2025–26 Ottawa Senators season

The 2025–26 Ottawa Senators season was the 34th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League.

2025–26 Ottawa Senators
Division	5th Atlantic
Conference	6th Eastern
2025–26 record	44–27–11
Home record	23–12–6
Road record	21–15–5
Goals for	278
Goals against	246
Team information
General manager	Steve Staios
Coach	Travis Green
Captain	Brady Tkachuk
Alternate captains	Thomas Chabot Claude Giroux
Arena	Canadian Tire Centre
Average attendance	17,123
Minor league affiliates	Belleville Senators (AHL) Allen Americans (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Tim Stützle (34)
Assists	Tim Stützle (49)
Points	Tim Stützle (83)
Penalty minutes	Nick Cousins (92)
Plus/minus	Artem Zub (+22)
Wins	Linus Ullmark (28)
Goals against average	James Reimer (2.35)

The Senators qualified for the playoffs for the second consecutive season. In the regular season, the team recovered from a last-place standing in January to qualify for the last playoff spot in April despite the loss of six defencemen to injury. In the playoffs, the Senators could not continue their winning pace and lost to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Carolina Hurricanes in the first round in four straight games.

Team business

In a step forward in the process of building a new arena downtown, a land sale agreement for the LeBreton Flats site, was signed in August 2025 with the NCC.

The team will have a new third jersey that will be worn at four "Ignite The Red" home games. The new third jersey has a red base and a slightly modified logo chest crest with enhanced embroidery. The shoulder area is black with gold trim. The arms will have similar black stripes with gold trim. The player name lettering and numbers will be a different font. The shoulders will have the Senators 'S' secondary logo.

In October 2025, media website bookies.com surveyed the NHL arenas to determine the cost for a family of four to attend an NHL game. For four of the cheapest tickets, plus parking, two beers, two soft drinks and four hot dogs, the Senators were ranked the lowest-cost in the NHL at an average of US$182 per family, below the NHL average of US$304. Website statista.com had most recently ranked the Senators the third least-expensive in August 2024.

In February 2026, it was announced that the Senators will play the Montreal Canadiens in the Kraft Hockeyville Game, to be played in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, celebrating the 2025 winner Saint-Boniface, Quebec.

In April 2026, the Senators announced that they had renewed their broadcast deal with Bell Media, owner of The Sports Network (TSN). The parties committed to a 12-year term, keeping Senators regional television broadcasts on TSN and RDS and local radio broadcasts on TSN 1200.

Off-season

In a draft-day transaction, the Senators traded for the Los Angeles Kings' Jordan Spence, a right defenceman. The team did not offer contracts to goaltender Anton Forsberg, forwards Adam Gaudette, Matthew Highmore and Angus Crookshank and defenceman Travis Hamonic. All became unrestricted free agents and signed with other NHL teams. The team signed veteran centre Lars Eller as a free agent. Near the end of the pre-season, the team traded Zack MacEwen to New Jersey for Kurtis MacDermid.

Regular season

Restricted free agent defenceman Maxence Guenette held out in a contract dispute and was dealt to the Philadelphia Flyers in November 2025 for former Senator defenceman Dennis Gilbert. Gilbert reported to Belleville.

The Eastern Conference was very competitive this season. While the Senators did not have a sub .500 month, the team dropped in the standings from December through January to a tie for last place in the Eastern Conference. During this time, goaltender Linus Ullmark took a personal leave and backup Leevi Merilainen struggled. The Senators would sign free agent veteran goaltender James Reimer who stabilized the goaltender position. For the season, the team had a sub .900 save percentage.

The team struggled on the penalty kill, placing it near the bottom in percentage. The team changed the coaching responsibility for the penalty kill from Nolan Baumgartner to Mike Yeo at mid-season.

