Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 4, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	2	1	0	3		OTT	9	8	5	22
MTL	1	0	1	2		MTL	12	8	18	38

: OTT 45MTL 72
: OTT 1.29MTL 3.46
PP goals: OTT 1MTL 0
Hits: OTT 33MTL 42
Blocks: OTT 13MTL 12
PIM: OTT 15MTL 15
: OTT 57%MTL 43%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 3–2 at MTL. Tim Stützle (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 2A. New look for OTT: Paul–White–Batherson skated 11:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Tim Stützle had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:51.Stützle
Points
Thomas Chabot had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 26:05.Chabot
Points
Phillip Danault had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 15:58.Danault
New line
New look for OTT: Paul–White–Batherson skated 11:16 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Paul White Batherson
New line
New look for OTT: Dadonov–Norris–Tkachuk skated 10:25 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dadonov Norris Tkachuk
Goalie
Matt Murray (OTT) faced 38 shots and stopped 36 (.947), +11 against a season average of 27.3; the win.Murray
Luck
OTT scored 3 goals on 1.29 expected goals (45 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Alex Galchenyuk (OTT) played 7:59, −4:52 down on his 12:51 season average over 33 games.Galchenyuk

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)MTL attacks right (top on phones) →

MTL
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 117 of 117 attempts · MTL 72 · OTT 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MTL
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MTL 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 7% of the game, MTL 54%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MTL

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	MTL
	48	66
	1.34	3.15
	1.32	3.01
	7	19
	7	4
	20	24
	+0.031	−0.031
	7%	54%

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

L1Paul – White – Batherson
11:1644% CF
L2Dadonov – Norris – Tkachuk
10:2541% CF
L3Tierney – Brown – Stützle
6:2550% CF
L4Stepan – Watson – Galchenyuk
4:3750% CF
D1Chabot – Zaitsev
14:4425% CF
D2Gudbranson – Brannstrom
11:5642% CF
D3Reilly – Zub
9:5176% CF

PP1Reilly – Zaitsev – Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk
1:000% CF
PP2Dadonov – White – Chabot – Brannstrom – Stützle
0:49100% CF
PK1FTierney – Brown
3:23
PK2FStepan – Watson
2:02
PK1DGudbranson – Zaitsev
3:11
PK2DReilly – Zub
1:34

Current OTT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Tatar – Gallagher – Danault
12:1176% CF
L2Anderson – Drouin – Suzuki
10:2230% CF
L3Byron – Lehkonen – Evans
9:3061% CF
L4Perry – Toffoli – Kotkaniemi
8:0769% CF
D1Kulak – Romanov
14:1650% CF
D2Weber – Chiarot
14:0967% CF
D3Petry – Edmundson
13:1059% CF

PP1Weber – Petry – Toffoli – Drouin – Suzuki
3:4988% CF
PP2Perry – Gallagher – Anderson – Kotkaniemi – Romanov
2:300% CF
PK1FDanault – Lehkonen
0:41
PK2FToffoli – Suzuki
0:38
PK1DWeber – Petry
1:16
PK2DEdmundson – Romanov
0:18

Current MTL 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
Drake Batherson R	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.22	3	1	0	15:54	—	—	47	45
Colin White C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.38	2	1	0	15:13	—	—	40	44
Nick Paul L	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	1	0	4	13:17	—	—	48	48
Brady Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.20	7	0	2	16:35	—	—	33	22
Josh Norris C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	14:25	—	—	47	27
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	0	1	0	14:01	—	—	33	19
Connor Brown R	L3	1	0	1	+2	3	0.08	0	0	2	17:47	—	—	46	16
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	0	0	15:20	—	—	48	14
Tim Stützle C	L3	1	2	3	+1	1	0.11	2	1	0	14:51	—	—	39	12
Derek Stepan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.01	3	3	0	14:46	—	—	35	20
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	3	0	0	11:05	—	—	44	42
Alex Galchenyuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	1	0	0	7:59	—	—	47	38
Thomas Chabot D	D1	1	1	2	-1	3	0.12	6	1	0	26:05	—	—	34	12
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	23:51	—	—	27	4
Erik Gudbranson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	5	19:31	—	—	36	32
Erik Brannstrom D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:22	—	—	47	42
Artem Zub D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	17:55	—	—	59	44
Mike Reilly D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	1	0	15:44	—	—	61	61

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	38	36	2	.947	3.46	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tomas Tatar L	L1	0	1	1	0	5	0.38	4	0	2	16:18	—	—	78	83
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	2	2	+1	1	0.13	2	1	0	15:58	—	—	73	81
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	1	0	1	0	4	0.61	0	1	0	15:22	—	—	76	82
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	3	0	0	18:45	—	—	32	54
Josh Anderson R	L2	1	0	1	0	5	0.45	5	0	0	17:04	—	—	35	59
Jonathan Drouin L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	0	0	15:51	—	—	29	47
Jake Evans C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	4	1	2	13:29	—	—	52	86
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	4	0	0	13:23	—	—	55	87
Paul Byron L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	1	0	12:03	—	—	58	88
Tyler Toffoli C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.29	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	56	49
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	1	0	0	13:37	—	—	64	50
Corey Perry R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	2	2	5	13:05	—	—	61	53
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.16	3	2	0	20:13	—	—	50	83
Brett Kulak D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.04	0	1	0	14:37	—	—	50	85
Shea Weber D	D2	0	0	0	+2	2	0.05	3	0	0	23:11	—	—	63	52
Ben Chiarot D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.06	2	0	4	18:32	—	—	64	54
Jeff Petry D	D3	0	0	0	+1	4	0.38	1	1	2	22:17	—	—	57	95
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	1	2	0	18:04	—	—	59	89

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carey Price(start)	L	22	19	3	.864	1.29	59:02

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. Montreal CanadiensFeb 4, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Ottawa Senators edge Montreal Canadiens 3–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Ottawa Senators

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Montreal Canadiens