Ottawa Senators vs. Pittsburgh PenguinsJan 11, 2025

FinalSaturday, Jan 11, 2025· PPG Paints Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	3	2	0	5		OTT	7	12	3	22
PIT	0	0	0	0		PIT	8	11	10	29

: OTT 44PIT 62
: OTT 3.07PIT 1.64
PP goals: OTT 2PIT 0
Hits: OTT 27PIT 30
Blocks: OTT 15PIT 11
PIM: OTT 20PIT 14
: OTT 49%PIT 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators rout Pittsburgh Penguins 5–0

Ottawa Senators beat Pittsburgh Penguins 5–0 at PIT. Claude Giroux (OTT) led the scoring with 0G 3A. OTT's first power-play unit (Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:06 together.

Points
Claude Giroux had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:33.Giroux
Points
Shane Pinto had two goals (2 points) on 3 shots in 20:22.Pinto
PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 7 attempts in 3:06 together.Norris Batherson Tkachuk Sanderson Stützle
New line
New look for OTT: Cousins–Pinto–Greig skated 7:33 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (29.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Cousins Pinto Greig
New line
New look for OTT: Norris–Batherson–Tkachuk skated 5:29 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (12.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Norris Batherson Tkachuk
New line
New look for OTT: Giroux–Gaudette–Stützle skated 4:36 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux Gaudette Stützle
Luck
OTT scored 5 goals on 3.07 expected goals (44 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Luck
PIT scored 0 goals on 1.64 expected goals (62 attempts), well short of 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)PIT attacks right (top on phones) →

PIT
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 106 of 106 attempts · PIT 62 · OTT 44

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 31% of the game, PIT 29%.

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
	31	61
	1.40	1.11
	1.33	1.08
	2	8
	2	2
	10	13
	−0.006	+0.006
	31%	29%

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

L1Cousins – Pinto – Greig
7:3329% CF
L2Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk
5:2913% CF
L3Giroux – Gaudette – Stützle
4:3650% CF
L4Highmore – Reinhardt – Ostapchuk
0:40
D1Sanderson – Zub
13:2517% CF
D2Kleven – Matinpalo
13:1337% CF
D3Jensen – Chabot
11:2140% CF

PP1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Sanderson – Stützle
3:06100% CF
PP2Giroux – Chabot – Gaudette – Pinto – Greig
1:39100% CF
PK1FPinto – Greig
4:25
PK2FGiroux – Norris
3:43
PK1DSanderson – Zub
4:50
PK2DJensen – Chabot
4:16

Current OTT line combinations →

Pittsburgh Penguins

L1Crosby – Rust – Rakell
11:0967% CF
L2Nieto – Acciari – Lizotte
7:3142% CF
L3Bunting – Beauvillier – Glass
7:1992% CF
L4Hayes – Puljujarvi – O'Connor
6:5779% CF
D1Karlsson – Grzelcyk
14:1160% CF
D2Letang – Pettersson
11:1870% CF
D3Joseph – Pickering
9:3188% CF

PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rust – Rakell – Bunting
5:2640% CF
PP2Letang – Hayes – Grzelcyk – Glass – O'Connor
3:45100% CF
PK1FNieto – Acciari
1:23
PK2FLizotte – O'Connor
0:45
PK1DLetang – Pettersson
2:47
PK2DKarlsson – Joseph
1:26

Current PIT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

3:16
OTTTyler Kleven (Claude Giroux, Adam Gaudette)slap0.03 xG
OTT: Giroux, Gaudette, Kleven, Stützle, MatinpaloPIT: Karlsson, Rakell, Grzelcyk, Acciari, Lizotte
OTT 1 – 0 PIT
5:14
OTTShane PintoPP (Claude Giroux, Thomas Chabot)slap0.17 xG
OTT: Giroux, Chabot, Gaudette, Pinto, GreigPIT: Letang, Nieto, Pettersson, Acciari
OTT 2 – 0 PIT
19:04
OTTShane PintoSH (Ridly Greig)wrist0.14 xG
OTT: Jensen, Chabot, Pinto, GreigPIT: Crosby, Karlsson, Rust, Rakell, Bunting
OTT 3 – 0 PIT

