San Jose Sharks vs. Ottawa SenatorsOct 21, 2021

FinalThursday, Oct 21, 2021· Canadian Tire Centre

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
SJS	0	2	0	2		SJS	8	12	4	24
OTT	1	0	0	1		OTT	7	13	11	31

: SJS 49OTT 71
: SJS 2.33OTT 3.38
PP goals: SJS 1OTT 0
Hits: SJS 28OTT 39
Blocks: SJS 19OTT 17
PIM: SJS 10OTT 8
: SJS 47%OTT 53%

Fantasy takeaways

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

San Jose Sharks edge Ottawa Senators 2–1

San Jose Sharks beat Ottawa Senators 2–1 at OTT. Logan Couture (SJS) led the scoring with 1G 0A. New look for OTT: Norris–Batherson–Tkachuk skated 13:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

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New look for OTT: Norris–Batherson–Tkachuk skated 13:28 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (73.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Norris Batherson Tkachuk
Usage
Shane Pinto (OTT) played 1:20, −14:32 down on his 15:52 season average over 4 games.Pinto
New line
New look for OTT: Brown–Paul–Stützle skated 4:17 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (100% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Paul Stützle
Luck
OTT scored 1 goal on 3.38 expected goals (71 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
William Eklund (SJS) played 10:30, −4:18 down on his 14:48 season average over 8 games.Eklund
Usage
Erik Karlsson (SJS) played 20:08, −3:24 down on his 23:32 season average over 49 games.Karlsson
Usage
Zachary Sanford (OTT) played 8:28, −5:54 down on his 14:22 season average over 79 games.Sanford
Usage
Tomas Hertl (SJS) played 15:59, −4:00 down on his 19:59 season average over 81 games.Hertl

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

← SJS attacks left (bottom on phones)OTT attacks right (top on phones) →

OTT
SJS
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 120 of 120 attempts · OTT 71 · SJS 49

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

OTT
SJS
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

OTT pressure
SJS pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: SJS 16% of the game, OTT 38%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

OTT

SJS

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	SJS	OTT
	47	64
	2.34	2.41
	2.28	2.28
	6	12
	4	5
	24	17
	−0.030	+0.030
	16%	38%

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.

San Jose Sharks

L1Couture – Meier – Dahlen
10:1541% CF
L2Bonino – Nieto – Labanc
8:4853% CF
L3Cogliano – Pederson – Weatherby
7:2236% CF
L4Hertl – Balcers – Eklund
6:5745% CF
D1Burns – Ferraro
14:5448% CF
D2Karlsson – Middleton
12:0342% CF
D3Vlasic – Simek
11:0050% CF

PP1Burns – Bonino – Couture – Meier – Dahlen
2:0275% CF
PP2Karlsson – Hertl – Labanc – Weatherby – Eklund
0:5550% CF
PK1FCogliano – Balcers
0:53
PK2FCouture – Nieto
0:34
PK1DVlasic – Ferraro
1:01
PK2DBurns – Middleton
1:00

Current SJS line combinations →

Ottawa Senators

L1Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk
13:2873% CF
L2Brown – Paul – Stützle
4:17100% CF
L3Ennis – Tierney – Sanford
2:34100% CF
D1Chabot – Zub
17:4868% CF
D2Del Zotto – Zaitsev
11:4835% CF
D3Holden – Brown
10:4250% CF

PP1Chabot – Norris – Batherson – Tkachuk – Stützle
2:210% CF
PP2Del Zotto – Ennis – Tierney – Brown – Sanford
1:00100% CF
PK1FBrown – Paul
1:36
PK2FShaw – Formenton
1:10
PK1DHolden – Brown
2:19
PK2DZaitsev – Zub
0:57

Current OTT line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

10:06
OTTDrake Batherson (Brady Tkachuk, Artem Zub)snap0.16 xG
SJS: Bonino, Karlsson, Nieto, Labanc, FerraroOTT: Chabot, Norris, Batherson, Tkachuk, Zub
SJS 0 – 1 OTT

2nd period

1:58
SJSLogan Couture (Brent Burns, Timo Meier)backhand0.08 xG
SJS: Burns, Couture, Middleton, Meier, DahlenOTT: Del Zotto, Brown, Paul, Zaitsev, Pinto
SJS 1 – 1 OTT
14:36
SJSKevin LabancPP (Erik Karlsson, William Eklund)slap0.05 xG
SJS: Karlsson, Hertl, Labanc, Weatherby, EklundOTT: Shaw, Zaitsev, Formenton, Zub
SJS 2 – 1 OTT

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Logan Couture C	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.27	2	0	0	20:00	—	—	43	43
Timo Meier R	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	2	0	0	18:29	—	—	52	59
Jonathan Dahlen C	L1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.08	0	1	0	13:12	—	—	42	39
Nick Bonino C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	1	2	18:02	—	—	44	45
Kevin Labanc R	L2	1	0	1	-1	1	0.05	5	1	0	15:12	—	—	48	56
Matt Nieto L	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.33	1	1	0	14:38	—	—	44	36
Andrew Cogliano C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.26	1	0	0	12:21	—	—	40	34
Lane Pederson C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	10:54	—	—	29	20
Jasper Weatherby C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	0	0	9:45	—	—	40	20
Tomas Hertl C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.66	6	1	2	15:59	—	—	38	76
Rudolfs Balcers L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.10	2	1	0	15:26	—	—	38	49
William Eklund L	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.06	2	0	0	10:30	—	—	33	68
Brent Burns D	D1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	1	2	2	25:56	—	—	44	64
Mario Ferraro D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.04	1	4	2	24:40	—	—	41	53
Erik Karlsson D	D2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.06	0	2	0	20:08	—	—	38	41
Jake Middleton D	D2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.05	0	2	0	19:44	—	—	39	53
Marc-Edouard Vlasic D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.16	0	2	0	14:54	—	—	54	53
Radim Simek D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	12:10	—	—	50	31

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
James Reimer(start)	W	31	30	1	.968	3.38	60:00

Ottawa Senators

OTT skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Josh Norris C	L1	0	0	0	+1	2	0.33	0	0	0	21:03	—	—	72	80
Drake Batherson R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.30	2	0	0	20:28	—	—	66	69
Brady Tkachuk L	L1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.57	6	1	0	19:39	—	—	69	79
Tim Stützle C	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.19	2	1	0	20:28	—	—	60	54
Connor Brown R	L2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	2	0	20:22	—	—	48	13
Nick Paul L	L2	0	0	0	-1	6	0.73	2	1	2	16:04	—	—	54	19
Chris Tierney C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	3	0	2	16:04	—	—	39	29
Tyler Ennis R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	1	0	2	11:08	—	—	47	43
Zachary Sanford L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	1	1	0	8:28	—	—	50	11
Thomas Chabot D	D1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.21	4	2	2	29:01	—	—	72	55
Artem Zub D	D1	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	5	4	0	23:33	—	—	70	70
Nikita Zaitsev D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	2	1	0	16:46	—	—	46	45
Michael Del Zotto D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.06	6	0	0	14:41	—	—	33	33
Nick Holden D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.31	1	2	0	16:21	—	—	58	48
Joshua Brown D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	2	1	0	14:26	—	—	48	33
Alex Formenton L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:08	—	—	56	57
Logan Shaw R	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.27	1	1	0	11:25	—	—	65	78
Shane Pinto C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	1:20	—	—	0	0

OTT goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Matt Murray(start)	L	24	22	2	.917	2.33	58:08

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.