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Hot start powers Panthers to 6-3 win over Senators

The Florida Panthers exploded for five first period goals and cruised to 6-3 victory over the Ottawa Senators at Amerant Bank Arena. Florida opened the scroring just eight seconds in, which is a new franchise record. After Tomas Nosek won to opening draw back to Seth Jones, the defenseman sent the puck languidly into the Ottawa zone off a Senator. A whiff by Linus Ullmark allowed the puck to drift into the slot, where a lucky Noah Gregor fired it off Ullmark’s arm and into the back of the...

New Jersey Devils Prospects Update: Franchise Leader Edition

Goaltender Nico Daws became the Utica Comets all-time wins leader this past week. It took a 2-1 shootout victory, but Nico Daws defeated Laval last week to sneak past Thatcher Demko as the Utica Comets all-time leader in wins with 56. The Comets, who at least temporarily have slipped past the Belleville Senators into sixth […]

Gameday 74: Florida Panthers vs Ottawa Senators

The Florida Panthers (35-35-3) will try to climb back above NHL .500 when they host the Ottawa Senators (38-25-10) tonight at Amerant Bank Arena in suburban Sunrise Florida played a pretty good road game, but could only get one fluky goal past Igor Shesterkin in Sunday’s 3-1 loss to the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden. Jesper Boqvist and rookie Mike Benning assisted on the goal, which came off the stick of struggling Mackie Samoskevich with 41 seconds remaining in the tilt. Serg...

Lightning rally back from two goals down to beat the Senators, 4-2

Heading into their Saturday afternoon contest with the Ottawa Senators, the Tampa Bay Lightning knew they needed to start fast and break the string of early multi-goal deficits they’ve faced over the last few games. Just because they knew what they needed to do didn’t mean they actually did it. On the very first shift of the game they conceded a goal. Four minutes later they gave up another one. As they have every other time, they came back to tie the game up. Unlike against Seattle and C...

Penguins get a playoff boost with shootout win vs. Senators

The Penguins got a bit of a boost Thursday night when it comes to their chances of making the NHL’s postseason for the first time since 2022. With a shootout win against the Ottawa Senators, the Penguins got a significant boost in their playoff chances. Going into Thursday night’s game, HockeyViz had listed the Penguins […]

Pens Points: 2 big points in Canada’s capital

Here are your Pens Points for this Friday morning… The Pittsburgh Penguins traveled up to Canada’s capital city on Thursday night to fight the Senators, another team jockeying for position in the Eastern Conference playoff race. Pittsburgh lost Sidney Crosby to injury early in the second period, but others stepped up, leading to the second […]

Penguins/Senators Recap: Crosby injured in Pittsburgh shootout win

Pregame The Penguins had called up forwards Avery Hayes and Joona Koppanen during the day, but Anthony Mantha is able to play so the lineup of skaters remains the same with Stuart Skinner in net. First period Not the best of starts, Erik Karlsson is quick to the penalty box for tripping. With Karlsson unavailable […]

Sidney Crosby Injured Again, Leaves Penguins Game After 1st Period

  He'd only been back for five games, but Pittsburgh Penguins legend Sidney Crosby is back on the shelf, it appears.  Crosby suffered an injury late in the first period of their game Thursday night against the Ottawa Senators. According to Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now , Crosby left the Penguins bench with three minutes to go in the first, but didn't appear to be limping or laboring in any way. He will not return to the game.  Forward Sidney Crosby will not return to to...

Devastating Injury News For Ottawa Senators & Thomas Chabot

The Ottawa Senators had finally climbed into a playoff spot on the back of their four-game winning streak. But it's come at a price. Top-four defenseman Thomas Chabot has suffered a broken arm and will be out for four to eight weeks.  Thomas Chabot broke his forearm. Out six to eight weeks. Had surgery today #Sens — Bruce Garrioch (@SunGarrioch) March 26, 2026 Chabot had surgery today to repair his forearm, and that effectively ends his season. The Senators would not only have to somehow ...

Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins @ Ottawa Senators 3/26/2026

Who: Pittsburgh Penguins (35-20-16, 86 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) @ Ottawa Seantors (38-24-9, 85 points, 5th place Atlantic Division) When: 7:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh, TSN5 and RDS2 up in Canada, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The games keep on coming, the Pens head back to Pittsburgh to face […]

Malkin to miss second straight game with upper-body injury

Evgeni Malkin will not be in the lineup tonight when the Pittsburgh Penguins face the Ottawa Senators. The veteran Penguins center will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury after head coach Dan Muse said that Malkin wouldn’t be traveling with the team to face Ottawa. Malkin missed the Penguins’ game earlier this […]

NHL Rumors: Mika Zibanejad Done With the Rangers?

Mika Zibanejad recently hit a massive milestone, playing in his 1,000th career NHL game Monday night at Madison Square Garden against the Ottawa Senators , the only other team he's ever suited up for. Now the question turns to how much longer he'll be playing in a New York Rangers jersey. Mika Zibanejad Trade Value: What Changed This Season Here's the thing about Zibanejad's situation heading into this summer: it looks completely different than it did 12 months ago.  Last offseason, the...

Pens Points: Canadian Capital Clash

With both teams desperate for points in their fight for playoff positioning, tonight’s game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Ottawa Senators should have a playoff feel when the teams hit the ice. Right now, the Penguins are holding onto third place in the Metro division while the Senators cling to the second and final wild […]

Islanders' Matthew Schaefer Sets Another Absurd NHL Record

At some point you run out of ways to say a kid is doing something no one has ever done before.  Tuesday night in New York, Matthew Schaefer played an absurd 31 minutes and 59 seconds against the Chicago Blackhawks , which is the most ice time ever logged by a teenager in NHL history.  The New York Islanders lost 4-3, fell out of a playoff spot, and are now tied with the Ottawa Senators for the second wild card in the East.  None of that changes what Schaefer did.  The 18-ye...

12 Right-D Blueliners Named As Potential Senators Trade Targets

The Ottawa Senators tried their darndest to land a right-shot defenseman at the trade deadline, per Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Citizen . He writes that GM Steve Staios kicked the tires on "virtually every right-shot defenseman that was on the market before the NHL's trade deadline on March 6th." Many of them didn't get moved, so come this summer, a lot of those same names could still be available, and talks will continue. Throw in a slew of other pending UFAs that weren't really on the block...

Game Day Updates: Red Wings vs. Senators

Hey folks, long time, no write. We’re back to the time of year that every game feels like life or death, so given the stakes, we decided to bring back some game day coverage for the home stretch. Here’s hoping it gives the team the boost it needs. There are no moral victories with what’s on the line, but Detroit’s coming off of one of its most impressive games of the season in terms of offensive chances — missing its captain, no less — on Saturday against Boston. They weren’t able to solv...

Ottawa Senators Lose Two More Defensemen To Injury

The Ottawa Senators just got even more brutal news to their blueline. In the middle of a crucial late-season push, Ottawa lost not one but two defensemen in the same game, with both Thomas Chabot and Lassi Thomson now expected to miss time. It happened during a gritty 2-1 win over the New York Rangers , where the Senators allowed just nine shots on goal.  Travis Green gave an update on both Thomas Chabot & Lassi Thomson post game: "They'll both be out for a while, that's about all I can...