OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: Nov. 30, 3-1 loss vs. N.Y. Rangers: Lindgren had his first career three-point game as Ottawa fell for the fourth consecutive time to New York with a 3-1 setback at Canadian Tire Centre. The victory saw Halak record a win with his seventh different franchise to become the seventh goaltender in league history to earn a win with at least as many teams in making 35 saves for the Rangers. Goals from Vesey and Goodrow saw the Rangers out to a 2-0 lead before Pinto provided the lone tally for the home side at 13:47 of the middle stanza for his ninth of the season moving him into a tie for first in goals among rookie skaters. Kreider would cap the contest’s scoring with his 240th career goal, moving him into a tie with Leetch for ninth of the franchise list. Talbot took the loss for Ottawa by way of turning aside 32 shots. Scratches: Gambrell; Injuries: Bernard-Docker, Norris; Shots: OTT – 36, NYR – 35; PP: OTT
- 0-3, NYR – 0-2.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against the New York Rangers 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 returns home to begin a two-game homestand with San Jose tomorrow at 7 p.m. The contest will mark the second of two regular-season meetings and the lone matchup at Canadian Tire Centre.
INJURY REPORT: D Bernard-Docker and C Norris are on IR and will not oppose the Rangers this evening. Total man-games lost:
48.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Recalled D Zaitsev from Belleville (AHL) on Dec. 1.
OTTAWA vs. N.Y. RANGERS – History:
2022-23 (0-1-0): Nov. 30 @ Ottawa (3-1 loss), Dec. 2 @ N.Y. Rangers, March 2 @ N.Y. Rangers
2021-22 (0-3-0): 10/23/21 @ Ottawa (3-2 loss), 2/20/22 @ Ottawa (2-1 loss), 4/9/22 @ N.Y. Rangers (5-1 loss)
Series record: Overall: 52-43-3-4; Home: 23-25-3-2; Away: 29-18-0-2
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 11/22/19 (4-1); @ N.Y. Rangers: 11/4/19 (6-2)
Last N.Y. Rangers win: @ Ottawa: Nov. 30 (3-1); @ N.Y. Rangers: 4/9/22 (5-1)
Last OT result: 1/20/15 (3-2 OT loss) @ N.Y. Rangers
Last shootout: 11/14/15 (2-1 SO loss) @ Ottawa
Most goals, game: Scored: 9, (1/24/04, 9-1 win); Allowed: 7, (11/24/93, 7-1 loss); Both teams: 12, (3/18/14, 8-4 loss)
Last Game: Nov. 30, 3-1 loss @ Ottawa; OTT Goal: Pinto; NYR Goals: Vesey, Goodrow, Kreider; OTT Scratch: Gambrell; OTT
Injuries: Bernard-Docker, Norris; OTT Goalie: Talbot; NYR Goalie: Halak; OTT PP: 0-3; NYR PP: 0-2; Shots: 36-35.
Career vs. N.Y. Rangers: Giroux leads all players in career games played (66), in goals (14), in assists (44) and in points (58); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (45) against New York.
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 63-79-12 all-time record (8-12-1 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 (0-1-0 this season). The Senators hold an all-time record of 112-76-7-25 when wearing an alternate; 27-19-2-5 when wearing a red alternate, 84-56-5-19 when wearing a black alternate and 1-1-0-1 when wearing a cream alternate.
HOME ON THE RANGE: Ottawa has a record of 5-7-0 at home this season … Claude Giroux is the Senators leader with six goals at home while Tim Stützle and Brady Tkachuk maintain the club lead with 10 assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through 12 home games, Stützle and Tkachuk lead the team with 15 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 3-6-1 on the road this season … Shane Pinto and Tkachuk lead with four goals on the road this season while Giroux ranks first with seven assists while the Senators serve as visitors … Through 10 road games this season, Giroux and Tkachuk maintain the club lead with 10 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 1,012-995-115-177 over 2,299 games … The Senators are 553-442- 60-97 through 1,152 all-time home games and 459-553-55-80 through 1,147 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 this evening when the team visits the N.Y. Rangers ahead of welcoming San Jose to Canadian Tire Centre tomorrow … 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 19 for 80 (23.8%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Drake Batherson, Alex DeBrincat, Pinto and Tkachuk lead with three power-play goals while DeBrincat maintains the club lead with nine points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals four 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 66 of the 85 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 77.7% through 22 regular-season games … The team has registered one (Joseph) shorthanded marker 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 89 head coaching victories with Ottawa see him rank sixth 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.
PINNER STAYS HOT: With Ottawa’s lone goal on Wednesday, Shane Pinto moved into a tie with Seattle’s Matty Beniers for first in rookie goal scoring (nine) as of Wednesday evening. The centreman, who was the NHL’s rookie of the month for October, sees himself sitting at or near the top of the rookie leaderboard in several offensive categories including: first in shots-on-goal (45), tied for first in game-winning goals (two), tied for first in power-play goals (three), tied for first in even strength goals (six) and third in faceoff winning percentage (58.5%). His goal against the Rangers came as his first marker against one of the teams from his home state with the Franklin Square, N.Y. native currently participating as one of 23 active players from the Empire State.
