Ottawa Senators vs. St. Louis BluesDec 14, 2023

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	1	1	2		OTT	6	15	13	34
STL	1	2	1	4		STL	14	12	4	30

: OTT 64STL 54
: OTT 2.77STL 3.17
PP goals: OTT 0STL 0
Hits: OTT 25STL 20
Blocks: OTT 10STL 13
PIM: OTT 11STL 9
: OTT 49%STL 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 4–2

St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 4–2 at home. Robert Thomas (STL) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for STL: Buchnevich–Kyrou–Thomas skated 13:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Robert Thomas had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 22:16.Thomas
Points
Pavel Buchnevich had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:49.Buchnevich
Points
Jakob Chychrun had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:52.Chychrun
Points
Justin Faulk had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 22:36.Faulk
New line
New look for STL: Buchnevich–Kyrou–Thomas skated 13:04 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Buchnevich Kyrou Thomas
New line
New look for STL: Hayes–Toropchenko–Neighbours skated 11:13 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (45% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Hayes Toropchenko Neighbours
New line
New look for STL: Schenn–Saad–Kapanen skated 10:05 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (47.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Schenn Saad Kapanen
New line
New look for STL: Sundqvist–MacEachern–McGing skated 6:17 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sundqvist MacEachern McGing

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)STL attacks right (top on phones) →

STL
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 118 of 118 attempts · STL 54 · OTT 64

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

STL
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

STL 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 25% of the game, STL 44%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

STL

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	STL
	59	54
	2.50	2.86
	2.39	2.71
	13	12
	2	1
	22	16
	−0.027	+0.028
	25%	44%

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

L1Tarasenko – Batherson – Stützle
6:5031% CF
L2Giroux – Norris – Tkachuk
6:1560% CF
L3Chartier – Kastelic – Kelly
3:5443% CF
L4Kubalik – Joseph – Greig
3:2010% CF
D1Bernard-Docker – Sanderson
13:5336% CF
D2Brannstrom – Zub
9:2468% CF
D3Hamonic – Chychrun
7:0787% CF

PP1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Sanderson – Stützle
1:59100% CF
PP2Giroux – Tarasenko – Kubalik – Joseph – Chychrun
1:25100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Norris
2:02
PK2FChartier – Joseph
1:16
PK1DSanderson – Zub
3:42
PK2DBrannstrom – Bernard-Docker
1:57

Current OTT line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Buchnevich – Kyrou – Thomas
13:0463% CF
L2Hayes – Toropchenko – Neighbours
11:1345% CF
L3Schenn – Saad – Kapanen
10:0547% CF
L4Sundqvist – MacEachern – McGing
6:1744% CF
D1Leddy – Parayko
20:2040% CF
D2Faulk – Krug
14:2450% CF
D3Scandella – Tucker
6:3973% CF

PP1Schenn – Krug – Sundqvist – Buchnevich – Thomas
3:4788% CF
PP2Faulk – Hayes – Kapanen – Kyrou – Neighbours
1:3867% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
1:22
PK2FHayes – Saad
0:44
PK1DLeddy – Parayko
1:54
PK2DScandella – Faulk
1:19

Current STL 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	-2	4	0.52	1	0	0	23:35	—	—	49	39
Drake Batherson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	0	0	0	17:37	—	—	46	38
Vladimir Tarasenko R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	0	1	2	17:07	—	—	50	50
Josh Norris C	L2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.06	4	0	0	20:37	—	—	63	66
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.39	0	0	0	19:48	—	—	71	69
Brady Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	2	0	7	16:38	—	—	70	67
Mark Kastelic C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	0	2	7:50	—	—	53	20
Parker Kelly C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	6:56	—	—	44	20
Rourke Chartier C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	5:52	—	—	60	12
Mathieu Joseph R	L4	1	0	1	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	16:59	—	—	41	29
Dominik Kubalik L	L4	1	0	1	0	3	0.44	1	1	0	14:04	—	—	45	46
Ridly Greig C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.07	3	0	0	13:23	—	—	41	40
Jake Sanderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	2	0	24:16	—	—	46	33
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	17:38	—	—	35	16
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.19	1	2	0	22:59	—	—	57	51
Erik Brannstrom D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	18:36	—	—	46	46
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	0	2	2	-1	3	0.24	2	1	0	20:52	—	—	68	60
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	0	0	10:41	—	—	56	60

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	30	26	4	.867	3.17	58:32

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	2	1	3	+3	3	0.38	1	1	0	22:16	—	—	61	59
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.53	0	0	0	21:49	—	—	51	49
Jordan Kyrou R	L1	0	1	1	+3	4	0.39	0	0	2	17:27	—	—	59	61
Kevin Hayes R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.30	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	45	71
Jake Neighbours L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	16:16	—	—	40	64
Alexey Toropchenko R	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.19	4	2	2	13:27	—	—	44	67
Brayden Schenn C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	1	3	0	15:19	—	—	36	34
Kasperi Kapanen R	L3	0	1	1	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	39	32
Brandon Saad L	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	13:00	—	—	46	41
Oskar Sundqvist C	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.36	1	0	0	14:24	—	—	38	48
Mackenzie MacEachern L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	8:48	—	—	58	65
Hugh McGing L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.08	0	0	0	7:54	—	—	50	66
Colton Parayko D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	2	0	26:38	—	—	42	49
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	3	0	26:20	—	—	37	44
Justin Faulk D	D2	0	2	2	+1	2	0.11	1	0	0	22:36	—	—	46	50
Torey Krug D	D2	0	1	1	0	2	0.24	1	2	0	19:01	—	—	50	50
Marco Scandella D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	11:29	—	—	67	73
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.04	1	0	5	8:22	—	—	77	92

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	34	32	2	.941	2.77	59:49

Goal anatomy

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

Robert Thomas (STL) 1st 8:20 · assists Justin Faulk, Pavel Buchnevich · Odd-man rush · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 35.0 mph shot · 2.2 s from entry to goal.

Robert Thomas · 1st 8:20 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.0 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.2 s

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Robert Thomas · 2nd 5:17 · STL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 27.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Brandon Saad · 2nd 8:42 · STL

Play: rebound
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 62.6 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: one-timer, rebound

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Dominik Kubalik · 2nd 10:22 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 20.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 3.7 s

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Pavel Buchnevich · 3rd 7:07 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 52.9 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 5.2 s
Type: one-timer

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Mathieu Joseph · 3rd 18:26 · OTT

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 46.0 mph
Distance: 5 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.

Ottawa Senators vs. St. Louis BluesDec 14, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 4–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Ottawa Senators

St. Louis Blues

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

St. Louis Blues

Goal anatomy

Robert Thomas · 1st 8:20 · STL

Robert Thomas · 2nd 5:17 · STL

Brandon Saad · 2nd 8:42 · STL

Dominik Kubalik · 2nd 10:22 · OTT

Pavel Buchnevich · 3rd 7:07 · STL

Mathieu Joseph · 3rd 18:26 · OTT