OTTAWA SENATORS NOTES:
LAST GAME: Oct. 29, 5-3 loss vs. Florida: The Panthers received three-point games (along with at least one goal from each) from Barkov, Montour, Tkachuk and Verhaeghe in a 5-3 victory at FLA Live Arena. The 58 shots-on-goal established a new mark for most in a game in Panthers history while standing as the most Ottawa has given up in a regular season contest all-time. The visitors realized markers from Holden (who added an assist to record Ottawa’s lone multi-point game), Pinto and Tkachuk in what was the Senators fourth consecutive loss to the Panthers. Batherson would add an assist in the game to see his point streak extended to six consecutive games. The contest marked the first NHL game with two sets of brothers participating since 12/4/21 (Brady and Matthew Tkachuk, Eric and Marc Staal). Knight turned aside 23 shots in earning the win for Florida while Forsberg made a career high 53 saves (to equal the franchise record for saves in a regular season game) in taking the loss for Ottawa. Scratches: Gambrell, Heatherington; Injuries: Norris, Talbot, Zub; Shots: OTT – 26, FLA – 58; PP: OTT – 1-2, FLA – 1-4.
BROADCAST INFORMATION: This evening’s game against Tampa Bay will be broadcast regionally on TSN5 and RDSI. 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 three-game homestand against Vegas on Thursday at 7 p.m. The contest will mark the first of two regular-season meetings and the lone matchup at Canadian Tire Centre.
INJURY REPORT: C Norris, G Talbot and D Zub are on IR and will not oppose the Lightning this evening. Total man-games lost: 13.
RECENT TRANSACTIONS: Recalled D Heatherington from Belleville on Oct. 28.
OTTAWA vs. TAMPA BAY – History:
2022-23 (0-0-0): Nov. 1 @ Tampa Bay, March 23 @ Ottawa, April 8 @ Ottawa
2021-22 (1-3-0): 11/6/21 @ Ottawa (5-3 loss), 12/11/21 @ Ottawa (4-0 win), 12/16/21 @ Tampa Bay (2-1 loss), 3/1/22 @ Tampa Bay (5-2 loss)
Series record: Overall: 59-40-2-8; Home: 33-19-0-2; Away: 26-21-2-6
Last Ottawa win: @ Ottawa: 12/11/21 (4-0); @ Tampa Bay: 11/10/18 (6-4)
Last Tampa Bay win: @ Ottawa: 11/6/21 (5-3); @ Tampa Bay: 3/1/22 (5-2)
Last OT result: 12/17/19 (4-3 OT loss) @ Tampa Bay
Last shootout: 12/21/17 (4-3 SO loss) @ Tampa Bay
Most goals, game: Scored: 9, (3/8/99, 9-3 win); Allowed: 6, (4x, Last: 1/25/13, 6-4 loss); Both teams: 12, (2x, Last: 1/24/08, 8-4 win)
Last Game: 3/1/22, 5-3 loss @ Tampa Bay; OTT Goals: Ennis, Sanford; TBL Goals: Kucherov, Point, Stamkos, Perry, Sergachev; OTT Scratches: Heatherington, Mete; OTT Injuries: Batherson, Norris, Pinto, Sabourin, Tierney; OTT Goalie: Murray; TBL Goalie: Vasilevskiy; OTT PP: 0-4; TBL PP: 1-4; Shots: 27-22.
Career vs. Tampa Bay: Giroux leads all players in career games played (41), in goals (eight), in assists (35) and in points (43); Hamonic leads in penalty minutes (21) against Tampa Bay.
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 59-71-11 all-time record (4-4-0 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 4-1-0 at home this season … Shane Pinto and Brady Tkachuk are the Senators leaders with four goals at home while Drake Batherson maintains the club lead with six assists at Canadian Tire Centre … Through five home games, Batherson and Tkachuk lead the team with nine 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 0-3-0 on the road this season … Pinto and Tkachuk lead with two goals on the road this season while Batherson, Claude Giroux and Jake Sanderson rank first with two assists while the Senators serve as visitors … Through three road games this season, Giroux maintains the club lead with three 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 1,008-986-115-176 over 2,285 games … The Senators are 552-436-60-97 through 1,145 all-time home games and 456-550-55-79 through 1,140 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 seven for 27 (25.9%) on the power-play in 2022-23 … Batherson, Thomas Chabot and Pinto lead with two power-play goals while Batherson and Tkachuk maintain the club lead with four 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 Ottawa Senators: Media Notes
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ON THE PENALTY KILL: Ottawa has overcome 22 of the 29 occasions the team has been shorthanded in 2022-23 to maintain an efficiency of 75.9% through eight regular-season games … The team has yet to register a 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.