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).
NEW YORK RANGERS NOTES:
LAST GAME
New York Rangers 3, Ottawa Senators 1 – November 30, 2022 – Canadian Tire Centre
NYR Goals: J. Vesey (3), B. Goodrow (6), C. Kreider (11)
OTT Goals: S. Pinto (9)
NYR Goalie: J. Halak (W – 34/35)
OTT Goalie: C. Talbot (L – 32/35)
NYR Shots: 35
OTT Shots: 35
NYR PP: 0/2
NYR PK: 3/3
Game Summary | Event Summary
RECAP/NOTES: New York improved to 7-4-1 on the road this season with a 3-1 win against Ottawa on Wednesday night. The Rangers have gained a point in seven of its last nine games (6-2-1) away from MSG. Jaroslav Halak earned his first win with the Rangers. The Rangers are the seventh different franchise that Halak has won at least one game with. In NHL history, six other goaltenders besides Halak have won a game with seven or more different franchises
RANGERS RUNDOWN
- The New York Rangers finish their home-and-home with the Ottawa Senators with a Friday night meeting at Madison Square Garden (7:00 PM ET – TV: MSG Network – Radio: ESPN 98.7 FM). New York will play its next three games at home.
- The Blueshirts will play 13 games in the month of December (7 at home, 6 on road). Eight of those 13 games will be against Eastern Conference opponents. Last December, the Rangers went 7-4-1 for 15 points while Artemi Panarin ranked tied for third in the NHL with 15 points (5G-10A) in his 11 games last December.
- New York has wins in four-straight games against Ottawa. Last season, the Rangers swept a season-series with the Senators for the fourth time in history and first time since 1994-95 (3-0-0). In earning the win against Ottawa on Wednesday, the Rangers have 101 points all-time against the Senators, the 22nd different NHL franchise the Blueshirts have recorded 100-plus points against.
- Artemi Panarin has 13 points (4G-9A) in his last 10 games against Ottawa and has points in 11 of 17 career games against them (6G-13A). Chris Kreider has points in nine of his last 14 games (5G-6A) against the Senators and has six points (4G2A) in his last seven games against them.
- Adam Fox, Mika Zibanejad and Artemi Panarin have 25 points this season. New York is one of six teams (DAL, BUF, TOR, NJD, EDM) in the league to have three or more players with 25-plus points.
- The Rangers have six players with six or more goals, tied for the sixth most amount in the NHL and 13 different players with five or more assists, tied for the fourth most in the NHL.
- New York has 54 points from defensemen, the ninth most in the league and 44 assists from defensemen, tied for the sixth most in the league.
- The Rangers rank fifth in the NHL in shots per game (34.3) and sixth in fewest shots allowed per game (29.2). New York has registered 35 or more shots in 14 games, the third most occurrences in the NHL.
- New York begins its sixth back-to-back of the season. In the first game of back-to-backs this season, the club is 3-1-1.
- New York is third in the NHL in hits with 705.
UPCOMING GAMES (ALL TIMES ET)
DATE/TIME OPPONENT/LOCATION TV RADIO
Dec. 3/7:30 PM Chicago/MSG MSG Network ESPN 98.7 FM
Dec. 5/7:00 PM St. Louis/MSG MSG Network/NHLN ESPN 98.7 FM
Dec. 7/10:00 PM Vegas/T-Mobile Arena TNT ESPN 1050 AM
Dec. 9/9:00 PM Colorado/Ball Arena MSG 2 ESPN 1050 AM
Dec. 12/7:00 PM New Jersey/MSG MSG Network/NHLN ESPN 98.7 FM
LAST FIVE GAMES
DATE OPPONENT RESULT
Nov. 30 at Ottawa W, 3-1
Nov. 28 New Jersey L, 5-3
Nov. 26 Edmonton L, 4-3
Nov. 23 at Anaheim L, 3-2
Nov. 22 at Los Angeles W, 5-3
RECENT TRANSACTIONS
November 23 – Acquired fifth round pick in 2025 NHL Draft in exchange for Ryan Reaves
ALL-TIME RECORD 47-48-3-4 (101 PTS)
2022-23 1-0-0
2021-22 3-0-0
NYR HOME 20-27-0-2 (42 PTS)
NYR AWAY 27-21-3-2 (59 PTS)
LAST FIVE MEETINGS 4-1-0
LEADING SCORER(S) – CURRENT RANGERS IN CAREER G: Kreider (9) – A: Panarin/Trocheck (13) – Pts: Panarin (19)
LEADING SCORER(S) – ALL-TIME IN GAMES W/NYR G: Graves (16) – A: Messier/Leetch (20) – Pts: Messier (34)
2022-23 SEASON SERIES
November 30 at Canadian Tire Centre W, 3-1
December 2 at MSG 7:00 PM ET
March 2 at MSG 7:00 PM ET
TEAM NOTES
TWO MONTHS IN
As the Rangers head into December, below are the team rankings in a variety of individual categories.
