Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa SenatorsJan 25, 2022

FinalTuesday, Jan 25, 2022· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	11	11	10	32
OTT	3	1	1	5		OTT	12	17	19	48

: BUF 44OTT 80
: BUF 1.78OTT 4.57
PP goals: BUF 0OTT 1
Hits: BUF 22OTT 38
Blocks: BUF 17OTT 9
PIM: BUF 12OTT 14
: BUF 42%OTT 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators rout Buffalo Sabres 5–0

Ottawa Senators beat Buffalo Sabres 5–0 at home. Tyler Ennis (OTT) led the scoring with 3G 0A. Drake Batherson (OTT) played 5:38, −13:35 down on his 19:13 season average over 45 games.

Points
Tyler Ennis had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 18:25.Ennis
Points
Adam Gaudette had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 10:38.Gaudette
Points
Joshua Brown had 2 assists (2 points) in 14:57.Brown
Usage
Drake Batherson (OTT) played 5:38, −13:35 down on his 19:13 season average over 45 games.Batherson
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Chabot, Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 5:29 together.Chabot Norris Batherson Tkachuk Stützle
Goalie
Aaron Dell (BUF) faced 47 shots and stopped 42 (.894), +18 against a season average of 29.5; the loss.Dell
New line
New look for BUF: Bjork–Mittelstadt–Krebs skated 7:42 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (27.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bjork Mittelstadt Krebs
New line
New look for OTT: Watson–Paul–Sanford skated 5:28 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Watson Paul Sanford

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

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

OTT
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · OTT 80 · BUF 44

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 18% of the game, OTT 50%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

OTT

BUF

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	BUF	OTT
	31	71
	1.10	3.05
	1.09	2.85
	5	11
	2	4
	6	6
	−0.069	+0.070
	18%	50%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
8:5443% CF
L2Bjork – Mittelstadt – Krebs
7:4227% CF
L3Olofsson – Asplund – Cozens
6:5227% CF
L4Eakin – Jankowski – Girgensons
3:4950% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
12:5737% CF
D2Hagg – Bryson
11:3931% CF
D3Pysyk – Samuelsson
9:4929% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
5:1573% CF
PP2Olofsson – Asplund – Mittelstadt – Jokiharju – Cozens
4:0175% CF
PK1FEakin – Girgensons
1:40
PK2FJankowski – Tuch
1:38
PK1DPysyk – Samuelsson
4:19
PK2DHagg – Jokiharju
1:36

Current BUF line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Ennis – Tierney – Gaudette
5:5267% CF
L2Watson – Paul – Sanford
5:2871% CF
L3Norris – Tkachuk – Stützle
1:36
L4Gambrell – Formenton – Batherson
0:00
D1Chabot – Thomson
14:4076% CF
D2Holden – Zub
11:1467% CF
D3Brown – Mete
9:4964% CF

PP1Chabot – Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
5:2989% CF
PP2Tierney – Sanford – Gaudette – Formenton – Thomson
0:36
PK1FWatson – Paul
3:37
PK2FFormenton – Norris
1:33
PK1DHolden – Zub
4:51
PK2DBrown – Mete
2:05

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

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

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	-1	5	0.27	2	0	0	18:34	—	—	42	28
Jeff Skinner L	L1	-1	3	0.23	0	0	2	17:32	—	—	40	27
Tage Thompson C	L1	-1	3	0.27	2	0	0	17:05	—	—	43	26
Peyton Krebs C	L2	-1	2	0.12	1	0	0	18:08	—	—	24	22
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	-1	1	0.12	0	1	2	16:52	—	—	24	20
Anders Bjork L	L2	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:50	—	—	16	15
Dylan Cozens C	L3	-1	4	0.21	2	1	2	16:36	—	—	24	26
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:51	—	—	28	28
Victor Olofsson L	L3	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	14:08	—	—	30	25
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	-1	4	0.11	1	1	0	11:25	—	—	31	31
Mark Jankowski L	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:00	—	—	42	41
Cody Eakin C	L4	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:32	—	—	21	30
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-1	5	0.24	4	2	2	24:06	—	—	38	33
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	-1	2	0.10	2	0	0	21:50	—	—	32	21
Robert Hagg D	D2	-2	1	0.03	3	2	2	15:54	—	—	26	21
Jacob Bryson D	D2	-2	0	0.00	0	2	0	14:44	—	—	32	32
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	-1	1	0.04	1	3	0	17:48	—	—	29	30
Mark Pysyk D	D3	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	16:08	—	—	28	30

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Aaron Dell(start)	L	47	42	5	.894	4.57	59:47

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tyler Ennis R	L1	3	0	3	+3	6	0.49	3	0	2	18:25	—	—	64	63
Chris Tierney C	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.08	0	0	2	12:18	—	—	68	74
Adam Gaudette R	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.05	2	0	0	10:38	—	—	63	67
Nick Paul L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.08	2	0	0	19:17	—	—	72	84
Zachary Sanford L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.33	3	0	2	16:52	—	—	68	69
Austin Watson L	L2	0	0	0	0	6	0.58	5	1	4	14:48	—	—	75	87
Brady Tkachuk L	L3	0	1	1	+2	12	1.55	3	0	0	20:10	—	—	73	72
Josh Norris C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	2	1	2	19:17	—	—	53	58
Tim Stützle C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.47	2	0	0	18:56	—	—	80	83
Alex Formenton L	L4	1	0	1	+1	3	0.36	0	0	0	14:44	—	—	70	81
Drake Batherson R	L4	1	0	1	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	5:38	—	—	75	73
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	1	0	0	3:05	—	—	71	58
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	+3	3	0.05	2	0	0	23:44	—	—	74	82
Lassi Thomson D	D1	0	1	1	+4	1	0.01	1	1	0	20:22	—	—	76	81
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	2	3	0	19:55	—	—	62	53
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	3	0	0	19:20	—	—	67	57
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	15:46	—	—	67	79
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	5	0	2	14:57	—	—	64	86

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	32	32	0	.1000	1.78	59:48

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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa SenatorsJan 25, 2022

Fantasy takeaways

Ottawa Senators rout Buffalo Sabres 5–0

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Ottawa Senators

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Ottawa Senators