Ottawa Senators vs. Boston BruinsDec 21, 2025

FinalSunday, Dec 21, 2025· TD Garden

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	3	3	0	6		OTT	11	9	8	28
BOS	1	1	0	2		BOS	5	8	7	20

: OTT 51BOS 56
: OTT 3.80BOS 2.55
PP goals: OTT 2BOS 1
Hits: OTT 22BOS 32
Blocks: OTT 17BOS 11
PIM: OTT 54BOS 42
: OTT 51%BOS 49%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators rout Boston Bruins 6–2

Ottawa Senators beat Boston Bruins 6–2 at BOS. Fabian Zetterlund (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. OTT's first power-play unit (Giroux, Perron, Chabot, Zetterlund and Halliday) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:36 together.

Points
Fabian Zetterlund had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 17:12.Zetterlund
Points
Drake Batherson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 16:11.Batherson
Points
Dylan Cozens had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 15:40.Cozens
Points
Charlie McAvoy had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 21:59.McAvoy
Points
Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:02.Giroux
Points
David Perron had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 15:11.Perron
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Giroux, Perron, Chabot, Zetterlund and Halliday) scored 2 power-play goals on 4 attempts in 2:36 together.Giroux Perron Chabot Zetterlund Halliday
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BOS's first power-play unit (Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy and Geekie) scored 1 power-play goal on 6 attempts in 4:11 together.Lindholm Pastrnak Zacha McAvoy Geekie

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 107 of 107 attempts · BOS 56 · 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 41% of the game, BOS 27%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

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

Matchup matrix

BOS 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	BOS
	49	52
	3.30	1.89
	2.99	1.82
	16	10
	1	2
	20	22
	+0.026	−0.026
	41%	27%

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 – Cozens
10:1439% CF
L2Giroux – Amadio – Greig
8:0164% CF
L3Zetterlund – Tkachuk – Stützle
7:5853% CF
L4Cousins – MacDermid – Halliday
3:1460% CF
D1Sanderson – Zub
14:3455% CF
D2Chabot – Spence
13:0052% CF
D3Jensen – Matinpalo
11:1350% CF

PP1Giroux – Perron – Chabot – Zetterlund – Halliday
2:36100% CF
PP2Batherson – Tkachuk – Cozens – Sanderson – Stützle
1:48100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Stützle
2:48
PK2FAmadio – Greig
1:03
PK1DSanderson – Zub
2:31
PK2DChabot – Matinpalo
1:42

Current OTT line combinations →

Boston Bruins

L1Pastrnak – Zacha – Mittelstadt
11:2138% CF
L2Jeannot – Kastelic – Minten
8:0850% CF
L3Lindholm – Geekie – Steeves
5:0867% CF
L4Kuraly – Eyssimont – Khusnutdinov
4:4764% CF
D1Zadorov – McAvoy
13:1758% CF
D2Lindholm – Peeke
10:4650% CF
D3Soderstrom – Lohrei
9:5821% CF

PP1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Zacha – McAvoy – Geekie
4:1167% CF
PP2Lindholm – Eyssimont – Mittelstadt – Lohrei – Steeves
1:57100% CF
PK1FKuraly – Kastelic
2:47
PK2FJeannot – Minten
1:44
PK1DLindholm – Peeke
3:36
PK2DZadorov – McAvoy
1:36

Current BOS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

1:30
OTTDrake Batherson (Nick Jensen, Dylan Cozens)snap0.16 xG
OTT: Perron, Jensen, Batherson, Cozens, MatinpaloBOS: Lindholm, Geekie, Soderstrom, Khusnutdinov, Lohrei
OTT 1 – 0 BOS
13:44
OTTClaude Giroux (Drake Batherson, Dylan Cozens)wrist0.26 xG
OTT: Giroux, Chabot, Batherson, Cozens, SpenceBOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, Peeke, Mittelstadt
OTT 2 – 0 BOS
16:47
OTTFabian ZetterlundPP (Thomas Chabot, David Perron)snap0.17 xG
OTT: Giroux, Perron, Chabot, Zetterlund, HallidayBOS: Lindholm, Peeke, Jeannot, Minten
OTT 3 – 0 BOS
19:07
BOSDavid PastrnakPP (Pavel Zacha, Charlie McAvoy)slap0.38 xG
OTT: Giroux, Sanderson, MatinpaloBOS: Lindholm, Pastrnak, Zacha, McAvoy, Geekie
OTT 3 – 1 BOS

