OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: Nov. 8, 6-4 loss vs. Vancouver: Horvat registered his fifth multi-goal game of the season (and eighth goal in his last five games) to send Ottawa to their sixth consecutive loss with a 6-4 victory at Canadian Tire Centre. The goals saw Horvat become the third skater in franchise history to record at least 12 goals through the Canucks’ first 13 games of a season. The Senators realized markers from Batherson (just 50 seconds into the contest), former Canuck Hamonic, Stützle and Giroux while Mikheyev, Boeser (in his first game of the season), Studnicka (with his first in a Canucks uniform) and Pettersson (into an empty net) replied for the visitors. DeBrincat added two assists for his first multi-assist game with Ottawa. The 41 shots-on-goal were the Senators’ third most in a contest this season and have seen the team record at least 40 shots in two of their last three games. Martin earned the win for Vancouver by way of making 38 saves while Talbot took the loss in turning aside 22 of 27 shots. Scratches: Gambrell, Holden, Hellberg; Injuries: Norris, Zub; Shots: OTT – 41, VAN – 28; PP: OTT – 2-5, VAN – 0-3.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against New Jersey 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 concludes a two-game road trip against Philadelphia on Saturday at 1 p.m. The contest will mark the second of three regular-season meetings and the lone matchup at Wells Fargo Center.
INJURY REPORT: C Norris and D Zub are on IR and will not oppose the Devils this evening. Total man-games lost: 22.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Recalled D Bernard-Docker from Belleville on Nov. 7.
OTTAWA vs. NEW JERSEY – History:
2022-23 (0-0-0): Nov. 10 @ New Jersey, Nov. 19 @ Ottawa, March 25 @ New Jersey
2021-22 (3-0-0): 12/6/21 @ New Jersey (3-2 SO win), 2/7/22 @ Ottawa (4-1 win), 4/26/22 @ Ottawa (5-4 OT win)
Series record: Overall: 39-44-5-14; Home: 21-20-3-8; Away: 18-24-2-6
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 4/26/22 (5-4 OT); @ New Jersey: 12/6/21 (3-2 SO)
Last New Jersey win: @ New Jersey: 1/27/20 (4-3 SO); @ New Jersey: 2/21/19 (4-0)
Last OT result: 4/26/22 (5-4 OT win) @ Ottawa
Last shootout: 12/6/21 (3-2 SO win) @ New Jersey
Most goals, game: Scored: 8, (10/21/06, 8-1 win); Allowed: 7, (2x, Last: 12/3/99, 7-4 loss); Both teams: 11, (12/3/99, 7-4 loss)
Last Game: 4/26/22, 5-4 OT win @ Ottawa; OTT Goals: Batherson (x2), Stützle (x2), Chabot; NJD Goals: Foote (x2), Zacha, Sharangovich; OTT Scratches: Del Zotto, Mete; OTT Injuries: Brown, Ennis, Joseph, Murray, Pinto, Sanderson, White, Zaitsev; OTT Goalie: Forsberg; NJD Goalie: Blackwood; OTT PP: 2-3; NJD PP: 0-2; Shots: 34-41.
Career vs. New Jersey: Giroux leads all players in career games played (63), in goals (15), in assists (41) and in points (56); Hamonic
leads in penalty minutes (58) against New Jersey.
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 59-75-11 all-time record (4-8-0 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 4-4-0 at home this season … Claude Giroux is the Senators leader with five goals at home while Brady Tkachuk maintains the club lead with nine assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through eight home games, Tkachuk leads the team with 13 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 0-4-0 on the road this season … Giroux, Shane Pinto and Tkachuk lead with two goals on the road this season while Drake Batherson, Giroux and Jake Sanderson rank first with two assists while the Senators serve as visitors … Through four road games this season, Giroux maintains the club lead with four 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 1,008-990-115-176 over 2,289 games … The Senators are 552-439-60-97 through 1,148 all-time home games and 456-551-55-79 through 1,141 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 nine for 43 (20.9%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Batherson, Thomas Chabot and Pinto lead with two power-play goals while Batherson, Alex DeBrincat and Tkachuk maintain the club lead with four points while the team enjoys a man advantage … Ottawa has recorded multiple power-play goals twice in an individual contest in 2022-23 after having done so 11 times in 2021-22.
ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 37 of the 47 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 78.7% through 12 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 85 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.
