Game Day – Sens vs. Utah HC – Oct 22, 2024

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Pre-GAME

The Senators battled the Tampa Lightning to a hard fought victory and are above .500 once again in the early part of the season. Can they claim back-to-back victories for the first time this year? They are set to face the Utah Hockey Club for the first time in history. The game time is at 9:15pm.

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We are a little behind on updating our player roster on our website. Hang on while we make updates and starting soon our Player Profile and Jersey Number sections will be appearing in our Game Day posts as we make our updates!

Game Day Report / Look Back 2023-24 / On This Day / Around The Rink

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GAME DAY REPORT

Senators vs. Utah HC

Last season: The Senators faced the Arizona Coyotes twice last season both resulting in defeats for Ottawa. Arizona scored 4 unanswered goals to win the Dec 19th game 4-3 and then won on March 1st 5-3.

Game Day: The Arizona Coyotes made a sudden relocation to Utah at the conclusion of last season. Under the name Utah HC (Hockey Club), they make their debut against the Senators this season.

Injury Report

Senators: R. Greig (Upper Body), A. Zub (Concussion), D. Perron (Personal)
Utah HC: J. Marino (IR – Upper Body), N. Bjugstad (IR – Upper Body), S. Durzi (IR – Upper Body),
S. Lipkin (IR-NR – Undisclosed)

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A Look Back – 2023-2024

This is the final installment of our “A Look Back” series, this time focusing on some honorable mentions. Two players who remain with the Senators while two prospects that ended up leaving the Senators during the off-season.

Zach MacEwen – He played 30 games for the Senators last year, his lowest number in the last 4 seasons. He recorded 1 goal and 2 assists for 3 points, all low numbers compared to the past 3 seasons. While he was a part-time player last year, he looks to have cracked the line-up this year on the 4th line.

Matthew Highmore – This centerman played only 7 games with the Senators last season, contributing 2 assists for 2 points. He played an active role during the preseason and was set to make the lineup when he was sidelined with an injury.

Egor Sokolov – The left-winger had enjoyed success with the Belleville Senators and was called up to the big club to play 5 games last season. He scored his 1st NHL goal and recorded his 1st NHL assist last year, for 2 points. Sokolov also played 8 games the previous year but failed to record any points. On July 3rd, Sokolov was traded to the Utah HC for Jan Jenik.

Roby Jarvartie – Called to the big-club last year, Javartie played 7 games recording his 1st NHL assist. On July 15th, he was traded to the Edmonton Oilers, along with a 4th round pick in exchange for  Xavier Bourgault and Jake Chiasson.

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ON THIS DAY IN SENS HISTORY

In 2010, with his 8th career hat-trick, Daniel Alfredsson became the 75th player in league history and first Senator to reach 1,000 career points in a 4-2 win at Buffalo’s HSBC Arena.  Playing his 1,009th NHL game, Alfredsson recorded two power-play goals and one into an empty net to reach the milestone.

In 2016, with his goal against the Tampa Bay Lightning in Ottawa’s 4-1 home loss, Chris Neil became the first player in Senators franchise history to record at least one goal in 15 consecutive seasons for the club.

In 2022, Shane Pinto recorded a goal in a 4th consecutive contest to become the first rookie in franchise history to score 4 goals in at least five consecutive games.  The streak marked the longest for any NHL rookie since Nashville’s Filip Forsberg scored in 6 consecutive games during the 2014-15 season.

In that same game, Brady Tkachuk registered his 200th point of his NHL career, a goal in a win against the Arizona Coyotes.

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AROUND THE RINK

• Avalanch place Drouin on injured reserve
• Green’s line juggling pays dividends in Senators’ win over Lightning
• NHL Awards presentation will be different

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