Ottawa Senators vs. New Jersey DevilsMar 22, 2025

FinalSaturday, Mar 22, 2025· Prudential Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	3	0	3		OTT	7	8	4	19
NJD	0	1	1	2		NJD	6	6	15	27

: OTT 41NJD 59
: OTT 2.10NJD 2.53
PP goals: OTT 1NJD 1
Hits: OTT 18NJD 29
Blocks: OTT 17NJD 13
PIM: OTT 6NJD 6
: OTT 43%NJD 57%

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

Ottawa Senators beat New Jersey Devils 3–2 at NJD. Luke Hughes (NJD) led the scoring with 0G 2A. NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:42 together.

Points
Luke Hughes had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 26:37.Hughes
PP1
NJD's first power-play unit (Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer and Hughes) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 4:42 together.Meier Bratt Hischier Mercer Hughes
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Giroux, Perron, Chabot, Zetterlund and Greig) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:09 together.Giroux Perron Chabot Zetterlund Greig
New line
New look for OTT: Giroux–Pinto–Greig skated 11:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (58.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux Pinto Greig
Usage
Luke Hughes (NJD) played 26:37, +5:32 up on his 21:05 season average over 70 games.Hughes
Usage
Brady Tkachuk (OTT) played 13:23, −4:55 down on his 18:18 season average over 71 games.Tkachuk
New line
New look for NJD: Sprong–Foote–Mercer skated 4:14 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (33.3% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Sprong Foote Mercer
Usage
Jesper Bratt (NJD) played 23:21, +4:27 up on his 18:54 season average over 80 games.Bratt

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 100 of 100 attempts · NJD 59 · OTT 41

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 25% of the game, NJD 42%.

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
	36	48
	1.35	1.69
	1.26	1.61
	12	11
	2	1
	22	12
	−0.040	+0.040
	25%	42%

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 – Pinto – Greig
11:2858% CF
L2Perron – Batherson – Cozens
9:1231% CF
L3Zetterlund – Tkachuk – Stützle
8:3256% CF
L4Amadio – Highmore – Gaudette
2:5225% CF
D1Sanderson – Zub
16:5564% CF
D2Hamonic – Chabot
14:4937% CF
D3Kleven – Matinpalo
8:4220% CF

PP1Giroux – Perron – Chabot – Zetterlund – Greig
2:09100% CF
PP2Batherson – Tkachuk – Cozens – Sanderson – Stützle
1:59100% CF
PK1FGiroux – Highmore
3:08
PK2FPinto – Greig
1:19
PK1DSanderson – Zub
2:28
PK2DHamonic – Chabot
2:10

Current OTT line combinations →

New Jersey Devils

L1Haula – Bratt – Glass
6:0967% CF
L2Noesen – Meier – Hischier
5:5031% CF
L3Lazar – Bastian – Cotter
5:4471% CF
L4Sprong – Foote – Mercer
4:1433% CF
D1Pesce – Hughes
12:2846% CF
D2Dumoulin – Kovacevic
10:4373% CF
D3Dillon – Cholowski
7:5830% CF

PP1Meier – Bratt – Hischier – Mercer – Hughes
4:42100% CF
PP2Pesce – Sprong – Cholowski – Glass – Foote
0:11
PK1FHischier – Mercer
1:44
PK2FHaula – Bratt
1:13
PK1DDillon – Kovacevic
2:08
PK2DDumoulin – Hughes
1:13

Current NJD line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

4:05
OTTBrady Tkachuk (Jake Sanderson, Tim Stützle)tip-in0.11 xG
OTT: Zetterlund, Tkachuk, Sanderson, Stützle, ZubNJD: Dumoulin, Dillon, Lazar, Bratt, Cotter
OTT 1 – 0 NJD
4:38
OTTDrake Batherson (Dylan Cozens, Travis Hamonic)tip-in0.11 xG
OTT: Perron, Hamonic, Chabot, Batherson, CozensNJD: Noesen, Pesce, Meier, Hischier, Hughes
OTT 2 – 0 NJD
7:13
NJDNico HischierPP (Jesper Bratt, Luke Hughes)slap0.09 xG
OTT: Hamonic, Chabot, Pinto, GreigNJD: Meier, Bratt, Hischier, Mercer, Hughes
OTT 2 – 1 NJD
8:44
OTTDavid PerronPP (Claude Giroux, Ridly Greig)deflected0.18 xG
OTT: Giroux, Perron, Chabot, Zetterlund, GreigNJD: Dillon, Hischier, Kovacevic, Mercer
OTT 3 – 1 NJD

