Ottawa Senators · #18 · Centre

Tim Stützle

Age 24 · Shoots left · 6′0″ · 187 lb · Born Viersen, DEU

Drafted 2020, #3 overall by Ottawa

Next game · Thu 8 Octvs Philadelphia · 7:00 PM ET3 P in the last 3 vs PHI
90+ points 43%Art Ross Trophy 0.5%Markets →
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Games32026-27 Small sample
Goals31st on OTT
Assists31st on OTT
Points61st on OTT
P / GP2.00T-7th in the NHL
Shots742.9% shooting
TOI / GP21:084th on OTT

2025-262025-26: 80 games, 34-49-83, 1.04 points per game Season detail →

Tim Stützle has 6 points in 3 games of 2026-27, after 83 points in 80 games last season.

This season

2026-27 regular season · 3 games Small sample
2026-27 · The season

6 points in 3 games for the 11th-placed Ottawa

Where he ranks among NHL forwards with 2+ games, then his scoring rate through the season in ten-game blocks.

Percentile among NHL forwards

Points / GP2.0098th
Ice time21:0896th
Goals / 602.8494th
Shooting %42.9%92nd
Assists / 602.8490th
Hits984th
Penalty differential+180th
Shots / GP2.3378th
Blocked shots267th
PP points036th
Takeaways027th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the league median.

Points per game · rolling blocks

2.02.01–3

Dashed line: season average (2.0). Dark blocks sit at or above it.

Points61st on OTT
Points per game2.00T-7th in NHL
Goals3T-6th in NHL
Assists31st on OTT
Shooting %42.9%Above avg (11.6%)
Ice time21:084th on OTT
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Ice time and special teams

A top-line forward who runs the first power play

Even-strength, power-play and shorthanded minutes, and how much of Ottawa's power play went through him.

Ice time by strength

Even strength13:56
Power play3:43
Shorthanded3:29
Total21:08

28.0 shifts a game, averaging 45 seconds each.

Special teams

PP goals0T-2nd on OTT
PP assists0T-3rd on OTT
PP points0T-4th on OTT · T-142nd NHL
SH goals1
PP points / 600.00T-4th on OTT

Power-play involvement

Goals on the PP1Ottawa total
Involved in0goals or assists
Share0.0%of every OTT PPG
PP TOI share60.8%of OTT PP time

Team power-play goals from the season team report; involvement is his power-play points.


Scoring detail

2 of 3 goals broke a tie

How the 3 goals and 3 assists were scored: when, at what strength, in what game state, and per 60 minutes.

Goal detail

Game-winning goals1T-1st on OTT
Overtime goals0T-1st on OTT
First goal of the game2
Empty-net goals0
Even-strength goals2
Power-play goals0
Shorthanded goals1

Goals by period

1st3
2nd0
3rd0
Overtime0

Goals by game state

Tied2
Leading1
Trailing0

2 of 3 goals broke a tie; 0 came with Ottawa trailing.

Assists

Primary2 · 67%
Secondary1 · 33%

Primary assists are the stronger playmaking signal.

Rates per 60

Points / 605.68
Goals / 602.84
Shots / 606.6
ES points / 608.616 ES points
PP points / 600.000 PP points

Shot locations

Most attempts from the slot, goals from the slot

Every attempt, attacking right, from the games with a stored shot map.

GoalOn goalMissedBlocked

By zone

Crease0 att · 0 G
Slot9 att · 3 G
Wing4 att · 0 G
Point0 att · 0 G
Neutral zone0 att · 0 G

13 attempts across the 3 games with a stored shot map. Small sample

Expected goals (ixG)0.993rd
Goals3
Goals vs expected+2.1
Unblocked attempts8
xG per attempt.118
ixG per 600.89

2026-27 · 3 games. Rank among all skaters by ixG. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.

Every unblocked attempt he took, weighed by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength. Above zero is finishing better than the chances.

xG leaders

2026-27 · Skating and shot power

20+ mph bursts in the 93rd percentile of forwards: 12

How fast he skated, how far, how hard he shot and where on the ice his shifts were spent, against the average NHL forward.

Tracking percentile among NHL forwards

20+ mph bursts1293rd
Distance skated, mi9.978th
Top speed, mph21.7975th
Offensive-zone time44.3%73rd
Hardest shot, mph81.1069th
Average shot, mph57.156th
Defensive-zone time39.6%54th
90+ mph shots048th
22+ mph bursts041st
Distance / 60, mi9.4126th

Bars show the percentile against 383 forwards with 2+ games in 2026-27; the thin line marks the median. Higher is better on every row: less defensive-zone time ranks higher.