2nd period

6:44
OTTTim Stützle (Brady Tkachuk, Fabian Zetterlund)wrist0.22 xG
OTT: Chabot, Zetterlund, Tkachuk, Spence, StützleBOS: Pastrnak, Zacha, Mittelstadt, Soderstrom, Lohrei
OTT 4 – 1 BOS
7:03
OTTDylan Cozens (Drake Batherson, David Perron)wrist0.03 xG
OTT: Perron, Chabot, Batherson, Cozens, SpenceBOS: Kuraly, Lindholm, Peeke, Eyssimont, Khusnutdinov
OTT 5 – 1 BOS
14:36
BOSCharlie McAvoy (Marat Khusnutdinov)tip-in0.06 xG
OTT: Perron, Jensen, Batherson, Cozens, MatinpaloBOS: Kuraly, Zadorov, McAvoy, Eyssimont, Khusnutdinov
OTT 5 – 2 BOS
17:26
OTTFabian ZetterlundPP (Stephen Halliday, Claude Giroux)slap0.16 xG
OTT: Giroux, Perron, Chabot, Zetterlund, HallidayBOS: Kuraly, Zadorov, McAvoy, Kastelic
OTT 6 – 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
Drake Batherson R	L1	1	2	3	+2	1	0.16	2	1	0	16:11	—	—	39	57
Dylan Cozens C	L1	1	2	3	+2	2	0.21	6	0	12	15:40	—	—	44	60
David Perron L	L1	0	2	2	+1	2	0.20	0	1	0	15:11	—	—	39	36
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.52	1	0	0	17:20	—	—	57	65
Claude Giroux R	L2	1	1	2	+1	1	0.26	1	1	0	17:02	—	—	67	78
Ridly Greig C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.15	0	1	14	17:00	—	—	54	64
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	2	1	3	+1	3	0.41	1	0	0	17:12	—	—	46	74
Tim Stützle C	L3	1	0	1	+1	5	0.97	0	1	2	16:25	—	—	52	90
Brady Tkachuk L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.43	5	1	0	13:46	—	—	52	79
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	1	2	12:43	—	—	48	37
Stephen Halliday C	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	11:24	—	—	33	18
Kurtis MacDermid L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	10	5:34	—	—	67	78
Jake Sanderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.23	0	1	0	24:26	—	—	50	42
Artem Zub D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	2	19:51	—	—	63	56
Thomas Chabot D	D2	0	1	1	+3	2	0.16	0	3	0	22:46	—	—	50	83
Jordan Spence D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:52	—	—	47	73
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	17:19	—	—	43	49
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	3	12	14:23	—	—	36	43

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	2.55	60:00

Boston Bruins

BOS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
David Pastrnak R	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.83	2	0	12	19:04	—	—	45	31
Pavel Zacha C	L1	0	1	1	-2	1	0.20	0	1	0	18:57	—	—	43	29
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:29	—	—	40	31
Fraser Minten C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	13:37	—	—	50	40
Mark Kastelic C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	5	13:11	—	—	54	48
Tanner Jeannot L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	6	0	7	13:05	—	—	47	32
Elias Lindholm C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.12	2	0	2	17:44	—	—	41	7
Morgan Geekie C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	2	0	0	17:34	—	—	45	7
Alex Steeves C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	4	0	2	13:27	—	—	64	58
Sean Kuraly C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.37	1	1	0	13:24	—	—	70	88
Michael Eyssimont C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	1	0	0	11:15	—	—	73	88
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	1	1	-1	1	0.08	1	0	0	10:49	—	—	44	30
Charlie McAvoy D	D1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.34	1	0	0	21:59	—	—	62	55
Nikita Zadorov D	D1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	3	0	14	18:44	—	—	62	56
Hampus Lindholm D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:46	—	—	58	41
Andrew Peeke D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.02	0	1	0	20:57	—	—	56	40
Mason Lohrei D	D3	0	0	0	-2	1	0.03	1	2	0	17:26	—	—	33	14
Victor Soderstrom D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	14:24	—	—	26	13

BOS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jeremy Swayman	—	11	10	1	.909	0.83	32:57
Joonas Korpisalo(start)	L	17	12	5	.706	2.96	26:31

Goal anatomy

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

Drake Batherson (OTT) 1st 1:30 · assists Nick Jensen, Dylan Cozens · Rush · passed in · 49.4 mph shot · 6.1 s from entry to goal.

Drake Batherson · 1st 1:30 · OTT

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 49.4 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s

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Claude Giroux · 1st 13:44 · OTT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 24.3 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Type: rebound

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Fabian Zetterlund · 1st 16:47 · OTT PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 59.6 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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David Pastrnak · 1st 19:07 · BOS PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-3
Passes: 4
Shot: 69.0 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 9.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Tim Stützle · 2nd 6:44 · OTT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 3.6 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Dylan Cozens · 2nd 7:03 · OTT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 66 ft
Type: one-timer

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Charlie McAvoy · 2nd 14:36 · BOS

Play: deflection
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 8.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Fabian Zetterlund · 2nd 17:26 · OTT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 50.1 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.