2nd period

0:41
OTTDrake BathersonPP (Josh Norris, Jake Sanderson)wrist0.16 xG
OTT: Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, Sanderson, StützlePIT: Letang, Rust, Pettersson, Acciari
OTT 4 – 0 PIT
7:06
OTTTim Stützle (Claude Giroux, Nick Jensen)wrist0.46 xG
OTT: Giroux, Jensen, Chabot, Gaudette, StützlePIT: Hayes, Pettersson, Bunting, Puljujarvi, Joseph
OTT 5 – 0 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
Shane Pinto C	L1	2	0	2	+1	3	0.57	0	0	0	20:22	—	—	28	29
Ridly Greig C	L1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.05	0	1	0	19:53	—	—	29	45
Nick Cousins C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	0	1	8	14:41	—	—	41	39
Drake Batherson R	L2	1	0	1	0	3	0.51	1	0	4	17:29	—	—	23	27
Josh Norris C	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.68	5	1	0	16:01	—	—	27	59
Brady Tkachuk L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.44	2	0	0	14:56	—	—	17	33
Claude Giroux R	L3	0	3	3	+2	1	0.08	1	0	0	17:33	—	—	45	91
Tim Stützle C	L3	1	0	1	+2	1	0.46	3	0	2	16:27	—	—	48	74
Adam Gaudette R	L3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.04	0	1	0	12:34	—	—	55	88
Matthew Highmore C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	10:05	—	—	39	46
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:07	—	—	29	47
Cole Reinhardt L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	3:33	—	—	17	33
Jake Sanderson D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.03	0	2	0	24:04	—	—	22	30
Artem Zub D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	4	0	21:57	—	—	18	33
Tyler Kleven D	D2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.03	4	1	2	15:17	—	—	38	44
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.02	3	0	0	14:48	—	—	43	47
Thomas Chabot D	D3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.11	1	1	0	21:39	—	—	40	83
Nick Jensen D	D3	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	2	0	17:34	—	—	44	84

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Leevi Meriläinen(start)	W	29	29	0	.1000	1.64	60:00

Pittsburgh Penguins

PIT skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Sidney Crosby C	L1	-1	2	0.02	1	1	2	21:25	—	—	67	65
Bryan Rust R	L1	-1	1	0.37	0	1	0	20:14	—	—	61	64
Rickard Rakell R	L1	-2	2	0.11	1	1	0	19:07	—	—	65	63
Noel Acciari C	L2	-1	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:41	—	—	44	22
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	2	0.02	0	1	2	11:58	—	—	36	18
Blake Lizotte C	L2	-1	2	0.05	0	0	0	10:48	—	—	38	22
Cody Glass C	L3	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	15:49	—	—	89	84
Michael Bunting L	L3	-2	2	0.30	0	0	6	15:35	—	—	68	24
Anthony Beauvillier R	L3	0	1	0.03	6	0	0	11:07	—	—	88	82
Drew O'Connor L	L4	0	2	0.10	1	0	0	14:56	—	—	78	63
Kevin Hayes R	L4	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:19	—	—	72	27
Jesse Puljujarvi R	L4	-1	2	0.04	6	0	0	10:46	—	—	76	25
Erik Karlsson D	D1	-2	4	0.23	0	1	0	23:45	—	—	64	60
Matt Grzelcyk D	D1	-1	1	0.04	1	1	0	21:14	—	—	56	57
Kris Letang D	D2	0	2	0.06	3	0	0	21:24	—	—	67	49
Marcus Pettersson D	D2	-1	0	0.00	4	3	0	20:19	—	—	62	18
Pierre-Olivier Joseph D	D3	-1	2	0.08	3	0	2	16:23	—	—	79	24
Owen Pickering D	D3	0	2	0.01	0	0	0	11:37	—	—	79	64

PIT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Tristan Jarry	—	5	5	0	.1000	0.34	32:54
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	L	17	12	5	.706	2.73	27:00

Goal anatomy

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

Tyler Kleven (OTT) 1st 3:16 · assists Claude Giroux, Adam Gaudette · Forecheck turnover · 65.3 mph shot.

Tyler Kleven · 1st 3:16 · OTT

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 65.3 mph
Distance: 56 ft
Type: one-timer

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Shane Pinto · 1st 5:14 · OTT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 47.2 mph
Distance: 25 ft
Type: one-timer

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Shane Pinto · 1st 19:04 · OTT SH

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 65.7 mph
Distance: 26 ft
Entry to goal: 2.8 s

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Drake Batherson · 2nd 0:41 · OTT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft

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Tim Stützle · 2nd 7:06 · OTT

Play: rebound
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 13.4 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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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.