Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa SenatorsJan 28, 2023

FinalSaturday, Jan 28, 2023· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	0	0	0		MTL	8	16	4	28
OTT	0	3	2	5		OTT	10	15	11	36

: MTL 59OTT 69
: MTL 2.65OTT 4.47
PP goals: MTL 0OTT 1
Hits: MTL 42OTT 25
Blocks: MTL 13OTT 20
PIM: MTL 6OTT 6
: MTL 51%OTT 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators rout Montreal Canadiens 5–0

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 5–0 at home. Claude Giroux (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. MTL scored 0 goals on 2.65 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.

Points
Claude Giroux had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 16:55.Giroux
Points
Nick Holden had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:02.Holden
Luck
MTL scored 0 goals on 2.65 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
New line
New look for MTL: Dvorak–Ylonen–Beck skated 6:50 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (13.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dvorak Ylonen Beck
New line
New look for OTT: Motte–Gambrell–Kelly skated 9:18 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Motte Gambrell Kelly
Goalie
Samuel Montembeault (MTL) faced 35 shots and stopped 31 (.886), +1 against a season average of 33.6; the loss.Montembeault
Usage
Rafael Harvey-Pinard (MTL) played 10:17, −7:09 down on his 17:26 season average over 33 games.Harvey-Pinard
Usage
Drake Batherson (OTT) played 15:20, −3:19 down on his 18:39 season average over 81 games.Batherson

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 128 of 128 attempts · OTT 69 · MTL 59

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 24% of the game, OTT 41%.

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
	47	66
	1.79	2.99
	1.72	2.90
	12	16
	6	6
	8	11
	+0.042	−0.042
	24%	41%

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

L1Dadonov – Hoffman – Dach
12:3261% CF
L2Anderson – Pitlick – Suzuki
11:5533% CF
L3Dvorak – Ylonen – Beck
6:5013% CF
L4Belzile – Pezzetta – Harvey-Pinard
5:5744% CF
D1Matheson – Barron
14:2637% CF
D2Savard – Xhekaj
14:0541% CF
D3Kovacevic – Harris
10:4658% CF

PP1Dadonov – Hoffman – Matheson – Suzuki – Dach
1:41100% CF
PP2Anderson – Dvorak – Pitlick – Suzuki – Barron
0:5980% CF
PK1FAnderson – Suzuki
1:51
PK2FDvorak – Dach
1:27
PK1DSavard – Matheson
2:49
PK2DKovacevic – Xhekaj
1:10

Current MTL line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Giroux – DeBrincat – Greig
10:0867% CF
L2Joseph – Tkachuk – Stützle
9:4953% CF
L3Motte – Gambrell – Kelly
9:1846% CF
L4Brassard – Batherson – Pinto
7:3777% CF
D1Chabot – Zaitsev
15:2461% CF
D2Hamonic – Sanderson
14:0956% CF
D3Holden – Brannstrom
8:1653% CF

PP1Chabot – DeBrincat – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
3:3778% CF
PP2Giroux – Brassard – Pinto – Greig – Sanderson
1:42100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Stützle
0:55
PK2FGambrell – Kelly
0:43
PK1DHamonic – Sanderson
1:55
PK2DHolden – Zaitsev
1:31

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

0:22
OTTAlex DeBrincat (Claude Giroux)wrist0.06 xG
MTL: Savard, Anderson, Pitlick, Suzuki, XhekajOTT: Giroux, Hamonic, DeBrincat, Greig, Sanderson
MTL 0 – 1 OTT
7:59
OTTClaude GirouxPP (Ridly Greig, Jake Sanderson)wrist0.09 xG
MTL: Dvorak, Pezzetta, Kovacevic, XhekajOTT: Giroux, Brassard, Pinto, Greig, Sanderson
MTL 0 – 2 OTT
9:32
OTTClaude Girouxbackhand0.26 xG
MTL: Savard, Anderson, Pitlick, Suzuki, XhekajOTT: Giroux, Chabot, DeBrincat, Zaitsev, Greig
MTL 0 – 3 OTT

3rd period

18:34
OTTMathieu JosephEN (Nick Holden)wrist0.22 xG
MTL: Hoffman, Savard, Dvorak, Pitlick, Suzuki, XhekajOTT: Holden, Joseph, Brannstrom, Kelly
MTL 0 – 4 OTT
19:12
OTTDerick Brassard (Drake Batherson, Nick Holden)wrist0.22 xG
MTL: Belzile, Harvey-Pinard, Barron, Xhekaj, BeckOTT: Brassard, Holden, Brannstrom, Batherson, Pinto
MTL 0 – 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kirby Dach C	L1	0	3	0.13	3	0	2	21:34	—	—	59	58
Mike Hoffman C	L1	-1	4	0.30	1	0	2	20:51	—	—	56	53
Evgenii Dadonov L	L1	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	15:25	—	—	61	58
Nick Suzuki C	L2	-3	1	0.17	2	0	0	22:14	—	—	38	36
Josh Anderson R	L2	-2	3	0.65	7	2	0	19:20	—	—	38	39
Rem Pitlick C	L2	-3	2	0.11	0	0	0	18:59	—	—	36	36
Christian Dvorak C	L3	-1	4	0.48	1	1	0	15:50	—	—	22	25
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:33	—	—	19	18
Owen Beck C	L3	-1	0	0.11	0	1	0	9:48	—	—	18	16
Alex Belzile R	L4	-1	1	0.08	2	0	0	11:01	—	—	40	16
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L4	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:17	—	—	46	18
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0.00	7	0	0	8:46	—	—	39	21
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	4	0.33	1	1	0	25:43	—	—	33	44
Justin Barron D	D1	-1	2	0.12	3	1	2	18:50	—	—	38	40
David Savard D	D2	-3	0	0.00	1	4	0	20:14	—	—	41	35
Arber Xhekaj D	D2	-4	1	0.04	6	1	0	18:55	—	—	39	27
Jordan Harris D	D3	0	0	0.02	1	2	0	16:26	—	—	50	41
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D3	0	2	0.04	2	0	0	13:25	—	—	55	42

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	35	31	4	.886	3.52	56:08

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex DeBrincat R	L1	1	0	1	+2	4	0.42	1	2	0	17:48	—	—	62	71
Claude Giroux R	L1	2	1	3	+2	4	0.52	0	1	0	16:55	—	—	63	71
Ridly Greig C	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.31	1	0	0	14:44	—	—	59	69
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.59	0	1	0	19:39	—	—	57	53
Brady Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.44	2	0	0	16:57	—	—	50	48
Mathieu Joseph R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.23	2	0	2	13:15	—	—	43	29
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.76	4	0	0	14:23	—	—	50	29
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:31	—	—	47	16
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	1	0	12:18	—	—	44	16
Drake Batherson R	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	73	80
Shane Pinto C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.10	0	3	0	13:07	—	—	66	74
Derick Brassard C	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.33	2	0	0	11:22	—	—	68	73
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	0.29	3	1	2	23:30	—	—	63	62
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	4	2	0	21:24	—	—	61	67
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	0	4	0	23:10	—	—	57	58
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	1	2	20:17	—	—	59	62
Nick Holden D	D3	0	2	2	+2	1	0.07	2	1	0	15:02	—	—	53	57
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.23	2	1	0	11:18	—	—	57	67

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	W	28	28	0	.1000	2.65	60:00

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.