Ottawa Senators vs. Boston BruinsApr 14, 2022

FinalThursday, Apr 14, 2022· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	3	0	3		OTT	8	15	9	32
BOS	2	0	0	2		BOS	16	8	18	42

: OTT 51BOS 62
: OTT 3.92BOS 3.14
PP goals: OTT 2BOS 0
Hits: OTT 30BOS 30
Blocks: OTT 6BOS 10
PIM: OTT 8BOS 8
: OTT 32%BOS 68%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators edge Boston Bruins 3–2

Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins 3–2 at BOS. Tim Stützle (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. OTT's first power-play unit (Norris, Brannstrom, Batherson, Tkachuk and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 6:29 together.

Points
Tim Stützle had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 18:35.Stützle
Points
Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 20:08.Tkachuk
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Norris, Brannstrom, Batherson, Tkachuk and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 8 attempts in 6:29 together.Norris Brannstrom Batherson Tkachuk Stützle
New line
New look for BOS: Haula–Hall–Froden skated 10:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Haula Hall Froden
Goalie
Anton Forsberg (OTT) faced 42 shots and stopped 40 (.952), +10 against a season average of 31.7; the win.Forsberg
New line
New look for BOS: Foligno–Lazar–McLaughlin skated 6:48 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (71.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Lazar McLaughlin
New line
New look for BOS: Smith–Coyle–Nosek skated 5:08 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (37.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Smith Coyle Nosek
Usage
Matt Grzelcyk (BOS) played 23:14, +4:34 up on his 18:40 season average over 72 games.Grzelcyk

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)BOS attacks right (top on phones) →

BOS
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 113 of 113 attempts · BOS 62 · OTT 51

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

BOS
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BOS 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 36% of the game, BOS 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

BOS

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	BOS
	36	52
	1.93	2.35
	1.88	2.20
	10	10
	4	5
	20	8
	−0.161	+0.161
	36%	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

L1Formenton – Batherson – Stützle
6:2083% CF
L2Watson – Gaudette – Gambrell
4:2950% CF
L3Tierney – Brown – White
3:0486% CF
L4Norris – Kelly – Tkachuk
1:5517% CF
D1Brannstrom – Zub
13:1545% CF
D2Holden – Zaitsev
11:4418% CF
D3Del Zotto – Hamonic
11:0952% CF

PP1Norris – Brannstrom – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
6:2989% CF
PP2Del Zotto – Brown – White – Gaudette – Formenton
2:21100% CF
PK1FBrown – Formenton
4:35
PK2FWatson – Kelly
1:15
PK1DHolden – Zaitsev
6:01
PK2DHamonic – Zub
2:03

Current OTT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Haula – Hall – Froden
10:3250% CF
L2Bergeron – Marchand – DeBrusk
8:3367% CF
L3Foligno – Lazar – McLaughlin
6:4871% CF
L4Smith – Coyle – Nosek
5:0838% CF
D1Reilly – McAvoy
10:3175% CF
D2Grzelcyk – Brown
9:5658% CF
D3Forbort – Clifton
6:248% CF

PP1Bergeron – Marchand – Hall – DeBrusk – McAvoy
4:35100% CF
PP2Smith – Haula – Coyle – Grzelcyk – Froden
4:25100% CF
PK1FLazar – Nosek
2:17
PK2FCoyle – DeBrusk
1:35
PK1DForbort – Brown
3:30
PK2DClifton – McAvoy
1:16

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

6:36
BOSMarc McLaughlin (Nick Foligno, Curtis Lazar)backhand0.14 xG
OTT: Del Zotto, Hamonic, Watson, Gaudette, GambrellBOS: Foligno, Reilly, Lazar, McAvoy, McLaughlin
OTT 0 – 1 BOS
19:01
BOSJesper Froden (Matt Grzelcyk, Taylor Hall)tip-in0.03 xG
OTT: Tierney, Brown, White, Brannstrom, ZubBOS: Haula, Hall, Grzelcyk, Brown, Froden
OTT 0 – 2 BOS

2nd period

0:47
OTTBrady Tkachuk (Tim Stützle)wrist0.01 xG
OTT: Del Zotto, Hamonic, Batherson, Tkachuk, StützleBOS: Bergeron, Marchand, Reilly, DeBrusk, McAvoy
OTT 1 – 2 BOS
9:30
OTTJosh NorrisPP (Drake Batherson, Tim Stützle)snap0.16 xG
OTT: White, Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, StützleBOS: Coyle, Forbort, McAvoy
OTT 2 – 2 BOS
10:27
OTTTim StützlePP (Brady Tkachuk)wrist0.60 xG
OTT: Norris, Brannstrom, Batherson, Tkachuk, StützleBOS: Forbort, Brown, Lazar, Nosek
OTT 3 – 2 BOS

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	1	2	3	+1	5	1.00	1	0	0	18:35	—	—	68	68
Alex Formenton L	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.63	1	0	0	17:25	—	—	75	72
Drake Batherson R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.12	0	0	2	17:14	—	—	64	67
Austin Watson L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	7	0	0	14:23	—	—	27	20
Dylan Gambrell C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	0	12:41	—	—	23	15
Adam Gaudette R	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.10	1	0	0	9:50	—	—	44	33
Connor Brown R	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.46	0	0	0	20:47	—	—	39	52
Colin White C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.07	0	0	2	10:57	—	—	50	63
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	2	0	0	7:40	—	—	50	68
Brady Tkachuk L	L4	1	1	2	+1	6	0.56	3	0	0	20:08	—	—	23	31
Josh Norris C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	19:59	—	—	18	29
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	2	0	0	9:46	—	—	19	12
Erik Brannstrom D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.15	0	0	0	20:35	—	—	46	46
Artem Zub D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.18	0	1	2	18:47	—	—	46	46
Nikita Zaitsev D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	2	0	20:01	—	—	20	20
Nick Holden D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	19:16	—	—	18	14
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	0	2	2	16:24	—	—	49	55
Michael Del Zotto D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	0	0	15:32	—	—	52	54

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	W	42	40	2	.952	3.14	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Erik Haula L	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	2	0	0	18:53	—	—	53	33
Jesper Froden R	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.19	1	0	0	16:26	—	—	53	33
Taylor Hall L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.12	3	0	0	16:01	—	—	50	30
Jake DeBrusk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.23	2	0	0	20:50	—	—	64	57
Brad Marchand L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.34	0	0	2	18:44	—	—	70	64
Patrice Bergeron C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.39	4	0	2	17:51	—	—	68	63
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.47	1	0	2	12:56	—	—	64	78
Nick Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	+1	6	0.38	4	0	0	11:30	—	—	76	83
Marc McLaughlin C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	1	0	0	7:43	—	—	71	82
Charlie Coyle C	L4	0	0	0	0	6	0.33	0	1	0	19:20	—	—	45	19
Craig Smith C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	0	0	11:43	—	—	36	14
Tomas Nosek L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	9:18	—	—	25	14
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.20	3	2	0	24:24	—	—	77	73
Mike Reilly D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	1	2	16:24	—	—	71	67
Matt Grzelcyk D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.10	0	2	0	23:14	—	—	64	59
Joshua Brown D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	2	1	0	18:45	—	—	55	49
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	13:48	—	—	32	29
Derek Forbort D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:12	—	—	15	9

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman	L	24	21	3	.875	3.24	38:13
Linus Ullmark(start)	—	8	8	0	.1000	0.68	20:00

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.