Ottawa Senators vs. Montreal CanadiensOct 12, 2024

FinalSaturday, Oct 12, 2024· Centre Bell

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	0	1	1		OTT	4	12	9	25
MTL	2	0	2	4		MTL	7	4	15	26

: OTT 63MTL 44
: OTT 1.56MTL 3.46
PP goals: OTT 0MTL 1
Hits: OTT 20MTL 21
Blocks: OTT 11MTL 22
PIM: OTT 8MTL 10
: OTT 45%MTL 55%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 4–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators 4–1 at home. Cole Caufield (MTL) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for OTT: Gregor–Norris–Batherson skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Cole Caufield had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 17:23.Caufield
Points
Juraj Slafkovský had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:38.Slafkovský
Points
Lane Hutson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 18:35.Hutson
New line
New look for OTT: Gregor–Norris–Batherson skated 6:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gregor Norris Batherson
New line
New look for MTL: Dvorak–Heineman–Kapanen skated 4:55 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Dvorak Heineman Kapanen
New line
New look for OTT: Cousins–MacEwen–Greig skated 4:00 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (25% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cousins MacEwen Greig
Usage
Juraj Slafkovský (MTL) played 13:38, −3:46 down on his 17:24 season average over 78 games.Slafkovský
Usage
Lane Hutson (MTL) played 18:35, −4:12 down on his 22:47 season average over 81 games.Hutson

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 107 of 107 attempts · MTL 44 · OTT 63

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 45% of the game, MTL 34%.

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
	43	36
	0.85	2.19
	0.85	2.06
	7	10
	4	5
	17	17
	+0.002	−0.002
	45%	34%

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 – Amadio – Pinto
7:3069% CF
L2Gregor – Norris – Batherson
6:5650% CF
L3Giroux – Tkachuk – Stützle
6:5071% CF
L4Cousins – MacEwen – Greig
4:0025% CF
D1Sanderson – Zub
12:4033% CF
D2Jensen – Chabot
12:2252% CF
D3Hamonic – Kleven
9:0260% CF

PP1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Sanderson – Stützle
4:4091% CF
PP2Giroux – Perron – Chabot – Pinto – Greig
3:03100% CF
PK1FGregor – Pinto
2:17
PK2FNorris – Greig
2:10
PK1DJensen – Chabot
3:28
PK2DSanderson – Zub
2:49

Current OTT line combinations →

Montreal Canadiens

L1Gallagher – Anderson – Evans
8:2045% CF
L2Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
8:1662% CF
L3Armia – Dach – Newhook
5:1356% CF
L4Dvorak – Heineman – Kapanen
4:5544% CF
D1Matheson – Guhle
9:3831% CF
D2Savard – Hutson
8:3544% CF
D3Barron – Xhekaj
6:5080% CF

PP1Matheson – Suzuki – Dach – Caufield – Slafkovský
4:0983% CF
PP2Gallagher – Armia – Newhook – Kapanen – Hutson
3:28100% CF
PK1FArmia – Evans
2:46
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
2:20
PK1DGuhle – Barron
3:51
PK2DSavard – Matheson
2:51

Current MTL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:37
MTLEmil HeinemanPP (Christian Dvorak, Lane Hutson)snap0.16 xG
OTT: Hamonic, Gregor, Pinto, KlevenMTL: Anderson, Dvorak, Guhle, Heineman, Hutson
OTT 0 – 1 MTL
15:03
MTLCole Caufield (Mike Matheson, Juraj Slafkovský)wrist0.02 xG
OTT: Giroux, Jensen, Chabot, Tkachuk, StützleMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Slafkovský
OTT 0 – 2 MTL

