Ottawa Senators vs. Columbus Blue JacketsDec 1, 2023

FinalFriday, Dec 1, 2023· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	2	0	0	2		OTT	16	11	16	43
CBJ	2	2	0	4		CBJ	11	5	7	23

: OTT 75CBJ 43
: OTT 4.44CBJ 1.49
PP goals: OTT 1CBJ 2
Hits: OTT 23CBJ 26
Blocks: OTT 11CBJ 17
PIM: OTT 4CBJ 10
: OTT 56%CBJ 44%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Ottawa Senators 4–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Ottawa Senators 4–2 at home. Brady Tkachuk (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Jenner, Werenski, Laine and Fantilli) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 1:29 together.

Points
Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 20:01.Tkachuk
Points
Johnny Gaudreau had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 18:57.Gaudreau
Points
Zach Werenski had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:16.Werenski
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Gaudreau, Jenner, Werenski, Laine and Fantilli) scored 2 power-play goals on 6 attempts in 1:29 together.Gaudreau Jenner Werenski Laine Fantilli
New line
New look for CBJ: Gaudreau–Jenner–Johnson skated 11:29 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudreau Jenner Johnson
New line
New look for OTT: Giroux–Norris–Tkachuk skated 11:19 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (72.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux Norris Tkachuk
Goalie
Elvis Merzlikins (CBJ) faced 43 shots and stopped 41 (.953), +12 against a season average of 30.9; the win.Merzlikins
New line
New look for CBJ: Laine–Danforth–Fantilli skated 9:34 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (40.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Laine Danforth Fantilli

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

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

CBJ
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · CBJ 43 · OTT 75

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

CBJ
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: OTT 59% of the game, CBJ 25%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

CBJ

OTT

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	OTT	CBJ
	50	42
	1.72	1.20
	1.60	1.17
	11	5
	1	1
	4	10
	+0.039	−0.038
	59%	25%

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.

Ottawa Senators

L1Giroux – Norris – Tkachuk
11:1973% CF
L2Joseph – Batherson – Stützle
8:1575% CF
L3Tarasenko – Kubalik – Chartier
5:1233% CF
L4Highmore – MacEwen – Kelly
3:5733% CF
D1Chabot – Zub
15:3663% CF
D2Chychrun – Sanderson
13:4856% CF
D3Hamonic – Brannstrom
9:4039% CF

PP1Giroux – Tarasenko – Kubalik – Chychrun – Sanderson
4:1094% CF
PP2Chabot – Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
3:2490% CF
PK1FChartier – Kelly
0:31
PK2FGiroux – Joseph
0:28
PK1DSanderson – Zub
0:59
PK2DHamonic – Brannstrom
0:26

Current OTT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Gaudreau – Jenner – Johnson
11:2941% CF
L2Laine – Danforth – Fantilli
9:3441% CF
L3Kuraly – Olivier – Texier
8:4464% CF
L4Marchenko – Voronkov – Chinakhov
8:0250% CF
D1Werenski – Boqvist
16:2234% CF
D2Gudbranson – Bean
14:0747% CF
D3Provorov – Jiricek
9:3350% CF

PP1Gaudreau – Jenner – Werenski – Laine – Fantilli
1:2986% CF
PK1FJenner – Danforth
4:30
PK2FKuraly – Texier
2:39
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
4:18
PK2DWerenski – Bean
2:23

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

8:43
OTTClaude Giroux (Brady Tkachuk, Artem Zub)backhand0.12 xG
OTT: Giroux, Chabot, Norris, Tkachuk, ZubCBJ: Werenski, Laine, Danforth, Boqvist, Fantilli
OTT 1 – 0 CBJ
11:08
OTTBrady TkachukPP (Thomas Chabot, Drake Batherson)slap0.06 xG
OTT: Chabot, Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, StützleCBJ: Gudbranson, Jenner, Provorov, Danforth
OTT 2 – 0 CBJ
14:53
CBJPatrik LainePP (Johnny Gaudreau, Zach Werenski)snap0.08 xG
OTT: Hamonic, Highmore, Brannstrom, StützleCBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Werenski, Laine, Fantilli
OTT 2 – 1 CBJ
15:36
CBJDmitri Voronkovsnap0.15 xG
OTT: Tarasenko, Kubalik, Chartier, Chabot, ZubCBJ: Gudbranson, Bean, Marchenko, Voronkov, Chinakhov
OTT 2 – 2 CBJ

