Ottawa Senators: Media Notes
LAST GAME: Oct. 22, 6-2 win vs. Arizona: The second of his two goals in the contest saw Tkachuk reach the 200-point milestone while his first tally stood as the eventual game-winner in a 6-2 Ottawa victory at Canadian Tire Centre. The win saw Ottawa improve to 3-0-0 at home for the first time since the 2016-17 season. Pinto opened the scoring for the home side, becoming the third player in franchise history to post a four-game goal streak at 21 years old or younger. Norris, Kastelic and Motte also found the back of the net for the Senators as the team scored at least five goals in a third straight contest. Guenther (with his first career NHL goal) and Keller replied with goals for Arizona who had won seven of the previous eight contests against the Senators. Forsberg made 20 saves to earn the win for Ottawa while Vejmelka turned aside 26 shots in taking the loss for Arizona. Scratches: Brassard, Gambrell, Zaitsev; Injuries: Talbot; Shots: OTT – 32, ARI – 22; PP: OTT – 1-4, ARI – 1-5.
INJURY REPORT: G Talbot is on IR and will not oppose the Stars this evening. Total man-games lost: 5.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: None.
OTTAWA vs. DALLAS – History:
2022-23 (0-0-0): Oct. 24 @ Ottawa, Dec. 8 @ Dallas
2021-22 (2-0-0): 10/17/21 @ Ottawa (3-2 win), 10/29/21 @ Dallas (4-1 win)
Series record (includes Minnesota): Overall: 19-22-0-1; Home: 10-9-0-1; Away: 9-13-0-0
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 10/17/21 (3-2); @ Dallas: 10/29/21 (4-1)
Last Dallas win: @ Ottawa: 3/6/16 (2-1); @ Dallas: 10/21/19 (2-1)
Last OT result: 2/16/20 (4-3 OT win) @ Ottawa
Last shootout: 11/3/13 (4-3 SO loss) @ Ottawa
Most goals, game: Scored: 7, (11/24/15, 7-4 win); Allowed: 7, (1/21/93, 7-2 loss); Both teams: 11, (11/24/15, 7-4 win)
Last Game: 10/29/21, 4-1 win @ Dallas; OTT Goals: Norris (x2), Tkachuk, C. Brown; DAL Goals: Pavelski; OTT Scratches: Del Zotto, Sabourin; OTT Injuries: Bishop, Murray, Pinto, Watson, White; OTT Goalie: Gustavsson; DAL Goalie: Holtby; OTT PP: 1-3; DAL PP: 1-2; Shots: 24-39.
Career vs. Dallas: Brassard leads all players in career games played (34) and in penalty minutes (21); DeBrincat leads in goals (nine)
and in points (18); Giroux leads in assists (11) against Dallas.
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 58-69-11 all-time record (3-2-0 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 (0-0-0 this season). The Senators hold an all-time record of 112-75-7-25 when wearing an alternate; 27-19-2-5 when wearing a red alternate, 84-55-5-19 when wearing a black alternate and 1-1-0-1 when wearing a cream alternate.
HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has a record of 3-0-0 at home this season … Drake Batherson, Shane Pinto and Brady Tkachuk are the Senators leaders with three goals at home while Batherson, Stützle and Tkachuk maintain the club lead with four assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through three home games, Batherson and Tkachuk lead the team with seven 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 0-2-0 on the road this season … Claude Giroux, Shane Pinto and Tkachuk lead with one goal on the road this season while six players rank first with one assist while the Senators serve as visitors … Through two road games this season, Giroux maintains the club lead with two 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 1,007-984-115-176 over 2,282 games … The Senators are 551-435-60-97 through 1,143 all-time home games and 456-549-55-79 through 1,139 all-time road games.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES: Ottawa will play back-to-back games on 12 occasions in 2022-23 and will do so for the first time on Dec. 2 when the team visits the N.Y. Rangers ahead of welcoming San Jose to Canadian Tire Centre 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 (0-0-0 this season) while posting an 8-8-1 record (0-0-0 this season) in the second half of games on consecutive days.
ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are four for 16 (25.0%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Batherson leads with two power-play goals while Batherson and Tkachuk maintain the club lead with three points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals once in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22.
ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 13 of the 18 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 72.2% through five regular-season games … The team has yet to register a shorthanded marker this season after recording nine such goals in 2021-22.
