	53
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	7	0.51	2	0	2	19:10	—	—	55	52
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.18	5	0	0	18:07	—	—	64	71
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	0	0	0	+2	5	0.29	3	0	0	16:16	—	—	63	69
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.03	3	1	0	15:58	—	—	67	69
Tomas Tatar L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.19	0	1	0	15:47	—	—	48	51
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0	1	2	15:09	—	—	44	54
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	0	0	14:40	—	—	44	52
Corey Perry R	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:25	—	—	44	41
Paul Byron L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	2	2	0	10:11	—	—	43	36
Jake Evans C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	3	1	0	9:31	—	—	46	38
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	-1	6	0.23	1	0	0	26:38	—	—	53	51
Joel Edmundson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	1	2	0	20:40	—	—	53	51
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.18	3	1	5	22:56	—	—	43	48
Shea Weber D	D2	2	0	2	+3	3	0.23	4	4	4	22:03	—	—	58	60
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	14:09	—	—	50	53
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.02	0	0	0	13:56	—	—	65	71

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	O	39	35	4	.897	3.36	65:00

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Brown R	L1	0	1	1	-2	3	0.22	0	0	0	21:02	—	—	42	32
Josh Norris C	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.05	0	0	2	19:46	—	—	50	41
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	2	0	2	0	4	0.72	7	0	5	18:26	—	—	57	45
Nick Paul L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.22	0	1	0	20:42	—	—	44	48
Colin White C	L2	0	1	1	0	3	0.37	0	2	0	18:37	—	—	50	56
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	58	65
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.10	1	1	0	17:24	—	—	40	38
Tim Stützle C	L3	0	1	1	-1	6	0.66	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	38	34
Drake Batherson R	L3	1	1	2	0	1	0.16	2	2	2	15:40	—	—	41	39
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	6	2	0	12:56	—	—	44	47
Micheal Haley L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	6:36	—	—	40	31
Derek Stepan C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	0	0	0	2:30	—	—	60	52
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.22	0	1	2	29:26	—	—	47	46
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	1	0	23:13	—	—	44	42
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	19:19	—	—	35	48
Artem Zub D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	15:55	—	—	25	31
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	5	0	0	19:51	—	—	67	61
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	1	0	1	-2	5	0.18	0	0	0	12:18	—	—	68	47

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	36	32	4	.889	2.31	65:00

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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.