Ullmark has gone from day to day to injured reserve, and Ottawa conceded six without him. Both clubs lost on Thursday. The prediction, the team news and the Canadian prices follow.
How to watch
| Detail | |
|---|---|
| Game | New York Rangers at Ottawa Senators |
| Date | Saturday 24 October 2026 |
| Puck drop | 7:00pm ET |
| Venue | Canadian Tire Centre |
| Records | New York 7-4-1, Ottawa 7-4-0 |
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Senators vs Rangers odds
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Ottawa has lost its goaltender for a week and it showed
The Senators are 7-4-0 and tenth, but the goal difference is plus one. That is the record of a club winning tight games rather than good ones. On Thursday the tight game stopped arriving, and it stopped arriving badly: six against at home, against a side that had played the night before.
Linus Ullmark is now on injured reserve until 29 October. He was listed day to day before the San Jose game, did not dress, and Ottawa lost 6-2 at home. Samuel Ersson stopped 22 of 26 before being pulled with four minutes left.
The gap between the two is severe. Ullmark has a .945 across eight starts. Ersson has a .835 across three. That is a hundred and ten points of save percentage between the man Ottawa planned around and the man it has. Thomas Chabot is out until at least 27 October and William Eklund until January.
How they compare
| 2025-26 | New York Rangers | Ottawa Senators |
|---|---|---|
| Record | 34-39-9 | 44-27-11 |
| Points | 77 | 99 |
| Goals for per game | 2.90 | 3.39 |
| Goals against per game | 3.05 | 3.00 |
| Power play | 24.7% | 24.0% |
| Penalty kill | 79.9% | 75.7% |
Ottawa finished twenty-two points clear of New York last season and scored half a goal a game more. The Rangers had the better penalty kill, and that is the one column where this season has gone the same way.
New York has lost Shesterkin for the season and is sixth anyway
The Rangers are 7-4-1 and lost 5-4 in Toronto on Thursday, a game they trailed and chased all night. Before that they beat Anaheim 5-2.
Igor Shesterkin is out for the season with a knee injury and Joonas Korpisalo is on injured reserve until early November. Dylan Garand has taken seven starts and has a .915.
The 7-1 defeat at New Jersey on 15 October is still the outlier. Take it out and New York has conceded two or fewer in six of eleven. Put it back and the goal difference is plus eight. That is about right for sixth.
Ottawa has won three of the last five, one of them 8-4
| Date | Result | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Mar 2026 | Ottawa 2-1 | NY Rangers |
| 14 Jan 2026 | Ottawa 8-4 | NY Rangers |
| 4 Dec 2025 | NY Rangers 4-2 | Ottawa |
| 8 Mar 2025 | Ottawa 4-3 (OT) | NY Rangers |
| 21 Jan 2025 | NY Rangers 5-0 | Ottawa |
Ottawa leads the all-time series 67 wins to 63 and has taken three of the last five. Four were played in New York. Ottawa won three of those.
Those five produced 3, 12, 6, 7 and 5 goals, an average of 6.6. The spread is the point: an 8-4 and a 5-0 inside fifteen months.
Team news
| Club | Player | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ottawa | Linus Ullmark | Out, lower body, on injured reserve to 29 October |
| Ottawa | Thomas Chabot | Out, upper body, to at least 27 October |
| Ottawa | William Eklund | Out, ankle, on injured reserve to January |
| Ottawa | Kurtis MacDermid | Out, upper body, on injured reserve |
| NY Rangers | Igor Shesterkin | Out for the season, knee |
| NY Rangers | Joonas Korpisalo | Out, lower body, to early November |
| NY Rangers | Joe Veleno | Out, lower body, long term |
| NY Rangers | Adam Sykora | Out, lower body, long term |
Who starts in goal is an open question. New York Rangers has split between Garand (7 starts, .915) and Shesterkin (5, .927), and Ottawa Senators has split between Ullmark (8 starts, .945) and Ersson (3, .835). A save percentage is a season aggregate rather than a lineup, so treat either name as a possibility and not a plan.
Our NHL injury report tracks every other club.
Players to watch
Samuel Ersson, Ottawa. A .835 across three starts, and the man in possession for at least another week.
Dylan Garand, New York. Seven starts at a .915 in a job he was third in line for a month ago.
Tim Stutzle, Ottawa. The Senators need the scoring to cover the crease, and he is the one who provides it.
Score prediction
New York Rangers 4-2 Ottawa Senators. Ottawa is without its goaltender for another week and New York has the better netminder available.
Senators vs Rangers prediction
New York is the side we would take. The goaltending gap is the whole argument: Garand at a .915 against Ersson at a .835, with Ullmark unavailable until 29 October.
The case for Ottawa is home ice and a head-to-head it leads. It has also beaten New York three times in the last five. Our lean: New York, and the over if the total sits at 6 or lower. The last five meetings averaged 6.6 goals and Ottawa has conceded seven, six and three in three of its last five.
Our NHL power rankings has all 32 in order, and the rest of Saturday’s games is on the NHL schedule.
Puck drop is 7:00pm ET on Saturday 24 October 2026 at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.
No. He has moved from day to day onto injured reserve and is out until 29 October. Samuel Ersson has the net, with a .835 across three starts against Ullmark’s .945.
No. He is out for the season with a knee injury. Dylan Garand has seven starts at a .915, with Joonas Korpisalo also out until early November.
Ottawa leads the all-time series 67 wins to 63 and has won three of the last five.
New York to win 4-2, and the over if the total sits at 6 or lower.
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