New Jersey Devils vs. Ottawa SenatorsJan 31, 2026

FinalSaturday, Jan 31, 2026· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NJD	1	0	0	1		NJD	11	7	9	27
OTT	1	0	3	4		OTT	9	12	13	34

: NJD 58OTT 54
: NJD 1.55OTT 4.03
PP goals: NJD 0OTT 2
Hits: NJD 22OTT 24
Blocks: NJD 9OTT 18
PIM: NJD 8OTT 12
: NJD 57%OTT 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators beat New Jersey Devils 4–1

Ottawa Senators beat New Jersey Devils 4–1 at home. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. OTT's first power-play unit (Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 3:00 together.

Points
Brady Tkachuk had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 13:00.Tkachuk
Points
Tim Stützle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 20:27.Stützle
Points
Jake Sanderson had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 26:09.Sanderson
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 2 power-play goals on 5 attempts in 3:00 together.Batherson Tkachuk Cozens Sanderson Stützle
New line
New look for NJD: Brown–Meier–Glass skated 10:15 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (59.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Meier Glass
Usage
Connor Brown (NJD) played 22:37, +5:08 up on his 17:29 season average over 74 games.Brown
New line
New look for NJD: Dadonov–Bratt–Mercer skated 5:03 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Bratt Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Glendening–Cotter–Tsyplakov skated 4:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (75% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Glendening Cotter Tsyplakov

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

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

OTT
NJD
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 112 of 112 attempts · OTT 54 · NJD 58

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
NJD
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NJD 16% of the game, OTT 39%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

OTT

NJD

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

OTT skaters (rows) against NJD skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the OTT side.

Matchup matrix

OTT xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NJD	OTT
	53	55
	1.09	3.19
	1.07	3.09
	4	12
	10	5
	24	20
	+0.072	−0.072
	16%	39%

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.

New Jersey Devils

L1Brown – Meier – Glass
10:1559% CF
L2Hischier – Gritsyuk – Hameenaho
6:1523% CF
L3Dadonov – Bratt – Mercer
5:0358% CF
L4Glendening – Cotter – Tsyplakov
4:0375% CF
D1Siegenthaler – Kovacevic
12:3358% CF
D2Hamilton – Pesce
11:3650% CF
D3Dillon – Nemec
9:0036% CF

PP1Hamilton – Brown – Meier – Bratt – Hischier
7:1892% CF
PP2Dadonov – Gritsyuk – Mercer – Nemec – Hameenaho
2:16100% CF
PK1FHischier – Mercer
1:31
PK2FBrown – Glass
1:28
PK1DDillon – Pesce
1:35
PK2DHamilton – Siegenthaler
0:41

Current NJD line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Cousins – Amadio – Pinto
10:4144% CF
L2Giroux – Batherson – Stützle
8:3067% CF
L3Tkachuk – Cozens – Greig
7:4640% CF
L4Eller – Zetterlund – Halliday
4:1440% CF
D1Spence – Kleven
11:4068% CF
D2Jensen – Chabot
10:2530% CF
D3Sanderson – Zub
10:2055% CF

PP1Batherson – Tkachuk – Cozens – Sanderson – Stützle
3:00100% CF
PP2Giroux – Chabot – Pinto – Spence – Halliday
0:28
PK1FAmadio – Greig
4:26
PK2FPinto – Stützle
2:02
PK1DSanderson – Zub
7:09
PK2DChabot – Kleven
1:10

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

13:38
OTTBrady TkachukPP (Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle)wrist0.10 xG
NJD: Dillon, Brown, Siegenthaler, GlassOTT: Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Sanderson, Stützle
NJD 0 – 1 OTT
18:16
NJDTimo Meier (Cody Glass, Connor Brown)wrist0.06 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Brown, Pesce, Meier, GlassOTT: Jensen, Chabot, Tkachuk, Cozens, Greig
NJD 1 – 1 OTT

