OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: Dec. 18, 4-2 loss at Minnesota: The Wild won their seventh consecutive home game with a 4-2 defeat of Ottawa at Xcel Energy Center. Kaprizov paced the home side with his fifth three-point game (one goal, two assists) of the season, the second of which was his 200th career point becoming the first skater to reach the milestone with the franchise in less than 200 career games. Zuccarello would provide a multi-point effort (one goal, one assist) for Minnesota to register his second double-digit point streak with the franchise while Spurgeon and Gaudreau (into an empty net) also scored for the home side. Kastelic provided his third of the year to establish a new career high while Giroux moved into a tie for first on the Senators with his sixth road goal of the campaign. Former Senator Gustavsson earned the with for Minnesota in the first game against his former team with 26 saves while Forsberg took the loss for Ottawa by way of turning aside 19 shots. Scratches: Heatherington, Lucchini, Sabourin; Injuries: Bernard-Docker, Joseph, Norris, Stützle, Zub; Shots: OTT – 27, MIN – 23; PP: OTT – 0-3, MIN – 0-3.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Winnipeg will be broadcast regionally on TSN5 and RDS. On the radio, the game will be available locally via TSN 1200 (English) and 94,5 Unique-FM (French).
WHAT’S NEXT: Ottawa begins a three-game homestand against Washington on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET. The contest will mark the second of three regular-season meetings and the second of two matchups at Canadian Tire Centre.
INJURY REPORT: D Bernard-Docker, RW Joseph, C Norris, C Stützle and D Zub are on IR and will not oppose the Jets this evening. Total man-games lost: 85.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Re-assigned F Sabourin to Belleville (AHL) on Dec. 18.
OTTAWA vs. WINNIPEG – History:
2022-23 (0-0-0): Dec. 20 @ Winnipeg, Jan. 21 @ Ottawa
2021-22 (1-1-0): 3/24/22 @ Winnipeg (5-2 win), 4/10/22 @ Ottawa (4-3 loss)
Series record (includes Atlanta): Overall: 41-26-2-8; Home: 20-12-1-6; Away: 21-14-1-2
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 5/3/21 (2-1); @ Winnipeg: 3/24/22 (5-2)
Last Winnipeg win: @ Ottawa: 4/10/22 (4-3); @ Winnipeg: 4/5/21 (4-3)
Last OT result: 1/19/21 (4-3 OT loss) @ Ottawa
Last shootout: 11/5/15 (3-2 SO win) @ Ottawa
Most goals, game: Scored: 8, (2x, Last: 1/2/03, 8-1 win); Allowed: 8, (1/2/06, 8-3 loss); Both teams: 12, (10/21/00, 6-6 tie)
Last Game: 4/10/22, 4-3 loss @ Ottawa; OTT Goals: Tkachuk (x2), Norris; WPG Goals: Ehlers, Dubois, Statsny, Connor; OTT Scratch: Del Zotto; OTT Injuries: Batherson*, Chabot, Ennis, Murray, Pinto, Sanderson, Stützle; OTT Goalie: Sogaard; WPG Goalie: Hellebuyck; OTT PP: 2-4; WPG PP: 2-4; Shots: 34-25. Career vs. Winnipeg: Giroux leads all players in career games played (33), in assists (22), in points (30) and is tied with Tkachuk in goals (eight); Tkachuk leads in penalty minutes (32) against Winnipeg.
SWEATER WEATHER: The Senators enter their third season of wearing a primary logo which sees the organization return to its roots with the implementation of the modified original “2D” logo. The team has earned a 68-80-13 all-time record (13-13-2 this season) while wearing its current sweater. Ottawa unveiled their Reverse Retro jersey on Oct. 20 and will wear the sweater on five occasions in 2022-23 (1-1-0 this season). The Senators hold an all-time record of 113-76-7-25 when wearing an alternate; 27-19-2-5 when wearing a red alternate, 85-56-5-19 when wearing a black alternate and 1-1-0-1 when wearing a cream alternate.
HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has a record of 8-8-0 at home this season … Claude Giroux is the Senators leader with eight goals at home while Alex DeBrincat and Tim Stützle maintain the club lead with 13 assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through 16 home games, Stützle leads the team with 19 points on home ice … The Senators earned a record of 15-22-4 at home through 41 home contests in 2021-22.
ROAD SCHOLARS: The Senators have a record of 6-7-2 on the road this season … Giroux and Tkachuk lead with six goals on the road this season while Tkachuk ranks first with 12 assists while the Senators serve as visitors … Through 15 road games this season, Tkachuk maintains the club lead with 18 points … The Senators registered an 18-20-3 record over 41 road contests in 2021-22.
FRANCHISE RECORD: Ottawa has posted an all-time record of 1,018-997-115-178 over 2,308 games … The Senators are 556-443- 60-97 through 1,156 all-time home games and 462-554-55-81 through 1,152 all-time road games.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: Ottawa will play back-to-back games on 12 occasions in 2022-23 and will open their third set of the season on Thursday when Washington comes to Canadian Tire Centre before hosting Detroit the following evening … The Senators played 17 back-to-back sets last season and earned a record of 6-9-2 in the first half of contests on consecutive nights (2-0-0 this season) while posting an 8-8-1 record (1-1-0 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.
ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 34 for 121 (28.1%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson leads with seven power-play goals while DeBrincat maintains the club lead with 18 points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals 10 times in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22. Ottawa Senators: Media Notes
ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 93 of the 116 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 80.2% through 31 regular-season games … The team has registered two (Joseph, Motte) shorthanded markers this season after recording nine such goals in 2021-22.
INDIVIDUAL NOTES
COACH SMITH: D.J. Smith was introduced as the Senators’ 14th head coach in franchise history on 5/23/19. A native of Windsor, Ont., Smith spent the four previous NHL seasons as an assistant coach with the Toronto Maple Leafs. Prior to joining the Maple Leafs (which was also the team for which he made his NHL playing debut in 1996-97), Smith guided the Ontario Hockey League’s Oshawa Generals to a record of 135-53-3-13 over three campaigns which included his having been recognized as the OHL’s Coach of the Year in 2013-14. One year later, he helped the team capture the Mastercard Memorial Cup. His 95 head coaching victories with Ottawa see him rank in a tie for fourth in franchise history.
SECOND SEASON AS CAPTAIN FOR CHUCKY: Two-time NHL All-Star Brady Tkachuk was appointed the 10th captain in Senators franchise history on 11/5/21. A native of St. Louis, Tkachuk succeeded Erik Karlsson who served in the role for four seasons from 2014-15 to 2017-18. The bronze medal winner with Team U.S.A. at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship is the first American-born skater to serve as team captain. Tkachuk is assisted by full-time alternates Thomas Chabot and Claude Giroux.
OTTAWA’S POWER ROAD: Despite not registering a goal with the extra attacker in Sunday’s 4-2 loss at Minnesota, Ottawa continues to sit in second overall for road power-play percentage at 30.2%. With the total, the club is on pace to eclipse its previous high in powerplay percentage as visitors which currently stands as the 25.0% recorded during the 2013-14 campaign. With 16 total goals on the power-play while serving as visitors, Ottawa sits in a tie for second (Dallas), one goal behind Buffalo for the league lead. The Senators have managed at least one power-play goal in 10 of 15 road games so far this season, including two games of three extra attacker goals to join Seattle as the only two teams to register multiple three-plus power-play goal games on the road. The Senators are paced by Alex DeBrincat whose eight-road power-play points (three goals, five assists) see him sit in a tie for 10th leaguewide while Brady Tkachuk’s 22 shots during road power-plays are tied for the fourth highest total in the NHL.
ALL-TIME LEADERS: Chris Phillips is the Senators’ all-time leader in games played (1,179) … Daniel Alfredsson leads in goals (426), assists (682) and points (1,108) … Following Phillips is Alfredsson (1,178), Chris Neil (1,026), Wade Redden (838), Radek Bonk (689), Jason Spezza (686) and Mike Fisher (675) … Neil leads in penalty minutes (2,522) while Patrick Lalime holds the lead in shutouts (30) and ranks second (283) to Craig Anderson (435) in games played among goaltenders. Anderson leads in wins (202).
