Montréal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators
Recap
written from the game dataThe Ottawa Senators beat the Montréal Canadiens 3-2 in overtime, Brady Tkachuk scoring at 3:30. The lead changed hands 2 times. It was tied 1-1 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Brady Tkachuk's goal at 3:30 of overtime, which took the Senators' chances from 51% to 100%. Expected goals favored the Senators, 3.5 to 1.7; shots on goal were MTL 32, OTT 39. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Senators win a replay of these chances 79% of the time. Jake Allen stopped 36 of 39 (.923); Matt Murray stopped 30 of 32 (.938). Three stars: 1. Brady Tkachuk (1 G, 1 A), 2. Drake Batherson (1 G, 1 A), 3. Connor Brown.
Three stars
- ★B. Tkachuk1 G, 1 A

- ★★D. Batherson1 G, 1 A

- ★★★C. Brown

Line score
goals · shots on goal beneathScoring
5 goals1st period
1-01:17
1-19:47
3rd period
1-23:33
2-214:35
Overtime
2-33:30
Penalties
1st
- 2:37
Paul Byron · High stickingdrawn by Mike Reilly2 min
- 11:40
served by B. Tkachuk · Too many men on the ice2 min
- 14:36
Nick Suzuki · Hookingdrawn by Brady Tkachuk2 min
2nd
- 4:06
Phillip Danault · Roughingdrawn by Nick Paul2 min
- 10:22
Ben Chiarot · Hookingdrawn by Erik Brannstrom2 min
- 15:04
Artem Zub · Hookingdrawn by Joel Armia2 min
- 18:50
Jeff Petry · Cross checkingdrawn by Derek Stepan2 min
- 18:50
Derek Stepan · Cross checkingdrawn by Nick Suzuki2 min
3rd
- 8:16
Mike Reilly · High stickingdrawn by Brendan Gallagher2 min
Win probability
ours · the whole gameBiggest swing: Brady Tkachuk, OT 3:30 — 51% → 100%
Shot map
unblocked attempts · size = our xGExpected goals
- 1.72 G
- All situations
- 3 G3.5
- 1.42 G
- Even strength
- 3 G2.3
- 0.30 G
- Power play
- 0 G1.0
- 0.00 G
- Shorthanded
- 0 G0.2
Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 94 unblocked attempts.
Deserve to win
on the chances createdFlurry-adjusted xG 1.69 – 3.43
How often each side wins a replay of these chances with league-average goaltending at both ends. Rebounds in a flurry are counted once, so a scramble is not three chances.
Team stats
- 32
- Shots on goal
- 39
- 45%
- Faceoffs
- 55%
- 0/3
- Power play
- 0/4
- 10
- Penalty minutes
- 8
- 25
- Hits
- 27
- 11
- Blocked shots
- 15
- 10
- Giveaways
- 16
- 6
- Takeaways
- 10
Box score
every player line
Season series
OTT leads 6-4
Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).






