Pre-GAME
The Senators dominated the beginning of the game yesterday against Boston until the Bruins turned up the heat and established a two goal lead. Undeterred, the Senators fought back to score two goals, the last goal in the dying seconds of the period, to force overtime and a shootout. Levi Merilainen delivered again, stopping all three scoring attempts to allow the Senators to capture two valuable points.
TO WATCH: Sens vs. Devils at 1:00pm on TSN5
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GAME DAY REPORT
Senators vs. Devils
Last Time: The Senators battled the New Jersey Devils on October 17th losing 3-1 early in the season. After they battle the Devils tonight they will face New Jersey one final time on March 22nd.
Game Day: The Senators continue to collect valuable points as they try to distance themselves from other Eastern teams and take a hold of the wildcard playoff spot. Meanwhile, the Devils took a 3-1 loss to the Flyers yesterday, extending their losses to three in a row.
Devils
26-17-6
2nd Metropolitan
L3
3.11 (11th)
28.8 (3rd)
2.53 (5th)
82.2 (10th)
Matchup
Record
Standing
Streak
Avg. Goals Scored
PP (%)
Avg. Goals Allowed
PK (%)
Senators
22-18-4
5th Atlantic
L1
2.82 (24th)
23.4 (T10th)
2.73 (T7th)
78.7 (19th)
Injury Report
Senators: C. Reinhardt (Upper Body), N. Gregor (Lower Body), L. Ullmark (IR – Back), D. Perron (IR – Back), J. Bernard-Docker (IR – Ankle), T. Hamonic (IR – Lower Body)
Devils: E. Haula (IR – Ankle), S. Hatakka (IR – Shoulder), J. Dowling (Illness)
THROUGH THE YEARS – 2016-17 SEASON
The Ottawa Senators record for the 2016-17 season was 44-28-10, which resulted in 98 points for 2nd place in the Atlantic division and 12th overall in the NHL.
General Manager: Pierre Dorion
Coach: Guy Boucher
Captain: Erik Karlsson
Alternate Captains: Chris Neil, Dion Phaneuf & Kyle Turris
Season Highlights
After become the new General Manager, Pierre Dorion proceeded to hire Guy Boucher as head coach and Marc Crawford as assistant coach.
On September 26th, the Senators announced they would move the AHL affiliate Binghamton Senators to Belleville, Ontario and rename the team the Belleville Senators
The Senators announced the retirement of Daniel Alfredsson’s jersey, #11 in a ceremony on December 29th. On January 24th, the Senators honoured Bryan Murray as the first member of their “Ring of Honour”.
2016-17 Senators Highlights
- Most games played: Chris Kelly, Tom Pyatt and Jean-Gabriel Pageau played 82 games.
- Top Scorer: Kyle Turris scored 27 goals.
- Top Helper: Erik Karlsson registered 54 assists.
- Top Producer: Erik Karlsson recorded 71 points in 77 games.
- Top PIM: Mark Borowiecki had 154 penalty minutes in 70 games.
- Top Goalie: Craig Anderson played 40 games for 2,421 mins with a result of 25-11-4 including 5 shutouts with a 2.28 GAA and .926 SV%.
Click Here For The 2016-17 Season Recap
LOCKER ROOM – JERSEY #41
When thinking about jersey #41 most players think of only one player… and no, that is not Jonathan Cheechoo, perish the thought! That is of Craig Anderson! A goaltender who played for the Senators for 10 years and was recently honored in Ottawa for his retirement from the NHL.
Tomas Malec
Alexander Nikulin
Jonathan Cheechoo
Craig Anderson
2006-07
2007-08
2009-10
2010-11 to 2019-20
Check Out Senators Jersey History!
ON THIS DAY IN SENS HISTORY
In 2021, Josh Norris scored the first goal of his NHL career when facing Winnipeg in a 4-3 OT loss.
In 2012, Mark Borowiecki made his NHL debut for the Ottawa Senators, becoming the 97th player to do so for Senators and the first position player to do so against the San Jose Sharks (4-1 win).
In 2006, The Corel Centre is renamed Scotiabank Place.
AROUND THE RINK
- Nedeljkovic becomes first goal with goal and assist in same game
- Senators use third-period comeback to spark shootout win over Bruins