At the March trade deadline, the team traded forward David Perron to the Detroit Red Wings for a 2026 fourth-round draft pick, and picked up forward Warren Foegele from the Los Angeles Kings along with an exchange of draft picks. Foegele scored in his first game with the Senators, paired with Lars Eller and Fabian Zetterlund on the fourth line.

Later in March, the team received some good news from the NHL head office when it was learned that the team would regain a 2026 NHL entry draft first-round pick, although the team would have to pay a US$1 million fine. The draft pick would be the last in the first round. The draft pick had been forfeited over a dispute over the status of a trade of Evgenii Dadonov to the Vegas Golden Knights who claimed that they had not been properly informed of a no-trade clause in Dadonov's contract. Dadonov subsequently voided a trade to the Dallas Stars by the Golden Knights.

In March and into April, while fighting for a playoff spot, the team suffered a long streak of injuries to its defencemen. First, Nick Jensen injured his knee and was finished for the season. Next, Jake Sanderson suffered an upper-body injury, putting him out for six weeks. Call-up Dennis Gilbert also injured his upper body. This was followed by Thomas Chabot who suffered a fractured right arm. Call-up Lassi Thomson was injured in the same game, versus the New York Rangers, the team managing a win with just four defencemen for most of the game. The team called up Carter Yakemchuk and Jorian Donovan, both NHL rookies, for the next game. Thomson returned and Donovan was returned to Belleville. In a game on March 31, Yakemchuk was injured with a concussion, necessitating the call-up of Cameron Crotty, who had not played in the NHL all season and who had only played two NHL games previously. On April 2, Tyler Kleven, their only uninjured left-shot defenceman) was hit by a shot to the upper body and injured.

Only two weeks after surgery on his arm, Chabot returned to the lineup against the Panthers on April 9. The surgery required two plates and screws to hold the bone in place and he wears extra protective equipment on his arm. He had not been expected to return until a possible second round of the playoffs.

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Buffalo Sabres	82	50	23	9	42	288	241	+47	109
2	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	50	26	6	40	290	231	+59	106
3	x – Montreal Canadiens	82	48	24	10	34	283	256	+27	106
4	x – Boston Bruins	82	45	27	10	33	272	250	+22	100
5	x – Ottawa Senators	82	44	27	11	38	278	246	+32	99
6	Detroit Red Wings	82	41	31	10	30	241	258	−17	92
7	Florida Panthers	82	40	38	4	32	251	276	−25	84
8	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	32	36	14	23	253	299	−46	78

Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	x – Boston Bruins	82	45	27	10	33	272	250	+22	100
2	AT	x – Ottawa Senators	82	44	27	11	38	278	246	+32	99
3	ME	Washington Capitals	82	43	30	9	37	263	244	+19	95
4	AT	Detroit Red Wings	82	41	31	10	30	241	258	−17	92
5	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	82	40	30	12	28	253	253	0	92
6	ME	New York Islanders	82	43	34	5	29	233	241	−8	91
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	82	42	37	3	29	230	254	−24	87
8	AT	Florida Panthers	82	40	38	4	32	251	276	−25	84
9	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	82	32	36	14	23	253	299	−46	78
10	ME	New York Rangers	82	34	39	9	25	238	250	−12	77

Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
x – Clinched playoff spot

Playoffs

With both a win against the New York Islanders and a loss by the Detroit Red Wings against the New Jersey Devils on April 11, 2026, the Senators clinched their second straight postseason berth and their first in consecutive years since the 2012–13 season.

Eastern Conference first round: Ottawa vs Carolina

As the second wild-card team, the Senators played division champion and conference leader Carolina Hurricanes. This was the first time the teams have played each other in a playoff. Carolina won the regular-season series two games to one.

In the first game, the Hurricanes played tight defensively and shut out the Senators 2-0. In game two, the Hurricanes built a two-goal lead before the Senators tied the game only to lose 3-2 in the second overtime period. Back at home in game three, the Senators drew a lot of penalties but could not score on the power play and lost 2-1. In the deciding game four, the game was tied into the third period before the Hurricanes scored on the power play to take the lead and they did not relinquish it. The game ended 4-2 to end the Senators season.

