The next five games, recent results and the full 2026-27 season on the Ottawa Senators schedule, with start times and the Canadian TV channel, plus the roster, injuries, stats and odds.
| Market | Odds | Implied chance |
|---|---|---|
| Senators Stanley Cup oddsFull odds | +3500 | 2.8% |
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The Ottawa Senators schedule for 2026-27 has 84 regular-season games, 42 at Canadian Tire Centre and 42 on the road, starting on Saturday 3 October away to the Toronto Maple Leafs. The last is on Saturday 10 April, and the page is checked against the NHL’s own data twice a day, so times, TV listings and results stay current. 19+ (18+ in AB, MB and QC).
Ottawa Senators team details
| Ottawa Senators | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1990, when the NHL awarded Ottawa a new team, which first played in 1992-93 under the original Senators’ name |
| In the NHL since | 1992-93 |
| City | Ottawa, ON |
| Arena | Canadian Tire Centre, opened January 1996, 17,010 seats for hockey |
| Previous homes | Ottawa Civic Centre, 1992-1996 |
| Owner | Michael Andlauer, who bought the club in 2023 |
| General manager | Steve Staios, president of hockey operations since September 2023 and general manager since December 2023 |
| Head coach | Travis Green, in his third season, hired on 7 May 2024 |
| Captain | Vacant since Brady Tkachuk was traded to Florida on 21 June 2026 |
| Most famous player | Daniel Alfredsson, the franchise leader in goals, assists and points |
| AHL affiliate | Belleville Senators, whose Arthur Kaliyev led the AHL with 40 goals in 2025-26 |
| Division | Atlantic Division, Eastern Conference |
| Stanley Cups | None |
| Retired numbers | 4 |
| 2025-26 | 99 points, wild card, made the playoffs |
| 2026-27 record | Starts Saturday 3 October |
| Schedule | 84 games: 42 home, 42 away, 3 October to 10 April 2027 |
Ottawa Senators 2026-27 season outlook
Written 24 September 2026. Ottawa start 2026-27 without Brady Tkachuk for the first time since 2018. The captain asked to be moved, and on 21 June he was traded to Florida for the ninth and 25th picks in the draft, a conditional 2029 first-rounder and a 2027 second.
The club moved quickly. The ninth pick went straight to San Jose for William Eklund, Kasper Halttunen and a prospect’s rights, Andre Burakovsky came from Chicago and goaltender Samuel Ersson from Toronto. Drake Batherson, who had 71 points last season, signed an eight-year extension on 15 September.
Tim Stützle is the centre of it now. He led the team with 83 points and 34 goals as Ottawa took the East’s second wild card on 99 points, before Carolina swept them in the first round. The captaincy is still open, with Thomas Chabot, Jake Sanderson and Stützle the reported front-runners.
Linus Ullmark started 49 games and saved .891. Travis Green begins his third season behind the bench, with Steve Staios still running hockey operations. Daniel Alfredsson left the staff in July for Toronto.
The preseason injury list is long. Artem Zub is out until early October with a knee injury, and several others are out or day-to-day. On Bet99’s July board the Senators were +3500 to win the Stanley Cup, level with Toronto.
Ottawa Senators schedule 2026-27
The next five Senators games, the last five results and the full 84-game regular season, updated twice a day. Use the tabs to switch between them. Times are Eastern, TV is the Canadian broadcaster listed by the NHL, and “2nd night” marks the second game of a back-to-back. The Senators play 14 back-to-backs this season, and September and October is the busiest stretch with 15 games.
Where to watch Senators games in Canada
Counting the NHL’s own listings for the 84 regular-season games, 19 on TVA Sports, 10 on Sportsnet, 8 on Sportsnet One, 7 on Sportsnet+, 4 on Prime Video and 3 on TVA Sports 2. Regional listings add 6 on Sportsnet East, 2 on Sportsnet Pacific and 1 on Sportsnet West. 46 games do not list a Canadian network yet. A game can appear on more than one channel, so the counts overlap, and listings change through the season.
Games without a network in the NHL’s listings are regional broadcasts. In the Senators’ territory, which covers eastern Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, the French ones are on RDS, and every one of them appears in RDS’s own schedule of 51 regular-season games. English coverage is on TSN5, which has not posted its 2026-27 game-by-game list yet.
