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Cap Check: Senators are full today, and Batherson's raise eats July
Ottawa is 7-1-0 with Linus Ullmark and 3-5-1 without him, with $1.4 million of room and four players counting in full on injured reserve.
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NHL·
Ice Breaker: Vilmanis goes for four, Kempe and Panarin carve up San Jose
Florida survives a messy third against Chicago, the Kings put seven on the Sharks, and Seattle wins in overtime in 55 seconds.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
The Panthers beat everybody except the teams they have to pass
Florida is 0-3-0 in the Atlantic and 8-2-2 against everyone else, and the top pair is where the gap shows.
Pabs · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Winnipeg erases 4-0 in two minutes, Robertson hat trick
The Jets score four times in 2:06 and win in overtime in Montreal, Dallas holds off Washington, and Anaheim and Vancouver fight five times.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ottawa's next barn is smaller, and that's the smart part
The NCC's call for developers pegs a LeBreton Flats arena at about 16,000 seats and a mid-2030s opening, close to a decade away.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 15 for 15, and Gauthier answers a 3-0 hole
Anaheim scores six straight on Ottawa, Kochetkov goes to 10-0-0 in a 7-0 rout of Winnipeg, and the Panthers host Detroit tonight.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Kucherov asks out, then Stamkos gets the last word
Stamkos ties it late and wins the shootout against his old team, Makar sets up four, and McDavid makes it 14 for 14.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Hodgson gets two games for boarding Brandt Clarke, and it's light
Ottawa's depth forward drew the suspension for driving the Kings defenseman into the boards from behind Thursday in Los Angeles.
Ferda Desk · 2 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Anton Lundell picks a good night to wake up
Lundell's hat trick sinks the skidding Jets, Coronato gets four points in Calgary, and Gritsyuk and Jack Hughes split four goals in Vegas.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Detroit wins night one of the Larkin standoff
Arvidsson scores three the night the Wings suspend Larkin, Tage Thompson gets five points and Buffalo barely survives Anaheim.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Hellebuyck wins in Dallas, Florida puts five on Winnipeg
Fowler stops all 46 in St. Louis, the Canucks erase a 5-2 hole in Anaheim, and Matthew Tkachuk piles up four assists.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ottawa's betting-ad bill is coming, but the boards stay busy
Bill S-211 faces a Commons committee vote this week. It orders a national framework, not a ban, and two provinces want no part of it.
Gord Tremblay · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Leafs drop seven on Edmonton, Batherson buries New York
Twelve games, three overtime winners, a Kochetkov shutout and a Utah comeback that left Tampa staring at a blown two-goal lead.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Hot Sauce: The Devils got Hellebuyck, and Ottawa threw its jerseys
Five takes from a week in which New Jersey won a two-month auction, the Panthers got outscored 9-1, and McDavid kept counting.
Sully · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
Maurice called it arrogance and softness. The puck only says arrogance
Florida threw more hits in two blowout losses than in three straight wins, but 23 giveaways in Pittsburgh tell the real story.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
The Panthers are the NHL's most shorthanded team, and it's costing them
Florida has been shorthanded 46 times in 11 games, the most in the league by our count, with Chicago and Winnipeg next on the trip.
Pabs · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: McDavid makes it 10 for 10, Florida gets blanked
Connor McDavid runs his point streak to 10 games in a shootout win over Carolina, Pittsburgh shuts out the Panthers, and Toronto steals one late.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ottawa's season rides on Linus Ullmark's lower-body strain
The Senators are 7-1 when Ullmark starts and 0-2 with Samuel Ersson, and Thursday's evaluation decides who carries the crease.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Ottawa wins the Brady grudge match, Knuble doubles up
Florida takes 44 penalty minutes and loses 5-1 in Ottawa, Cole Knuble scores twice in Buffalo, and the Panthers turn around in Pittsburgh.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Florida Panthers·
Brady scores in his Ottawa return, Senators rout Panthers 5-1
Florida took the bait on a 44-minute penalty night, and Ottawa scored four times at five-on-five to end a three-game win streak.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Brady Tkachuk goes home, but Linus Ullmark is tonight's problem
Markstrom is out 10 to 14 days, Akira Schmid gets the net, and the Panthers need the Tkachuk line to solve Ullmark.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Panthers lose Markstrom for 10-14 days, call up Cooper Black
An upper-body injury in Monday's practice knocks Florida's starter out as the Panthers open a four-game road trip in Ottawa.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Rantanen beats the Bruins alone, Celebrini wins in Montreal
A hat trick with an overtime winner in Dallas, another OT power-play winner for Celebrini, and Tampa takes Vegas apart on 21 shots.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
Florida Panthers·
Brady Tkachuk goes home hot, and Ottawa can't sell out the boos
Zero points in five games, then six goals in four. Now Tkachuk walks into a Senators building with 2,000 seats still unsold and Linus Ullmark waiting.
