Ottawa Senators vs. Columbus Blue JacketsJan 20, 2026

FinalTuesday, Jan 20, 2026· Nationwide Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	2	0	2	4		OTT	7	7	7	21
CBJ	1	0	0	1		CBJ	5	10	7	22

: OTT 49CBJ 50
: OTT 3.17CBJ 2.31
PP goals: OTT 0CBJ 0
Hits: OTT 15CBJ 27
Blocks: OTT 14CBJ 13
PIM: OTT 8CBJ 8
: OTT 60%CBJ 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1

Ottawa Senators beat Columbus Blue Jackets 4–1 at CBJ. Tim Stützle (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Kent Johnson (CBJ) played 17:56, +4:45 up on his 13:11 season average over 75 games.

Points
Ridly Greig had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:44.Greig
Points
Tim Stützle had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:31.Stützle
Points
Thomas Chabot had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:10.Chabot
Usage
Kent Johnson (CBJ) played 17:56, +4:45 up on his 13:11 season average over 75 games.Johnson
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Dmitri Voronkov (CBJ) played 10:29, −3:31 down on his 14:00 season average over 62 games.Voronkov
Usage
Jake Christiansen (CBJ) played 13:41, +3:44 up on his 9:57 season average over 39 games.Christiansen
Usage
Jordan Spence (OTT) played 15:23, −3:23 down on his 18:46 season average over 72 games.Spence
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Erik Gudbranson (CBJ) played 20:49, +3:08 up on his 17:41 season average over 36 games.Gudbranson

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 99 of 99 attempts · CBJ 50 · OTT 49

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 41% of the game, CBJ 38%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

CBJ 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	OTT	CBJ
	42	43
	1.46	1.18
	1.45	1.10
	5	10
	2	4
	25	18
	+0.065	−0.065
	41%	38%

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 – Amadio – Pinto
10:0138% CF
L2Tkachuk – Cozens – Greig
8:3562% CF
L3Zetterlund – Batherson – Stützle
8:2763% CF
L4Perron – Eller – Cousins
7:5927% CF
D1Jensen – Chabot
15:0256% CF
D2Sanderson – Zub
14:1236% CF
D3Spence – Kleven
12:5356% CF

PP1Batherson – Tkachuk – Cozens – Sanderson – Stützle
3:4088% CF
PP2Giroux – Perron – Chabot – Pinto – Greig
1:5386% CF
PK1FPinto – Greig
1:38
PK2FAmadio – Stützle
1:23
PK1DSanderson – Zub
3:14
PK2DChabot – Kleven
1:28

Current OTT line combinations →

Columbus Blue Jackets

L1Marchenko – Sillinger – Fantilli
10:4059% CF
L2Jenner – Monahan – Johnson
9:2663% CF
L3Coyle – Olivier – Voronkov
4:0940% CF
L4Gaunce – Heinen – Aston-Reese
3:4350% CF
D1Gudbranson – Provorov
14:2452% CF
D2Severson – Werenski
13:5054% CF
D3Christiansen – Zamula
9:5238% CF

PP1Coyle – Werenski – Marchenko – Johnson – Fantilli
3:31100% CF
PP2Jenner – Severson – Monahan – Provorov – Voronkov
1:26100% CF
PK1FOlivier – Sillinger
1:15
PK2FCoyle – Gaunce
0:53
PK1DGudbranson – Provorov
1:27
PK2DSeverson – Werenski
1:18

Current CBJ line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:34
OTTTyler Kleven (Claude Giroux, Michael Amadio)snap0.07 xG
OTT: Giroux, Amadio, Pinto, Spence, KlevenCBJ: Gaunce, Aston-Reese, Christiansen, Zamula, Voronkov
OTT 1 – 0 CBJ
7:46
CBJSean Monahan (Boone Jenner, Kent Johnson)snap0.14 xG
OTT: Jensen, Chabot, Zetterlund, Batherson, StützleCBJ: Jenner, Severson, Monahan, Werenski, Johnson
OTT 1 – 1 CBJ
10:15
OTTTim Stützle (Thomas Chabot, Nick Jensen)wrist0.08 xG
OTT: Jensen, Chabot, Zetterlund, Batherson, StützleCBJ: Gaunce, Severson, Werenski, Aston-Reese, Voronkov
OTT 2 – 1 CBJ