25 TO HANG IN THE RAFTERS: The Senators announced on Tuesday evening that former Ottawa alternate captain Chris Neil would have his number 25 retired by the club on Feb. 17. A native of Flesherton, Ont., Neil is one of three players (Alfredsson, Phillips) in team history to dress in 1,000 regular season games for the club. He sits 20th on the NHL’s all-time penalty minutes list (2,522) and is one of only two players (Ken Daneyko) to compile over 1,000 games and 2,500 penalty minutes while playing his entire career for a single franchise. Neil made his debut on Oct. 3, 2001 at Toronto and compiled 112 goals, 138 assists and 250 points in 1,026 career regular season games. He became the 46th player in league history to skate in 1,000 games for the same team on 12/10/16 at Los Angeles. His jersey will be the fourth in team history to be raised to the rafters while becoming the first skater in NHL history to have the number 25 retired by a team.
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 JERSEY DEVILS NOTES:
LAST GAME
Calgary Flames 2 New Jersey Devils 3
(5-5-2—12 PTS) (10-3-0—20 PTS)
Three Stars: 1. N. Hischier 2. D. Hamilton 3. V. Vanecek
Goals:
CGY: N. Kadri (PPG), T. Toffoli
SCORE 1
ST 2
ND 3
RD OT SO FINAL
Calgary 1 0 1 – – 2
DEVILS 0 2 1 – – 3
NJD: R. Graves, D. Hamilton (PPG), N. Hischier
INJURIES/ILLNESS
PLAYER INJURY OUT SINCE GAMES MISSED
Jonathan Bernier – LTIR Lower-body, hip 2021-22 13
Ondrej Palat I.R. Lower-body Retro-active to Oct. 24 7
Mackenzie Blackwood Lower-Body, MCL sprain Nov. 3 2
2022-23 Total Man-Games Lost to Injury/illness: 27
DATE PLAYER ACTION
10/15 Andreas Johnsson Assigned to Utica
Nico Hischier Activated off I.R.
10/17 Tyce Thompson Activated off I.R./Assigned to Utica (AHL)
10/30 Ondrej Palat Placed on I.R. retro-active, Oct. 24
Andreas Johnsson Recalled from Utica (AHL)
11/5 Andreas Johnsson Reassigned to Utica
Akira Schmid Recalled from Utica
The Devils extended their season-high winning streak to seven games, after Jersey’s team earned a 3-2 win over Calgary at the Rock
on Tuesday.
The win marked the first time since 1996-97, 2-0-0, that the Devils earned two wins vs Calgary in a single season. The Devils have only
earned two wins in a single season vs Calgary on four occasions: 1990-91, 1991-92, 1996-97 and 2022-23. It also marked the team’s first seven-game winning streak since Feb. 6, 2011, to Feb. 19, 2011. That streak then extended to eight games on Feb. 22.
After Tuesday’s win, the Devils allowed more than 25 shots in three consecutive games for the first time this season. Yet, Jersey’s team is 2-0-0 when outshot by opponents in a game this season.
After Tuesday’s win, the Devils improved to 5-0-0 when trialing first in a game this season, which is tied for the most wins in the NHL with Toronto (5-2-2) and Philadelphia (5-2-2).
The Devils enter Thursday’s contest with an 9-0-0 record when captain Nico Hischier records a point in a game this season.
New Jersey’s 10 wins to start the season tied the franchise record for the fewest games to reach 10 wins in a single season. The original record was set in 1993-94 (10-3-0). Then, the team advanced to the 1993-94 Eastern Conference final. Over that span in 1993-94, the team scored 49 goals and allowed 32, while the Devils entail 47 goals scored and 33 goals allowed this season.
As of Nov. 9, the Devils ranked first in the NHL in shots against, per game at 24.6, while Carolina second at 25.7. Additionally, as Nov. 9, the Devils are ranked second for shots on goal, per game, at 37.6 behind the Florida Panthers (40.4).
Since 1994-95, the franchise’s first Stanley Cup championship, the Devils have finished a season averaging under 25 shots against,
per game seven times:
23.7 1997-98
24.7 1998-99
24.7 2000-01
23.2 2001-02
23.6 2002-03
24.4 2003-04
23.1 2012-13
The team clinched a playoff berth in six of those seasons, while winning a Stanley Cup championship in 2002-03, plus advancing to the
Stanley Cup final in 2000-01. The team didn’t clinch a playoff berth in the shortened (lockout year) in 2012-13.
Since 1994-95, the team’s highest shots per game total is 33.1, which was earned in 1999-00. The team then won its second Stanley
Cup championship.
