Ottawa Senators vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 21, 2024

Final / OTSaturday, Dec 21, 2024· Rogers Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
OTT	2	2	0	1	5		OTT	11	6	4	1	22
VAN	2	1	1	0	4		VAN	6	8	11	0	25

: OTT 53VAN 57
: OTT 2.89VAN 2.35
PP goals: OTT 0VAN 0
Hits: OTT 13VAN 28
Blocks: OTT 16VAN 11
PIM: OTT 6VAN 10
: OTT 60%VAN 40%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators edge Vancouver Canucks 5–4 (OT)

Ottawa Senators beat Vancouver Canucks 5–4 in overtime at VAN. Shane Pinto (OTT) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Garland–Pettersson skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Shane Pinto had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:17.Pinto
Points
Jake Sanderson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 23:10.Sanderson
Points
Quinn Hughes had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 26:20.Hughes
Points
Brock Boeser had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 14:51.Boeser
Points
Claude Giroux had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 18:18.Giroux
Points
Phillip Di Giuseppe had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:36.Di Giuseppe
New line
New look for VAN: DeBrusk–Garland–Pettersson skated 11:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.DeBrusk Garland Pettersson
Luck
OTT scored 5 goals on 2.89 expected goals (53 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 110 of 110 attempts · VAN 57 · OTT 53

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 27% of the game, VAN 37%.

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
	44	60
	2.16	2.44
	2.12	2.31
	12	13
	2	4
	10	17
	+0.034	−0.034
	27%	37%

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

L1Giroux – Tkachuk – Stützle
11:0157% CF
L2Cousins – Amadio – Pinto
8:0930% CF
L3Norris – Batherson – Greig
7:2243% CF
L4Gaudette – Gregor – Ostapchuk
3:4250% CF
D1Jensen – Chabot
17:3162% CF
D2Hamonic – Sanderson
14:4433% CF
D3Bernard-Docker – Kleven
11:5733% CF

PP1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Sanderson – Stützle
4:4686% CF
PP2Giroux – Chabot – Gaudette – Pinto – Greig
1:26100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Norris
2:31
PK2FPinto – Greig
1:03
PK1DJensen – Chabot
1:23
PK2DHamonic – Kleven
0:43

Current OTT line combinations →

Vancouver Canucks

L1DeBrusk – Garland – Pettersson
11:3359% CF
L2Blueger – Heinen – Sherwood
9:0156% CF
L3Miller – Di Giuseppe – Boeser
8:2833% CF
L4Joshua – Suter – Karlsson
6:4660% CF
D1Myers – Hughes
15:0367% CF
D2Forbort – Desharnais
11:5150% CF
D3Soucy – Juulsen
10:1328% CF

PP1Miller – Boeser – Garland – Pettersson – Hughes
1:5450% CF
PP2Heinen – DeBrusk – Suter – Sherwood – Hughes
1:27100% CF
PK1FBlueger – Suter
4:13
PK2FHeinen – Sherwood
0:47
PK1DSoucy – Juulsen
4:01
PK2DMyers – Forbort
1:48

Current VAN 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	1	1	0	2	0.25	0	0	0	22:13	—	—	42	50
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.20	2	0	0	19:22	—	—	48	64
Claude Giroux R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.50	0	1	2	18:18	—	—	59	69
Shane Pinto C	L2	2	1	3	+1	3	0.62	1	0	0	18:17	—	—	36	70
Nick Cousins C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	13:44	—	—	33	62
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	2	0	10:56	—	—	41	60
Drake Batherson R	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.49	1	1	0	18:55	—	—	36	30
Josh Norris C	L3	1	0	1	0	1	0.28	1	0	0	17:05	—	—	44	5
Ridly Greig C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:55	—	—	44	32
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:52	—	—	35	21
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	1	1	0	8:19	—	—	47	45
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	1	0	0	6:04	—	—	50	26
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.01	0	1	2	23:47	—	—	58	72
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.04	1	1	0	21:28	—	—	60	71
Jake Sanderson D	D2	1	2	3	+1	3	0.13	1	3	0	23:10	—	—	29	8
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	17:48	—	—	35	9
Jacob Bernard-Docker D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	3	1	0	13:51	—	—	30	40
Tyler Kleven D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	2	0	13:51	—	—	33	42

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Leevi Meriläinen(start)	W	25	21	4	.840	2.35	60:15

Vancouver Canucks

VAN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Elias Pettersson C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.36	0	0	0	19:00	—	—	50	48
Conor Garland R	L1	0	1	1	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	17:53	—	—	70	68
Jake DeBrusk L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.30	1	1	0	17:30	—	—	67	74
Teddy Blueger C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	0	0	15:56	—	—	60	32
Kiefer Sherwood L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.26	4	0	0	14:04	—	—	55	32
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.09	2	1	2	13:35	—	—	52	29
J.T. Miller C	L3	0	1	1	-2	0	0.00	1	1	0	15:15	—	—	41	36
Brock Boeser R	L3	2	0	2	-1	3	0.52	0	1	0	14:51	—	—	54	59
Phillip Di Giuseppe L	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.09	3	1	2	12:36	—	—	48	47
Pius Suter C	L4	0	1	1	+2	2	0.25	0	1	0	17:03	—	—	77	99
Linus Karlsson C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	0	0	0	9:23	—	—	58	45
Dakota Joshua C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	5	0	0	9:22	—	—	67	53
Quinn Hughes D	D1	1	2	3	+1	5	0.19	0	0	0	26:20	—	—	71	68
Tyler Myers D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.08	2	0	2	21:12	—	—	64	67
Derek Forbort D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.02	2	3	0	17:18	—	—	60	67
Vincent Desharnais D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	2	1	0	16:40	—	—	62	46
Carson Soucy D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	0	0	19:24	—	—	47	36
Noah Juulsen D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	4	15:31	—	—	32	24

VAN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Kevin Lankinen(start)	O	22	17	5	.773	2.89	60:15

Goal anatomy

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

Claude Giroux (OTT) 1st 1:45 · assists Thomas Chabot · Deflection · 20.6 mph shot.

Claude Giroux · 1st 1:45 · OTT

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 20.6 mph
Distance: 7 ft

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Shane Pinto · 1st 16:22 · OTT

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.2 mph
Distance: 7 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Brock Boeser · 1st 18:04 · VAN

Play: rebound
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 16.5 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Type: rebound

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Quinn Hughes · 1st 19:42 · VAN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 69.2 mph
Distance: 51 ft

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Shane Pinto · 2nd 4:24 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 25.5 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.6 s

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Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 13:36 · VAN

Play: deflection
Passes: 3
Shot: 9.5 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Type: rebound

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Josh Norris · 2nd 15:30 · OTT SH

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 42.9 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Jake Sanderson · OT 0:15 · OTT

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 44.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 2.3 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.

Ottawa Senators vs. Vancouver CanucksDec 21, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Ottawa Senators edge Vancouver Canucks 5–4 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Ottawa Senators

Vancouver Canucks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Vancouver Canucks

Goal anatomy

Claude Giroux · 1st 1:45 · OTT

Shane Pinto · 1st 16:22 · OTT

Brock Boeser · 1st 18:04 · VAN

Quinn Hughes · 1st 19:42 · VAN

Shane Pinto · 2nd 4:24 · OTT

Jake DeBrusk · 2nd 13:36 · VAN

Josh Norris · 2nd 15:30 · OTT SH

Jake Sanderson · OT 0:15 · OTT