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Ottawa Senators at Montréal Canadiens

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Ottawa Senators
▸4
Montréal Canadiens
0
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Recap

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The Ottawa Senators beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-0. The Senators scored first and never trailed. The Senators led 2-0 after two periods. The biggest swing in win probability was Drake Batherson's goal at 13:12 of the second period, which took the Senators' chances from 67% to 85%. Expected goals favored the Senators, 2.3 to 2.0; shots on goal were OTT 15, MTL 23. With league-average goaltending at both ends, the Canadiens win a replay of these chances 53% of the time. Matt Murray stopped 23 of 23 (1.000), 2.0 goals saved above expected; Carey Price stopped 11 of 14 (.786), 1.1 goals below expected. Three stars: 1. Drake Batherson (2 G, 1 A), 2. Shane Pinto (1 A), 3. Artem Zub (1 G).

Three stars

  1. ★
    OTT
    D. Batherson2 G, 1 A
  2. ★★
    OTT
    S. Pinto1 A
  3. ★★★
    OTT
    A. Zub1 G

Line score

goals · shots on goal beneath
Goals and shots on goal by period
Team1st2nd3rdT
OTTOTT151525415
MTLMTL0301109023

Scoring

4 goals

1st period

  1. OTT
    A. Zub(3)
    D. Batherson (13), T. Stützle (16)
    wristxG 0.07win prob +12 pts
    1-0
    3:03

2nd period

  1. OTT
    D. Batherson(14)
    B. Tkachuk (13), J. Norris (14)
    wristxG 0.10win prob +17 pts
    2-0
    13:12

3rd period

  1. OTT
    D. Batherson(15)PPG
    B. Tkachuk (14), J. Norris (15)
    wristxG 0.16win prob +1 pts
    3-0
    15:26
  2. OTT
    N. Zaitsev(2)EN
    S. Pinto (1)
    wristxG 0.45
    4-0
    15:45

Penalties

OTT 8 PIM·MTL 8 PIM

1st

  • 5:32MTLTyler Toffoli · Holding the stickdrawn by Nikita Zaitsev2 min
  • 9:44OTTBrady Tkachuk · Interferencedrawn by Shea Weber2 min
  • 19:56MTLBrett Kulak · Delaying game puck over glass2 min

2nd

  • 2:24OTTAlex Formenton · Hookingdrawn by Tomas Tatar2 min
  • 16:21OTTRyan Dzingel · Closing hand on puck2 min

3rd

  • 6:18MTLTyler Toffoli · Cross checkingdrawn by Erik Brannstrom2 min
  • 15:03MTLJosh Anderson · Cross checkingdrawn by Artem Zub2 min
  • 18:58OTTJoshua Brown · Slashingdrawn by Artturi Lehkonen2 min

Win probability

ours · the whole game
Tap or hover the chart for the moment-by-moment number
MTL goalOTT goalFinal: MTL 0%

Biggest swing: Drake Batherson, 2nd 13:12 — OTT 67% → 85%

Shot map

unblocked attempts · size = our xG
N. Suzuki · Missed · xG 0.18A. Lehkonen · On goal · xG 0.14T. Tatar · On goal · xG 0.14C. Perry · On goal · xG 0.13E. Staal · On goal · xG 0.13N. Suzuki · On goal · xG 0.10A. Lehkonen · On goal · xG 0.10T. Toffoli · On goal · xG 0.09N. Suzuki · Missed · xG 0.09J. Anderson · Missed · xG 0.08J. Armia · On goal · xG 0.08J. Anderson · Missed · xG 0.08J. Anderson · On goal · xG 0.07T. Toffoli · On goal · xG 0.07J. Kotkaniemi · Missed · xG 0.06B. Chiarot · On goal · xG 0.05J. Petry · On goal · xG 0.05J. Anderson · On goal · xG 0.05J. Edmundson · On goal · xG 0.04S. Weber · Missed · xG 0.03J. Petry · On goal · xG 0.03J. Drouin · Missed · xG 0.02N. Suzuki · Missed · xG 0.02B. Chiarot · On goal · xG 0.02S. Weber · On goal · xG 0.02B. Kulak · On goal · xG 0.02B. Chiarot · On goal · xG 0.02B. Kulak · On goal · xG 0.02S. Weber · Missed · xG 0.01B. Chiarot · Missed · xG 0.01J. Petry · On goal · xG 0.01B. Chiarot · On goal · xG 0.01B. Chiarot · On goal · xG 0.01P. Byron · Missed · xG 0.01
MTL0 G · 2.0 xG · 34 att
Tap a shot for who, when and how likely
GoalOn goalMissedBigger = higher xG

Expected goals

OTTvsMTL
2.33 G
All situations
0 G2.0
1.22 G
Even strength
0 G1.5
0.61 G
Power play
0 G0.4
0.00 G
Shorthanded
0 G0.0

Expected goals: the chance each unblocked attempt scores, from our shot model, summed. 59 unblocked attempts. Empty-net goals are left out of the goal counts.

Deserve to win

on the chances created
OTT47%53%MTL

Flurry-adjusted xG 1.84 – 1.97

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

OTTvsMTL
15
Shots on goal
23
54%
Faceoffs
46%
1/4
Power play
0/4
8
Penalty minutes
8
17
Hits
36
19
Blocked shots
11
18
Giveaways
10
6
Takeaways
4

Box score

every player line
Ottawa Senators skaters
SkaterGAP+/-SOGixGHitBlkPIMFO%TOI
72T. ChabotD000+100.03110—25:20
22N. ZaitsevD101+110.45530—25:19
2A. ZubD101+210.07120—20:28
13N. PaulL000+100.000202218:37
28C. BrownR000+110.0901010018:35
26E. BrannstromD000+210.02100—18:35
7B. TkachukL022+220.204128616:57
9J. NorrisC022+200.351107116:47
19D. BathersonR213+220.27000—16:38
18T. StützleC011010.04000015:28
71C. TierneyC000000.000006714:35
36C. WhiteC000000.091003014:18
59A. FormentonL000010.09022—13:58
3J. BrownD000000.00222—13:33
63E. DadonovL000040.51010—13:22
10R. DzingelC000000.05012010:43
98V. MeteD000010.02020—10:21
57S. PintoC011+100.021006709:24
Ottawa Senators goalies
GoalieSASVGASV%xGAGSAxTOI
30M. Murray(W)232301.0001.97+1.9760:00

Season series

OTT leads 6-4

Data: NHL. Model: Gridpex (expected goals and win probability built on NHL play-by-play).