Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa SenatorsFeb 22, 2025

FinalSaturday, Feb 22, 2025· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	3	2	0	5		MTL	9	8	8	25
OTT	2	0	0	2		OTT	10	8	9	27

: MTL 57OTT 63
: MTL 2.71OTT 2.83
PP goals: MTL 1OTT 1
Hits: MTL 39OTT 40
Blocks: MTL 11OTT 17
PIM: MTL 13OTT 9
: MTL 33%OTT 67%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 5–2

Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 5–2 at OTT. Tim Stützle (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:17 together.

Points
Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 12:29.Gallagher
Points
Tim Stützle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:24.Stützle
Points
Nick Suzuki had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:15.Suzuki
PP1
MTL's first power-play unit (Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson and Slafkovský) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 1:17 together.Laine Suzuki Caufield Hutson Slafkovský
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Giroux, Gaudette, Batherson, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:28 together.Giroux Gaudette Batherson Sanderson Stützle
New line
New look for OTT: Amadio–Highmore–Ostapchuk skated 5:35 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (11.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Amadio Highmore Ostapchuk
Luck
MTL scored 5 goals on 2.71 expected goals (57 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Travis Hamonic (OTT) played 9:17, −7:55 down on his 17:12 season average over 58 games.Hamonic

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 63 · MTL 57

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 35%.

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
	59	60
	2.66	2.21
	2.60	2.14
	8	10
	0	11
	20	20
	−0.128	+0.129
	33%	35%

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 – Caufield – Slafkovský
11:3966% CF
L2Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
10:4045% CF
L3Armia – Evans – Heineman
10:3843% CF
L4Laine – Dach – Newhook
10:0836% CF
D1Matheson – Carrier
15:2534% CF
D2Struble – Hutson
14:2669% CF
D3Savard – Xhekaj
11:5256% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
1:17100% CF
PP2Gallagher – Matheson – Dach – Newhook – Heineman
0:250% CF
PK1FAnderson – Dvorak
1:35
PK2FArmia – Evans
1:06
PK1DSavard – Matheson
3:08
PK2DCarrier – Xhekaj
0:20

Current MTL line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Perron – Batherson – Greig
7:1743% CF
L2Amadio – Highmore – Ostapchuk
5:3511% CF
L3Gaudette – Gregor – Reinhardt
4:4064% CF
D1Jensen – Chabot
11:5956% CF
D2Sanderson – Zub
11:1339% CF
D3Kleven – Matinpalo
6:4450% CF

PP1Giroux – Gaudette – Batherson – Sanderson – Stützle
2:28100% CF
PP2Perron – Amadio – Chabot – Greig – Stützle
0:56100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Highmore
0:56
PK2FGreig – Ostapchuk
0:55
PK1DSanderson – Zub
1:09
PK2DJensen – Chabot
0:24

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:28
MTLBrendan Gallagherwrist0.19 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, CarrierOTT: Giroux, Hamonic, Chabot, Batherson, Stützle
MTL 1 – 0 OTT
4:28
MTLCole Caufield (Arber Xhekaj, David Savard)wrist0.16 xG
MTL: Savard, Suzuki, Caufield, Xhekaj, SlafkovskýOTT: Giroux, Highmore, Sanderson, Stützle, Zub
MTL 2 – 0 OTT
13:20
OTTJake SandersonPP (Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle)wrist0.10 xG
MTL: Savard, Matheson, Dvorak, SuzukiOTT: Giroux, Gaudette, Batherson, Sanderson, Stützle
MTL 2 – 1 OTT
15:54
OTTTim Stützlewrist0.09 xG
MTL: Matheson, Carrier, Suzuki, Caufield, SlafkovskýOTT: Giroux, Amadio, Sanderson, Stützle, Zub
MTL 2 – 2 OTT
16:13
MTLPatrik LainePP (Lane Hutson, Nick Suzuki)slap0.08 xG
MTL: Laine, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, SlafkovskýOTT: Giroux, Highmore, Sanderson, Zub
MTL 3 – 2 OTT

