GRIT & GF

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

Ottawa Senators

Montreal Canadiens

Expected goals, OTT–MTL
4.3–1.9
all situations, empty nets out
MTL share of xG
30.7%
50% is even
Shots on goal
29–22
OTT–MTL
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Senators won 5-2 and earned it, out-chancing the Canadiens 4.2 to 1.9 in expected goals. Cole Caufield has a point in 8 straight games. Nick Suzuki has a point in 6 straight games.

  • Cole Caufield has a point in 8 straight games. He has 28 points in 25 games this season. The Canadiens lost 5-2 to the Senators.

  • Nick Suzuki has a point in 6 straight games. He has 8 goals this season. He played 20:10 and had three shots on goal. The Canadiens fell 5-2 to the Senators.

  • Drake Batherson had 10 shot attempts. Five got through to the goalie, and one went in. He came in averaging 3.8 attempts a game. The Senators beat the Canadiens 5-2.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

OTTMTL

Where the shots came from

7 goals from 76 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← OTT shootingMTL shooting →

Ottawa Senators

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Jake Sanderson D24:561040.240262
Artem Zub D24:021010.221167
Jordan Spence D21:010200.021182
Tyler Kleven D20:520200.000281
Tim Stützle C18:550120.240285
Shane Pinto C18:540030.671163
Drake Batherson R18:451050.861189
Claude Giroux R17:020000.000079
Dylan Cozens C16:150020.256089
Michael Amadio R15:320120.231266
Brady Tkachuk L15:311130.542082
Fabian Zetterlund L14:201120.471271
Ridly Greig C14:060020.161059
David Perron L13:300120.403271
Nick Jensen D13:250000.001169
Nikolas Matinpalo D12:040000.000150
Lars Eller C10:490010.022113
Kurtis MacDermid L2:580000.000076

Montreal Canadiens

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Lane Hutson D26:030120.04338
Mike Matheson D23:190010.212235
Juraj Slafkovský L22:341020.221030
Nick Suzuki C20:101130.223039
Noah Dobson D18:510030.340441
Cole Caufield R18:410210.010027
Alexandre Carrier D18:140000.020343
Jayden Struble D17:410000.00227
Ivan Demidov R17:150010.002014
Oliver Kapanen C16:290040.262214
Joseph Veleno C14:460010.144055
Brendan Gallagher R12:570020.233074
Arber Xhekaj D12:480000.004090
Alexandre Texier L12:420020.080041
Zachary Bolduc R12:250000.131026
Josh Anderson R10:040000.00209
Jake Evans C9:220000.00106
Florian Xhekaj L7:430000.00309

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.