Sully · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Cooper Black is the Panthers' seatbelt for the Ottawa-Pittsburgh back-to-back
Florida recalled Black from Charlotte with Markstrom one game back from injury, and the goalie numbers make the split easy: Markstrom in Ottawa, Schmid in Pittsburgh.
Pabs · 3 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Matthews drives the Leafs, Zegras feeds Michkov twice
Toronto's power play scored twice to beat Askarov, Zegras assisted on every Flyers goal, and Utah held off a late Pittsburgh push.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ottawa locks in Travis Green two days before Brady Tkachuk comes back
The Senators extended Green and his staff through 2030-31, but a power play at 12.8 percent is the number to watch.
Gord Tremblay · 2 min read
NHL·
The NHL's empty seats are a price problem, not a hockey problem
Vegas lost its first sellout and Edmonton left 2,000 seats empty for McDavid, and both teams are winning. The bill is the issue.
Ferda Desk · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
Cole Reinhardt is back, and the Panthers' fourth line needs his shot
Florida recalled Reinhardt and sent Lafferty to Charlotte, and the winger is expected to debut Wednesday in Ottawa, where his pro career began.
Pabs · 3 min read
Florida Panthers·
The Ferda Room: Four hat tricks in Sunrise, and Detroit can't decide
Pabs leads the Room on Florida's hat-trick week, Marcus prices Simon Edvinsson, and the locks scoreboard has Kessler and Meg eating one.
Ferda Desk · 9 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Two hat tricks in Sunrise, and McDavid keeps counting
Verhaeghe and Bennett each scored three in an 8-3 rout of Seattle, McDavid had five points, and Carolina won its seventh straight.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
Florida Panthers·
Hold Markstrom and Gudas for Ottawa, and let Schmid finish the homestand
Both are targeting Oct. 21 in Ottawa, Brady Tkachuk's first trip back, while the third pair and the crease absorb the wait.
Pabs · 2 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Brady Tkachuk does it again, and Boldy joins the hat-trick club
Tkachuk scored all three Panthers goals in an overtime win over Vancouver, one of three hat tricks on an 11-game night.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: The Tkachuks torch Columbus, MacKinnon drops the gloves
Brady's natural hat trick and Matthew's five assists fed a 7-3 Panthers win, and Colorado and Dallas fought their way into tonight's rematch.
Ferda Desk · 6 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Buffalo burns the Panthers, Ullmark stays perfect
Reinhart's power-play double wasn't enough in Buffalo, Ottawa's goalie moved to 5-0, and Quinn Hughes kept his streak alive in Minnesota.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Carolina won't lose, and the Rangers' new net holds
Sebastian Aho stretches his point streak to six, Tye Kartye scores twice for New York and Seattle wins late in Washington.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Kaprizov crashes Sunrise, Nylander lights up Denver
Florida's power play goes 0-for-5 in the home opener, Hagel takes a hat trick off the Islanders and Montreal wins a 1-0 shootout.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Leafs blow 3-0 in Vegas, Stankoven completes the set
Vegas erases a three-goal hole and wins the shootout, Stankoven scores at every strength, and Colorado drops seven on Calgary.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Panthers win ugly in L.A., Matthews erases a 3-0 hole
Florida wins in regulation without a power-play goal, Toronto rallies past Nashville, and Lafrenière's hat trick leans on two empty nets.
Ferda Desk · 5 min read
NHL·
Ice Breaker: Stützle sinks the Bruins, Oettinger takes a paid nap
Ottawa wins in Boston, Tampa smothers Philadelphia, Winnipeg answers in nine seconds and Dallas blanks San Jose on 13 shots.