Highlights for the Senators included the play of goaltender Linus Ullmark and forward Drake Batherson. The injury woes continued for the Senators, losing Artem Zub in the first game, and Jake Sanderson in the third. Top forwards Tim Stutzle and Brady Tkachuk were shut down by the Hurricanes, and neither scored, although both did deliver shots to the post and crossbar. The Senators held the Hurricanes to only two power play goals in the series, but only scored two power play goals themselves.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 26, 2025.

2025 preseason game log: 3–3–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 2–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 21	Toronto	4–3	Ottawa		Sogaard	16,254	0–1–0
2	September 23	Ottawa	3–2	Toronto	OT	Shepard	15,162	1–1–0
3	September 28A	New Jersey	0–2	Ottawa		Ullmark	12,159	2–1–0
4	September 30A	Montreal	5–0	Ottawa		Merilainen	18,259	2–2–0
5	October 2	Ottawa	1–7	St. Louis		Merilainen	15,922	2–3–0
6	October 4	Ottawa	3–1	Montreal		Ullmark	20,962	3–3–0
Notes: A Game played at the Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Quebec.

Regular season

The Ottawa Senators regular season schedule was released on July 16, 2025.

2025–26 game log
October: 6–5–1 (home: 4–2–1; road: 2–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 9 Ottawa 5–4 Tampa Bay Ullmark 19,092 1–0–0 2 2 October 11 Ottawa 2–6 Florida Ullmark 19,704 1–1–0 2 3 October 13 Nashville 4–1 Ottawa Ullmark 18,500 1–2–0 2 4 October 15 Ottawa 4–8 Buffalo Merilainen 13,993 1–3–0 2 5 October 16 Seattle 3–4 Ottawa SO Ullmark 15,736 2–3–0 4 6 October 18 NY Islanders 5–4 Ottawa Ullmark 15,929 2–4–0 4 7 October 21 Edmonton 3–2 Ottawa OT Ullmark 17,436 2–4–1 5 8 October 23 Philadelphia 1–2 Ottawa Ullmark 16,380 3–4–1 7 9 October 25 Ottawa 7–1 Washington Ullmark 18,347 4–4–1 9 10 October 27 Boston 2–7 Ottawa Merilainen 16,168 5–4–1 11 11 October 28 Ottawa 3–7 Chicago Ullmark 15,100 5–5–1 11 12 October 30 Calgary 3–4 Ottawa SO Ullmark 16,790 6–5–1 13
November: 6–4–3 (home: 2–1–1; road: 4–3–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 13 November 1 Ottawa 3–4 Montreal OT Ullmark 20,962 6–5–2 14 14 November 6 Ottawa 2–3 Boston OT Ullmark 17,850 6–5–3 15 15 November 8 Ottawa 3–2 Philadelphia OT Ullmark 18,188 7–5–3 17 16 November 9 Utah 2–4 Ottawa Merilainen 17,470 8–5–3 19 17 November 11 Dallas 3–2 Ottawa OT Ullmark 16,542 8–5–4 20 18 November 13 Boston 3–5 Ottawa Merilainen 16,049 9–5–4 22 19 November 15 Los Angeles 1–0 Ottawa Ullmark 17,772 9–6–4 22 20 November 20 Ottawa 3–2 Anaheim Ullmark 14,564 10–6–4 24 21 November 22 Ottawa 3–2 San Jose Ullmark 17,435 11–6–4 26 22 November 24 Ottawa 1–2 Los Angeles Merilainen 17,421 11–7–4 26 23 November 26 Ottawa 4–3 Vegas SO Ullmark 17,791 12–7–4 28 24 November 28 Ottawa 3–4 St. Louis Merilainen 18,096 12–8–4 28 25 November 30 Ottawa 1–6 Dallas Ullmark 18,532 12–9–4 28
December: 6–6–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 4–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 26 December 2 Ottawa 5–2 Montreal Ullmark 20,962 13–9–4 30 27 December 4 NY Rangers 4–2 Ottawa Merilainen 15,533 13–10–4 30 28 December 6 St. Louis 2–1 Ottawa Ullmark 16,064 13–11–4 30 29 December 9 New Jersey 4–3 Ottawa Ullmark 16,159 13–12–4 30 30 December 11 Ottawa 6–3 Columbus Ullmark 15,059 14–12–4 32 31 December 13 Ottawa 2–3 Minnesota Merilainen 18,058 14–13–4 32 32 December 15 Ottawa 3–2 Winnipeg OT Ullmark 13,566 15–13–4 34 33 December 18 Pittsburgh 0–4 Ottawa Ullmark 17,260 16–13–4 36 34 December 20 Chicago 4–6 Ottawa Merilainen 18,254 17–13–4 38 35 December 21 Ottawa 6–2 Boston Ullmark 17,850 18–13–4 40 36 December 23 Buffalo 3–2 Ottawa OT Ullmark 17,753 18–13–5 41 37 December 27 Ottawa 5–7 Toronto Merilainen 18,859 18–14–5 41 38 December 29 Columbus 4–1 Ottawa Merilainen 17,902 18–15–5 41