Top speed, mph21.79Forward average 21.23
Hardest shot, mph81.10Forward average 74.7
Distance skated9.9 mi3.53 mi in his longest game
Offensive-zone starts34.2%36.8% defensive · 29.0% neutral

Where his shifts were spent

43.3%All situations40.4%
42.8%Even strength40.4%
63.6%Power play24.1%
23.1%Shorthanded58.9%
OffensiveNeutralDefensive

Share of his time on ice in each zone.

Fastest moments

  1. 21.79@BOS5 Oct · 1st 16:11
  2. 21.38@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 01:51
  3. 20.98@BOS5 Oct · 1st 07:37
  4. 20.93@TOR3 Oct · 1st 10:35
  5. 20.74@TOR3 Oct · 1st 15:49
  6. 20.66@BOS5 Oct · 1st 11:55
  7. 20.64@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 12:11
  8. 20.00@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 14:27

His fastest bursts in mph.

22+ mph0 · avg 0.3
20-22 mph12 · avg 4.6
18-20 mph25 · avg 20

Bursts per speed band, against the forward average.

Hardest shots

  1. 81.10@BOS5 Oct · 1st 15:56
  2. 78.71@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 08:40
  3. 73.92@TOR3 Oct · 3rd 00:21
  4. 73.89@BOS5 Oct · 1st 07:39
  5. 61.99@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 03:43
  6. 50.59@TOR3 Oct · 1st 07:14
  7. 31.24@BOS5 Oct · 1st 09:22
  8. 29.94@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 06:42

Shot speed in mph, every attempt type.

100+ mph0 · avg 0.0
90-99 mph0 · avg 0.0
80-89 mph1 · avg 0.6
70-79 mph4 · avg 1.6

Shot attempts per speed band.

Distance, last 10 games

  1. 3.35@DET6 Oct · 21:37 TOI
  2. 3.06@BOS5 Oct · 18:56 TOI
  3. 3.53@TOR3 Oct · 22:51 TOI

Miles per game with his time on ice. Season average 3.32 a game. Small sample: these numbers move a lot in the first weeks of a season.


Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Physical play, discipline and faceoffs

Possession events, penalties drawn against penalties taken, and faceoffs.

Possession and physical

Takeaways0T-9th on OTT
Giveaways2
TK / GV ratio0.00
Hits9T-5th on OTT
Blocked shots2T-6th on OTT

Discipline

Penalty minutes2
Minors1
Majors0
Penalties drawn2
Net penalties+1drawn minus taken

Faceoffs

Taken4414.7 a game
Won26
Win %59.1%
Offensive zone10 of 13

A regular centre on the draw.


Game log

Against Philadelphia, a point in two of three

Full game log →
DateOpponentResultGAPSOG+/-TOI
5 Feb 2026@PHIW 2-1 OT1011+119:18
8 Nov 2025@PHIW 3-2 OT2022+218:26
23 Oct 2025vsPHIW 2-10003018:46

Prediction markets

43% for the 90+ points

Season ladders and award futures he is priced for, as the venues' average midpoint.

90+ points2026-27 regular season43%—55¢Not listedNot listed
Art Ross TrophyPoints leader0.5%—1¢Not listedNot listed

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Contract

$8.35M a season through 2030-31

In 2025-26 he scored 9.9 points per $1M of cap hit, 149th of 370 forwards with 40 or more games and a current contract.

Cap hit$8.35M8.0% of the $104M ceiling
Term8 yearsYear 4 of 8
Expires2030-31UFA at 29
Cap value$66.8MCap hit × 8 years

Cap hit is the average annual charge against the salary cap, not a yearly salary; cap value is cap hit times the years of the deal, not a reported total. As of 2 Oct 2026.


With Ottawa

Six seasons · 2020-21 to 2025-26
Linemates and opponents

Michael Amadio sets him up more than anyone

Built from goal and assist records: who assists on his goals, whose goals he assists, and his scoring against each opponent.

Who sets him up

Michael Amadio1
Drake Batherson1
Ridly Greig1

Assists on his 3 goals, 2026-27.

Who he sets up

Michael Amadio1
Drake Batherson1
William Eklund1

Scorers on his 3 assists.

since 1990-91 · regular season

Points4156th for Ottawa
Goals1528th
Assists2636th
Games played45019th
Team history

Career

Regular season and playoffs
Career · regular season

Six seasons, all with the Senators

Career · regular season

SeasonTeamGPGAPP/GPSH%Points
2020-21OTT531217290.5510.8%
2021-22OTT792236580.7312.5%
2022-23OTT783951901.1517.1%
2023-24OTT751852700.939.4%
2024-25OTT822455790.9614.8%
2025-26OTT803449831.0417.5%
Career4471492604090.9114.0%

Season rows reconcile with the official career totals.

Draft

2020Ottawa · round 1From Mannheim (GERMANY)#3

Teammates in the stats

2026-27 · OTT points

Games10
Goals2
Points60.60 P/GP
Game-winning goals0
Career page

Updated after every final · through 6 Oct