WINNIPEG JETS NOTES:
Scene Setter
The Winnipeg Jets play their last home game before the Christmas break on Tuesday when they entertain the Ottawa Senators at Canada Life Centre. The Jets split a pair of road games on the weekend, winning 5-1 in Vancouver on Saturday and losing 3-2 in Seattle on Sunday. After Tuesday’s game, the Jets play in Boston against the Bruins on Thursday and on Washington against the Capitals on Friday before having three days off for the Christmas break.
Last Game
Seattle Kraken 3
Winnipeg Jets 2
Jets Scorers: Scheifele (19), Dubois (15)
Kraken Scorers: Eberle (8), Donato (6), McCann (14)
Jets Goaltender: David Rittich (31 sv, 3 ga)
Kraken Goaltender: Philipp Grubauer (15 sv, 2 ga)
Jets PP: 2-for-3
Jets PK: 2-for-2
Recap: The Jets had a 1-0 and 2-1 lead, but lost 3-2 to the Seattle Kraken on Sunday night, ending their two-game winning streak… Pierre-Luc
Dubois had a goal and an assist, while Josh Morrissey had two assists for two-point nights… Mark Scheifele scored his team leading 19th goal of the season and led the team with four shots… David Rittich stopped 31 shots in the loss.
Super 7
The Jets are seventh in the NHL with a .661 points percentage, which also ranks first in the Central Division and second in the Western Conference… Winnipeg’s best points percentage in franchise history was in 2017-18 when the team finished at .695… The franchise has finished
a season with a points percentage better than .600 four times.
Goals, Goals, Goals
The Jets have scored five goals or more in eight of their past 13 games… Since Nov. 25, Winnipeg leads the NHL with 52 goals in 13 games… The Jets have tallied five goals or more in 10 games this season, which is tied for fourth in the NHL.
Busy Time of Year
Winnipeg plays 16 games in 30 days from Dec. 2-31… The stretch includes three back-to-backs… The Jets only consecutive days off in December are from Dec. 24-26 for the Christmas break… The Jets only played eight games in December last season due to COVID-related postponements, going 4-3-1.
Home Comforts
The Jets are 11-5-0 at Canada Life Centre to start the season… Winnipeg has won 15 of their past 20 home games dating back to last season… Kyle Connor (8G, 13A) leads the team with 21 points in 16 home games… Mark Scheifele’s 12 goals at home is sixth in the NHL, which is halfway to the career high 24 goals he had at home during the 2018-19 season… Connor Hellebuyck has been stellar on home ice this season, going 10-4-0 with a 1.78 goals-against average, .942 save percentage and three shutouts… Winnipeg is 240-154-36 all-time at Canada Life Centre and have posted a .500 record or better at home in six consecutive seasons.
Road Record
Winnipeg’s franchise record tying five-game road winning streak ended on Sunday in Seattle… The Jets are 9-5-1 on the road this season for a
.633 points percentage, which is seventh in the NHL… The Jets haven’t lost consecutive games in regulation on the road this season… Defenceman Josh Morrissey (1G, 18A) leads the Jets in scoring on the road with 19 points and has a point in nine consecutive road games, which is one shy of the franchise record (Mark Scheifele and Neal Pionk had 10-game road point streaks last season)… Pierre-Luc Dubois has a team leading eight goals… Winnipeg’s first road game in the eastern time zone is Thursday in Boston.
Facing Eastward
This is Winnipeg’s ninth game against an Eastern Conference opponent this season, having gone 4-4-0 so far… Tuesday’s game is the first of three consecutive games for the Jets against an Eastern Conference team… Pierre-Luc Dubois has a team leading 11 points (4G, 7A) in eight games against the Eastern Conference this season.
