Ottawa Senators at San Jose Sharks: game preview
OttawaSenators2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 44-27-11 · 99 pts · 9that
San JoseSharks2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 39-35-8 · 86 pts · 24thThirteen points apart last season
Ottawa finished last season 9th in the league on 99 points. San Jose finished 24th on 86.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 50
Across 49 completed games, San Jose lead the head-to-head 25-21-3.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 22 Nov 2025, Ottawa were 10th in the league and San Jose 25th. By 15 Mar 2026 it was 13th and 21st.
Ottawa out-attempted San Jose 124 to 82
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
Ottawa Senators
San Jose Sharks
Ottawa have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for Ottawa, 3 for San Jose. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for Ottawa, 10 for San Jose.
2025-26: 82 games for Ottawa, 82 for San Jose.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
Ottawa
Small sampleSan Jose
Small sampleSkaters to watch
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away.
Who has stopped this matchup
Save percentage in the last meetings by goalie. Starters are confirmed on game day.
Ottawa crease
OTT · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 28 Oct
No appearances against San Jose in the last meetings.
San Jose crease
SJS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 28 Oct
No appearances against Ottawa in the last meetings.
Scoring rates point to about 6.5 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
Ottawa3.332.673.393.00
San Jose3.004.003.063.56Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
12 on the injury lists
Ottawa · injuries
San Jose · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Recalled G Marcus Johansson from Belleville (AHL). Assigned D Donovan Sebrango to Belleville.
Recalled D Donovan Sebrango from Belleville (AHL). Placed LW Andre Burakovsky on injured reserve.
Loaned D Hoyt Stanley to Belleville (AHL).
Placed C Patrick Giles on waivers.
Placed G Ilya Samsonov on waivers.
Placed RW Ethan Cardwell, D Libor Hajek and LW Tye Felhaber on waivers.
Ottawa · 2026 draft
See all: Ottawa · 2026 draft →San Jose · 2026 draft
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