Dallas Stars: Media Notes
LAST DALLAS STARS GAME
OCT. 22, 2022 – STARS 5 @ CANADIENS 2
The Stars extended their season-opening point streak to five games (4-0-1, 9 points) following a 5-2 victory over the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Saturday. Led by forward Joe Pavelski’s sixth career regular-season hat trick (his first with Dallas) and a 32-save performance from goaltender Jake Oettinger (4-0-0), the Stars tied a season high for goals in a game (5; also Oct. 15 vs. NSH). Forward Jason Robertson (1-1—2) and defenseman Esa Lindell (1-0—1) also found the back of the net, while captain Jamie Benn (0-2—2) posted a multi-point performance for his first points of the season. Forward Roope Hintz (0-2—2) picked up his second multi-point game of the season and defenseman Nils Lundkvist (0-1—1) tallied an assist to give him points (0-2—2) in two consecutive contests.
PP: 2-3 | PK: 4-4 | SF: 30 | SA: 34 | TOI: Heiskanen/Suter (22:45 – game high) | Attendance: 21,105
Three Stars: 1. DAL – J. Pavelski 2. MTL – A. Xhekaj 3. DAL – J. Robertson
UPCOMING GAME SCHEDULE
Date Opponent Time (CT) Location TV/Radio
Mon., Oct. 24, 2022 @ Ottawa Senators 6 p.m. Canadian Tire Centre BSSW/KTCK
Tue., Oct. 25, 2022 @ Boston Bruins 6 p.m. TD Garden BSSW/KTCK
Thu., Oct. 27, 2022 Washington Capitals 7:30 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSWX/KTCK
Sat., Oct. 29, 2022 New York Rangers 1 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
Tue., Nov. 1, 2022 Los Angeles Kings 7:30 p.m. American Airlines Center BSSW/KTCK
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 5 – Signed LW Jason Robertson to a four-year, $31 million contract
Oct. 6 – Loaned C Oskar Back, C Mavrik Bourque, C Fredrik Karlstrom, LW Fredrik Olofsson and D Ryan Shea to Texas (AHL)
Oct. 9 – Loaned C Riley Damiani and D Thomas Harley to Texas (AHL); Loaned C Logan Stankoven to Kamloops (WHL)
Oct. 10 – Loaned D Will Butcher to Texas (AHL)
INJURIES
Man-games lost, 2022-23: 0
TONIGHT’S GAME: The Stars play the penultimate contest of their four-game road trip against the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre (6 p.m. CT, TV: Bally Sports Southwest, Radio: The Ticket 96.7-FM/1310-AM). This is the first of two scheduled meetings between the Stars and Senators, and the lone visit to Canadien Tire Centre during the regular season. It also opens the club’s first of 10 back-to-backs this season. The Stars are 23-14-5 all-time vs. Ottawa, including a 10-6-4 mark on the road. Dallas dropped both contests against Ottawa last season, including a 3-2 setback at Canadian Tire Centre on Oct. 17, 2021. The Stars’ road trip concludes Tuesday at Boston (6 p.m. CT).
I’VE BEEN RUNNING HOT
- The Stars (4-0-1, 9 points) have earned at least one point during each of their first five games in a season for the sixth time in franchise history, following 1996-97 (6-0-0), 1989-90 (5-0-1), 1982-83 (5-0-1), 2009-10 (2-0-3) and 2006-07 (5-0-0).
-The Stars can match the longest point streak to begin a season in franchise history (6-0-0 in 1996-97 and 5-0-1 in 1989-90 & 1982-83) with at least one point earned Monday against Ottawa.
YOU OTTA KNOW!
- The Stars enter Monday’s matchup with points in two of their past four games (0-2-2) at Ottawa and points in nine of the previous 12 road games (5-3-4) against them.
- Dallas looks to snap a five-game winless streak (0-3-2) at Canadian Tire Centre, dating back to March 6, 2016. Four of the five games were decided by one goal.
- Captain Jamie Benn has points in three of the past five meetings against the Senators (1-2—3) and has points in four of the past seven games (1-4—5) against them. Benn has also logged points (3-4—7) in five of the past seven at Canadian Tire Centre.
- Benn has eight goals and 14 points (8-6—14) in 19 career games against Ottawa.
- Forward Joe Pavelski is currently riding a 10-game point streak (7-4—11) against the Senators, his longest active point streak against any opponent. It’s also the longest point streak against any opponent in his NHL career. Pavelski also has points in eight consecutive road games (5-3—8) against the Senators.
- Pavelski has 18 points (9-9—18) in 21 career games against the Senators, including points (5-4—9) in nine of 10 career trips to Canadian Tire Centre.
- Forward Tyler Seguin has points (0-4—4) in three of his past five games vs. Ottawa and has points in six of the past nine (4-4—8) against them. Seguin also has points (1-2—3) in two of the previous four road games vs. Ottawa.
- In two career appearances against the Senators, goaltender Scott Wedgewood is 2-0-0 with a 4.00 goals-against average and .910 save percentage.
- Netminder Jake Oettinger has yet to face Ottawa in his NHL career.
