Ottawa Senators vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 8, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	1	1	2		OTT	9	14	12	35
CBJ	2	1	2	5		CBJ	11	14	10	35

: OTT 73CBJ 72
: OTT 3.48CBJ 3.17
PP goals: OTT 1CBJ 1
Hits: OTT 27CBJ 23
Blocks: OTT 23CBJ 20
PIM: OTT 6CBJ 10
: OTT 41%CBJ 59%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Ottawa Senators 5–2

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Ottawa Senators 5–2 at home. Thomas Chabot (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. CBJ's first power-play unit (Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Marchenko and Johnson) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:44 together.

Points
Justin Danforth had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:17.Danforth
Points
Mathieu Olivier had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:22.Olivier
Points
Thomas Chabot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 25:45.Chabot
Points
Kent Johnson had 2 assists (2 points) on 5 shots in 14:28.Johnson
PP1
CBJ's first power-play unit (Jenner, Monahan, Werenski, Marchenko and Johnson) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 2:44 together.Jenner Monahan Werenski Marchenko Johnson
New line
New look for CBJ: Jenner–Monahan–Marchenko skated 10:43 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Jenner Monahan Marchenko
New line
New look for OTT: Perron–Batherson–Stützle skated 7:26 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Perron Batherson Stützle
Usage
Adam Fantilli (CBJ) played 12:23, −5:09 down on his 17:32 season average over 81 games.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 145 of 145 attempts · CBJ 72 · OTT 73

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 34% of the game, CBJ 36%.

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
	60	71
	1.82	2.97
	1.74	2.71
	6	10
	6	7
	19	18
	−0.042	+0.042
	34%	36%

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

L1Perron – Batherson – Stützle
7:2658% CF
L2Highmore – Gaudette – Crookshank
6:0964% CF
L3Amadio – Zetterlund – Cozens
5:5847% CF
L4Giroux – Pinto – Greig
5:3847% CF
D1Jensen – Chabot
15:3143% CF
D2Sanderson – Zub
12:5045% CF
D3Kleven – Matinpalo
10:3932% CF

PP1Batherson – Cozens – Greig – Sanderson – Stützle
4:1771% CF
PP2Giroux – Perron – Chabot – Gaudette – Zetterlund
2:34100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Highmore
1:40
PK2FPinto – Greig
1:02
PK1DSanderson – Zub
2:33

Current OTT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Jenner – Monahan – Marchenko
10:4350% CF
L2Olivier – Voronkov – Sillinger
9:5048% CF
L3van Riemsdyk – Johnson – Fantilli
8:2474% CF
L4Kuraly – Danforth – Aston-Reese
6:5742% CF
D1Provorov – Mateychuk
13:5247% CF
D2Werenski – Fabbro
13:2364% CF
D3Gudbranson – Christiansen
8:4450% CF

PP1Jenner – Monahan – Werenski – Marchenko – Johnson
2:44100% CF
PP2Provorov – Olivier – Voronkov – Sillinger – Mateychuk
0:12
PK1FDanforth – Aston-Reese
2:07
PK2FOlivier – Sillinger
2:03
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
4:35
PK2DWerenski – Fabbro
1:29

Current CBJ 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.

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tim Stützle C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.20	4	2	2	19:15	—	—	47	46
Drake Batherson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	5	0.61	1	0	0	18:16	—	—	48	39
David Perron L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.12	4	0	0	16:50	—	—	44	36
Matthew Highmore C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	11:17	—	—	60	30
Adam Gaudette R	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	58	9
Angus Crookshank C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:14	—	—	58	48
Dylan Cozens C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	5	1	0	17:22	—	—	42	38
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	1	0	1	-1	6	0.94	1	1	0	16:24	—	—	41	52
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.10	3	1	0	13:34	—	—	42	50
Ridly Greig C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.28	2	0	0	17:06	—	—	43	2
Claude Giroux R	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.10	1	2	0	16:47	—	—	42	21
Shane Pinto C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.31	0	0	0	15:05	—	—	42	42
Thomas Chabot D	D1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.41	0	3	0	25:45	—	—	54	70
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	3	0	17:19	—	—	43	40
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	7	0.32	0	3	0	24:45	—	—	49	25
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	3	0	19:12	—	—	51	48
Tyler Kleven D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:05	—	—	35	16
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	0	1	2	12:51	—	—	35	9

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	35	30	5	.857	3.17	59:59

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sean Monahan C	L1	1	0	1	0	3	0.19	1	3	2	19:25	—	—	41	24
Boone Jenner C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	1	1	0	18:44	—	—	42	22
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	2	1	0	16:33	—	—	52	51
Cole Sillinger C	L2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.35	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	54	94
Mathieu Olivier R	L2	1	1	2	+2	1	0.17	4	3	0	16:22	—	—	52	73
Dmitri Voronkov L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.16	2	2	0	12:17	—	—	52	91
Kent Johnson C	L3	0	2	2	0	5	0.45	0	1	0	14:28	—	—	74	62
Adam Fantilli C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.39	0	0	2	12:23	—	—	71	58
James van Riemsdyk L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	10:47	—	—	72	66
Justin Danforth R	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.24	2	0	0	13:17	—	—	41	71
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	2	2	11:28	—	—	42	54
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.11	2	0	0	10:39	—	—	43	52
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	1	1	+3	3	0.04	1	2	0	22:58	—	—	46	60
Denton Mateychuk D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.02	0	1	0	18:15	—	—	46	50
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.34	0	2	2	25:25	—	—	61	76
Dante Fabbro D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	1	0	2	20:25	—	—	60	72
Erik Gudbranson D	D3	0	1	1	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	19:33	—	—	54	50
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	0	11:05	—	—	55	27

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	W	35	33	2	.943	3.48	59:39

Goal anatomy

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

Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ) 1st 7:00 · assists Mathieu Olivier · Rush · carried in · 53.7 mph shot · 5.8 s from entry to goal.

Dmitri Voronkov · 1st 7:00 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.7 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 5.8 s
Type: one-timer

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Justin Danforth · 1st 16:38 · CBJ

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.3 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Fabian Zetterlund · 2nd 16:18 · OTT PP

Play: rebound
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 29.3 mph
Distance: 5 ft
Type: rebound

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Mathieu Olivier · 2nd 19:38 · CBJ

Play: deflection
Passes: 2
Shot: 14.4 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Sean Monahan · 3rd 2:37 · CBJ PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 55.1 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 7.8 s

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Adam Fantilli · 3rd 11:42 · CBJ

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 2
Shot: 53.4 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Thomas Chabot · 3rd 15:10 · OTT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 5.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 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.

Ottawa Senators vs. Columbus Blue JacketsApr 8, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Columbus Blue Jackets beat Ottawa Senators 5–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Ottawa Senators

Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Columbus Blue Jackets

Goal anatomy

Dmitri Voronkov · 1st 7:00 · CBJ

Justin Danforth · 1st 16:38 · CBJ

Fabian Zetterlund · 2nd 16:18 · OTT PP

Mathieu Olivier · 2nd 19:38 · CBJ

Sean Monahan · 3rd 2:37 · CBJ PP

Adam Fantilli · 3rd 11:42 · CBJ

Thomas Chabot · 3rd 15:10 · OTT