OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
INJURY REPORT:
Defenceman Thomas Chabot and forward Rourke Chartier are on IR and will not oppose the Maple Leafs this evening. Forward Mathieu Joseph has missed the team’s past four games with an upper-body injury while forward Zack MacEwen has missed the past three with a hamstring injury. Total man-games lost: 73.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS:
Recalled forwards Angus Crookshank and Jiri Smejkal from Belleville (AHL) on Dec. 26
OTTAWA vs. TORONTO – History:
2023-24 (1-1-0): Nov. 8 @ Toronto (6-3 win), Dec. 7 @ Ottawa (4-3 loss), Dec. 27 @ Toronto, Feb. 10 @ Ottawa
2022-23 (1-2-1): 10/15/22 @ Toronto (3-2 L), 1/27/23 @ Toronto (6-2 W), 3/18/23 @ Ottawa (5-4 SOL), 4/1/23 @ Ottawa (3-0 L)
Series record: Overall: 71-55-3-13, Home: 39-23-1-8, Away: 32-32-2-5
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 10/14/21 (3-2); @ Toronto: Nov. 8 (6-3)
Last Toronto win: @ Ottawa: Dec. 7 (4-3); @ Toronto: 10/15/22 (3-2)
Last OT result: 4/16/22 (5-4 OT loss) @ Ottawa
Last shootout: 3/18/23 (5-4 SO loss) @ Ottawa
Most goals, game: Scored: 8, (3x, last: 4/3/08, 8-2 win); Allowed: 7, (2/18/21, 7-3 loss); Both teams: 11, (3x, last: 4/10/21, 6-5 loss)
Last Game: Dec. 7, 4-3 loss @ Ottawa; OTT Goals: Norris, Bernard-Docker, Giroux; TOR Goals: Marner, Kampf, Jarnkrok, Nylander; OTT Scratches: None; OTT Injuries: Chabot, Kastelic; OTT Goalie: Forsberg; TOR Goalies: Woll (2 GA, 50:22), Jones (1 GA, W, 9:38); OTT PP: 0-2; TOR PP: 0-1; Shots: 41-22.
Career vs. Toronto: Giroux leads all players in career games played (47), in goals (20), in assists (30) and in points (50); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (26) against Toronto.
ROAD SCHOLARS: The Senators have a record of 3-8-0 on the road this season … Dominik Kubalik leads the team lead with six goals on the road this season … Jakob Chychrun and Tim Stützle are tied for the road assist lead with 11, respectively, to date this season … Stützle (three goals, 11 assists) is the team’s road scoring leader with 14 points while the Senators have served as visitors in 2023-24
ON THE POWER PLAY: The Senators are 21-for-119 (17.6%) on the power play in 2023-24 … Josh Norris maintains the team lead with five power-play goals … Jakob Chychrun owns the power-play assist lead with eight to date this season … Chychrun (one goal, eight assists) and Norris (five goals, four assists) are tied for the team lead with nine points each on the power play … Ottawa has tallied multiple power-play goals in an individual contest on three occasions this season after having done so 18 times in 2022-23 … The Senators were 72-for-306 (23.5%) on the power play in 2022-23.
ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has allowed 29 power-play goals this season while having overcome 72 of 101 shorthanded situations to maintain an efficiency rating of 71.3% … Parker Kelly’s first shorthanded goal of his career, scored in the Oct. 11 season-opener at Carolina, is the team’s lone shorthanded tally of 2023-24 after it notched nine such markers in each of the past two seasons.registered a 15-21-5 record in 2022-23.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS NOTES:
TONIGHT’S GAME
2023-24 Matchups vs. Ottawa: Third of Four
2022-23 Record vs. Ottawa: 3-1-0
Toronto Season Record: 17-8-6
Toronto Home Record: 9-5-2
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
The Maple Leafs are set to face-off against the Ottawa Senators tonight at Scotiabank Arena in the third of four matchups between the clubs this season. Toronto has posted a 1-1-0 record against the Senators during the 2023-24 campaign. The Maple Leafs have posted a 7-3-0 record in their last 10 meetings against Ottawa.
INJURY REPORT
Mark Giordano Week-to-Week (Broken Finger)
John Klingberg LTIR
Jake Muzzin LTIR
Matt Murray LTIR
Ryan Reaves Undisclosed
Joseph Woll Week-to-Week (High Ankle Sprain)
ALL-TIME VS. OTTAWA SENATORS
First Matchup between Clubs: October 20, 1992 (Toronto 5 vs. Ottawa 3)
All-Time Record: 68-58-3-13 (142 Games)
All-Time Record at Home: 37-24-2-8 (71 Games)
All-Time Record on the Road: 31-34-1-5 (71 Games)
Last Home Win vs. Opponent: October 15, 2022 (Toronto 3 vs. Ottawa 2)
THE MAN ADVANTAGE IN 2023-24
Power Play: 24/91 (26.4%)
Power Play Goal Leader: 8 – Matthews
Power Play Point Leader: 15 – Nylander (5G, 10A)
2022-23 Power Play: 64/246 (26.0%)
ON THE PK IN 2023-24
Penalty Kill: 76/96 (79.2%)
Shorthanded Goal Leader: 2 – Nylander
Shorthanded Point Leader: 3 – Nylander (2G, 1A) 2022-23
Penalty Kill: 203/248 (81.9%)
FAST FACTS
Wednesday games 3rd of 11 (7 home, 4 road)
Back-to-Backs played 3 of 13
Record in first game of back-to-back 1-0-2
Record in second game of back-to-back 2-1-0
December games 11th of 13 (7 home, 6 road)