Top 5 PK
Winnipeg is fifth in the NHL with a penalty kill successful 82.1% of the time… The Jets have played 138:44 on the penalty kill this season, which is fifth fewest in the NHL… The last time the Jets had a penalty kill better than 82% was in 2013-14 when they finished the season at 83.2%…The franchise record for penalty kill percentage in a season is 85.2%, which occurred in Atlanta during the 2003-04 season.
On The Power Play
Winnipeg is 13-for-38 (34.4%) with the extra man in the past 12 games, having scored on the power play in 10 of the past 12 games… Winnipeg is 11th in the NHL this season with a power play clicking at 24.2%… Kyle Connor (3G, 11A), Pierre-Luc Dubois (6G, 8A), and Josh Morrissey (1G, 13A) lead the team in scoring on the power play with 14 points.
Mo Consistency
Josh Morrissey leads the Jets in scoring with 36 points (5G, 31A) in 31 games… He has established a new career high with 31 assists, five more
than he had in 2019-20 in 65 games… Morrissey is a point away from the most he’s had in a season during his career… He had a career best 12 goals and 37 points in 79 games last season… Morrissey has 11 assists during a current nine-game assist streak, which is the longest of his career and third point streak of at least five games this season… He has a point in 26 of his 31 games this season and hasn’t gone consecutive
games without a point… Morrissey is third in the NHL among defencemen in scoring, while his 31 assists rank first among NHL defencemen and fifth overall… Morrissey is on pace for 82 assists and 95 points this season… Morrissey is on pace to become the first defenceman to lead the
team in scoring in franchise history… The franchise record for points by a defenceman in a season is 56, which Dustin Byfuglien did in 2013-14…Byfuglien (4 times), Toby Enstrom (twice), and Jacob Trouba (once) are the only defencemen in franchise history to post 50 points or more in a season.
Sniper
Mark Scheifele has four goals in his past four games to reach 19 on the season… He’s halfway to his career best 38 goals, which he did during
the 2018-19 season… He’s on pace for exactly 50 goals, which has only been done twice in franchise history (Ilya Kovalchuk in 2005-05 and 2007-08).
Streakin’
Kyle Connor (5G, 9A) and Josh Morrissey (11A) are riding nine-game point streaks, which are tied for the longest by a member of the Jets this season… They are also tied for the third longest active point streak in the NHL.
Festive KC
Kyle Connor tallied his fourth multi-point game on Saturday during his nine-game point streak… Connor is fifth in NHL scoring since Nov. 23 with 20 points (8G, 12A) in 14 games… Connor averaged 1.42 points per game in November and has 1.40 points per game in December after tallying four points in nine games in October to start the season… Thursday’s overtime winner against Nashville was Connor’s fifth game-winning goal of the season, which is more than halfway to the career high nine game-winning goals he had last season.
Back End Production
Jets defencemen have combined for 78 points this season, which is fourth in the NHL… Five of Winnipeg’s six defenceman dressed for Saturday’s game against the Canucks had a point, including goals from Kyle Capobianco and Neal Pionk… Capobianco was the sixth defenceman to score for the Jets this season on Saturday, which is one shy for the most defenceman on a team to have a goal this season in the NHL… Defencemen have accounted for 26.9% of the team’s points this season, compared to 24.2% last season and 17.5% in 2020-21.
Three Helpings
Pierre-Luc Dubois has multi-point outings in back-to-back games… He tallied his second three-assist game of the season on Saturday against the Canucks… His other three-assist game was earlier this month on Dec. 6 vs FLA… The franchise record for most three-assist games in season is six, which was done by Blake Wheeler during the 2017-18 and 2018-19 seasons… Dubois has 22 points (8G, 14A) in his past 15 games, which is the most points he’s had in a 15-game span during his career… He’s on pace for 53 assists, which would best his previous career high for 34 during the 2018-19 season when he was with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
The Rookie
Cole Perfetti is third in NHL rookie scoring with 19 points (6G, 13A) in 31 games… His assist on Saturday ended a three-game pointless drought… Perfetti could become the fifth rookie in franchise history to post 50 points in a season, previously done by Dany Heatley (67 – 2001-02), Patrik Laine (64 – 2016-17), Kyle Connor (57 – 2017-18), and Ilya Kovalchuk (51 – 2001-02).
