Game Day – Sens vs. Blues – Jan 3, 2025

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Pre-GAME

The Senators faltered to the Dallas Stars 4-2 as they began the year 2025. No rest time for the Sens as they are back at it with a match against the St. Louis Blues tonight!

FUTURE SENS: In this post, we introduce a new segment called FUTURE SENS in which we focus on a Senators prospect or rookie. These profiles will be shorter due to limited experience as a professional player but will offer some insights into these future stars.

TO WATCH: Sens vs. Blues at 8:00pm on TSN5

Game Day Report / Through the Years / Locker Room / On This Day / Around The Rink

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GAME DAY REPORT

Senators vs. Blues

Last Season: The Senators battled the St. Louis Blues twice last season with the Blues sweeping the series. It started with a 4-2 loss on December 14th and was followed by a 5-2 defeat on March 21st.

Game Day: Senators have not had the Blues number last year, can this change this year? The Blues last defeated Chicago 6-2 on Dec 31st.

Injury Report

Senators: D. Perron (IR – Upper Body), L. Ullmark (Back), M. Amadio (Upper Body)
Blues: R. Faska (Lower Body), N. Leddy (IR – Lower Body), T. Krug (IR-LT – Ankle)

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THROUGH THE YEARS – 2011-12 SEASON

The Ottawa Senators record for the 2011-12 season was 41-31-10, which resulted in 92 points for 2nd place in the Northeast division and 16th overall in the NHL.

General Manager: Bryan Murray
Coach: Paul MacLean
Captain: Daniel Alfredsson
Alternate Captains: Chris Phillips & Jason Spezza

Season Highlights

This year marked the 20th season of the Ottawa Senators and the Senators hosted the 59th NHL All-Star Game in Ottawa in January 2012.

The Senators announced new coach, Paul MacLean along with Dave Cameron and Mark Reeds as assistant coaches. The Senators unveiled a new third jersey on October 1, 2011 which was reminiscent of the original Ottawa Senators jersey of 1926-27.

The Senators made a blockbuster trade in December 2011 for Phoenix Coyotes Kyle Turris in exchange for David Runbald and a draft pick.

2011-12 Senators Highlights

• Most games played: Nick Foligno, Jared Cowen, and Colin Greening played 82 games.
• Top Scorer: Milan Michalek scored 35 goals.
• Top Helper: Erik Karlsson registered 59 assists.
• Top Producer: Jason Spezza recorded 84 points in 80 games.
• Top PIM: Zenon Konopka had 193 penalty minutes in 55 games.
• Top Goalie: Craig Anderson played 63 games for 3,492 mins with a result of 33-22-6 including 3 shutouts with a 2.84 GAA and .914 SV%.

Click Here For The 2011-12 Season Recap

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LOCKER ROOM – JERSEY #15

Senators prospect Matthew Highmore started wearing jersey #15 last year when he was called up to the big league. Previous heavyweights who wrote this number include McEachern, Schaefer, Heatley and Smith.

Check Out Senators Jersey History!

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FUTURE SENS – Matthew Highmore

It’s not often we refer to a prospect when a player has 8 years of experience in the NHL but that is where Matthew Highmore finds himself. The Halifax native has 146 NHL games under his belt, spending three seasons with the Blackhawks followed by stints with the Canucks and St. Louis before joining the Senators last season.

Highmore played most of the season with the Belleville Senators but did play 7 games with the big club last year. He has yet to be called up this year for the Ottawa Senators but has played 21 games for the Belleville Sens, scoring 1 goal and registering 7 assists.

Check out his profile here!

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AROUND THE RINK

• Predator’s L’Heureux suspended three games for slew foot
• Wild’s captain Jared Spurgeon to miss 2 to 3 weeks
• Avs F Nichuskin out ‘day-to-day’ with injury

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