January: 8–6–2 (home: 6–3–1; road: 2–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 39 January 1 Washington 3–4 Ottawa Merilainen 18,433 19–15–5 43 40 January 3 Winnipeg 2–4 Ottawa Merilainen 16,872 20–15–5 45 41 January 5 Detroit 5–3 Ottawa Shepard 16,981 20–16–5 45 42 January 7 Ottawa 1–3 Utah Merilainen 12,478 20–17–5 45 43 January 8 Ottawa 2–8 Colorado Merilainen 18,092 20–18–5 45 44 January 10 Florida 3–2 Ottawa Merilainen 17,085 20–19–5 45 45 January 13 Vancouver 1–2 Ottawa Merilainen 15,801 21–19–5 47 46 January 14 Ottawa 8–4 NY Rangers Merilainen 17,776 22–19–5 49 47 January 17 Montreal 6–5 Ottawa OT Merilainen 18,020 22–19–6 50 48 January 18 Ottawa 3–4 Detroit OT Reimer 19,515 22–19–7 51 49 January 20 Ottawa 4–1 Columbus Reimer 13,278 23–19–7 53 50 January 22 Ottawa 3–5 Nashville Reimer 17,159 23–20–7 53 51 January 24 Carolina 4–1 Ottawa Reimer 17,155 23–21–7 53 52 January 25 Vegas 1–7 Ottawa Sogaard 17,025 24–21–7 55 53 January 28 Colorado 2–5 Ottawa Reimer 17,007 25–21–7 57 54 January 31 New Jersey 1–4 Ottawa Ullmark 18,319 26–21–7 59
February: 3–1–1 (home: 0–0–1; road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 55 February 2 Ottawa 3–2 Pittsburgh Ullmark 17,967 27–21–7 61 56 February 3 Ottawa 3–4 Carolina Reimer 18,299 27–22–7 61 57 February 5 Ottawa 2–1 Philadelphia OT Reimer 19,220 28–22–7 63 58 February 26 Detroit 2–1 Ottawa OT Ullmark 17,190 28–22–8 64 59 February 28 Ottawa 5–2 Toronto Ullmark 18,952 29–22–8 66
March: 9–4–2 (home: 4–1–1; road: 5–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 60 March 3 Ottawa 4–5 Edmonton OT Ullmark 18,347 29–22–9 67 61 March 5 Ottawa 4–1 Calgary Ullmark 17,195 30–22–9 69 62 March 7 Ottawa 7–4 Seattle Ullmark 17,151 31–22–9 71 63 March 9 Ottawa 2–0 Vancouver Reimer 18,228 32–22–9 73 64 March 11 Montreal 3–2 Ottawa Ullmark 17,229 32–23–9 73 65 March 14 Anaheim 0–2 Ottawa Ullmark 18,381 33–23–9 75 66 March 15 San Jose 4–7 Ottawa Ullmark 18,764 34–23–9 77 67 March 18 Ottawa 1–4 Washington Ullmark 18,347 34–24–9 77 68 March 19 NY Islanders 2–3 Ottawa Reimer 16,875 35–24–9 79 69 March 21 Toronto 2–5 Ottawa Ullmark 17,331 36–24–9 81 70 March 23 Ottawa 2–1 NY Rangers Reimer 17,204 37–24–9 83 71 March 24 Ottawa 3–2 Detroit Ullmark 19,515 38–24–9 85 72 March 26 Pittsburgh 4–3 Ottawa SO Ullmark 17,545 38–24–10 86 73 March 28 Ottawa 2–4 Tampa Bay Reimer 19,095 38–25–10 86 74 March 31 Ottawa 3–6 Florida Ullmark 17,672 38–26–10 86
April: 6–1–1 (home: 5–1–0; road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 75 April 2 Buffalo 1–4 Ottawa Ullmark 17,086 39–26–10 88 76 April 4 Minnesota 4–1 Ottawa Ullmark 18,482 39–27–10 88 77 April 5 Carolina 3–6 Ottawa Ullmark 16,857 40–27–10 90 78 April 7 Tampa Bay 2–6 Ottawa Ullmark 16,603 41–27–10 92 79 April 9 Florida 1–5 Ottawa Ullmark 17,483 42–27–10 94 80 April 11 Ottawa 3–0 NY Islanders Ullmark 17,255 43–27–10 96 81 April 12 Ottawa 3–4 New Jersey OT Reimer 16,514 43–27–11 97 82 April 15 Toronto 1–3 Ottawa Reimer 15,919 44–27–11 99
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Playoffs