RANGERS LEADERS THROUGH NOV.
CATEGORY NUMBER PLAYER(S)
Goals 11 Mika Zibanejad/Chris Kreider
Assists 19 Artemi Panarin/Adam Fox
Points 25 Artemi Panarin/Adam Fox/Mika Zibanejad
Plus/Minus +8 Adam Fox
PPGs 7 Mika Zibanejad
TOI/GP 25:04 Adam Fox
Hits 82 Jacob Trouba
Blocked Shots 60 Jacob Trouba
Faceoff % (min. 20) 55.4 Vincent Trocheck
FOX ON FIRE
Adam Fox has points in two of his last three games (2A), four of his last six games (1G-4A), 11 of his last 13 games (4G-12A) and has 13 points in his last 10 games (3G-10A). Fox has recorded at least one point in 17 of 24 games this year. On the season, Fox has six goals and 19 assists for 25 points. Fox has 25 points through 24 games for the second-straight season. Fox has skated over 20:00 minutes in every game this season, over 25 minutes in 12 contests and his season-high was 30:04 against the Devils last Monday.
FOX AMONG NHL D-MEN
RANKS THIS SEASON
CATEGORY D-MEN RANK
Goals T-5th (6)
Assists T-4th (19)
Points T-3rd (25)
Game-Winning Goals T-1st (3)
Total TOI 4th (601:47)
Takeaways T-6th (18)
MIKA’S MISSION
Mika Zibanejad has points in six of his last eight games (1G-5A) and has points in 13 of his last 16 contests (6G-10A). Zibanejad shares the team-lead with 11 goals and ranks tied for third in the NHL with seven power play goals. On Wednesday night, Zibanejad recorded his 300th career assist in the win over the team that drafted him. Zibanejad becomes the seventh player from the 2011 NHL Draft class to notch 300 or more assists.
PANARIN PUTTING UP POINTS
Artemi Panarin has points in three of his last four games (1G-2A), 13 points in his last 16 games (2G-11A) and 25 points (6G-19A) in 24 games this season. Last Wednesday night in Anaheim, Artemi Panarin recorded his 400th career NHL assist. Panarin reached the feat in his 529th career game, requiring the fourth-fewest games among all active players to reach the mark behind only Connor McDavid (426 GP), Sidney Crosby (448 GP) and Evgeni Malkin (527 GP). Panarin is the only active undrafted player to hit the 400-assist milestone and among undrafted players to debut since the first draft in 1963, Panarin is the fifth-fastest to hit the milestone, behind Wayne Gretzky (290 GP), Peter Stastny (411 GP), Bobby Orr (437 GP) and Adam Oates (471 GP). Since he made his NHL debut in 2015-16, Panarin’s 400 assists are the third most in the league (McDavid – 477, Kane – 409).
KREIDING TO MAKE HISTORY
Chris Kreider has points in 13 of his last 16 games (9G-7A) and five points (4G-1A) in his last five games. Kreider’s 11 goals are tied with Mika Zibanejad for the most on New York. On Wednesday, Kreider scored his 240th career goal, tying Brian Leetch for the ninth-most in Rangers history.
MOST GOALS IN RANGERS HISTORY
RANK PLAYER GOALS
6th Camille Henry 256
7th Mark Messier 250
8th Steve Vickers 246
T-9th Chris Kreider 240
T-9th Brian Leetch 240
Kreider has 36 career game-winning goals, tying him with Adam Graves for the seventh most in franchise history.
Kreider has 87 career go-ahead goals, the sixth most in Rangers history behind only Rod Gilbert (131), Jean Ratelle
(96), Camille Henry (90), Vic Hadfield (90) and Adam Graves (89).
BLUESHIRT BULLETS
- Vincent Trocheck is one of only three NHL players who have registered 15+ points and 65+ hits this season (along with Jason Zucker, Alex Ovechkin). In 21 of 24 games this season, Trocheck has had either 1+ points, 3+ hits, or a 50.0%+ faceoff win percentage; he has hit two of the three categories in 11 of the 24 games, and he hit all three categories in the same game on Nov. 8 vs. NYI
- Jacob Trouba’s has 82 hits and 60 blocked shots. He is the only player in the NHL with both 80+ hits and 60+ blocked shots. Trouba ranks tied for seventh in the NHL in hits and fourth in blocked shots.
SPECIAL TEAMS
- The Rangers went 3-for-3 on the penalty kill in their last game, have been perfect on the penalty kill in five of their last seven games and seven of their last 10 games.
- The Rangers’ 83.3 PK percentage ranks fourth in the NHL.