3rd period

3:50
MTLAlex Newhook (Lane Hutson, Kaiden Guhle)snap0.13 xG
OTT: Jensen, Chabot, Norris, Tkachuk, GreigMTL: Anderson, Newhook, Guhle, Kapanen, Hutson
OTT 0 – 3 MTL
5:30
OTTTim Stützle (Brady Tkachuk, Nick Jensen)wrist0.06 xG
OTT: Jensen, Cousins, Chabot, Tkachuk, StützleMTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Anderson, Evans, Guhle
OTT 1 – 3 MTL
7:43
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovský)backhand0.50 xG
OTT: Jensen, Cousins, Chabot, Tkachuk, StützleMTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Guhle, Slafkovský
OTT 1 – 4 MTL

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
Shane Pinto C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.38	0	0	0	19:37	—	—	67	66
David Perron L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	16:12	—	—	68	84
Michael Amadio R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.13	0	0	0	14:23	—	—	67	60
Josh Norris C	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	1	1	0	20:25	—	—	42	22
Drake Batherson R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	53	29
Noah Gregor L	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.10	3	1	0	13:59	—	—	53	33
Tim Stützle C	L3	1	0	1	-1	2	0.10	2	0	0	19:56	—	—	60	19
Brady Tkachuk L	L3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.04	2	0	4	18:38	—	—	58	16
Claude Giroux R	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	0	0	0	16:18	—	—	78	84
Ridly Greig C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:59	—	—	43	9
Nick Cousins C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	8:51	—	—	37	12
Zack MacEwen R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	5:41	—	—	31	8
Jake Sanderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.05	1	4	0	27:36	—	—	43	29
Artem Zub D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	1	2	18:02	—	—	42	21
Thomas Chabot D	D2	0	0	0	-2	4	0.11	1	0	0	23:36	—	—	57	23
Nick Jensen D	D2	0	1	1	-2	2	0.10	2	1	0	18:30	—	—	59	32
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	1	0	12:09	—	—	60	21
Tyler Kleven D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	0	1	2	10:57	—	—	67	49

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	L	26	22	4	.846	2.95	56:21

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.22	1	1	0	16:07	—	—	44	64
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.14	3	1	4	14:59	—	—	46	74
Jake Evans C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	2	2	0	14:42	—	—	43	68
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.39	0	0	0	19:10	—	—	56	95
Cole Caufield R	L2	2	0	2	+2	3	1.09	0	1	0	17:23	—	—	50	88
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.04	3	0	0	13:38	—	—	62	95
Joel Armia R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	3	1	0	15:25	—	—	55	75
Alex Newhook C	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.13	1	0	0	14:29	—	—	50	69
Kirby Dach C	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.34	0	2	0	14:09	—	—	50	53
Oliver Kapanen C	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.14	0	0	0	14:10	—	—	38	55
Christian Dvorak C	L4	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:50	—	—	29	33
Emil Heineman L	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.30	2	1	2	9:27	—	—	31	34
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.31	0	1	0	25:40	—	—	27	66
Kaiden Guhle D	D1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	8	0	21:21	—	—	32	73
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	2	2	+1	1	0.01	1	0	2	18:35	—	—	54	74
David Savard D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	0	15:46	—	—	37	58
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.19	2	1	2	16:56	—	—	54	79
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:13	—	—	61	77

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Samuel Montembeault(start)	W	25	24	1	.960	1.56	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Emil Heineman (MTL PP) 1st 10:37 · assists Christian Dvorak, Lane Hutson · Odd-man rush · carried in · 5-on-4 at the blue line · 10.4 mph shot · 6.4 s from entry to goal.

Emil Heineman · 1st 10:37 · MTL PP

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-4
Passes: 1
Shot: 10.4 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 6.4 s
Type: one-timer

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Cole Caufield · 1st 15:03 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 60.6 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 5.5 s

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Alex Newhook · 3rd 3:50 · MTL

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 73.4 mph
Distance: 30 ft

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Tim Stützle · 3rd 5:30 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 5 (royal road)
Shot: 43.5 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Cole Caufield · 3rd 7:43 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 2
Shot: 3.8 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.3 s

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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.