Helle
Goaltender Connor Hellebuyck is third in the NHL with a .928 save percentage this season… His 16 wins are tied for second among the league’s netminders and he joins Detroit’s Ville Husso and Carolina’s Pyotr Kochetkov as the only goalies with three shutouts this season… Hellebuyck owns a 2.33 goals-against average this season, fourth in the NHL, while the Jets are averaging 3.53 goals per game when he’s in net… He has stopped more than 90% of the shots he’s face in eight of his past 10 starts.
Extra Time
The Jets are 7-1 in overtime this season… Winnipeg has won five consecutive OT games, which is one game shy of the franchise record in a season (Oct. 22/18-Jan. 13/19)… Winnipeg’s eight OT games are tied for the most in the NHL this season and the Jets are the only team with seven wins in overtime… Five of Winnipeg’s seven OT winners have come in the first two minutes of the extra session… Mark Scheifele holds the franchise record with 12 OT winning goals… The seven wins is two better than the five overtime wins Winnipeg had last season in 12 games decided in OT… During the past three seasons, Winnipeg is 18-9 in games decided in overtime… The franchise record for OT wins is 10, set in 2010-11.
Zeros
The Jets have registered three shutouts this season, which is tied for first in the NHL… Winnipeg’s first two shutouts were by 4-0 scores (Oct. 24 vs. STL and Nov. 5 vs. CHI), while the Nov. 29 5-0 shutout against Colorado gives the Jets all three shutout wins by at least four goals… The Jets had five shutouts last season, which is two shy of the franchise record.
Taking the Challenge
Head Coach Rick Bowness has made three challenges this season, resulting in two calls being overturned… Both challenges resulted in goals being overturned to no goals – one for offside and one for a stoppage… The Jets are 2-0-0 in games this season when they have made a duccessful coach’s challenge… Opposing coaches have made two challenges in games this season against the Jets, going 1-for-2.
Jets vs. OTT Notes
Season Series
The Jets and Senators play each other twice this season… Winnipeg makes the return trip to Ottawa on Jan. 21.
Recent History
The Jets have lost three of their past four games to the Senators, but are 13-6-1 during the past 20 games against Ottawa… The road team has won the past three meetings between Winnipeg and Ottawa.
In Winnipeg
The Jets have lost the past two meetings to the Sens at Canada Life Centre, but were 6-1-1 in the previous eight meetings prior to that… Seven of the past 10 games between Winnipeg and Ottawa at Canada Life Centre have been decided by two goals or more.
Player Notes
Blake Wheeler leads the Jets in career scoring against the Senators with 35 points (14G, 21A) in 46 games. Eleven of the 35 points have come on the power play (2G, 9A)… Mark Scheifele has 30 points (10G, 20A) in 27 games against Ottawa, including a team best three game-winning goals. He has five points (1G, 4A) during a current three-game point streak when playing the Senators… Kyle Connor (8G, 10A) and Pierre-Luc Dubois (7G, 11A) each have 18 points in 17 games against the Senators.
Jets vs. OTT Past 10 Games
Date Opp Res G GA S PPO PPG PIM SA PPOA PPGA PIMA
01/23/2021 Ott W 6 3 38 3 2 9 21 2 0 11
02/11/2021 Ott W 5 1 26 2 1 4 42 2 0 4
02/13/2021 Ott L 1 2 31 1 0 2 29 1 0 2
04/05/2021 Ott W 4 3 46 3 1 8 23 4 1 6
04/12/2021 @Ott L 2 4 26 5 1 11 24 2 1 17
04/14/2021 @Ott W 3 2 35 3 1 10 29 5 1 6
05/03/2021 @Ott L 1 2 29 6 0 8 18 3 0 14
05/08/2021 Ott L 2 4 29 2 0 4 23 2 1 4
03/24/2022 Ott L 2 5 24 0 0 2 33 1 1 0
04/10/2022 @Ott W 4 3 25 4 2 8 34 4 2 8