SHANE STAYS STEADY: Shane Pinto registered his sixth goal in his last seven games on Saturday afternoon and now has found the back of the net in all but two of the Senators’ games to this point of the season. With the marker coming on the man advantage, he joined Arizona’s Dylan Guenther as the lone rookie skaters with more than one power-play goal, while his seven total points see him tied for second among all first-year skaters (as of Oct. 31). His six goals are currently tied for the overall team lead while the Franklin Square, N.Y. native became just the fifth American-born skater aged 21 or younger to record at least six goals through their first eight games of a season joining Neal Broten (seven, 1981-82), Mark Parrish (six, 1998-99), Auston Matthews (six, 2016-17) and Clayton Keller (six, 2017-18).
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).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING NOTES:
LAST GAME
Lightning 4 at San Jose 3
The Tampa Bay Lightning wrapped up a three-game road trip through California with a 4-3 win over the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center on Saturday night…The Bolts defeated the Sharks for the sixth-straight time in the regular season…The Lightning concluded the road trip with two wins in three contests…Victor Hedman opened the scoring with his first goal of the season 32 seconds into the first period…Erik Karlsson answered just 50 seconds after Hedman’s goal to tie the game at one…Ross Colton put Tampa Bay back up by one with his second goal of the season at the 13:44 mark of the first period…Nico Sturm responded with a goal 5:36 into the second period to even the score at two apiece…Alex Killorn buried his second goal of the year to put the Bolts back up by one with 1:19 remaining in the middle frame…Karlsson scored his second goal of the game 4:34 into the third period to even the score at three…Nikita Kucherov scored his first game-winning goal of the season with 56.2 seconds left in regulation to wrap up a 4-3 win for Tampa Bay…Andrei Vasilevskiy earned his third win of the season with 24 saves on 27 shots against.
PP: TBL – 0-2 SJS – 1-3
SOG: TBL – 26 SJS – 27
Attendance: 15,122
TONIGHT’S MATCHUP
The Lightning and the Senators are playing the first of three matchups this season and the only meeting at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts have won two in a row and seven of the last 10 matchups against the Sens…Tampa Bay has won four straight home games vs. OTT…The Lightning are 48-51-8 with two ties all-time against OTT, including a home record of 27-23-3 with two ties…Tampa Bay posted a 3-1-0 record against OTT last season and won both games at AMALIE Arena…Brayden Point led the Lightning with seven points (1-6—7) in just two games against OTT last season, while Victor Hedman (2-1—3) and Steven Stamkos (2-2—4) were tied for the team lead in goals with two each…Martin St. Louis holds the Lightning franchise records for most career points (15-28—43) against OTT.
TBL ALL-TIME POINT LEADERS VS. OTT
- Martin St. Louis – 43 pts. (15-28—43, 48 GP)
T2. Steven Stamkos – 38 pts. (18-20—38, 45 GP)
T2. Vincent Lecavalier – 38 pts. (19-19—38, 50 GP)
T4. Victor Hedman – 33 pts. (12-21—33, 42 GP)
T4. Nikita Kucherov – 33 pts. (11-22—33, 28 GP)
TONIGHT’S STORYLINES
Tampa Bay is playing the first game of a four-game homestand after seven of the first nine contests this season were played on the road…The Lightning will play nine of the next 11 games at AMALIE Arena…The Bolts are 1-1-0 on home ice this season…Since the start of the 2018-19 season, Tampa Bay owns the best regular season home points percentage (102-32-10, .743) in the NHL…The Lightning recorded 60 points (27-8-6) on home ice last season, tied for the third-most in a single season in franchise history.
INJURIES
2022-23 Regular Season Man Games Lost: 18
Current Injuries:
Zach Bogosian (Shoulder surgery; Out) 9 Games
Anthony Cirelli (Shoulder surgery; Out) 9 Games
TRANSACTIONS
Oct. 21 – Assigned F Gabriel Fortier to AHL Syracuse
Oct. 17 – Recalled D Nick Perbix from AHL Syracuse
KLUTCHEROV
Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov scored a goal for the third-straight game Oct. 29 at SJS to extend his point streak to seven games (3-8—11)…Kucherov is the only Tampa Bay skater to record a seven-game point streak this season…The seven-game point streak is tied for the second-longest streak in the NHL this season…Kucherov’s 12 points and nine assists lead all Lightning skaters this season…Going back to the end of the 2021-22 season, Kucherov has recorded at least one point in 24 of his last 27 regular season contests and has picked up 47 points (17-30—47) during that span…Kucherov has recorded at least one point in 10 of his last 11 home games vs. OTT and has 20 points (9-11—20) during that span…Since the start of the 2016-17 season, only Connor McDavid (1.48 P/GP) has recorded a higher point-per-game average than Kucherov’s 1.33
NHL P/GP LEADERS SINCE 2016-17
- Connor McDavid – 1.48 P/GP (232-435-667, 451 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 1.33 P/GP (181-298—479, 360 GP)
- Leon Draisaitl – 1.25 P/GP (237-335—572, 458 GP)
- Brad Marchand – 1.21 P/GP (200-309—509, 421 GP)
BACK TO BRANDON
Tampa Bay forward Brandon Hagel picked up two assists Oct. 29 at SJS and extended his point streak to four games (3-3—6)…Hagel’s four-game point streak is his longest since joining the Lightning and is one game shy of tying a career-long, five-game point streak that he recorded last season with Chicago…Hagel scored a goal in three straight games Oct. 22 – Oct. 26 for the Bolts and recorded his first regular season game-winning goal as a member of the Lightning Oct. 26 at ANA…Hagel recorded four points (2-2—4) on Tampa Bay’s three-game road trip Oct. 25 – Oct. 29, which was tied with Nikita Kucherov (3-1—4) for the team lead…Hagel has recorded six points (3-3—6) in nine games this season…Hagel’s three goals are tied for the third-most on the Lightning and his six points are the sixth-most.