2026 Stanley Cup playoffs
Eastern Conference First Round vs. (M1) Carolina Hurricanes: Carolina wins series 4–0 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 18 Ottawa 0–2 Carolina Ullmark 18,588 0–1 2 April 20 Ottawa 2–3 Carolina 2OT Ullmark 18,591 0–2 3 April 23 Carolina 2–1 Ottawa Ullmark 18,753 0–3 4 April 25 Carolina 4–2 Ottawa Ullmark 18,793 0–4 Legend:   Win   Loss

Players statistics

Final Stats

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tim Stutzle	80	34	49	83	+7	39
Drake Batherson	79	33	38	71	-7	33
Dylan Cozens	82	28	31	59	-7	59
Brady Tkachuk	60	22	37	59	+4	71
Jake Sanderson	67	14	40	54	+16	8
Claude Giroux	82	14	35	49	+20	22
Shane Pinto	72	23	23	46	+6	42
Michael Amadio	81	15	20	35	+13	18
Ridly Greig	77	13	22	35	+12	83
Fabian Zetterlund	82	17	16	33	-1	16
Thomas Chabot	57	7	24	31	+6	22
Jordan Spence	73	7	24	31	+15	22
Artem Zub	81	5	25	30	+22	57
David Perron‡	49	10	15	25	+2	22
Nick Cousins	81	9	14	23	+8	92
Tyler Kleven	70	3	15	18	+2	53
Nick Jensen	61	4	13	17	-2	22
Lars Eller	68	5	10	15	+5	12
Stephen Halliday	30	4	7	11	0	2
Warren Foegele†	21	6	2	8	+6	4
Nikolas Matinpalo	50	0	5	5	-1	16
Lassi Thomson	11	0	3	3	+3	0
Olle Lycksell	7	1	1	2	-2	0
Carter Yakemchuk	4	1	1	2	-1	2
Arthur Kaliyev	2	0	1	1	0	0
Kurtis MacDermid	19	0	1	1	-5	33
Dennis Gilbert†	8	0	1	1	0	2
Cameron Crotty	6	0	1	1	0	0
Hayden Hodgson	10	0	0	0	-2	11
Donovan Sebrango‡	2	0	0	0	-1	5
Xavier Bourgault	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Jorian Donovan	2	0	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Drake Batherson	4	3	1	4	-3	4
Dylan Cozens	4	2	0	2	0	0
Jake Sanderson	3	0	2	2	+2	2
Carter Yakemchuk	1	0	2	2	-1	0
Nick Cousins	4	0	1	1	-1	2
Ridly Greig	4	0	1	1	+1	2
Tim Stutzle	4	0	1	1	-4	0
Claude Giroux	4	0	0	0	0	0
Lars Eller	4	0	0	0	0	0
Warren Foegele	4	0	0	0	-1	0
Michael Amadio	4	0	0	0	-1	2
Thomas Chabot	4	0	0	0	-6	2
Nikolas Matinpalo	4	0	0	0	+1	2
Fabian Zetterlund	4	0	0	0	-1	2
Brady Tkachuk	4	0	0	0	-4	13
Shane Pinto	4	0	0	0	-3	2
Jordan Spence	4	0	0	0	-3	2
Dennis Gilbert	3	0	0	0	-1	6
Tyler Kleven	2	0	0	0	0	2
Artem Zub	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cameron Crotty	1	0	0	0	-1	0
