Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa SenatorsApr 1, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 1, 2021· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	1	1	2	4		MTL	14	14	10	38
OTT	0	0	1	1		OTT	11	6	6	23

: MTL 64OTT 39
: MTL 3.58OTT 1.35
PP goals: MTL 0OTT 1
Hits: MTL 30OTT 35
Blocks: MTL 8OTT 6
PIM: MTL 4OTT 6
: MTL 48%OTT 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 4–1 at OTT. Brendan Gallagher (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Filip Gustavsson (OTT) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +10 against a season average of 28.2; the loss.

Points
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 15:55.Gallagher
Points
Phillip Danault had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 16:02.Danault
Points
Jake Evans had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 11:54.Evans
Points
Tomas Tatar had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:05.Tatar
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (OTT) faced 38 shots and stopped 34 (.895), +10 against a season average of 28.2; the loss.Gustavsson
Usage
Colin White (OTT) played 10:07, −4:41 down on his 14:48 season average over 44 games.White
Usage
Brett Kulak (MTL) played 19:32, +3:30 up on his 16:02 season average over 45 games.Kulak
Usage
Thomas Chabot (OTT) played 23:14, −3:07 down on his 26:21 season average over 48 games.Chabot

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 103 of 103 attempts · OTT 39 · MTL 64

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 55% of the game, OTT 10%.

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
	67	44
	3.07	1.42
	2.91	1.39
	14	5
	8	2
	22	11
	−0.034	+0.034
	55%	10%

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
13:2472% CF
L2Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
10:3167% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Kotkaniemi
10:0850% CF
L4Perry – Frolik – Evans
8:2156% CF
D1Petry – Kulak
17:2677% CF
D2Weber – Edmundson
15:4356% CF
D3Mete – Romanov
14:1553% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Tatar – Gallagher – Kotkaniemi
3:26100% CF
PP2Weber – Danault – Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
2:12100% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
0:50
PK2FByron – Evans
0:48
PK1DWeber – Edmundson
2:07

Current MTL line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Dadonov – Norris – Tkachuk
10:4240% CF
L2Tierney – Batherson – Stützle
9:5338% CF
L3Brown – Paul – White
8:3828% CF
L4Dzingel – Bishop – Formenton
5:0330% CF
D1Chabot – Zaitsev
19:3533% CF
D2Reilly – Zub
14:2358% CF
D3Coburn – Brown
12:2938% CF

PP1Dzingel – Reilly – Brown – White – Norris
0:540% CF
PP2Dadonov – Chabot – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
0:480% CF
PK1FTierney – Formenton
1:52
PK2FBrown – Paul
1:49
PK1DZaitsev – Zub
4:34
PK2DCoburn – Brown
1:24

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:48
MTLPhillip Danault (Brendan Gallagher, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.19 xG
MTL: Tatar, Gallagher, Danault, Mete, RomanovOTT: Brown, Paul, White, Chabot, Zaitsev
MTL 1 – 0 OTT

2nd period

0:48
MTLPaul ByronSH (Jake Evans, Artturi Lehkonen)backhand0.16 xG
MTL: Weber, Byron, Edmundson, EvansOTT: Dadonov, Chabot, Batherson, Tkachuk, Stützle
MTL 2 – 0 OTT

3rd period

4:43
MTLCorey Perry (Jake Evans, Victor Mete)wrist0.03 xG
MTL: Perry, Tatar, Evans, Mete, RomanovOTT: Tierney, Chabot, Batherson, Stützle, Zub
MTL 3 – 0 OTT
10:04
MTLBrendan Gallagher (Phillip Danault, Tomas Tatar)wrist0.15 xG
MTL: Weber, Tatar, Gallagher, Edmundson, DanaultOTT: Brown, Bishop, Batherson, Stützle, Zub
MTL 4 – 0 OTT
18:13
OTTConnor BrownPP (Josh Norris, Mike Reilly)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Weber, Frolik, Edmundson, DanaultOTT: Dzingel, Reilly, Brown, Paul, Norris
MTL 4 – 1 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
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.43	4	1	0	19:02	—	—	59	63
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.45	0	1	0	18:22	—	—	70	78
Jonathan Drouin L	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	0	0	17:28	—	—	69	75
Phillip Danault C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.47	1	0	0	16:02	—	—	61	69
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.36	2	0	0	15:55	—	—	67	80
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	2	2	+3	1	0.10	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	70	82
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	16:50	—	—	55	45
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	2	13:56	—	—	50	47
Paul Byron L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	53	55
Corey Perry R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.29	2	1	0	14:34	—	—	67	90
Jake Evans C	L4	0	2	2	+2	4	0.41	2	0	0	11:54	—	—	47	63
Michael Frolik R	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	11:32	—	—	47	50
Jeff Petry D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	0	2	22:19	—	—	70	73
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.17	0	1	0	19:32	—	—	78	81
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.08	4	1	0	21:32	—	—	54	69
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.07	5	1	0	20:49	—	—	56	70
Alexander Romanov D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	2	1	0	15:33	—	—	52	59
Victor Mete D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.02	0	0	0	14:20	—	—	53	59

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	W	23	22	1	.957	1.35	60:00

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Norris C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	39	33
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	9	0	0	16:10	—	—	37	19
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:03	—	—	46	15
Chris Tierney C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:33	—	—	46	23
Drake Batherson R	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.06	2	0	0	14:59	—	—	35	26
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.08	0	0	0	13:50	—	—	35	14
Connor Brown R	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.21	1	0	0	19:58	—	—	38	37
Nick Paul L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	2	1	2	18:03	—	—	39	45
Colin White C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	2	0	0	10:07	—	—	32	39
Ryan Dzingel C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.24	2	0	0	11:45	—	—	44	40
Clark Bishop C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.26	5	0	0	11:21	—	—	44	33
Alex Formenton L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:43	—	—	46	48
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	2	0	25:34	—	—	38	40
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	-3	4	0.10	0	1	0	23:14	—	—	29	22
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	1	0	20:51	—	—	52	34
Mike Reilly D	D2	0	1	1	0	4	0.07	1	0	2	17:27	—	—	52	36
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:44	—	—	33	24
Braydon Coburn D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	14:50	—	—	47	41

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	38	34	4	.895	3.58	60:00

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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.