Ottawa Senators vs. Minnesota WildDec 29, 2024

FinalSunday, Dec 29, 2024· Xcel Energy Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
OTT	0	1	2	3		OTT	10	13	14	37
MIN	1	0	0	1		MIN	9	7	15	31

: OTT 69MIN 57
: OTT 3.49MIN 1.91
PP goals: OTT 1MIN 0
Hits: OTT 18MIN 26
Blocks: OTT 13MIN 13
PIM: OTT 11MIN 11
: OTT 49%MIN 51%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Ottawa Senators beat Minnesota Wild 3–1

Ottawa Senators beat Minnesota Wild 3–1 at MIN. Ridly Greig (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. OTT's first power-play unit (Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:22 together.

PP1
OTT's first power-play unit (Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, Sanderson and Stützle) scored 1 power-play goal on 5 attempts in 2:22 together.Norris Batherson Tkachuk Sanderson Stützle
New line
New look for OTT: Tkachuk–Pinto–Greig skated 13:09 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (55.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tkachuk Pinto Greig
New line
New look for MIN: Johansson–Hartman–Eriksson Ek skated 10:26 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (61.5% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Johansson Hartman Eriksson Ek
New line
New look for OTT: Gaudette–Batherson–Stützle skated 11:01 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (56% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Gaudette Batherson Stützle
Goalie
Filip Gustavsson (MIN) faced 36 shots and stopped 34 (.944), +7 against a season average of 29.2; the loss.Gustavsson
New line
New look for MIN: Foligno–Gaudreau–Trenin skated 9:13 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Foligno Gaudreau Trenin
New line
New look for MIN: Shore–Jones–Khusnutdinov skated 6:18 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Shore Jones Khusnutdinov
New line
New look for OTT: Giroux–Cousins–Norris skated 10:38 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (60.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Giroux Cousins Norris

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)MIN attacks right (top on phones) →

MIN
OTT
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 126 of 126 attempts · MIN 57 · OTT 69

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

MIN
OTT
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

MIN 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 39% of the game, MIN 28%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

MIN

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	MIN
	71	53
	2.94	1.47
	2.74	1.46
	19	10
	1	7
	23	18
	−0.002	+0.002
	39%	28%

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

L1Tkachuk – Pinto – Greig
13:0955% CF
L2Gaudette – Batherson – Stützle
11:0156% CF
L3Giroux – Cousins – Norris
10:3861% CF
L4Gregor – Reinhardt – Ostapchuk
7:0957% CF
D1Jensen – Chabot
19:0838% CF
D2Hamonic – Sanderson
17:0959% CF
D3Kleven – Matinpalo
8:3793% CF

PP1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Sanderson – Stützle
2:2283% CF
PP2Giroux – Chabot – Gaudette – Pinto – Greig
0:4380% CF
PK1FPinto – Greig
1:22
PK2FGiroux – Norris
0:36
PK1DJensen – Chabot
1:22
PK2DHamonic – Sanderson
0:36

Current OTT line combinations →

Minnesota Wild

L1Zuccarello – Boldy – Rossi
14:2331% CF
L2Johansson – Hartman – Eriksson Ek
10:2662% CF
L3Foligno – Gaudreau – Trenin
9:1350% CF
L4Shore – Jones – Khusnutdinov
6:1840% CF
D1Brodin – Faber
18:2854% CF
D2Spurgeon – Chisholm
14:3136% CF
D3Bogosian – Merrill
9:3647% CF

PP1Spurgeon – Zuccarello – Eriksson Ek – Boldy – Rossi
2:00100% CF
PK1FGaudreau – Eriksson Ek
1:08
PK2FTrenin – Khusnutdinov
1:03
PK1DBrodin – Faber
1:57
PK2DSpurgeon – Merrill
0:45

Current MIN 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
Ridly Greig C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.58	1	1	2	19:38	—	—	60	77
Shane Pinto C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.17	1	0	0	19:09	—	—	55	72
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	6	0.25	1	0	2	18:08	—	—	56	70
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	1	0	19:48	—	—	55	57
Drake Batherson R	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.23	0	0	0	16:56	—	—	56	55
Adam Gaudette R	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.42	0	1	0	13:29	—	—	52	54
Josh Norris C	L3	1	0	1	0	2	0.50	2	1	0	16:48	—	—	63	65
Claude Giroux R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.59	0	1	0	15:14	—	—	60	65
Nick Cousins C	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.18	3	0	0	12:57	—	—	63	74
Noah Gregor L	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	5	10:37	—	—	53	58
Cole Reinhardt L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	1	0	0	8:15	—	—	60	79
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.08	2	0	0	7:56	—	—	53	60
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.10	0	3	0	25:45	—	—	43	60
Nick Jensen D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	4	0	24:44	—	—	42	59
Jake Sanderson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.09	0	1	0	23:23	—	—	58	62
Travis Hamonic D	D2	0	1	1	+2	3	0.07	1	0	0	22:01	—	—	56	57
Tyler Kleven D	D3	0	0	0	0	3	0.04	1	0	0	10:43	—	—	94	98
Nikolas Matinpalo D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	10:24	—	—	87	95

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Leevi Meriläinen(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	1.91	59:38

Minnesota Wild

MIN skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Marco Rossi C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.04	1	0	0	22:26	—	—	28	18
Matt Boldy L	L1	0	0	0	-2	4	0.47	1	1	0	21:52	—	—	30	22
Mats Zuccarello R	L1	0	0	0	-2	3	0.20	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	30	19
Joel Eriksson Ek C	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.33	2	0	0	19:21	—	—	52	67
Marcus Johansson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	0	0	0	14:21	—	—	57	53
Ryan Hartman R	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.28	0	1	2	13:48	—	—	63	78
Yakov Trenin C	L3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	6	0	0	14:19	—	—	41	19
Marcus Foligno L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.02	5	0	0	13:51	—	—	50	23
Frederick Gaudreau C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	12:44	—	—	61	40
Marat Khusnutdinov C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:18	—	—	33	32
Devin Shore C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	7:48	—	—	38	32
Ben Jones C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	4	1	5	7:36	—	—	35	38
Brock Faber D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	4	0	25:36	—	—	44	24
Jonas Brodin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	1	2	0	25:02	—	—	54	54
Jared Spurgeon D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.13	2	2	2	22:11	—	—	28	23
Declan Chisholm D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	1	0	18:00	—	—	41	45
Zach Bogosian D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.04	2	0	2	12:50	—	—	39	28
Jon Merrill D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	12:48	—	—	44	50

MIN goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Filip Gustavsson(start)	L	36	34	2	.944	3.04	58:33

Goal anatomy

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

Ridly Greig (OTT) 2nd 1:47 · assists Brady Tkachuk, Travis Hamonic · Rebound · 36.6 mph shot.

Ridly Greig · 2nd 1:47 · OTT

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.6 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Frederick Gaudreau · 1st 17:19 · MIN

Play: deflection
Passes: 1
Shot: 67.0 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: deflection

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Josh Norris · 3rd 12:42 · OTT PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 72.6 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Claude Giroux · 3rd 19:16 · OTT EN

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 2.8 mph
Distance: 38 ft

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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. Minnesota WildDec 29, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Ottawa Senators beat Minnesota Wild 3–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Ottawa Senators

Minnesota Wild

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Minnesota Wild

Goal anatomy

Ridly Greig · 2nd 1:47 · OTT

Frederick Gaudreau · 1st 17:19 · MIN

Josh Norris · 3rd 12:42 · OTT PP

Claude Giroux · 3rd 19:16 · OTT EN