Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa SenatorsDec 14, 2022

FinalWednesday, Dec 14, 2022· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	2	2		MTL	10	3	12	25
OTT	0	3	0	3		OTT	6	16	9	31

: MTL 47OTT 53
: MTL 2.81OTT 4.03
PP goals: MTL 0OTT 2
Hits: MTL 30OTT 33
Blocks: MTL 11OTT 12
PIM: MTL 14OTT 6
: MTL 49%OTT 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at home. Alex DeBrincat (OTT) led the scoring with 0G 3A. OTT's first power-play unit (Giroux, Chabot, DeBrincat, Batherson and Tkachuk) scored 2 power-play goals on 21 attempts in 8:49 together.

Points
Alex DeBrincat had 3 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:12.DeBrincat
Points
Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:51.Tkachuk
Points
Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:16.Batherson
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Giroux, Chabot, DeBrincat, Batherson and Tkachuk) scored 2 power-play goals on 21 attempts in 8:49 together.Giroux Chabot DeBrincat Batherson Tkachuk
New line
New look for OTT: Watson–Kastelic–Lucchini skated 6:58 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (45.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Watson Kastelic Lucchini
Usage
Derick Brassard (OTT) played 17:12, +5:06 up on his 12:06 season average over 61 games.Brassard
Usage
Austin Watson (OTT) played 14:36, +4:26 up on his 10:10 season average over 74 games.Watson
Usage
Erik Brannstrom (OTT) played 11:30, −4:41 down on his 16:11 season average over 73 games.Brannstrom

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 100 of 100 attempts · OTT 53 · MTL 47

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 33% of the game, OTT 40%.

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
	41	37
	1.72	1.63
	1.63	1.53
	6	10
	8	4
	11	7
	+0.017	−0.017
	33%	40%

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

L1Suzuki – Dach – Caufield
11:1150% CF
L2Anderson – Evans – Slafkovský
8:0267% CF
L3Dadonov – Hoffman – Dvorak
8:0167% CF
L4Armia – Drouin – Pezzetta
3:2443% CF
D1Kovacevic – Harris
13:2642% CF
D2Edmundson – Guhle
12:1752% CF
D3Wideman – Xhekaj
9:4361% CF

PP1Drouin – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield – Slafkovský
3:56100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Hoffman – Wideman – Armia – Anderson
1:35100% CF
PK1FArmia – Dvorak
3:04
PK2FAnderson – Evans
2:10
PK1DEdmundson – Guhle
7:58
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
1:51

Current MTL line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Giroux – Brassard – Tkachuk
7:2720% CF
L2DeBrincat – Batherson – Pinto
7:2667% CF
L3Watson – Kastelic – Lucchini
6:5845% CF
L4Chartier – Gambrell – Kelly
3:5714% CF
D1Hamonic – Sanderson
13:2858% CF
D2Chabot – Zaitsev
11:5643% CF
D3Holden – Brannstrom
8:3827% CF

PP1Giroux – Chabot – DeBrincat – Batherson – Tkachuk
8:4995% CF
PP2Brassard – Brannstrom – Kastelic – Pinto – Sanderson
1:39
PK1FGambrell – Kelly
1:23
PK2FWatson – Chartier
0:45
PK1DHamonic – Sanderson
3:41
PK2DHolden – Zaitsev
1:52

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:28
OTTShane Pinto (Alex DeBrincat, Nikita Zaitsev)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Anderson, Evans, Kovacevic, Harris, SlafkovskýOTT: Chabot, DeBrincat, Zaitsev, Batherson, Pinto
MTL 0 – 1 OTT
5:41
OTTDrake BathersonPP (Alex DeBrincat, Brady Tkachuk)other0.29 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Armia, Dvorak, GuhleOTT: Giroux, Chabot, DeBrincat, Batherson, Tkachuk
MTL 0 – 2 OTT
8:02
OTTBrady TkachukPP (Alex DeBrincat, Drake Batherson)tip-in0.37 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Evans, Suzuki, GuhleOTT: Giroux, Chabot, DeBrincat, Batherson, Tkachuk
MTL 0 – 3 OTT

3rd period

8:05
MTLKirby Dach (Jake Evans, Juraj Slafkovský)wrist0.14 xG
MTL: Edmundson, Evans, Dach, Caufield, GuhleOTT: Giroux, Brassard, Holden, Brannstrom, Tkachuk
MTL 1 – 3 OTT
13:12
MTLChristian Dvorak (Nick Suzuki, Evgenii Dadonov)snap0.11 xG
MTL: Dadonov, Edmundson, Anderson, Dvorak, Suzuki, GuhleOTT: Hamonic, Watson, Chabot, Batherson, Pinto
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
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	20:15	—	—	47	45
Cole Caufield R	L1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.55	0	1	0	19:27	—	—	52	56
Kirby Dach C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.28	1	1	6	18:01	—	—	55	63
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.66	2	0	0	17:01	—	—	54	24
Jake Evans C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.26	2	0	0	16:53	—	—	71	74
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.19	1	0	2	13:20	—	—	54	41
Christian Dvorak C	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.23	0	1	0	17:57	—	—	65	69
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:05	—	—	56	38
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:48	—	—	59	42
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	1	0	13:30	—	—	33	37
Jonathan Drouin L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	0	0	0	12:39	—	—	31	36
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	7:38	—	—	44	91
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	0	0	0	17:43	—	—	46	39
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.02	1	2	2	17:22	—	—	45	34
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.00	4	3	0	23:55	—	—	57	77
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.06	3	2	0	21:55	—	—	52	79
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	6	0	2	13:35	—	—	57	39
Chris Wideman D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	2	13:16	—	—	58	41

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	3.63	58:26

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	1	1	2	-1	4	0.63	4	0	0	20:51	—	—	41	38
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.37	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	40	34
Derick Brassard C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	3	0	0	17:12	—	—	29	23
Drake Batherson R	L2	1	1	2	0	4	0.93	1	1	0	20:16	—	—	64	57
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	3	3	+1	5	0.62	1	0	0	19:12	—	—	64	56
Shane Pinto C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.39	3	0	0	16:45	—	—	62	64
Austin Watson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.22	3	0	2	14:36	—	—	56	69
Mark Kastelic C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	2	0	0	11:28	—	—	60	74
Jake Lucchini C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	47	59
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	0	3	0	12:49	—	—	41	39
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	2	9:53	—	—	47	39
Rourke Chartier C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:42	—	—	29	37
Jake Sanderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.40	0	1	0	21:59	—	—	62	54
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	21:33	—	—	61	55
Thomas Chabot D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	1	1	2	25:23	—	—	55	64
Nikita Zaitsev D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:51	—	—	40	66
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	1	0	14:42	—	—	38	22
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	11:30	—	—	31	17

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	W	25	23	2	.920	2.81	59:55

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.