Game Day – Sens vs. Red Wings – Jan 7, 2025

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Pre-GAME

It’s been a long road trip but it finally comes to an end tonight against the Detroit Red Wings. The Senators will next return home to face the Sabres and then jump on a plane to Pittsburgh before returning home again to face Dallas (once again), this time on home ice.

ERRATUM: In the last post, SensFanatics.com identified the fact the Senators lost to the St. Louis Blues twice last year and then posed the question, can the Senators defeat them this year? Well, they already did, back in October, the Senators slaughtered the Blues 8-1 in Ottawa.

THANK YOU FOR BEING A SENS: This new segment will focus on players who left the Ottawa Senators last season. So, sing the title together like the “Golden Girl” theme song in saying “Thank You For Being a Sens”.

TO WATCH: Sens vs. Red Wings at 7:00pm 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. Red Wings

Last time: Last time, the Senators defeated the Red Wings on December 5 with a score of 2-1. They will battle twice more this season, next on March 10th and then again on March 27th.

Game Day: The Senators have lost the two last road games against Dallas and the Blues. They have a chance to salvage the road trip with a win in Detroit before returning home at last! Meanwhile, Detroit defeated powerhouse Winnipeg Jets 4-2 on January 4th and are riding a 4 game winning streak.

Injury Report

Senators: M. Amadio (IR – Concussion), D. Perron (IR – Back), T. Hamonic (Lower Body), L. Ullmark (Back)
Red Wings: J. Petrey (Day-to-Day – Undisclosed)

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THANK YOU FOR BEING A SENS

Jakob Chychrun

Jakob Chychrun joined the Senators on March 1, 2023 when the Coyotes traded him to the Ottawa Senators in exchange for a conditional 1st-round pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, a conditional 2nd-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft and a 2nd-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. A hefty price but the Senators where looking for scoring on the D-line and Chychrun was a heavily sought after player at the time.

Chychrun played 12 games with the Senators following the trade, recording 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points before being injured. This was the concern of many, the fact that Chychrun had never played a full season with a club before, always succumbing to injury. This is something Chychrun proved naysayers wrong last year when he played all 82 games for the Senators, scoring 14 goals and recording 27 assists for 41 points.

At the risk of losing Chychrun to free agency the following year, without recouping any assets, and with the fact that Senators management was looking for an at-home defenceman to protect the net, the Senators opted to traded Chychrun on free agency. He was traded by Ottawa on July 1, 2024 to the Washington Capitals for Nick Jensen and a 3rd round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft.

With that we say to Jakob Chychrun…. Thank You For Being A Sens!

Click Here For Jakob Chychrun’s profile

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LOCKER ROOM – JERSEY #6

Jersey #6 is often remembered for Wade Redden, the Ring of Honour player who wore the jersey from 1996 to 2008. Other notable players include Bobby Ryan and most recently, Jakob Chychrun.

Check Out Senators Jersey History!

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ON THIS DAY IN SENATORS HISTORY

🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY ERIK GUDBRANSON🥳
Gudbranson celebrates his 33rd birthday today! The Ottawa native was selected 3rd overall in the 2020 NHL Draft by Florida and played 5 seasons with the Panthers before being traded to the Vancouver Canucks. He played three seasons in Vancouver before he was traded to Pittsburgh for Tanner Pearson. He played 25 games in Pittsburgh before being traded yet again, this time to Anaheim for the rest of the season.

The defenseman was traded to Ottawa from Anaheim for a 5th-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft. In Ottawa, Gudbranson played in 36 games recording 1 goal and 2 assists before being traded to Nashville for Brandon Fortunato and a 7th-round pick. He later signed as a free agent with Calgary for 1 year and then signed with Columbus as a free agent, where he remains active this year for the club.

🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALEX AULD🥳
Auld celebrates his 44th birthday today! The native of Cold Lake, Alberta was drafted in the 2nd round, 40th overall by the Florida Panthers however Auld would not play for the Panthers until later in his career. Instead, Auld played a handful of games with the Vancouver Canucks during the first three years of his professional career before playing an outstanding 67 games for Vancouver during the 2005-06 season. Afterwards, Auld returned to the place he was drafted, Florida for 27 games before playing a handful of games in Phoenix and 23 games in Boston.

It was in the 2008-09 season that Auld had his first stop in Ottawa, playing in 43 games recording 16 wins and 18 losses with a 2.47 GAA and .911 SV%. The following year, Auld played 21 games in Dallas and 3 games with the Rangers. He played 16 games for the Canadiens before returning to Ottawa during the 2011-12 season playing 14 games for 2 wins and 4 losses to end his NHL career.

🎂HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHRIS WIDEMAN🥳
Wideman celebrates his 35th birthday today! The St. Louis, Missouri native was drafted in the 4th round, 100th overall by Ottawa in the 2009 NHL Draft. Due to an injury to Chris Phillips, Wideman found himself cracking the Senators lien-up. He played 4 years with the Senators, playing in 175 games for 16 goals, 27 assists and 43 points before being traded to Edmonton. He played only 5 games for the Oilers before being traded to the Panthers, where he played in a single game. He signed with Montreal the following season as a free agent, playing two seasons with them before ending his career due to a back injury.

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AROUND THE RINK

• Sens’ Ullmark considerd week-to-week with upper-body injury
• U.S. beats Finland to repeat as World Junior Gold Medal winners
• Czechia defeats Sweden in shootout to win Bronze at World Juniors
• Senators D Bernard-Docker leaves practice after hard fall
• Can the Sens stay in the playoff race without a healthy Ullmark?

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