3rd period

19:36
NJDErik Haula (Luke Hughes, Cody Glass)snap0.16 xG
OTT: Giroux, Pinto, Greig, Sanderson, ZubNJD: Haula, Sprong, Cholowski, Glass, Cotter, Hughes
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
Claude Giroux R	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	0	2	0	21:32	—	—	62	50
Ridly Greig C	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	20:45	—	—	59	50
Shane Pinto C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.26	1	0	2	17:38	—	—	46	32
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	3	1	0	16:40	—	—	37	41
David Perron L	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.18	3	0	0	15:48	—	—	37	38
Drake Batherson R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.50	1	0	0	15:38	—	—	40	47
Tim Stützle C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:14	—	—	50	68
Fabian Zetterlund L	L3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.19	1	0	0	14:47	—	—	53	71
Brady Tkachuk L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.48	2	1	2	13:23	—	—	56	72
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	9:43	—	—	8	11
Michael Amadio R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	0	0	8:55	—	—	32	33
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	6:44	—	—	22	22
Jake Sanderson D	D1	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	25:39	—	—	62	68
Artem Zub D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	1	3	0	23:35	—	—	64	68
Thomas Chabot D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.05	0	2	0	22:57	—	—	39	34
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.20	2	2	0	20:12	—	—	33	30
Tyler Kleven D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	2	0	11:54	—	—	15	46
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	2	10:48	—	—	18	73

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.53	60:00

New Jersey Devils

NJD skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jesper Bratt L	L1	0	1	1	-1	4	0.29	1	0	0	23:21	—	—	59	60
Cody Glass C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.07	2	0	0	17:11	—	—	64	71
Erik Haula L	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.45	1	1	0	16:10	—	—	61	65
Nico Hischier C	L2	1	0	1	-1	5	0.30	3	1	2	22:11	—	—	56	59
Timo Meier R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.45	2	1	0	20:57	—	—	58	60
Stefan Noesen R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	1	0	2	17:01	—	—	44	32
Paul Cotter L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	12:19	—	—	64	27
Curtis Lazar C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.30	3	0	0	8:28	—	—	56	4
Nathan Bastian R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	8:15	—	—	71	9
Dawson Mercer C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.32	1	1	0	18:29	—	—	64	96
Daniel Sprong R	L4	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	2	0	0	9:55	—	—	43	21
Nolan Foote L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	0	1	0	9:45	—	—	44	26
Luke Hughes D	D1	0	2	2	0	4	0.16	1	4	0	26:37	—	—	53	49
Brett Pesce D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	19:42	—	—	52	50
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	19:35	—	—	73	75
Johnathan Kovacevic D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	2	17:41	—	—	74	95
Dennis Cholowski D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	0	0	0	15:39	—	—	46	36
Brenden Dillon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	14:27	—	—	41	30

NJD goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jake Allen(start)	L	19	16	3	.842	2.10	57:18

Goal anatomy

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

Drake Batherson (OTT) 2nd 4:38 · assists Dylan Cozens, Travis Hamonic · Deflection · 12.1 mph shot.

Drake Batherson · 2nd 4:38 · OTT

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 12.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Type: rebound

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Brady Tkachuk · 2nd 4:05 · OTT

Play: deflection
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 16.9 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Nico Hischier · 2nd 7:13 · NJD PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 69.0 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Type: one-timer

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David Perron · 2nd 8:44 · OTT PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 4
Shot: 37.0 mph
Distance: 8 ft
Type: deflection

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Erik Haula · 3rd 19:36 · NJD

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 35.4 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Type: one-timer

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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.