Ferda Desk · 4 min read
Senators injuries
5 listedNov 6
Ridly Greig#71 · C
OUTLower Body· Est. return Nov 10Greig (lower body) won't play in Saturday's game against the Mammoth, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.
Linus Ullmark#35 · G
IRLower Body · Strain· Est. return Nov 10Ullmark (lower body) is not expected back for Saturday's clash with Utah, TSN 1200 Ottawa reports.
Oct 31
Andre Burakovsky#95 · LW
IRLower Body· Est. return Nov 27ir
Warren Foegele#37 · LW
IRKnee· Est. return Nov 25Foegele (knee) will miss 3-4 weeks, Jackson Starr of the Senators' official site reports Saturday.
Oct 15
William Eklund#27 · LW
IRAnkle· Est. return Jan 5Eklund had surgery to repair a torn ankle tendon and will be out 10-12 weeks, Bruce Garrioch of Postmedia reports Thursday.
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Senators stats
League stats →2026–27 · Regular season · Summary · 27 players
| #Player | Team | Pos | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 Tim Stützle | OTT | C | 17 | 9 | 13 | 22 | +6 | 4 | 1.29 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 23.1 | 22:00 | 57.0 |
2 Drake Batherson | OTT | RW | 17 | 9 | 9 | 18 | +4 | 10 | 1.06 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 39 | 23.1 | 17:45 | 16.7 |
3 Shane Pinto | OTT | C | 17 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 8 | 0.71 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 18.2 | 19:56 | 52.0 |
4 Claude Giroux | OTT | RW | 17 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +7 | 2 | 0.59 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 12.5 | 16:46 | 63.6 |
5 Dylan Cozens | OTT | C | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | +1 | 23 | 0.59 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 11.4 | 17:39 | 54.7 |
6 Jake Sanderson | OTT | D | 9 | 1 | 9 | 10 | +1 | 4 | 1.11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6.7 | 22:49 | -- |
7 Michael Amadio | OTT | RW | 17 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0.47 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 22.7 | 15:55 | 50.0 |
8 Fabian Zetterlund | OTT | LW | 17 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +2 | 2 | 0.41 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 2.6 | 13:51 | 100.0 |
9 Thomas Chabot | OTT | D | 13 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +7 | 12 | 0.54 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 4.2 | 24:06 | -- |
10 Stephen Halliday | OTT | C | 17 | 3 | 2 | 5 | -7 | 0 | 0.29 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 12.0 | 11:23 | 42.5 |
11 Artem Zub | OTT | D | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | +9 | 12 | 0.40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 19:14 | -- |
| 12Ridly Greig | OTT | C | 14 | 2 | 2 | 4 | +6 | 15 | 0.29 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 10.5 | 17:21 | 47.9 |
| 13Warren Foegele | OTT | LW | 13 | 1 | 3 | 4 | +5 | 4 | 0.31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7.1 | 12:10 | 28.6 |
14 Carter Yakemchuk | OTT | D | 14 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -6 | 6 | 0.21 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 4.5 | 17:55 | -- |
15 Jordan Spence | OTT | D | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 6 | 0.18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 6.3 | 20:55 | -- |
16 Nikolas Matinpalo | OTT | D | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 12 | 0.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 15:06 | -- |
17 Philip Tomasino | OTT | RW | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 1.00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14.3 | 12:44 | 0.0 |
18 Tyler Kleven | OTT | D | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +4 | 8 | 0.19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 9.1 | 20:14 | -- |
19 Nick Cousins | OTT | C | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 42 | 0.12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8.3 | 9:19 | 50.0 |
| 20William Eklund | OTT | LW | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 0.50 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 11.1 | 13:56 | -- |
| 21Andre Burakovsky | OTT | LW | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 11:00 | -- |
22 Cameron Crotty | OTT | D | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 11:09 | -- |
23 Hayden Hodgson | OTT | RW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 24 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 5:03 | -- |
24 Hoyt Stanley | OTT | D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10:55 | -- |
25 Jorian Donovan | OTT | D | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 9:12 | -- |
26 Samuel Blais | OTT | LW | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5:54 | -- |
27 Xavier Bourgault | OTT | RW | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | 5:07 | -- |
Source: NHL.com stats · Photo: NHL
