Ottawa Senators vs. Vancouver CanucksApr 22, 2021

FinalThursday, Apr 22, 2021· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	2	0	1	3		OTT	11	7	7	25
VAN	0	0	0	0		VAN	7	12	12	31

: OTT 47VAN 59
: OTT 4.26VAN 2.82
PP goals: OTT 2VAN 0
Hits: OTT 28VAN 24
Blocks: OTT 19VAN 13
PIM: OTT 17VAN 27
: OTT 35%VAN 65%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Canucks 3–0

Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Canucks 3–0 at VAN. Drake Batherson (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. OTT's first power-play unit (Chabot, Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:26 together.

Points
Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 19:19.Batherson
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Chabot, Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 3:26 together.Chabot Norris Batherson Tkachuk Stützle
New line
New look for VAN: Miller–Horvat–Boeser skated 6:01 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (77.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Miller Horvat Boeser
Usage
Nick Paul (OTT) played 9:16, −6:56 down on his 16:12 season average over 55 games.Paul
Luck
VAN scored 0 goals on 2.82 expected goals (59 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Marc Michaelis (VAN) played 3:17, −6:13 down on his 9:30 season average over 14 games.Michaelis
Usage
Jalen Chatfield (VAN) played 9:07, −4:34 down on his 13:41 season average over 17 games.Chatfield
Usage
Quinn Hughes (VAN) played 27:12, +4:29 up on his 22:43 season average over 55 games.Hughes

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)VAN attacks right (top on phones) →

VAN
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · VAN 59 · OTT 47

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

VAN
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VAN 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 31% of the game, VAN 40%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

VAN

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	VAN
	40	56
	1.99	2.28
	1.91	2.19
	8	7
	10	2
	6	4
	−0.131	+0.131
	31%	40%

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
10:3348% CF
L2Brown – Formenton – Pinto
6:1927% CF
L3Dadonov – White – Stützle
6:0070% CF
L4Dzingel – Tierney – Paul
3:0333% CF
D1Chabot – Zaitsev
15:4941% CF
D2Brannstrom – Zub
12:0533% CF
D3Brown – Mete
7:4021% CF

PP1Chabot – Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
3:26100% CF
PP2Dadonov – Dzingel – Brown – White – Brannstrom
2:08100% CF
PK1FFormenton – Pinto
3:39
PK2FBrown – Paul
3:17
PK1DZaitsev – Zub
2:00
PK2DBrown – Mete
1:39

Current OTT line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1Miller – Horvat – Boeser
6:0178% CF
L2Sutter – Virtanen – Highmore
3:2843% CF
L3Boyd – Pearson – Hoglander
3:2750% CF
L4Vesey – Hawryluk – Michaelis
0:16100% CF
D1Hamonic – Hughes
13:3363% CF
D2Myers – Schmidt
11:2368% CF
D3Chatfield – Juolevi
6:3415% CF

PP1Miller – Pearson – Horvat – Boeser – Hughes
5:0488% CF
PP2Myers – Boyd – Vesey – Virtanen – Hoglander
2:0950% CF
PK1FSutter – Highmore
2:29
PK2FMiller – Vesey
2:21
PK1DMyers – Schmidt
1:49
PK2DHamonic – Juolevi
0:00

Current VAN line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

9:17
OTTTim StützlePP (Nick Paul, Drake Batherson)snap0.13 xG
OTT: Paul, Chabot, Norris, Batherson, StützleVAN: Sutter, Myers, Pearson, Juolevi
OTT 1 – 0 VAN
15:57
OTTDrake BathersonPP (Josh Norris, Brady Tkachuk)wrist0.19 xG
OTT: Chabot, Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, StützleVAN: Sutter, Myers, Miller, Juolevi
OTT 2 – 0 VAN

3rd period

18:30
OTTConnor BrownEN (Nikita Zaitsev)wrist0.55 xG
OTT: Brown, Chabot, Zaitsev, Formenton, PintoVAN: Miller, Pearson, Horvat, Boeser, Hughes, Hoglander
OTT 3 – 0 VAN

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	1	2	0	2	0.37	1	0	0	19:19	—	—	40	43
Josh Norris C	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	43	47
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	0	4	0.39	2	0	9	17:03	—	—	43	50
Connor Brown R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.84	2	2	0	19:57	—	—	38	39
Shane Pinto C	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.34	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	24	34
Alex Formenton L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:47	—	—	29	33
Colin White C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	2	15:27	—	—	46	56
Tim Stützle C	L3	1	0	1	0	4	0.25	3	0	0	14:27	—	—	60	66
Evgenii Dadonov L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:21	—	—	53	47
Chris Tierney C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.23	0	1	0	12:40	—	—	41	60
Ryan Dzingel C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	2	0	0	10:14	—	—	54	85
Nick Paul L	L4	0	1	1	0	2	0.28	2	0	0	9:16	—	—	20	3
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	+1	4	1.14	1	2	0	27:56	—	—	50	50
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	5	3	0	22:30	—	—	41	57
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	3	2	19:12	—	—	40	58
Erik Brannstrom D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	0	17:42	—	—	43	40
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	14:06	—	—	33	34
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	2	4	12:01	—	—	27	9

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	W	31	31	0	.1000	2.82	60:00

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
J.T. Miller C	L1	-1	2	0.26	2	0	0	23:47	—	—	65	39
Bo Horvat C	L1	-1	4	0.53	2	1	2	23:17	—	—	56	49
Brock Boeser R	L1	-1	1	0.23	0	0	0	22:27	—	—	57	43
Brandon Sutter C	L2	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	14:58	—	—	61	63
Matthew Highmore C	L2	0	2	0.40	1	0	2	13:46	—	—	50	54
Jake Virtanen R	L2	0	0	0.00	4	1	4	11:32	—	—	47	34
Tanner Pearson L	L3	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	18:24	—	—	58	45
Nils Hoglander L	L3	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	17:14	—	—	76	60
Travis Boyd C	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	65	55
Jimmy Vesey L	L4	0	1	0.19	2	0	0	13:58	—	—	46	66
Jayce Hawryluk R	L4	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	9:19	—	—	55	57
Marc Michaelis L	L4	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	3:17	—	—	71	93
Quinn Hughes D	D1	-1	2	0.11	1	0	2	27:12	—	—	67	60
Travis Hamonic D	D1	0	4	0.15	2	3	17	16:00	—	—	67	54
Tyler Myers D	D2	0	3	0.10	2	2	0	25:16	—	—	65	67
Nate Schmidt D	D2	0	4	0.16	1	2	0	20:07	—	—	72	72
Olli Juolevi D	D3	0	3	0.04	2	3	0	13:05	—	—	26	18
Jalen Chatfield D	D3	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	9:07	—	—	27	36

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Thatcher Demko(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	2.87	57:56

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.