2nd period

5:14
MTLJosh Anderson (Brendan Gallagher, Christian Dvorak)wrist0.34 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Anderson, Dvorak, Struble, HutsonOTT: Jensen, Highmore, Chabot, Batherson, Ostapchuk
MTL 4 – 2 OTT
11:32
MTLJuraj Slafkovský (Nick Suzuki, Jayden Struble)slap0.12 xG
MTL: Suzuki, Caufield, Struble, Hutson, SlafkovskýOTT: Perron, Batherson, Sanderson, Stützle, Zub
MTL 5 – 2 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
Cole Caufield R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.37	0	1	0	16:26	—	—	66	56
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	16:15	—	—	65	57
Juraj Slafkovský L	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.36	8	0	5	15:25	—	—	66	56
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.01	1	0	0	16:29	—	—	44	65
Josh Anderson R	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	0.48	3	0	2	14:32	—	—	46	63
Brendan Gallagher R	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.33	3	0	0	12:29	—	—	46	63
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	4	0	0	16:05	—	—	46	44
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	14:19	—	—	41	39
Emil Heineman L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	4	0	0	12:16	—	—	40	26
Alex Newhook C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	2	0	0	15:09	—	—	39	66
Kirby Dach C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	2	13:43	—	—	37	56
Patrik Laine L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.13	2	0	2	13:04	—	—	33	44
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	4	0	23:28	—	—	38	40
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	4	2	21:30	—	—	33	32
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.17	0	0	0	19:26	—	—	67	73
Jayden Struble D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	3	0	0	18:35	—	—	64	70
David Savard D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	17:52	—	—	54	51
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	3	0	0	17:14	—	—	50	59

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.83	60:00

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Drake Batherson R	L1	0	1	1	-3	4	0.27	3	1	0	18:29	—	—	48	34
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.48	2	0	0	17:39	—	—	52	55
Ridly Greig C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.24	3	1	5	16:11	—	—	46	53
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	6	0	0	19:04	—	—	40	31
Matthew Highmore C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:34	—	—	37	30
Zack Ostapchuk C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	4	1	0	14:22	—	—	18	11
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	2	0	0	14:16	—	—	56	36
Noah Gregor L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	3	1	0	13:05	—	—	54	51
Cole Reinhardt L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	7	0	4	11:53	—	—	65	71
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	0	2	0	25:22	—	—	56	39
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	61	35
Jake Sanderson D	D2	1	0	1	-1	4	0.29	1	2	0	21:21	—	—	46	54
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	4	0	17:46	—	—	38	42
Tyler Kleven D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	4	0	15:13	—	—	53	64
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	1	0	11:01	—	—	53	73
Tim Stützle C	—	1	1	2	-2	4	0.37	2	0	0	20:24	—	—	65	62
Claude Giroux R	—	0	0	0	-1	3	0.50	1	0	0	18:30	—	—	67	59
Travis Hamonic D	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	2	0	0	9:17	—	—	55	43

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	15	10	5	.667	1.48	31:32
Anton Forsberg	—	10	10	0	.1000	1.23	28:28

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Brendan Gallagher (MTL) 1st 2:28 · unassisted · Dump and chase · dumped in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 43.4 mph shot · 7.7 s from entry to goal.

Brendan Gallagher · 1st 2:28 · MTL

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.4 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s

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Cole Caufield · 1st 4:28 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Jake Sanderson · 1st 13:20 · OTT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 69.4 mph
Distance: 39 ft

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Tim Stützle · 1st 15:54 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 22.5 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Patrik Laine · 1st 16:13 · MTL PP

Play: faceoff
Passes: 1
Shot: 70.2 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Type: one-timer

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Josh Anderson · 2nd 5:14 · MTL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 47.8 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s
Type: rebound

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Juraj Slafkovský · 2nd 11:32 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.9 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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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.