3rd period

0:37
OTTDylan CozensPP (Brady Tkachuk, Jake Sanderson)deflected0.05 xG
NJD: Dillon, Pesce, Hischier, MercerOTT: Batherson, Tkachuk, Cozens, Sanderson, Stützle
NJD 1 – 2 OTT
17:53
OTTTim Stützle (Brady Tkachuk, Claude Giroux)wrist0.20 xG
NJD: Pesce, Glass, Mercer, Nemec, HameenahoOTT: Giroux, Tkachuk, Sanderson, Stützle, Zub
NJD 1 – 3 OTT
18:41
OTTShane PintoEN (Michael Amadio, Jake Sanderson)wrist0.77 xG
NJD: Hamilton, Brown, Meier, Bratt, Hischier, GritsyukOTT: Amadio, Pinto, Greig, Sanderson, Zub
NJD 1 – 4 OTT

Box score

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

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Connor Brown R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	0	0	0	22:37	—	—	61	18
Timo Meier R	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.31	5	0	0	22:25	—	—	63	19
Cody Glass C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.08	1	1	0	15:18	—	—	55	15
Nico Hischier C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	0	0	0	22:27	—	—	36	48
Arseny Gritsyuk R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	2	0	0	17:03	—	—	31	27
Lenni Hameenaho R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:56	—	—	35	12
Jesper Bratt L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	20:13	—	—	54	76
Dawson Mercer C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	0	0	16:00	—	—	42	14
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	3	0	14:15	—	—	52	35
Paul Cotter L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:40	—	—	60	32
Maxim Tsyplakov R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	0	0	7:56	—	—	60	32
Luke Glendening C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	5:44	—	—	75	100
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	18:04	—	—	52	20
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	0	2	15:20	—	—	52	17
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	0	7	0.32	1	0	0	24:58	—	—	58	53
Brett Pesce D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	18:29	—	—	42	21
Simon Nemec D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	1	0	19:25	—	—	47	25
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	0	2	13:20	—	—	33	18

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	33	30	3	.909	3.26	59:17

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	1	0	0	20:25	—	—	47	62
Shane Pinto C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	1.06	1	1	0	18:34	—	—	46	65
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	2	2	0	14:16	—	—	48	79
Tim Stützle C	L2	1	1	2	+1	5	0.67	1	0	0	20:27	—	—	59	76
Drake Batherson R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	14:53	—	—	55	63
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.18	1	0	2	13:44	—	—	70	89
Ridly Greig C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:58	—	—	43	53
Dylan Cozens C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.24	2	0	4	14:04	—	—	56	88
Brady Tkachuk L	L3	1	2	3	0	3	0.40	2	1	0	13:00	—	—	48	81
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:25	—	—	39	68
Fabian Zetterlund L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.42	2	0	0	7:03	—	—	65	88
Stephen Halliday C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	5:47	—	—	43	27
Tyler Kleven D	D1	0	0	0	0	5	0.17	3	2	4	19:33	—	—	63	83
Jordan Spence D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	1	0	0	15:28	—	—	64	86
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	4	0	16:47	—	—	33	65
Thomas Chabot D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	2	15:59	—	—	33	52
Jake Sanderson D	D3	0	2	2	+2	2	0.48	0	3	0	26:09	—	—	57	85
Artem Zub D	D3	0	0	0	+2	2	0.04	2	2	0	23:28	—	—	55	76

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	27	26	1	.963	1.55	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Brady Tkachuk (OTT PP) 1st 13:38 · assists Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle · Forecheck turnover · 48.1 mph shot.

Brady Tkachuk · 1st 13:38 · OTT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 48.1 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Timo Meier · 1st 18:16 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 38.4 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Type: one-timer

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Dylan Cozens · 3rd 0:37 · OTT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.2 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Tim Stützle · 3rd 17:53 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.4 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 3.6 s

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Shane Pinto · 3rd 18:41 · OTT EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 52.9 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 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.