Ottawa Senators
2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 11th in the NHL · 2nd in the Atlantic · L10 2-1-0 · L1
2025-26: 44-27-11 · 99 pts · 9th in the NHL · 5th in the Atlantic
vs Philadelphia · 7:00 PM ETFair win chance: OTT 51.1%Expected in goal: Samuel Ersson 100%Game preview →Ottawa are 2-1-0 after 3 games of 2026-27, 2nd in the Atlantic. Last season they finished 9th in the league with 99 points.
2nd in the Atlantic after 3 games
League rank after every game of 2026-27, drawn against last season's month-end ranks. With fewer than ten games played, the order still moves a lot from night to night.
League rank through the season
See all: League rank through the season →2026-27 · 11th in the league · 2-1-0 · 4 pts
StandingsPoints in line with the goal difference
Three views derived from the 2026-27 results. Small sample: every split here rests on fewer than ten games.
Expected vs actual points
See all: Expected vs actual points →Points the goal difference is worth = GF^1.8 ÷ (GF^1.8 + GA^1.8) × 2 × GP × 1.115, the league's points a game, from 10 goals for and 8 against in 3 games. Last season: 99 points against 101.5. Expected points from shot quality (xG) are in the Shots section.
MethodClose games
Splits
Four of the next six at home
Next six
See all: Next six →Philadelphia Flyers98 pts · 11th10 Octvs
Nashville Predators86 pts · 23rd12 Oct@
New Jersey Devils87 pts · 21st13 Octvs
St. Louis Blues86 pts · 22nd15 Octvs
New York Islanders91 pts · 19th17 Oct@Philadelphia Flyers98 pts · 11thDifficulty is how often the opponent would beat an average team, from shot quality (our season model, which leans on last season early on). Red is the top quarter of the league, green the bottom quarter. Hover a bar for the numbers.
Next six: these opponents would beat an average team 47.7% of the time. 2 of the six made the 2025-26 playoffs.
Full scheduleLast results
See all: Last results →
Detroit3–525–36L5 Oct@
Boston4–124–19W3 Oct@
Toronto3–229–29WScores Tim Stützle leads with 6 points in 3 games
2026-27 scoring, with last season's line for every player on the roster. Status tags come from the league-wide injury report.
Moves since July
See all: Moves since July →2026-27 roster
See all: 2026-27 roster →$1.38M of cap space under a $104M ceiling
Cap hit against the ceiling
Biggest cap hits
See all: Biggest cap hits →Out of contract in summer 2027
See all: Out of contract in summer 2027 →As of 2 Oct 2026. Cap hit is the average annual charge against the cap, not a yearly salary. The team figure is a projection that can include players off the roster; space below zero is before long-term injured reserve and other relief, which this data does not include. 1 roster player without a contract record is left out of the split.
Who dressed at Detroit on 6 Oct
Every player who dressed, ordered by ice time. The league publishes who played, not the line combinations, so this is depth by minutes rather than lines.
Changes from 5 Oct: in Ridly Greig, Jonas Johansson; out Linus Ullmark, Hayden Hodgson.
Forwards · by ice time
Defence · by ice time
Goalies · by ice time
Did not dress
On the roster but not in the lineup: injured players carry the report’s status, the rest were scratched or are away from the team.
A 25th power play and a 18th penalty kill
Small sample after 3 games. Last season: power play 24.0%, penalty kill 75.7%.
2026-27
Dashed line: league average. Scale 0–100%.
Ottawa attempt more from the slot than anywhere else
Every Ottawa attempt in 2026-27, attacking right (3 games). Crease: within 8 ft of the goal. Slot: inside the faceoff dots below the circles. Point: the top 20 ft of the zone.
Expected goals
See all: Expected goals →2026-27 · 3 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best). Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
2025-26 · 82 games with located shots. Ranks are league-wide (1st = best).
Expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring from that spot, shot type and strength (our model, trained on 2025-26). Above zero on finishing or goaltending means better than the chances.
Team xG tableBy zone
156 att · 78 on goal · 10 G
By shot type
Ottawa Senators rank 32nd for 22+ mph bursts and 21st for shot-attempt differential
How fast Ottawa Senators skated, how hard they shot and where the puck spent its time, ranked against the other 31 teams.
Fastest skaters
- 21.79Tim Stützle@BOS5 Oct · 1st 16:11
- 21.49Michael Amadio@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 12:38
- 21.43Hayden Hodgson@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 03:14
- 21.41Fabian Zetterlund@BOS5 Oct · 1st 11:17
- 21.40Warren Foegele@BOS5 Oct · 1st 05:31
- 21.31Drake Batherson@TOR3 Oct · 1st 10:43
- 21.28Shane Pinto@TOR3 Oct · 1st 14:12
- 20.75Cameron Crotty@BOS5 Oct · 2nd 11:35
Each Ottawa Senators skater's fastest burst, the top eight, in mph.
Hardest shots
- 93.85Carter Yakemchuk@BOS5 Oct · 1st 01:25
- 88.66Thomas Chabot@TOR3 Oct · 1st 15:57
- 87.11Shane Pinto@BOS5 Oct · 1st 08:41
- 84.58Tyler Kleven@BOS5 Oct · 1st 17:57
- 83.43Drake Batherson@BOS5 Oct · 1st 16:30
- 81.10Tim Stützle@BOS5 Oct · 1st 15:56
- 80.81Dylan Cozens@TOR3 Oct · 2nd 10:34
- 79.78Jordan Spence@BOS5 Oct · 3rd 07:07
Each Ottawa Senators skater's hardest shot, the top eight, in mph.
Territory
Ranks are league-wide, 1st = best.
Linus Ullmark has started 2 of 3
Starts, save percentage and goals against for every goalie who has played for the club this season, with last season for context.
2026-27
2025-26
Six on the injury list
Injury report
See all: Injury report →Updated 7 Oct, 7:46 AM ET
InjuriesTransactions
See all: Transactions →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 LW Sammy Blais, C Philip Tomasino, D Samuel Bolduc, RW Xavier Bourgault, C Philippe Daoust, RW Tyler Boucher, C Ryan Suzuki, and D Christian Kyrou on waivers.
Signed D Ben Hutton to a professional tryout agreement.
Signed D Scott Harrington to a professional tryout agreement.
Signed F Tyler Boucher to a one-year, two-way contract.
2026 draft class
See all: 2026 draft class →Priced at 67% to make the playoffs
Every season-long market the venues list for the Ottawa Senators, as the venue-average implied chance with each venue's price to buy Yes.
Make the playoffs: market vs last season
A 101-point pace (last season's points % over 84 games) maps to about 79%; the market sits 13 points lower.
Season points: the market's ladder
4 points from 3 games so far. A points pace is shown from game 10.
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Polymarket
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Montréal is the most-played rivalry: 192 meetings
Ottawa against every Atlantic rival, from each pairing's first meeting in the index, including 2026-27.
Montréal Canadiens
Buffalo Sabres
Tampa Bay Lightning
Florida Panthers18 playoff trips in the last 30 seasons
Playoff depth season by season since 1996-97, the franchise scoring leaders since 1990-91 and its earliest draft picks since 1980. Hover a square for the season.
The last 30 seasons
Points leaders since 1990-91
Regular season, with this franchise only.
Retired numbers
Numbers retired by the franchise, as of October 2026. Maintained by hand, outside the stats feed.
Top picks since 1980
The 6 highest first-round picks of 38 since 1980.
Updated after every final · through 6 Oct