3rd period

6:49
OTTRidly Greig (Dylan Cozens, Thomas Chabot)backhand0.28 xG
OTT: Jensen, Chabot, Tkachuk, Cozens, GreigCBJ: Coyle, Severson, Heinen, Werenski, Olivier
OTT 3 – 1 CBJ
16:54
OTTBrady TkachukEN (Tim Stützle, Ridly Greig)wrist0.94 xG
OTT: Tkachuk, Greig, Sanderson, Stützle, ZubCBJ: Coyle, Monahan, Werenski, Marchenko, Voronkov, Fantilli
OTT 4 – 1 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
Shane Pinto C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	1	1	2	18:32	—	—	40	44
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	1	1	0	16:40	—	—	38	54
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	1	2	16:30	—	—	41	40
Ridly Greig C	L2	1	1	2	+2	2	0.35	1	0	2	15:44	—	—	62	53
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	2	0	0	15:19	—	—	67	69
Brady Tkachuk L	L2	1	0	1	+2	1	1.02	3	0	0	14:08	—	—	62	53
Tim Stützle C	L3	1	1	2	+1	2	0.14	0	0	0	20:31	—	—	56	55
Drake Batherson R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	0	0	0	15:17	—	—	64	60
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	10:57	—	—	56	58
David Perron L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.47	1	0	0	12:33	—	—	29	53
Lars Eller C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	2	0	0	11:16	—	—	29	42
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:32	—	—	33	87
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.19	0	2	0	22:10	—	—	57	53
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:47	—	—	52	50
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.15	1	4	0	24:24	—	—	39	50
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.01	0	3	0	20:18	—	—	39	41
Tyler Kleven D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.08	0	1	2	15:30	—	—	56	66
Jordan Spence D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.17	0	1	0	15:23	—	—	56	69

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	22	21	1	.955	2.31	59:29

Columbus Blue Jackets

CBJ skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Adam Fantilli C	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.40	4	1	0	21:48	—	—	46	56
Kirill Marchenko R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.23	1	0	0	18:23	—	—	56	74
Cole Sillinger C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	16:48	—	—	57	70
Kent Johnson C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.06	0	0	0	17:56	—	—	67	52
Boone Jenner C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.17	4	1	2	17:21	—	—	61	41
Sean Monahan C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.19	0	0	2	16:39	—	—	61	40
Charlie Coyle C	L3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.20	0	0	0	17:19	—	—	42	58
Mathieu Olivier R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.24	4	0	2	13:00	—	—	39	48
Dmitri Voronkov L	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.34	1	0	0	10:29	—	—	33	46
Danton Heinen L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	10:18	—	—	54	41
Brendan Gaunce C	L4	0	0	0	-2	2	0.27	1	1	0	9:30	—	—	39	6
Zachary Aston-Reese L	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	3	1	0	7:42	—	—	30	3
Ivan Provorov D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	3	2	23:30	—	—	52	51
Erik Gudbranson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	0	4	0	20:49	—	—	54	51
Zach Werenski D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.13	0	0	0	25:12	—	—	53	42
Damon Severson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	20:52	—	—	56	46
Jake Christiansen D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	13:41	—	—	38	33
Egor Zamula D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:24	—	—	36	47

CBJ goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jet Greaves	—	13	12	1	.923	1.04	39:19
Elvis Merzlikins(start)	L	7	5	2	.714	1.19	20:00

Goal anatomy

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

Tyler Kleven (OTT) 1st 3:34 · assists Claude Giroux, Michael Amadio · Rush · carried in · 67.6 mph shot · 6.2 s from entry to goal.

Tyler Kleven · 1st 3:34 · OTT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 67.6 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 6.2 s

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Sean Monahan · 1st 7:46 · CBJ

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 54.8 mph
Distance: 24 ft
Entry to goal: 9.5 s

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Tim Stützle · 1st 10:15 · OTT

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 39.5 mph
Distance: 60 ft

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Ridly Greig · 3rd 6:49 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Brady Tkachuk · 3rd 16:54 · OTT EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 40.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 2.4 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.