Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal CanadiensFeb 25, 2023

FinalSaturday, Feb 25, 2023· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	1	1	3	5		OTT	5	7	10	22
MTL	0	2	0	2		MTL	9	14	9	32

: OTT 55MTL 54
: OTT 2.21MTL 2.38
PP goals: OTT 0MTL 0
Hits: OTT 18MTL 12
Blocks: OTT 14MTL 16
PIM: OTT 11MTL 7
: OTT 48%MTL 52%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2 at MTL. Derick Brassard (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. OTT scored 5 goals on 2.21 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Points
Derick Brassard had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:04.Brassard
Points
Nick Holden had 2 assists (2 points) in 15:54.Holden
Luck
OTT scored 5 goals on 2.21 expected goals (55 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Usage
Alex DeBrincat (OTT) played 13:34, −5:30 down on his 19:04 season average over 81 games.DeBrincat
Usage
Claude Giroux (OTT) played 13:53, −4:58 down on his 18:51 season average over 81 games.Giroux
New line
New look for OTT: Brassard–Watson–Kastelic skated 8:03 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (30.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brassard Watson Kastelic
Usage
Austin Watson (OTT) played 13:12, +3:00 up on his 10:12 season average over 74 games.Watson
Usage
Josh Anderson (MTL) played 22:09, +5:16 up on his 16:53 season average over 68 games.Anderson

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 109 of 109 attempts · MTL 54 · OTT 55

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 21% of the game, MTL 36%.

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
	65	54
	2.65	2.51
	2.57	2.46
	12	7
	4	1
	14	24
	−0.021	+0.021
	21%	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

L1Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
15:1051% CF
L2Giroux – DeBrincat – Pinto
10:2756% CF
L3Joseph – Gauthier – Gambrell
8:3867% CF
L4Brassard – Watson – Kastelic
8:0331% CF
D1Chabot – Zub
21:3050% CF
D2Hamonic – Sanderson
15:1548% CF
D3Holden – Brannstrom
10:5368% CF

PP1Chabot – DeBrincat – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
1:49
PK1FJoseph – Gambrell
1:59
PK2FPinto – Stützle
1:06
PK1DHamonic – Sanderson
3:19
PK2DHolden – Brannstrom
2:24

Current OTT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Anderson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
15:1640% CF
L2Dadonov – Dvorak – Pitlick
11:2350% CF
L3Hoffman – Drouin – Ylonen
7:5459% CF
L4Belzile – Tierney – Pezzetta
7:2138% CF
D1Savard – Harris
13:5838% CF
D2Kovacevic – Schueneman
12:1244% CF
D3Matheson – Barron
11:0641% CF

PP1Hoffman – Matheson – Anderson – Suzuki – Harvey-Pinard
3:5788% CF
PP2Dadonov – Drouin – Pitlick – Ylonen – Barron
1:58100% CF
PK1FBelzile – Tierney
0:46
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
0:22
PK1DSavard – Matheson
1:28
PK2DKovacevic – Harris
0:22

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
Tim Stützle C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.22	0	1	2	20:50	—	—	55	47
Drake Batherson R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.24	3	0	0	19:35	—	—	55	47
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.24	4	0	0	18:17	—	—	50	39
Shane Pinto C	L2	1	0	1	0	2	0.16	0	2	0	15:02	—	—	52	64
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.06	0	1	0	13:53	—	—	50	64
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.21	0	1	0	13:34	—	—	55	79
Mathieu Joseph R	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.14	2	1	0	16:10	—	—	64	67
Dylan Gambrell C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	0	1	0	13:08	—	—	71	68
Julien Gauthier R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.25	2	0	0	10:14	—	—	70	68
Austin Watson L	L4	1	0	1	+2	1	0.18	1	0	7	13:12	—	—	41	35
Mark Kastelic C	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:46	—	—	39	37
Derick Brassard C	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.07	0	0	0	10:04	—	—	47	26
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.20	1	3	0	26:23	—	—	52	46
Artem Zub D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	22:36	—	—	50	39
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.11	1	1	0	19:47	—	—	51	50
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.09	0	2	0	19:18	—	—	50	44
Nick Holden D	D3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:54	—	—	65	71
Erik Brannstrom D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.02	0	0	0	14:17	—	—	71	81

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mads Sogaard(start)	W	32	30	2	.938	2.38	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.21	1	1	0	22:09	—	—	44	61
Nick Suzuki C	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.65	0	1	0	22:03	—	—	39	51
Rafael Harvey-Pinard L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	3	2	21:19	—	—	37	54
Evgenii Dadonov L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	16:31	—	—	42	47
Christian Dvorak C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.07	0	0	0	16:02	—	—	49	51
Rem Pitlick C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	2	0	14:47	—	—	46	51
Mike Hoffman C	L3	0	0	0	-3	3	0.24	1	0	0	15:29	—	—	65	46
Jonathan Drouin L	L3	0	0	0	-3	1	0.04	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	54	42
Jesse Ylonen R	L3	0	0	0	-3	2	0.09	0	1	0	12:16	—	—	48	31
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:36	—	—	40	45
Alex Belzile R	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	0	0	9:53	—	—	40	36
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	6	1	5	9:26	—	—	33	39
David Savard D	D1	0	0	0	-2	0	0.07	0	0	0	21:44	—	—	47	54
Jordan Harris D	D1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	0	1	0	19:34	—	—	42	57
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	16:19	—	—	54	54
Corey Schueneman D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.08	0	2	0	15:41	—	—	52	61
Mike Matheson D	D3	1	0	1	-2	6	0.33	0	1	0	24:47	—	—	46	34
Justin Barron D	D3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.02	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	35	23

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	L	22	17	5	.773	2.21	59:48

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 25, 2023

Fantasy takeaways

Ottawa Senators beat Montreal Canadiens 5–2

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