2nd period

5:16
CBJAdam Fantilli (Ivan Provorov, Justin Danforth)tip-in0.04 xG
OTT: Hamonic, Kubalik, Highmore, MacEwen, BrannstromCBJ: Provorov, Laine, Danforth, Jiricek, Fantilli
OTT 2 – 3 CBJ
8:54
CBJBoone JennerPP (Zach Werenski, Johnny Gaudreau)tip-in0.11 xG
OTT: Giroux, Joseph, Sanderson, ZubCBJ: Gaudreau, Jenner, Werenski, Laine, Fantilli
OTT 2 – 4 CBJ

Box score

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

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Claude Giroux R	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.38	1	0	0	22:35	—	—	62	74
Josh Norris C	L1	0	0	0	+1	7	0.55	1	1	0	20:32	—	—	64	76
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.23	1	0	0	20:01	—	—	68	83
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	0	0	22:09	—	—	58	52
Drake Batherson R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.27	1	0	0	19:41	—	—	65	78
Mathieu Joseph R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.21	1	1	2	15:36	—	—	67	81
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L3	0	0	0	-1	5	0.56	0	0	0	18:46	—	—	54	46
Dominik Kubalik L	L3	0	0	0	-2	4	1.14	2	0	2	14:59	—	—	32	20
Rourke Chartier C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	2	1	0	11:52	—	—	39	43
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:30	—	—	46	43
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	1	0	0	6:04	—	—	39	51
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	0	0	4:52	—	—	25	5
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	1	1	0	3	0.04	3	1	0	26:41	—	—	61	53
Artem Zub D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	0	1	0	19:37	—	—	65	51
Jakob Chychrun D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.39	2	0	0	22:44	—	—	61	62
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	2	0	22:02	—	—	50	66
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	0	13:38	—	—	39	68
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	0	3	0	10:21	—	—	42	62

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	23	19	4	.826	1.49	57:51

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Boone Jenner C	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.14	3	1	0	23:24	—	—	39	25
Johnny Gaudreau L	L1	0	2	2	0	2	0.20	0	0	0	18:57	—	—	39	25
Kent Johnson C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:31	—	—	44	24
Justin Danforth R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.04	3	1	0	20:14	—	—	37	39
Adam Fantilli C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.15	0	3	2	13:20	—	—	46	44
Patrik Laine L	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.20	1	0	0	12:40	—	—	46	43
Sean Kuraly C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	6	0	0	16:33	—	—	47	44
Alexandre Texier L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	14:12	—	—	53	48
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	4	1	2	11:10	—	—	64	60
Kirill Marchenko R	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.03	1	0	2	11:18	—	—	47	43
Egor Chinakhov R	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	2	0	2	9:40	—	—	47	49
Dmitri Voronkov L	L4	1	0	1	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	8:56	—	—	50	49
Zach Werenski D	D1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.16	0	3	2	25:16	—	—	40	34
Adam Boqvist D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.00	1	3	0	20:13	—	—	38	26
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	2	1	0	22:10	—	—	45	54
Jake Bean D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	1	2	0	19:45	—	—	54	65
Ivan Provorov D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.18	0	0	0	19:24	—	—	48	42
David Jiricek D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:12	—	—	55	43

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	43	41	2	.953	4.44	59:57

Goal anatomy

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

Adam Fantilli (CBJ) 2nd 5:16 · assists Ivan Provorov, Justin Danforth · Deflection · 44.2 mph shot.

Adam Fantilli · 2nd 5:16 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 44.2 mph
Distance: 68 ft

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Claude Giroux · 1st 8:43 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 21.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Brady Tkachuk · 1st 11:08 · OTT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 71.3 mph
Distance: 39 ft
Type: one-timer

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Patrik Laine · 1st 14:53 · CBJ PP

Play: point-shot
Passes: 2
Shot: 73.6 mph
Distance: 40 ft

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Dmitri Voronkov · 1st 15:36 · CBJ

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 43.1 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Boone Jenner · 2nd 8:54 · CBJ PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 25.4 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Type: deflection

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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.