Ottawa Senators roster 2026-27
The current Senators roster has 27 players, 13 of them born in Canada. Until opening night this is the club’s training-camp list, so it shrinks as players are sent down before the season starts. The status column shows any player on the injury report.
Forwards
| No. | Player | Pos | Shoots | Age | Height | Weight | Birthplace | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | Shane Pinto | C | R | 25 | 6’3″ | 206 lb | Franklin Square, NY | Day-to-day |
| 18 | Tim Stützle | C | L | 24 | 6’0″ | 187 lb | Viersen, Germany | |
| 19 | Drake Batherson | RW | R | 28 | 6’3″ | 209 lb | Fort Wayne, IN | |
| 20 | Fabian Zetterlund | LW | R | 27 | 5’11” | 208 lb | Karlstad, Sweden | |
| 21 | Nick Cousins | C | L | 33 | 5’11” | 191 lb | Belleville, ON | |
| 22 | Michael Amadio | RW | R | 30 | 6’1″ | 206 lb | Sault Ste. Marie, ON | |
| 23 | Kurtis MacDermid | LW | L | 32 | 6’5″ | 233 lb | Quebec City, QC | Out |
| 24 | Dylan Cozens | C | R | 25 | 6’3″ | 205 lb | Whitehorse, YT | |
| 27 | William Eklund | LW | L | 23 | 5’10” | 185 lb | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| 28 | Claude Giroux | RW | R | 38 | 5’11” | 186 lb | Hearst, ON | |
| 34 | Stephen Halliday | C | L | 24 | 6’4″ | 214 lb | Ajax, ON | |
| 37 | Warren Foegele | LW | L | 30 | 6’2″ | 205 lb | Markham, ON | Out |
| 42 | Hayden Hodgson | RW | R | 30 | 6’2″ | 221 lb | Windsor, ON | |
| 71 | Ridly Greig | C | L | 24 | 6’0″ | 184 lb | Lethbridge, AB | |
| 95 | Andre Burakovsky | LW | L | 31 | 6’3″ | 203 lb | Klagenfurt, Austria |
Defence
| No. | Player | Pos | Shoots | Age | Height | Weight | Birthplace | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Artem Zub | D | R | 30 | 6’3″ | 201 lb | Khabarovsk, Russia | Out |
| 5 | Cameron Crotty | D | R | 27 | 6’3″ | 212 lb | Ottawa, ON | |
| 10 | Jordan Spence | D | R | 25 | 5’11” | 188 lb | Manly, Australia | Out |
| 26 | Carter Yakemchuk | D | R | 20 | 6’3″ | 219 lb | Fort McMurray, AB | |
| 33 | Nikolas Matinpalo | D | R | 27 | 6’3″ | 213 lb | Espoo, Finland | |
| 43 | Tyler Kleven | D | L | 24 | 6’5″ | 225 lb | Fargo, ND | |
| 72 | Thomas Chabot | D | L | 29 | 6’2″ | 203 lb | Sainte-Marie, QC | |
| 82 | Matthew Andonovski | D | L | 21 | 6’2″ | 209 lb | Markham, ON | |
| 85 | Jake Sanderson | D | L | 24 | 6’2″ | 202 lb | Whitefish, MT | Out |
Goalies
| No. | Player | Pos | Catches | Age | Height | Weight | Birthplace | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leevi Meriläinen | G | L | 24 | 6’3″ | 186 lb | Oulu, Finland | |
| 30 | Samuel Ersson | G | L | 26 | 6’3″ | 194 lb | Falun, Sweden | |
| 35 | Linus Ullmark | G | L | 33 | 6’4″ | 223 lb | Lugnvik, Sweden |
Ottawa Senators injuries
| Player | Pos | Status | Reason | Est. return |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shane Pinto | C | Day-to-day | Undisclosed | 26 Sep |
| Jorian Donovan | D | Day-to-day | Undisclosed | 26 Sep |
| Warren Foegele | LW | Out | Undisclosed | 26 Sep |
| Artem Zub | D | Out | Knee | 5 Oct |
| Jordan Spence | D | Out | Undisclosed | 26 Sep |
| Jake Sanderson | D | Out | Undisclosed | 26 Sep |
| Kurtis MacDermid | LW | Out | Upper Body | 26 Sep |
Estimated returns are ESPN’s projections from club guidance. The full league list is on our NHL injury report.
Ottawa Senators stats
The 2026-27 season has not started, so these are the final 2025-26 numbers for everyone who played for Ottawa Senators, including players who have since left. The tables switch to this season after the first games.
