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Ottawa Senators

Anders Nilsson

#31Goaltender

2019-20 regular season
20
GP
19 starts
9-9-2
Record
.908
SV%
628 SA
3.18
GAA

G · OTT · NHL id 8475195

Anders Nilsson has appeared in 20 games for the Ottawa Senators in 2019-20, starting 19, with a 9-9-2 record and .908 save percentage on 628 shots (58 goals against). Over his last 5 appearances he has stopped 140 of 156 (.897), starting 4 of them. In 2018-19 he went 14-19-1 with a .908 save percentage in 36 games.

Right now

Recent workload and form

Last appearance
Dec 16 vs FLA
Started · 25/31 saves · L
Last 5 games
.897
140 saves on 156 shots
Starts
19 of 20
appearances this season
Minutes
54:40
per appearance

Starts and workload

2019-20 · last 20 appearances, oldest first

  1. Start.861STL · L
  2. Start.963VGK · O
  3. Start.953DAL · L
  4. Start.944DET · W
  5. Start.750NYI · L
  6. Start.941NYR · W
  7. Start.929LAK · W
  8. Start.974CAR · W
  9. Start.789CAR · L
  10. Start.963PHI · W
  11. Start.921DET · W
  12. Start.968NYR · W
  13. Start.905BOS · L
  14. Start.800MIN · L
  15. Start.733VAN · L
  16. Relief.867PHI · L
  17. Start.950BOS · W
  18. Start.897MTL · O
  19. Start.927CBJ · W
  20. Start.806FLA · L
Save % by game, line at .900

NHL EDGE tracking

Puck and player tracking

Source: NHL EDGE

No NHL EDGE tracking data for this player yet. Edge covers 2021-22 onward and refreshes nightly.

Shots against

Last 10 games · 388 unblocked attempts faced, 296 on goal, 33 goals

Shot map, OPP at OTT: 388 attempts, 296 on goal, 33 goals, 25.21 expected goals; best chance Brad Marchand at 0.47 xG.

  • Even strength
  • Power play
  • Penalty kill
  • Goal
  • Shot on goal
  • Missed
  • Blocked
Blocked attempts are excluded; the net is at the right (or the top on phones). Strength is from the goalie's team's view.

Beyond the box score

2019-20 regular season · 20 games through the sequence engine

How shot classes work

Leaders
Save percentage by shot class against the league
ClassSASV%LeagueDiff
43.744.791−4.7 pts
59.898.909−1.1 pts
Cycle249.928.927+0.1 pts
Off the draw15.867.931−6.4 pts

Unblocked save % .932 vs .935 expected from his shot mix: −0.36 pts (±1.71)

Leaders
Prevented /100
+4.33
Rebounds
46vs 70.7 exp.
Rate
8.1%of 570 saves

A rebound is an opponent attempt within 3 seconds of a save. Expected rebounds use the shot-by-shot model; positive means fewer second chances than expected.

Game log

20 games in 2019-20, newest first

DateOppResultDECSASVGA
Dec 16@ FLAL 1-6L31256.80660:00
Dec 14vs CBJW 4-3W41383.92761:56
Dec 11@ MTLOTL 2-3O29263.89760:56
Dec 9vs BOSW 5-2W40382.95059:15
Dec 7@ PHIL 3-4L15132.86750:21
Dec 3@ VANL 2-5L15114.73320:00
Nov 29@ MINL 2-7L35287.80060:00
Nov 27vs BOSL 1-2L21192.90558:22
Nov 22vs NYRW 4-1W31301.96859:27
Nov 19@ DETW 4-3W38353.92160:00
Nov 15vs PHIW 2-1W27261.96360:00
Nov 11@ CARL 2-8L19154.78932:41
Nov 9vs CARW 4-1W39381.97459:42
Nov 7vs LAKW 3-2W28262.92963:12
Nov 4@ NYRW 6-2W34322.94159:42
Oct 25vs NYIL 2-4L16124.75026:08
Oct 23vs DETW 5-2W36342.94459:49
Oct 21@ DALL 1-2L43412.95357:52
Oct 17@ VGKOTL 2-3O54522.96364:56
Oct 10vs STLL 4-6L36315.86158:57

Season splits by strength

2019-20 regular season · on-ice numbers from shift and play-by-play data

StrengthGPTOI/GPSAGACA/60
All situations201093:1654:4062757.90959.6
Even strength20886:4344:2047842.91256.1
5v520858:3342:5646440.91456.4
Power play1990:104:45332.93929.3
Penalty kill20107:025:2110011.890104.3
4v4917:071:5461.83342.1
3v3 (OT)411:032:4681.87554.3
5v41986:594:35322.93829.7
4v520103:575:129510.895102.7
5v342:420:4100—0.0
3v542:010:30401.000178.5
5v6, opponent net empty76:360:57132.846181.8
4v6, opponent net empty32:380:53201.000136.7

Career by season

Seasons in Edgehalla's data (2025-26 is being backfilled; earlier seasons follow)

SeasonTeamGPGSW-L-OTLSASVGAGAA
2019-20OTT20199-9-262857058.9083.18
2018-19OTT, VAN363414-19-11098997101.9082.97
2017-18VAN27247-14-485076684.9013.44

On-ice and deployment numbers are derived by Edgehalla from NHL play-by-play and shift data. Tracking percentiles are from NHL EDGE. Data updates after every game.