Lassi Thomson	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Linus Ullmark	49	49	2883:28	28	12	8	131	2.73	1198	.891	3	0	1	2
Leevi Merilainen	20	19	1094:29	8	10	1	64	3.51	457	.860	0	0	0	0
James Reimer	14	13	817:47	7	4	2	33	2.42	289	.886	1	0	0	0
Mads Sogaard	2	1	77:25	1	0	0	6	4.65	36	.833	0	0	0	0
Hunter Shepard‡	1	0	35:47	0	1	0	2	3.35	12	.833	0	0	0	0

Playoffs

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Linus Ullmark	4	4	266:25	0	4	9	2.03	133	.932	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Senators. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
^‡No longer with the Senators.

Awards and milestones

Awards

Player	Award	Date	Ref.
Shane Pinto	NHL Second Star of the Week	October 11, 2025	hockey-reference.com
Linus Ullmark	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 22, 2025	Ottawa Citizen
Linus Ullmark	NHL Second Star of the Week	April 13, 2026	NHL

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Date	Ref.
Tyler Kleven	100th NHL game	October 18, 2025	NHL
Drake Batherson	300th NHL point	October 26, 2025	The Sporting News
Linus Ullmark	300th NHL game	October 28, 2025	NHL
Drake Batherson	400th NHL game	October 30, 2025	NHL
Stephen Halliday	1st NHL game 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	November 20, 2025	NHL
Nick Cousins	200th NHL point	November 20, 2025	CBS Sports
David Perron	1200th NHL game	December 2, 2025	TSN
Kurtis MacDermid	300th NHL game	December 15, 2025	Ottawa Citizen
Tim Stutzle	400th NHL game	December 18, 2025	NHL
David Perron	800th NHL point	December 18, 2025	NHL
Xavier Bourgault	1st NHL game	December 27, 2025	Sportsnet
Claude Giroux	1300th NHL game	December 27, 2025	Sportsnet
Brady Tkachuk	200th NHL goal	January 14, 2026	Ottawa Citizen
Stephen Halliday	1st NHL goal	January 22, 2026	Ottawa Citizen
Nick Cousins	700th NHL game	February 28, 2026	NHL
Jorian Donovan	1st NHL game	March 24, 2026	NHL
Carter Yakemchuk	1st NHL game 1st NHL goal 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	March 24, 2026	NHL
Cameron Crotty	1st NHL point	April 7, 2026	NHL

