Vancouver Canucks vs. Ottawa SenatorsApr 28, 2021

FinalWednesday, Apr 28, 2021· Canadian Tire Centre

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Vancouver CanucksVAN

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Ottawa SenatorsOTT

6

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VAN	0	2	1	3		VAN	10	6	6	22
OTT	1	4	1	6		OTT	11	12	10	33

: VAN 44OTT 64
: VAN 1.37OTT 4.31
PP goals: VAN 0OTT 0
Hits: VAN 23OTT 21
Blocks: VAN 15OTT 12
PIM: VAN 14OTT 14
: VAN 48%OTT 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Canucks 6–3

Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Canucks 6–3 at home. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for VAN: Sutter–Hawryluk–MacEwen skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 14:39.Tkachuk
Points
Thomas Chabot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:12.Chabot
Points
Tyler Myers had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:08.Myers
Points
Alex Formenton had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:11.Formenton
New line
New look for VAN: Sutter–Hawryluk–MacEwen skated 5:46 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sutter Hawryluk MacEwen
Usage
Nick Paul (OTT) played 12:09, −4:00 down on his 16:09 season average over 55 games.Paul
Luck
OTT scored 6 goals on 4.31 expected goals (64 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
VAN scored 3 goals on 1.37 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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

← VAN attacks left (bottom on phones)OTT attacks right (top on phones) →

OTT
VAN
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 108 of 108 attempts · OTT 64 · VAN 44

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
VAN
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

OTT pressure
VAN pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VAN 8% of the game, OTT 48%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

OTT

VAN

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	VAN	OTT
	43	66
	1.39	3.88
	1.38	3.76
	10	11
	2	4
	18	22
	−0.028	+0.028
	8%	48%

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.

Vancouver Canucks

L1Pearson – Horvat – Hoglander
10:0730% CF
L2Sutter – Hawryluk – MacEwen
5:4633% CF
L3Miller – Motte – Boeser
4:3243% CF
L4Boyd – Virtanen – Highmore
2:410% CF
D1Hamonic – Hughes
13:3938% CF
D2Edler – Schmidt
12:4639% CF
D3Myers – Juolevi
7:3955% CF

PP1Miller – Pearson – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes
2:2833% CF
PP2Myers – Boyd – Schmidt – Virtanen – Hoglander
1:160% CF
PK1FSutter – Motte
2:50
PK2FMiller – Highmore
2:43
PK1DEdler – Myers
3:17
PK2DHamonic – Schmidt
2:16

Current VAN line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Dzingel – Tierney – Brown
11:3884% CF
L2Dadonov – White – Stützle
11:2157% CF
L3Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk
9:1550% CF
L4Paul – Formenton – Pinto
7:2667% CF
D1Chabot – Zaitsev
18:1761% CF
D2Brannstrom – Zub
12:5359% CF
D3Brown – Mete
11:0660% CF

PP1Chabot – Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
3:1975% CF
PP2Dadonov – Dzingel – Brown – White – Brannstrom
2:23100% CF
PK1FBrown – Paul
1:15
PK2FFormenton – Pinto
1:08
PK1DZaitsev – Zub
1:57
PK2DBrown – Mete
1:35

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

2:04
OTTVictor Mete (Alex Formenton, Shane Pinto)snap0.05 xG
VAN: Sutter, Myers, Hawryluk, Juolevi, MacEwenOTT: Brown, Paul, Mete, Formenton, Pinto
VAN 0 – 1 OTT