GAME POINT
Lightning forward Brayden Point recorded his third multi-point game of the season (0-2—2) Oct. 29 at SJS…Point’s three multi-point games this season trail only Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos, who have both posted four multi-point efforts…Point’s eight points this season (4-4—8) are tied with Victor Hedman (1-7—8) for the third-most on the Lightning, while his four goals rank second behind Stamkos (7)…Point’s 21:47 average time on ice this season ranks second among Tampa Bay forwards, trailing only Kucherov (22:27)…Since his 2016-17 rookie season, no Lightning player has scored more game-winning goals than Point’s 36.
TBL GAME-WINNING GOAL LEADERS SINCE 2016-17
- Brayden Point – 36 GWG (426 GP)
- Nikita Kucherov – 30 GWG (360 GP)
- Steven Stamkos – 26 GWG (362 GP)
- Victor Hedman – 21 GWG (437 GP)
HED RUSH
Tampa Bay defenseman Victor Hedman scored his first goal of the season Oct. 29 at SJS…Hedman has recorded a point in seven of nine games this season…Hedman picked up three points (1-2—3) during the team’s three-game road trip Oct. 25 – Oct. 29…Hedman (1-7—8) ranks second on the Bolts with seven assists this season, while his eight points are tied with Brayden Point (4-4—8) for third…Cale Makar (8, COL) and Josh Morrissey (8, WPG) are the only NHL defensemen that have more assists than Hedman this season…Since the start of the 2016-17 season, no defenseman in the NHL has recorded more points or assists than Hedman (86-296—382)…Hedman leads all defensemen in Lightning history in goals (135), assists (476), points (611), power-play points (217), game-winning goals (25), plus/minus (+148), hits (985), blocked shots (1,391) and takeaways (456).
NHL POINT LEADERS SINCE 2016-17 AMONG DEFENESEMEN
- Victor Hedman – 382 pts. (86-296—382, 437 GP)
- John Carlson – 371 pts. (81-290—371, 442 GP)
- Brent Burns – 361 pts. (88-273—361, 463 GP)
- Roman Josi – 356 pts. (89-267—353, 435 GP)
- Kris Letang – 302 pts. (62-240—302, 388 GP)
KEEPING UP WITH KILLER
Lightning forward Alex Killorn recorded his second multi-point game of the season (1-1—2) Oct. 29 at SJS…Killorn has picked up three points (2-1—3) over his last four contests…Killorn has notched five points (2-3—5) in nine games this season…Killorn ranks fifth all-time in Lightning franchise history for games played.
TBL ALL-TIME GAMES PLAYED LEADERS
- Vincent Lecavalier – 1,037 GP
- Martin St. Louis – 972 GP
- Steven Stamkos – 931 GP
- Victor Hedman – 907 GP
- Alex Killorn – 732 GP
UNCLE PAULIE
Tampa Bay forward Nick Paul recorded an assist for the second-straight game Oct. 29 at SJS…Paul has picked up three points (1-2—3) in his last two games and five points (2-3—5) in his last four…Paul (2-3—5) is tied for the fifth-most goals on the Lightning this season…Paul leads the Bolts in faceoffs taken (117) and faceoff win percentage (53.9%, min. 50 faceoffs)…Paul leads all Tampa Bay forwards in shorthanded time on ice this season.
TBL SHORTHANDED TIME ON ICE LEADERS AMONG FORWARDS
- Nick Paul – 27:19 SH TOI
- Alex Killorn – 20:59 SH TOI
- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare – 19:49 SH TOI
- Brandon Hagel – 14:11 SH TOI
ROSS THE BOSS
Lightning forward Ross Colton scored his second goal of the season Oct. 29 at SJS…Colton has recorded a point in two straight games after picking up an assist Oct. 26 at ANA…Colton has three points (1-2—3) in his last four contests…Colton has recorded five points (2-3—5) in nine games this season, which ranks seventh on the team.
CHILLING WITH CERNY
Tampa Bay defenseman Erik Cernak recorded his first point of the season with an assist Oct. 29 at SJS…Cernak ranks sixth on the Lightning in average time on ice with 20:40 TOI per game…Cernak ranks second all-time in hits among defensemen in Tampa Bay franchise history.