Transactions

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
June 27, 2025 (2025-06-27)	To Nashville Predators 1st-round pick in 2025	To Ottawa Senators 1st-round pick in 2025 3rd-round pick in 2025	Sportsnet
June 28, 2025 (2025-06-28)	To Los Angeles Kings 3rd-round pick in 2025 6th-round pick in 2026	To Ottawa Senators Jordan Spence	NHL
October 3, 2025 (2025-10-03)	To New Jersey Devils Zack MacEwen	To Ottawa Senators Kurtis MacDermid	Ottawa Citizen
November 17, 2025 (2025-11-17)	To Philadelphia Flyers Maxence Guenette	To Ottawa Senators Dennis Gilbert	TSN
March 5, 2026 (2026-03-05)	To Los Angeles Kings 2nd-round pick in 2026 Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2026	To Ottawa Senators Warren Foegele Conditional 3rd-round pick in 2026	Ottawa Citizen
March 5, 2026 (2026-03-05)	To Detroit Red Wings David Perron	To Ottawa Senators Conditional 4th-round pick in 2026	TSN
March 6, 2026 (2026-03-06)	To Washington Capitals Wyatt Bongiovanni	To Ottawa Senators Graeme Clarke	Sportsnet
March 12, 2026 (2026-03-12)	To Los Angeles Kings Jan Jenik	To Ottawa Senators Samuel Bolduc	NHL
March 13, 2026 (2026-03-13)	To Montreal Canadiens Jake Chiasson Hunter Shepard	To Ottawa Senators Riley Kidney	Sportsnet
June 21, 2026 (2026-06-21)	To Florida Panthers Brady Tkachuk	To Ottawa Senators FLA's 1st-round pick in 2026 TBL's 1st-round pick in 2026 FLA's 1st-round pick in 2029 FLA's 2nd-round pick in 2027	NHL
June 23, 2026 (2026-06-23)	To San Jose Sharks 1st-round pick in 2026	To Ottawa Senators William Eklund Kasper Halttunen Brandon Svoboda	NHL

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Lars Eller	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	TSN
	Olle Lycksell	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	Sportsnet
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Arthur Kaliyev	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	NHL
	Hunter Shepard	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	Sportsnet
July 3, 2025	Jackson Parsons	Kitchener Rangers	3-year†	Free agency	Puckpedia
August 25, 2025	Cameron Crotty	Minnesota Wild	2-year	Free agency	NHL
January 12, 2026	James Reimer	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	TSN
June 15, 2026	Eskild Bakke Olsen	Linköping HC (SHL)	1-year†‡	Free agency	NHL

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Angus Crookshank	New Jersey Devils	2-year	Free agency	NHL
	Anton Forsberg	Los Angeles Kings	2-year	Free agency	Sportsnet
	Adam Gaudette	San Jose Sharks	2-year	Free agency	Sportsnet
	Dennis Gilbert	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	Sportsnet
	Matthew Highmore	New York Islanders	1-year	Free agency	NHL
	Cole Reinhardt	Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	Free agency	NHL
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Jeremy Davies	Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	Free agency	Sportsnet
August 15, 2025 (2025-08-15)	Travis Hamonic	Detroit Red Wings	1-year	Free agency	NHL
October 15, 2025 (2025-10-15)	Donovan Sebrango	Florida Panthers		Waivers	TSN
May 4, 2026 (2026-05-04)	Olle Lycksell	HC Lugano (NL)	3-year	Free agency	HC Lugano
May 8, 2026 (2026-05-08)	Lassi Thomson	HC Lugano (NL)	2-year	Free agency	HC Lugano