2nd period

0:38
OTTChris Tierney (Ryan Dzingel, Thomas Chabot)wrist0.14 xG
VAN: Edler, Pearson, Schmidt, Horvat, HoglanderOTT: Dzingel, Tierney, Brown, Chabot, Zaitsev
VAN 0 – 2 OTT
1:10
OTTJosh Norris (Brady Tkachuk)wrist0.22 xG
VAN: Hamonic, Miller, Motte, Boeser, HughesOTT: Norris, Brannstrom, Batherson, Tkachuk, Zub
VAN 0 – 3 OTT
5:43
VANTyler Myers (Olli Juolevi, Nils Hoglander)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Myers, Pearson, Horvat, Juolevi, HoglanderOTT: Dadonov, Brown, White, Mete, Stützle
VAN 1 – 3 OTT
6:36
OTTThomas Chabot (Nick Paul, Alex Formenton)snap0.09 xG
VAN: Sutter, Hamonic, Hawryluk, MacEwen, HughesOTT: Paul, Chabot, Formenton, Brannstrom, Pinto
VAN 1 – 4 OTT
7:23
VANJake Virtanen (Tyler Motte)wrist0.13 xG
VAN: Edler, Miller, Schmidt, Motte, VirtanenOTT: Dzingel, Tierney, Brannstrom, Batherson, Zub
VAN 2 – 4 OTT
16:13
OTTBrady Tkachuk (Drake Batherson, Erik Brannstrom)snap0.17 xG
VAN: Sutter, Myers, Hawryluk, Juolevi, MacEwenOTT: Chabot, Norris, Brannstrom, Batherson, Tkachuk
VAN 2 – 5 OTT

3rd period

14:33
OTTColin WhiteENwrist0.23 xG
VAN: Myers, Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, HughesOTT: Dadonov, Brown, White, Mete, Stützle
VAN 2 – 6 OTT
17:43
VANBrandon Sutter (Tyler Myers, Quinn Hughes)wrist0.04 xG
VAN: Edler, Sutter, Hamonic, Motte, MacEwenOTT: Chabot, Zaitsev, Formenton, Batherson, Pinto
VAN 3 – 6 OTT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Bo Horvat C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	0	19:22	—	—	42	21
Nils Hoglander L	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	39	21
Tanner Pearson L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	2	1	0	16:59	—	—	36	19
Brandon Sutter C	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:53	—	—	27	12
Jayce Hawryluk R	L2	0	0	0	-3	0	0.06	2	0	2	10:32	—	—	38	17
Zack MacEwen R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	7	9:15	—	—	39	18
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	4	0	0	18:30	—	—	50	54
Tyler Motte C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	3	0	0	17:10	—	—	39	25
Brock Boeser R	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.14	0	0	0	15:40	—	—	48	32
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	2	0	16:09	—	—	35	38
Travis Boyd C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	40	30
Jake Virtanen R	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.30	2	0	0	9:29	—	—	50	84
Quinn Hughes D	D1	0	1	1	-3	1	0.00	0	0	0	23:24	—	—	32	18
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	5	5	18:52	—	—	35	24
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	3	0	22:18	—	—	41	26
Alexander Edler D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	3	0	20:17	—	—	41	23
Tyler Myers D	D3	1	1	2	-2	3	0.09	2	0	0	21:08	—	—	44	28
Olli Juolevi D	D3	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:33	—	—	53	43

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	32	27	5	.844	4.08	58:56

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Brown R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.56	0	0	0	18:54	—	—	71	82
Ryan Dzingel C	L1	0	1	1	0	0	0.01	2	0	0	15:56	—	—	82	82
Chris Tierney C	L1	1	0	1	0	5	0.67	1	1	0	15:48	—	—	75	80
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	16:29	—	—	58	67
Colin White C	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.49	2	0	0	15:29	—	—	54	66
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.35	0	0	0	15:22	—	—	60	67
Drake Batherson R	L3	0	1	1	0	2	0.28	2	4	0	17:47	—	—	50	65
Brady Tkachuk L	L3	1	1	2	+2	6	0.58	0	1	5	14:39	—	—	53	76
Josh Norris C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.22	2	0	0	14:31	—	—	53	77
Alex Formenton L	L4	0	2	2	+1	1	0.15	1	0	0	13:11	—	—	39	68
Nick Paul L	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	4	0	7	12:09	—	—	56	75
Shane Pinto C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.23	0	0	2	11:53	—	—	56	71
Thomas Chabot D	D1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.19	2	2	0	26:12	—	—	63	85
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	0	2	0	22:04	—	—	60	84
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	1	0	17:35	—	—	57	70
Erik Brannstrom D	D2	0	1	1	+2	2	0.22	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	61	75
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	16:23	—	—	60	60
Victor Mete D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.09	2	1	0	14:26	—	—	60	56

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Marcus Hogberg(start)	W	22	19	3	.864	1.37	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.