Top scorers
| Player | Pos | GP | G | A | P | +/- | PPG | S% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim Stützle | C | 80 | 34 | 49 | 83 | +7 | 9 | 17.5 |
| Drake Batherson | RW | 79 | 33 | 38 | 71 | -7 | 13 | 19.8 |
| Dylan Cozens | C | 82 | 28 | 31 | 59 | -7 | 13 | 13.7 |
| Brady Tkachuk | LW | 60 | 22 | 37 | 59 | +4 | 5 | 10.0 |
| Jake Sanderson | D | 67 | 14 | 40 | 54 | +16 | 5 | 9.5 |
| Claude Giroux | RW | 82 | 14 | 35 | 49 | +20 | 1 | 10.1 |
| Shane Pinto | C | 72 | 23 | 23 | 46 | +6 | 5 | 14.6 |
| Michael Amadio | RW | 81 | 15 | 20 | 35 | +13 | 0 | 15.6 |
| Ridly Greig | C | 77 | 13 | 22 | 35 | +12 | 1 | 10.1 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | LW | 82 | 17 | 16 | 33 | -1 | 5 | 12.9 |
Goaltending
| Goalie | GP | W | L | OTL | SV% | GAA | SO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linus Ullmark | 49 | 28 | 12 | 8 | .891 | 2.73 | 3 |
| Leevi Meriläinen | 20 | 8 | 10 | 1 | .860 | 3.51 | 0 |
| James Reimer | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | .886 | 2.42 | 1 |
| Mads Sogaard | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .833 | 4.65 | 0 |
| Hunter Shepard | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .833 | 3.35 | 0 |
League-wide races are on our NHL scoring leaders page.
Ottawa Senators odds and how the market sees them
The Senators markets with the most depth are the season-long futures: the Stanley Cup, the Eastern Conference, the Atlantic Division, a regular-season points total and a yes-or-no price on making the playoffs. On Bet99’s board on 30 July 2026 the Senators were +3500 to win the Stanley Cup, level with Toronto, a team that finished 19 places lower, in a price set after the Brady Tkachuk trade. Our Stanley Cup odds page carries the current prices for all 32 teams.
Three things move a Senators price during the season. The starting goalie matters most, and the injury section above tracks him. The schedule is next: the Senators play 14 back-to-backs, and second nights are where tired legs and backup goalies show up in the lines. Then there is form, which our power rankings measure each week, and the race itself in the playoff picture. Picks for the weekend slate are in our Saturday predictions column.
These are the NHL sportsbooks we rate for Canadians, listed by province, with the full comparison on our NHL betting sites page:
Ottawa Senators history
Ottawa’s NHL story starts with the original Senators. That club joined the league as a founding member in 1917 and won the Stanley Cup in 1920, 1921, 1923 and 1927 before financial trouble sent the franchise to St. Louis in 1934. Today’s Senators are a separate franchise and do not claim those titles, but they carry the name and honour that heritage. The NHL awarded Ottawa a new team on 6 December 1990, and on 8 October 1992 the Senators beat Montréal 5-3 at the Ottawa Civic Centre in their first game. Lean years followed. The first season ended at 10-70-4.
Daniel Alfredsson, a sixth-round pick in 1994, won the Calder Trophy in 1996 and became captain in 1999. Ottawa made its first playoff trip in 1997 and won its first series a year later, upsetting top-seeded New Jersey. The 2002-03 team won the Presidents’ Trophy with 113 points. In 2007 the Senators reached the Stanley Cup Final and lost to Anaheim in five games. Another deep run came in 2017. Pittsburgh won that Eastern Conference Final in double overtime of Game 7.
Eugene Melnyk, owner since 2003, died in March 2022, and Michael Andlauer took control after the NHL Board of Governors approved his purchase on 21 September 2023. Under coach Travis Green, Ottawa returned to the playoffs in 2025 for the first time since 2017 and lost to Toronto in six games. A year later the Senators took the East’s second wild card. Carolina, the eventual champion, swept them. They were Ottawa’s first back-to-back playoff appearances since 2011-12 and 2012-13.
Most famous player: Daniel Alfredsson
Ottawa drafted Alfredsson in the sixth round in 1994, 133rd overall, and he won the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s rookie of the year in 1996. He was captain from 1999 to 2013 and led the 2007 team to the Stanley Cup Final. His 426 goals, 682 assists and 1,108 points are all club records. Only Chris Phillips played more Senators games, by one.