Player signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 29, 2025	Claude Giroux	1-year	Sportsnet
June 30, 2025	Nick Cousins	1-year	Puckpedia
	Leevi Merilainen	1-year	NHL
July 1, 2025	Wyatt Bongiovanni	1-year	Puckpedia
July 3, 2025	Hayden Hodgson	2-year	NHL
July 18, 2025	Xavier Bourgault	1-year	NHL
August 25, 2025	Jan Jenik	1-year	NHL
September 3, 2025	Donovan Sebrango	1-year	The Hockey News
November 13, 2025	Shane Pinto	4-year‡	Sportsnet
March 25, 2026	Gabriel Eliasson	3-year†‡	NHL
March 30, 2026	Kevin Reidler	2-year†‡	NHL
March 30, 2026	Hoyt Stanley	3-year†‡	NHL
April 15, 2026	Blake Montgomery	3-year†‡	NHL
April 21, 2026	Lucas Beckman	3-year†‡	Puckpedia
May 5, 2026	Stephen Halliday	2-year‡	NHL

Key

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract takes effect in the 2026–27 season.

Draft picks

The 2025 NHL entry draft was held on June 27 and 28 at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Ottawa chose the following players:

Round	Overall	Player	Position	Nationality	Club team
1	23	Logan Hensler	Defence	United States	University of Wisconsin (B1G)
3	93	Blake Vanek	Forward	United States	Stillwater High School (USHS-MN)
4	97	Lucas Beckman	Goaltender	Canada	Baie-Comeau Drakkar (QMJHL)
5	149	Dmitri Isayev	Left Wing	Russia	Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg Jr. (MHL)
6	181	Bruno Idzan	Left Wing	Croatia	Lincoln Stars (USHL)
7	213	Andrei Trofimov	Goaltender	Russia	Stalnye Lisy (MHL)

Bruno Idzan is the first Croatian-born player to have been selected in the NHL entry draft. The Senators chose two Russian players, their first Russian players selected in the draft since 2005. Blake Vanek is the son of former NHL player Thomas Vanek.

Draft-related transactions

1. The Nashville Predators acquired the Senators' 21st overall pick for the 23rd overall pick and a third-round pick (67th overall) in this draft.
2. The Senators' second-round pick went to the San Jose Sharks as the result of a trade on March 7, 2025, that sent Tristen Robins, Fabian Zetterlund and a fourth-round pick in 2025 to Ottawa in exchange for Noah Gregor, Zack Ostapchuk and this pick.
3. The Senators' third-round pick (85th-overall) went to the Vegas Golden Knights as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025, that sent Washington's third-round pick in 2025 (91st overall) and a fifth-round pick in 2025 (154th overall) to Pittsburgh in exchange for this pick.

   Pittsburgh previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on August 13, 2024, that sent St. Louis' second-round pick in 2025 and a fifth-round pick in 2026 to St. Louis in exchange for a second-round pick in 2026 and this pick.

   St. Louis previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 2, 2024, that sent future considerations to Ottawa in exchange for Mathieu Joseph and this pick.

4. The Carolina Hurricanesꞌ third-round pick (91st-overall) went to the Senators as the result of a trade on June 28, 2025, that sent Florida's third-round pick in 2025 (96th overall) and a seventh-round pick in 2027 to Washington in exchange for this pick.

   Washington previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on March 8, 2024, that sent Evgeny Kuznetsov to Carolina in exchange for this pick.

5. The San Jose Sharks' fourth-round pick (97th-overal)) went to the Senators as the result of a trade on March 7, 2025, that sent Noah Gregor, Zack Ostapchuk and a second-round pick in 2025 to San Jose in exchange for Tristen Robins, Fabian Zetterlund and this pick.
6. The Senators' fourth-round pick (117th-overall) went to the Edmonton Oilers as the result of a trade on June 25, 2025, that sent Evander Kane to Vancouver in exchange for this pick.

   Vancouver previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on August 18, 2024, that sent Vasily Podkolzin to Edmonton in exchange for this pick.

   Edmonton previously acquired this pick as the result of a trade on July 15, 2024, that sent Xavier Bourgault and Jake Chiasson to Ottawa in exchange for Roby Jarventie and this pick.