Ottawa Senators vs. New Jersey DevilsDec 6, 2021

Final / SOMonday, Dec 6, 2021· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	SO	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
OTT	0	2	0	0	1	3		OTT	5	9	8	1	23
NJD	1	1	0	0	0	2		NJD	7	7	7	3	24

: OTT 45NJD 70
: OTT 2.25NJD 3.29
PP goals: OTT 0NJD 0
Hits: OTT 23NJD 29
Blocks: OTT 19NJD 10
PIM: OTT 4NJD 6
: OTT 47%NJD 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators edge New Jersey Devils 3–2 (SO)

Ottawa Senators beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 in a shootout at NJD. Drake Batherson (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for NJD: Johnsson–Sharangovich–Hughes skated 11:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Brady Tkachuk had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:04.Tkachuk
Points
Drake Batherson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 21:25.Batherson
New line
New look for NJD: Johnsson–Sharangovich–Hughes skated 11:40 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (64% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johnsson Sharangovich Hughes
New line
New look for NJD: Tatar–Vesey–Mercer skated 11:36 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (76.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tatar Vesey Mercer
New line
New look for NJD: Bastian–McLeod–Kuokkanen skated 10:23 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Bastian McLeod Kuokkanen
Usage
Nick Holden (OTT) played 23:43, +3:55 up on his 19:48 season average over 75 games.Holden
Usage
Lassi Thomson (OTT) played 11:28, −6:10 down on his 17:38 season average over 15 games.Thomson
Usage
Thomas Chabot (OTT) played 29:24, +3:16 up on his 26:08 season average over 58 games.Chabot

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)NJD attacks right (top on phones) →

NJD
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · NJD 70 · OTT 45

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

NJD
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NJD 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, NJD 36%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

NJD

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	NJD
	52	72
	2.56	2.75
	2.52	2.53
	10	10
	4	2
	18	16
	−0.038	+0.037
	31%	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

L1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk
14:1745% CF
L2Brown – Paul – Stützle
12:4361% CF
L3Ennis – Tierney – Formenton
10:1959% CF
L4Watson – Sanford – Gambrell
9:2620% CF
D1Chabot – Zaitsev
20:5358% CF
D2Holden – Zub
18:2326% CF
D3Mete – Thomson
8:2636% CF

PP1Chabot – Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
1:05
PP2Ennis – Tierney – Brown – Sanford – Thomson
0:46

Current OTT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Johnsson – Sharangovich – Hughes
11:4064% CF
L2Tatar – Vesey – Mercer
11:3677% CF
L3Bastian – McLeod – Kuokkanen
10:2356% CF
L4Zacha – Bratt – Hischier
10:2240% CF
D1Severson – Siegenthaler
16:5158% CF
D2Hamilton – Graves
15:4353% CF
D3Subban – Smith
14:0065% CF

PP1Hamilton – Severson – Smith – Sharangovich – Mercer
0:13
PK1FVesey – McLeod
0:55
PK2FKuokkanen – Hischier
0:48
PK1DSeverson – Siegenthaler
1:11
PK2DSubban – Hamilton
0:32

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

0:35
NJDDamon Severson (Jonas Siegenthaler, Jesper Bratt)snap0.01 xG
OTT: Chabot, Zaitsev, Norris, Batherson, TkachukNJD: Severson, Siegenthaler, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier
OTT 0 – 1 NJD

2nd period

7:15
OTTDrake Batherson (Thomas Chabot, Brady Tkachuk)wrist0.07 xG
OTT: Chabot, Zaitsev, Norris, Batherson, TkachukNJD: Hamilton, Graves, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier
OTT 1 – 1 NJD
8:20
NJDNathan Bastian (P.K. Subban, Ty Smith)tip-in0.06 xG
OTT: Watson, Sanford, Mete, Gambrell, ThomsonNJD: Subban, Bastian, McLeod, Kuokkanen, Smith
OTT 1 – 2 NJD
12:42
OTTBrady Tkachuk (Drake Batherson, Nick Holden)snap0.29 xG
OTT: Holden, Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, ZubNJD: Hamilton, Graves, Zacha, Bratt, Hischier
OTT 2 – 2 NJD

Decided in the shootout: OTT 3 – 2 NJD.

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	+1	3	0.22	2	1	0	21:25	—	—	39	54
Josh Norris C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.18	3	2	0	20:17	—	—	42	54
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	1	1	2	+1	2	0.51	4	0	0	20:04	—	—	49	65
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	18:48	—	—	55	74
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	0	0	0	3	0.41	1	1	0	18:34	—	—	55	60
Nick Paul L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	13:58	—	—	52	72
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	1	1	0	15:12	—	—	52	39
Alex Formenton L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	50	36
Tyler Ennis R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	13:07	—	—	59	39
Zachary Sanford L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	2	12:05	—	—	19	25
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.16	0	3	0	10:55	—	—	17	29
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:46	—	—	17	25
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	1	1	0	5	0.25	2	0	0	29:24	—	—	60	76
Nikita Zaitsev D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	2	3	0	23:07	—	—	54	75
Nick Holden D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.07	3	2	0	23:43	—	—	31	35
Artem Zub D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.06	1	2	0	22:19	—	—	28	40
Lassi Thomson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	11:28	—	—	42	25
Victor Mete D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:35	—	—	40	35

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Anton Forsberg(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	3.29	65:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Hughes C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.43	0	0	0	17:48	—	—	62	58
Yegor Sharangovich C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.34	1	0	0	16:56	—	—	63	58
Andreas Johnsson L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.24	1	0	0	12:54	—	—	64	58
Dawson Mercer C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	16:52	—	—	73	73
Tomas Tatar L	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.27	2	0	0	15:34	—	—	77	81
Jimmy Vesey L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.38	2	0	0	15:32	—	—	73	80
Michael McLeod C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	1	0	15:47	—	—	52	35
Janne Kuokkanen C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.00	0	0	0	12:47	—	—	55	36
Nathan Bastian R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	2	0	0	11:00	—	—	58	23
Nico Hischier C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.10	2	1	0	16:24	—	—	39	38
Pavel Zacha C	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.35	3	1	0	16:02	—	—	36	25
Jesper Bratt L	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.34	0	1	0	15:29	—	—	39	29
Damon Severson D	D1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.17	3	0	2	24:28	—	—	63	72
Jonas Siegenthaler D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.02	2	2	0	21:19	—	—	59	73
Dougie Hamilton D	D2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.25	3	2	0	24:10	—	—	59	47
Ryan Graves D	D2	0	0	0	-2	2	0.09	1	2	4	20:02	—	—	48	39
P.K. Subban D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.14	2	0	0	18:14	—	—	59	44
Ty Smith D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	0	0	17:42	—	—	63	56

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	O	23	21	2	.913	2.25	65:00

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.