He left for Detroit in 2013. A one-day contract in December 2014 let him retire as a Senator, and Ottawa raised his No. 11 on 29 December 2016, the first number retired for a player from the modern club. The Hockey Hall of Fame inducted him in 2022. After three seasons as a Senators assistant coach, he joined the Toronto Maple Leafs as associate coach on 7 July 2026.
Daniel Alfredsson’s Senators totals, from the NHL’s official statistics: 1,178 games, 426 goals, 682 assists and 1,108 points.
Stanley Cups
The Senators have never won the Stanley Cup. They have lost the Final once, in 2007.
Arenas
| Arena | Years | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa Civic Centre | 1992-1996 | The Lansdowne Park rink, now TD Place Arena. Ottawa beat Montréal 5-3 there in its first game, on 8 October 1992. |
| Canadian Tire Centre | 1996-present | In Kanata, in the city’s west end. A downtown arena at LeBreton Flats is planned, but the land sale had not closed by August 2026 and the club expects at least four more seasons here. |
Canadian Tire Centre holds 17,010 for hockey. It opened in January 1996 as the Palladium, became the Corel Centre a month later, Scotiabank Place in 2006 and Canadian Tire Centre in 2013.
Retired numbers
| Number | Player |
|---|---|
| 4 | Chris Phillips |
| 8 | Frank Finnigan |
| 11 | Daniel Alfredsson |
| 25 | Chris Neil |
The Senators have retired four numbers. Frank Finnigan’s No. 8 honours a 1927 Stanley Cup winner with the original Senators and went up on the modern club’s opening night, 8 October 1992.
Franchise leaders
| Category | Player | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Points | Daniel Alfredsson | 1,108 |
| Goals | Daniel Alfredsson | 426 |
| Assists | Daniel Alfredsson | 682 |
| Games played | Chris Phillips | 1,179 |
| Goalie wins | Craig Anderson | 202 |
| Shutouts | Patrick Lalime | 30 |
Regular-season totals for the whole franchise, from the NHL’s official statistics, updated as the season goes on.
Every champion since 1927 is on our Stanley Cup winners page, and the other 31 clubs are on our NHL teams page.
Atlantic Division rivals
| Rival | Meetings in 2026-27 | Next meeting |
|---|---|---|
| Boston Bruins | 4 | Mon 5 Oct (away) |
| Buffalo Sabres | 4 | Wed 4 Nov (away) |
| Detroit Red Wings | 4 | Tue 6 Oct (away) |
| Florida Panthers | 4 | Wed 21 Oct (home) |
| Montréal Canadiens | 4 | Sun 6 Dec (away) |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 4 | Fri 27 Nov (away) |
| Toronto Maple Leafs | 4 | Sat 3 Oct (away) |
Ottawa Senators FAQ
The next Senators game is a preseason game at home to the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday 26 September at 7:00 PM ET, at Canadian Tire Centre. No Canadian TV channel is listed for it yet.
National listings this season: 19 on TVA Sports, 10 on Sportsnet, 8 on Sportsnet One and 7 on Sportsnet+. Regional listings: 6 on Sportsnet East, 2 on Sportsnet Pacific and 1 on Sportsnet West. Games without a network in the NHL’s listings are regional broadcasts. In the Senators’ territory, which covers eastern Ontario, Quebec and Atlantic Canada, the French ones are on RDS, and every one of them appears in RDS’s own schedule of 51 regular-season games. English coverage is on TSN5, which has not posted its 2026-27 game-by-game list yet.
The Senators have no captain at the moment. The C has been vacant since Brady Tkachuk was traded to Florida on 21 June 2026, general manager Steve Staios has said the club will not rush the choice, and Thomas Chabot, Jake Sanderson and Tim Stutzle are the reported front-runners.
Travis Green, in his third season, hired on 7 May 2024.
None yet.
Daniel Alfredsson. He holds the club records for goals (426), assists (682) and points (1,108), captained Ottawa from 1999 to 2013 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2022.
Steve Staios, president of hockey operations since September 2023 and general manager since December 2023.
Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, ON, which opened in January 1996 and holds 17,010 for hockey.
84 regular-season games, 42 at home and 42 on the road, from 3 October to 10 April 2027.
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Last updated 24 September 2026.