Ottawa Senators vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsMar 20, 2023

FinalMonday, Mar 20, 2023· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	1	0	1	2		OTT	7	6	8	21
PIT	0	0	1	1		PIT	18	14	17	49

: OTT 52PIT 91
: OTT 1.81PIT 3.90
PP goals: OTT 1PIT 0
Hits: OTT 36PIT 29
Blocks: OTT 28PIT 17
PIM: OTT 4PIT 4
: OTT 42%PIT 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators edge Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1

Ottawa Senators beat Pittsburgh Penguins 2–1 at PIT. Thomas Chabot (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Dylan Ferguson (OTT) faced 49 shots and stopped 48 (.980); the win.

Goalie
Dylan Ferguson (OTT) faced 49 shots and stopped 48 (.980); the win.Ferguson
New line
New look for PIT: Granlund–Heinen–Poehling skated 8:44 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Granlund Heinen Poehling
Luck
PIT scored 1 goal on 3.90 expected goals (91 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Pierre-Olivier Joseph (PIT) played 20:56, +5:46 up on his 15:10 season average over 74 games.Joseph
Usage
Evgeni Malkin (PIT) played 23:43, +5:12 up on his 18:31 season average over 81 games.Malkin
Usage
Jeff Carter (PIT) played 6:30, −7:18 down on his 13:48 season average over 78 games.Carter
New line
New look for PIT: Carter–Archibald–O'Connor skated 4:25 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Carter Archibald O'Connor
Usage
Thomas Chabot (OTT) played 20:01, −5:02 down on his 25:03 season average over 67 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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 143 of 143 attempts · PIT 91 · OTT 52

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

PIT
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

PIT 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 9% of the game, PIT 57%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

PIT

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	PIT
	49	94
	1.19	3.81
	1.18	3.45
	7	17
	7	8
	20	11
	−0.071	+0.071
	9%	57%

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

L1Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
9:5939% CF
L2Giroux – DeBrincat – Greig
8:5653% CF
L3Brassard – Gauthier – Pinto
7:2325% CF
L4Watson – Brown – Gambrell
4:339% CF
D1Sanderson – Zub
15:5232% CF
D2Chabot – Brannstrom
12:4538% CF
D3Hamonic – Chychrun
12:0334% CF

PP1Chabot – DeBrincat – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
2:02100% CF
PP2Giroux – Brassard – Chabot – Chychrun – Pinto
0:53
PK1FGiroux – Watson
1:27
PK2FGambrell – Stützle
0:47
PK1DHamonic – Sanderson
1:46
PK2DBrannstrom – Zub
1:34

Current OTT line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rakell – Guentzel
9:3058% CF
L2Granlund – Heinen – Poehling
8:4452% CF
L3Malkin – Zucker – Rust
8:1174% CF
L4Carter – Archibald – O'Connor
4:2557% CF
D1Letang – Joseph
16:2574% CF
D2Dumoulin – Ruhwedel
13:5252% CF
D3Fedun – Friedman
9:0656% CF

PP1Malkin – Crosby – Letang – Rakell – Guentzel
4:0588% CF
PP2Carter – Zucker – Granlund – Rust – Joseph
1:32
PK1FRust – Poehling
2:01
PK2FGranlund – Archibald
0:50
PK1DDumoulin – Ruhwedel
1:20
PK2DFriedman – Joseph
0:35

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

16:46
OTTThomas Chabot (Claude Giroux, Ridly Greig)wrist0.11 xG
OTT: Giroux, Chabot, DeBrincat, Greig, SandersonPIT: Malkin, Zucker, Granlund, Fedun, Ruhwedel
OTT 1 – 0 PIT

3rd period

14:39
PITRickard Rakell (Evgeni Malkin, Pierre-Olivier Joseph)wrist0.17 xG
OTT: Giroux, Chabot, DeBrincat, Brannstrom, GreigPIT: Malkin, Letang, Zucker, Rakell, Joseph
OTT 1 – 1 PIT
17:51
OTTDrake BathersonPP (Brady Tkachuk, Jake Sanderson)wrist0.15 xG
OTT: DeBrincat, Batherson, Tkachuk, Sanderson, StützlePIT: Letang, Dumoulin, Rust, Poehling
OTT 2 – 1 PIT

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	0	0	0	3	0.51	0	2	0	21:21	—	—	43	47
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	0	6	0.24	1	0	0	17:45	—	—	40	49
Drake Batherson R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.22	1	1	0	16:11	—	—	40	55
Claude Giroux R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.00	1	1	0	21:00	—	—	47	25
Alex DeBrincat R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.20	0	1	0	17:29	—	—	43	28
Ridly Greig C	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	2	0	2	10:27	—	—	48	24
Shane Pinto C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	4	2	0	16:00	—	—	31	8
Derick Brassard C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:19	—	—	23	5
Julien Gauthier R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	3	0	10:33	—	—	21	3
Austin Watson L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	3	2	0	12:21	—	—	25	4
Dylan Gambrell C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	3	0	11:54	—	—	9	1
Patrick Brown C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	8:18	—	—	33	6
Artem Zub D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	5	2	0	21:55	—	—	29	32
Jake Sanderson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.23	2	5	2	21:43	—	—	37	40
Thomas Chabot D	D2	1	0	1	0	3	0.16	4	1	0	20:01	—	—	37	17
Erik Brannstrom D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	1	0	16:04	—	—	37	10
Jakob Chychrun D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.09	1	1	0	19:42	—	—	31	16
Travis Hamonic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	2	3	0	18:57	—	—	36	19

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dylan Ferguson(start)	W	49	48	1	.980	3.90	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jake Guentzel C	L1	0	0	0	0	5	0.91	1	0	0	22:35	—	—	68	64
Sidney Crosby C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	1	0	22:17	—	—	67	64
Rickard Rakell R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.45	2	0	0	21:48	—	—	67	64
Mikael Granlund C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	1	2	0	15:35	—	—	55	68
Ryan Poehling C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	12:48	—	—	52	76
Danton Heinen L	L2	0	0	0	0	5	0.20	2	0	0	12:04	—	—	55	65
Evgeni Malkin C	L3	0	1	1	0	4	0.17	1	1	0	23:43	—	—	71	81
Bryan Rust R	L3	0	0	0	0	6	0.61	4	2	0	19:04	—	—	80	95
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	6	1	0	17:22	—	—	79	89
Jeff Carter C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	0	0	6:30	—	—	63	94
Josh Archibald R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	2	0	6:22	—	—	50	94
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	2	0	0	6:10	—	—	50	92
Kris Letang D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.23	1	0	2	29:33	—	—	78	75
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	0	0	0	20:56	—	—	77	72
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.20	1	2	0	18:48	—	—	54	84
Chad Ruhwedel D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	4	0	2	17:28	—	—	57	71
Mark Friedman D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.09	1	3	0	15:10	—	—	66	84
Taylor Fedun D	D3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	0	1	0	10:34	—	—	52	73

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry(start)	L	21	19	2	.905	1.58	58:17

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.