Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal CanadiensMay 1, 2021

Final / OTSaturday, May 1, 2021· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
OTT	0	1	1	0	2		OTT	9	11	3	0	23
MTL	0	0	2	1	3		MTL	8	10	18	3	39

: OTT 46MTL 74
: OTT 2.75MTL 4.00
PP goals: OTT 0MTL 1
Hits: OTT 24MTL 27
Blocks: OTT 20MTL 11
PIM: OTT 11MTL 7
: OTT 36%MTL 64%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens edge Ottawa Senators 3–2 (OT)

Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 3–2 in overtime at home. Tyler Toffoli (MTL) led the scoring with 1G 1A. Filip Gustavsson (OTT) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +11 against a season average of 28.2; the overtime loss.

Points
Jeff Petry had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:05.Petry
Points
Tyler Toffoli had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 6 shots in 17:56.Toffoli
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (OTT) faced 39 shots and stopped 36 (.923), +11 against a season average of 28.2; the overtime loss.Gustavsson
Usage
Evgenii Dadonov (OTT) played 10:37, −5:03 down on his 15:40 season average over 54 games.Dadonov
New line
New look for OTT: Paul–Amadio–Pinto skated 5:04 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Paul Amadio Pinto
Usage
Thomas Chabot (OTT) played 30:16, +4:04 up on his 26:12 season average over 48 games.Chabot
Usage
Jake Evans (MTL) played 15:06, +3:20 up on his 11:46 season average over 46 games.Evans
Usage
Alexander Romanov (MTL) played 21:32, +4:21 up on his 17:11 season average over 53 games.Romanov

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 120 of 120 attempts · MTL 74 · OTT 46

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 22% of the game, MTL 42%.

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
	53	78
	3.06	3.45
	2.91	3.32
	14	12
	5	6
	24	30
	−0.084	+0.084
	22%	42%

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

L1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk
10:5423% CF
L2Dzingel – Tierney – Brown
10:2833% CF
L3Paul – Amadio – Pinto
5:0450% CF
L4Dadonov – White – Stützle
4:3650% CF
D1Chabot – Zaitsev
21:4945% CF
D2Brown – Mete
12:4348% CF
D3Brannstrom – Zub
9:4230% CF

PP1Chabot – Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
2:1950% CF
PP2Dadonov – Dzingel – Brown – White – Brannstrom
0:5250% CF
PK1FTierney – Brown
1:13
PK2FPaul – Pinto
1:01
PK1DZaitsev – Zub
2:17
PK2DBrown – Mete
1:43

Current OTT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Toffoli – Armia – Suzuki
10:2470% CF
L2Danault – Anderson – Kotkaniemi
9:3865% CF
L3Lehkonen – Evans – Caufield
8:1347% CF
L4Staal – Perry – Frolik
7:4747% CF
D1Chiarot – Romanov
16:0761% CF
D2Petry – Edmundson
15:0773% CF
D3Merrill – Kulak
13:0444% CF

PP1Perry – Petry – Toffoli – Armia – Suzuki
2:42100% CF
PP2Staal – Anderson – Kotkaniemi – Romanov – Caufield
1:45100% CF
PK1FArmia – Danault
0:55
PK2FLehkonen – Evans
0:50
PK1DPetry – Edmundson
1:10
PK2DChiarot – Romanov
0:00

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
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	7	1	0	19:56	—	—	25	26
Drake Batherson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.17	3	1	0	18:46	—	—	21	20
Josh Norris C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	2	5	16:29	—	—	21	20
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.18	0	0	0	18:29	—	—	43	52
Chris Tierney C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	1	1	0	17:20	—	—	38	55
Ryan Dzingel C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.37	1	0	0	14:10	—	—	35	55
Nick Paul L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.15	1	1	0	14:43	—	—	50	55
Shane Pinto C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.03	1	0	2	13:59	—	—	50	61
Michael Amadio R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.27	1	0	0	11:14	—	—	54	65
Tim Stützle C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.23	1	0	0	13:59	—	—	50	35
Colin White C	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.14	3	0	0	12:58	—	—	54	50
Evgenii Dadonov L	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.11	0	0	0	10:37	—	—	65	86
Thomas Chabot D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.31	1	3	0	30:16	—	—	45	47
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	2	3	2	24:52	—	—	46	53
Victor Mete D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	2	0	17:57	—	—	38	48
Joshua Brown D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0	2	0	16:44	—	—	49	56
Artem Zub D	D3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:37	—	—	31	45
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	1	2	2	12:56	—	—	29	35

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	O	39	36	3	.923	4.00	62:25

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Nick Suzuki C	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.34	0	0	0	19:13	—	—	61	74
Tyler Toffoli C	L1	1	1	2	0	6	0.80	2	0	0	17:56	—	—	68	71
Joel Armia R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.42	1	0	0	17:03	—	—	60	78
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.27	3	0	2	18:34	—	—	65	70
Josh Anderson R	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.53	3	1	0	16:45	—	—	70	73
Jesperi Kotkaniemi C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.19	1	1	0	14:36	—	—	58	60
Artturi Lehkonen L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	5	0	0	15:45	—	—	52	43
Jake Evans C	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.38	2	0	0	15:06	—	—	50	28
Cole Caufield R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.40	0	0	0	11:41	—	—	45	27
Corey Perry R	L4	0	1	1	-1	0	0.09	0	1	0	14:23	—	—	57	26
Eric Staal C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.09	0	1	0	14:22	—	—	65	47
Michael Frolik R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	1	0	10:57	—	—	58	24
Ben Chiarot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.08	1	3	0	21:49	—	—	51	49
Alexander Romanov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	5	21:32	—	—	64	66
Jeff Petry D	D2	1	1	2	+2	4	0.25	3	1	0	24:05	—	—	73	73
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	0	0	20:04	—	—	70	67
Brett Kulak D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	15:23	—	—	40	24
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:18	—	—	46	20

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cayden Primeau(start)	W	23	21	2	.913	2.75	62:10

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 CanadiensMay 1, 2021

Fantasy takeaways

Montreal Canadiens edge Ottawa Senators 3–2 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Ottawa Senators

Montreal Canadiens

Scoring summary

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Montreal Canadiens