Ottawa Senators vs. St. Louis BluesJan 3, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	0	0	0		OTT	6	7	7	20
STL	2	1	1	4		STL	8	6	11	25

: OTT 48STL 60
: OTT 1.36STL 3.23
PP goals: OTT 0STL 0
Hits: OTT 27STL 16
Blocks: OTT 16STL 13
PIM: OTT 7STL 7
: OTT 47%STL 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

St. Louis Blues rout Ottawa Senators 4–0

St. Louis Blues beat Ottawa Senators 4–0 at home. Brandon Saad (STL) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for STL: Joseph–Neighbours–Bolduc skated 8:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brandon Saad had a hat trick (3 points) on 6 shots in 17:03.Saad
New line
New look for STL: Joseph–Neighbours–Bolduc skated 8:39 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (46.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Joseph Neighbours Bolduc
Usage
Cole Reinhardt (OTT) played 11:31, +3:31 up on his 8:00 season average over 16 games.Reinhardt
Usage
Tyler Kleven (OTT) played 17:27, +3:01 up on his 14:26 season average over 78 games.Kleven

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 108 of 108 attempts · STL 60 · OTT 48

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 16% 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
	54	67
	1.33	3.47
	1.32	3.20
	7	13
	2	6
	22	20
	−0.002	+0.002
	16%	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

L1Tkachuk – Pinto – Greig
10:0565% CF
L2Gregor – Reinhardt – Ostapchuk
7:3230% CF
L3Giroux – Cousins – Norris
6:419% CF
L4Gaudette – Batherson – Stützle
5:080% CF
D1Hamonic – Kleven
15:3324% CF
D2Jensen – Chabot
15:1348% CF
D3Sanderson – Zub
13:3552% CF

PP1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Sanderson – Stützle
1:23100% CF
PP2Giroux – Chabot – Tkachuk – Pinto – Greig
0:35100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Norris
1:08
PK2FPinto – Greig
0:28
PK1DSanderson – Zub
1:31
PK2DJensen – Chabot
0:28

Current OTT line combinations →

St. Louis Blues

L1Saad – Buchnevich – Thomas
12:3948% CF
L2Schenn – Kyrou – Holloway
11:3563% CF
L3Joseph – Neighbours – Bolduc
8:3946% CF
L4Walker – Texier – Toropchenko
7:3279% CF
D1Fowler – Broberg
19:1253% CF
D2Suter – Parayko
16:4847% CF
D3Tucker – Perunovich
9:5367% CF

PP1Fowler – Saad – Buchnevich – Thomas – Bolduc
1:14100% CF
PP2Schenn – Kyrou – Perunovich – Holloway – Neighbours
0:46100% CF
PK1FBuchnevich – Thomas
0:37
PK2FWalker – Toropchenko
0:33
PK1DSuter – Parayko
1:10
PK2DFowler – Broberg
0:33

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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	-2	3	0.18	3	1	2	19:12	—	—	55	34
Shane Pinto C	L1	-2	3	0.37	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	61	46
Ridly Greig C	L1	-2	2	0.10	3	1	0	15:45	—	—	69	47
Zack Ostapchuk C	L2	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	12:17	—	—	60	27
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	12:13	—	—	36	16
Cole Reinhardt L	L2	-1	2	0.11	3	0	5	11:31	—	—	47	32
Claude Giroux R	L3	-1	2	0.09	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	38	25
Josh Norris C	L3	-2	1	0.09	3	0	0	18:01	—	—	29	24
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	12:40	—	—	42	44
Tim Stützle C	L4	-1	0	0.01	1	0	0	17:41	—	—	26	10
Drake Batherson R	L4	-1	3	0.19	2	0	0	15:24	—	—	33	16
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:28	—	—	25	13
Tyler Kleven D	D1	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	17:27	—	—	27	26
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	0	0.02	3	1	0	16:45	—	—	33	34
Thomas Chabot D	D2	-3	1	0.15	1	2	0	23:16	—	—	52	26
Nick Jensen D	D2	-2	1	0.01	0	1	0	18:06	—	—	42	12
Jake Sanderson D	D3	-2	1	0.02	0	2	0	22:54	—	—	55	47
Artem Zub D	D3	-1	0	0.00	1	3	0	19:41	—	—	41	28

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	L	25	21	4	.840	3.23	60:00

St. Louis Blues

STL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Robert Thomas C	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.39	0	0	0	17:12	—	—	44	75
Brandon Saad L	L1	3	0	3	+3	6	0.88	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	47	75
Pavel Buchnevich L	L1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.18	0	1	0	16:53	—	—	50	80
Dylan Holloway L	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.39	3	1	0	16:55	—	—	63	81
Brayden Schenn C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	1	1	2	16:27	—	—	62	81
Jordan Kyrou R	L2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.52	0	3	0	15:42	—	—	60	78
Jake Neighbours L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	13:46	—	—	55	16
Zachary Bolduc R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	1	0	0	13:25	—	—	40	6
Mathieu Joseph R	L3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	46	54
Alexandre Texier L	L4	0	0	0	+1	2	0.17	2	0	0	13:33	—	—	70	68
Alexey Toropchenko R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	0	13:17	—	—	68	75
Nathan Walker L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	2	0	5	12:41	—	—	68	65
Cam Fowler D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	24:08	—	—	52	62
Philip Broberg D	D1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.12	0	1	0	21:28	—	—	54	67
Colton Parayko D	D2	0	1	1	+3	1	0.06	2	3	0	22:27	—	—	49	68
Ryan Suter D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.01	0	0	0	20:44	—	—	51	76
Scott Perunovich D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:10	—	—	70	85
Tyler Tucker D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	1	0	14:03	—	—	68	92

STL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jordan Binnington(start)	W	20	20	0	.1000	1.36	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Brayden Schenn (STL) 1st 7:26 · assists Dylan Holloway · Odd-man rush · passed in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 43.2 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Brayden Schenn · 1st 7:26 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 43.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Brandon Saad · 1st 15:50 · STL

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 28.7 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Brandon Saad · 2nd 14:15 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 56.5 mph
Distance: 16 ft
Entry to goal: 2.0 s

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Brandon Saad · 3rd 18:07 · STL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.0 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 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. St. Louis BluesJan 3, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

St. Louis Blues rout Ottawa Senators 4–0

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

Brayden Schenn · 1st 7:26 · STL

Brandon Saad · 1st 15:50 · STL

Brandon Saad · 2nd 14:15 · STL

Brandon Saad · 3rd 18:07 · STL