Game Day – Sens vs. Canucks – Jan 2, 2024

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History of the Canadian time zones

The first time zones in Canada were established by the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885. The railway divided the country into four time zones based on the longitude of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich, England.

In the decades that followed, the time zones in Canada were further refined and adjusted to account for each region’s specific needs and characteristics. For example, in 1966, the time zone boundaries in Quebec were adjusted to account for the unique geography of the James Bay and Hudson Bay regions. In the 1980s, the time zone boundaries in Nunavut were established to ensure that each community in the territory had a convenient local time.

Tonight the Sens visit the Pacific time zone against the Vancouver Canucks. Puck drops at 10:00 PM Eastern Time zone. 

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GAME DAY REPORT

Last Time vs. Canucks: Sens lose to red hot Canucks team – 5-2

Last Time: On Nov 9th, the Vancouver Canucks scored 5 goals on 15 shots to defeat the Ottawa Senators 15-2. Its was Mathieu Joseph‘s 300th NHL game and Matthew Highmore made his NHL debut replacing Zach MacEwen.

This Time: Ottawa is coming off a very big win over the Buffalo Sabres while the Vancouver Canucks last played on December 28th suffering a 4-1 defeat to the Flyers. Canucks will be hungry for a victory but have also not played more hockey recently, considering Ottawa played on Dec 27th and Dec 31st.

Statistically, the Canucks dominate the Senators in every category. They lead the league in number goals scored and allow very few goals against as well. They have a hot power play which may have good opportunities to score against a league worst Senators penalty kill.

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Game recap – Dec 31 – sens vs. sabres

Anton Forsberg makes 45 saves in Senators shellacking of Sabres 5-1

The Ottawa Senators ended the year with a bang, making a statement in a physical game versus the Buffalo Sabres. The return of Thomas Chabot on the lineup provided an unique opportunity to play Erik Brannstrom on the 4th line as a winger. Earlier in the day, the ownership made an announcement to remove the interim tag on Steve Staios and firmly appoint him as General Manager of the Ottawa Senators as well as being responsible for Hockey Operations. They also added more experience with the hiring of Dave Poulin as Senior VP of Hockey Operations and promoted Ryan Bowness to Associate General Manager.

Quick Sens Highlights:

• Things started off hot in the 1st period with the 7th goal of the season for Jakob Chychrun and a rare Ottawa Senators powerplay goal. This was soon followed by Zach MacEwen‘s 1st goal of the season. Buffalo scored a goal with seconds to go in the 1st to end the period 2-1 for Ottawa.
• The 2nd period featured two additional goals by Ottawa, first Dominik Kubalik scored his 8th of the season followed by another goal by the 4th line as Mark Kastelic scored his 1st of the season with seconds to go in the 2nd period.
• Erik Brannstrom thought he had another goal on his stick unfortunately the play was challenged and determined to be offside. Buffalo pulled their goalie shortly thereafter allowing Artem Zub to score his 3rd of the season into the empty net.
• The following players recorded assists in the game: Thomas Chabot (2), Erik Brannstrom, Claude Giroux, Jacob Bernard-Docker, Jake Sanderson and Ridly Greig.
• Ottawa’s special teams was on fire recording a powerplay goal on it’s only opportunity and killing all three penalties against them.
• Anton Forsberg garnered the win by making 45 saves with a 1 GAA and a .978 SV%.

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ON THIS DAY IN SENS HISTORY

🥅 Forsberg records 1st win!
In 2016, Anton Forsberg recorded his first NHL win while playing with the Columbus Blue Jackets against the Washington Capitals.

⇄ Ottawa acquires goaltender after injury to Mike Condon and Craig Anderson
In 2019, Darren Archibald and Anders Nilsson were acquired from Vancouver in exchange for goaltender Mike McKenna, forward Tom Pyatt and the Senators’ 6th-round pick in 2019 following the injuries to netminder Mike Condon and Craig Anderson.

Darren Archibald only played three games for the Senators, going pointless. He was reassigned to the Belleville Senators where he played 28 games, scoring 8 goals and 9 assists for 17 points. After leaving the Senators organization at the conclusion of the season, Archibald opted to sign a 1-year AHL contract with the Toronto Marlies but was later traded once again to the Belleville Senators.

Anders Nilsson played 24 games with the Senators during the 2018-19 season, starting 22 games and going 11-11 with a .914 save percentage. The following year he played 20 games for the Senators, starting 19 games and going 9-9 with a .908 percentage. After missing the entire 2020-21 season with post-concussion symptoms and neck problems, Nilsson announced his retirement on August 8, 2021.

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by the numbers – jersey # 25

Did you know six Ottawa Senators players wore jersey #25 before Chris Neil?

Thomas Jelinek wore #25 during the 1992-93 inaugural season before paving the way for Chad Penney and Herb Raglan to wear the number during the 1993-94 season. Pat Elynuik wore the number from 1994 to 1996 before Bruce Gardiner wore it from 1996 until the 1999-2000 season which was worn by Viacheslav Butsayev. Chris Neil took over the number permanently during the 2001-02 season until the 2016-17 season.

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AROUND THE RINK

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