The Devils are 4-0-0 vs Canadian teams this season.
The Devils earned their two-fastest goals scored in a single game for franchise history on Thursday, Nov. 3, vs Edmonton, after Ryan
Graves (16:45, 3rd per.) and Jesper Bratt (16:52, 3rd per.) scored seven seconds apart.
The previous record was Apr. 6, 2001, when John Madden (16:31, 1st per.) and Patrik Elias (16:39, 1st per.) scored eight seconds apart
in a 5-2 win vs Boston.
The Devils officially announced and revealed their second-ever Adidas Reverse Retro sweater, which turns back the clock and nods to
the franchise’s Colorado roots.
Side note…On Oct. 12, 2022, Andy Greene officially signed a one-day contract and retired as a Devil. The Trenton, Michigan native’s
923 regular-season games played ranks seventh all-time in franchise history, and third all-time for defensemen in franchise history.
2022-23 TEAM STATS
RECORD ON DAYS OF THE WEEK
The Devils record on Thursdays in 2022-23…2-1-0…at home: 0-0-0…road: 2-1-0
Record in night games in 2022-23…8-3-0…home: 3-2-0…road: 7-1-0
2022-23 Alternate jersey record…2-0-0
RECORD WHEN SCORING FIRST
Scoring first…5-3-0…Trailing first…5-0-0
GOALS BY PERIOD
PERIOD GOALS FOR/AGAINST DIFFERENTIAL
1 12-8 +4
2 16-16 0
3 18-9 +9
OT 1-0 +1
TOTAL 40-28 +14
As of Nov. 9, the team’s +14 goal differential ranked fourth in the NHL, while Boston ranked first with a +22 differential.
BACK-TO-BACK GAMES
First game: 0-1-0 | home: 0-1-1 | road: 0-0-0
Second game: 1-0-0 | home: 0-0-0 | road: 1-0-0
AROUND THE RINKAROUND THE RINK
On Sat. Nov., 12, the Devils honor those who served with Military Appreciation Night. The first 9,000 fans in attendance will receive a military-inspired hat courtesy of Prudential and there will be concourse activations, in-game features, and more.
VS OTTAWA
The Devils and Ottawa face-off for the first time this season and entail three matchups for 2022-23:
Nov. 19 at OTT
Mar. 25 vs OTT
The last time the Devils won a season series vs Ottawa was in 2019-20, when the Devils posted a 2-1-0 record vs the Sens.
Jersey’s team was 0-1-2 vs Ottawa last season.
The last time the Devils defeated Ottawa was on Jan. 27, 2020, at Ottawa, after the Devils earned a 4-3 shootout win.
ALL-TIME vs OTTAWA
Record: 58-32-5-7
Home: 30-16-2-2
Road: 28-16-3-5
Points Leader: Patrik Elias…11g-26=37 PTS, 59 GP
Goaltender Wins: Martin Brodeur 37-24-4-3, 6 shutouts
DID YOU KNOW…
The most goals in franchise history earned in a single game vs Ottawa was seven, twice, last earned on Dec. 3, 1999, in a 7-1 win at the Meadowland.
The most goals that the Devils allowed in a single game vs Ottawa was eight on Dec. 21, 2006, at Ottawa in a 8-1 loss.
The most shots that Jersey earned in a single game vs Ottawa was 53, which was earned on Jan. 27, 2020, in 4-3 shootout win at OTT.
The most shots that the Devils allowed in a single game vs Ottawa was 42, logged twice, and last happened on Nov. 6, 2018, in a 7-3 loss at Ottawa.
The last time the Devils shut out Ottawa was on Feb. 21, 2019, at the Rock in a 4-0 win.
The last time Ottawa shut out the Devils was on Feb. 16, 2017, in a 3-0 loss at the Rock.
The Devils and Ottawa met in the Stanley Cup Playoffs three times:
1997-98: Lost in six games, Round 1
2002-03: Won in seven games, ECF
2006-07: Lost in five games, Round 2
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Sat., Nov. 12, vs ARI, 7:00 P.M.
Tue., Nov. 15, at MTL, 7:00 P.M.
Thu., Nov. 17, at TOR, 7:00 P.M.
Sat., Nov. 19, at OTT, 7:00 P.M.
Mon., Nov. 21, vs EDM, 7:00 P.M.
LAST TRADE
The last time the Devils and Ottawa executed a trade was Mar. 6, 2017, when the Devils dealt Brandon Gormley in exchange for future
considerations.
