It may surprise you to learn that despite that loss to Columbus the other night, the Ottawa Senators intend on continuing the regular season.
Steve Staios did not trade everyone and fire uh himself. The team has not been relocated to Almonte, Ontario. Although it is lovely there. And Spartacat remains gainfully employed. FOR NOW. A couple ugly losses coming out of the break have parts of the fan base reeling a little bit but with 44 games remaining and a playoff spot just five points away, it might make sense to chill the fuck out.
Bah, so much for that “swear less” New Year’s resolution.
The Ottawa Senators kick off 2026 with an afternoon match-up against Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals.
This is how Travis Green lined his team up at yesterday’s practice. No morning skate so we’ll assume this is the lineup for now. Halliday and Jensen return, MacDermid and Matinpalo sit.
Tkachuk-Stützle-Zetterlund
Perron-Cozens-Batherson
Amadio-Pinto-Giroux
Greig-Halliday-Cousins
Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Spence
Leevi Merilainen is the expected starter.
Puck drops at 1:00 PM at The Tire. The game will be available via television broadcast (TSN5), over radio waves (TSN1200 and 104.7 FM) and on the internet (StreamThoseSens.org and other similar sites).
Take a closer look at this afternoon’s match up with the support of the HEAD2HEAD table. But hurry, the game starts soon.
| HEAD2HEAD |  |
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|---|---|---|
| Record | 21-14-5 (47 pts) | 18-15-5 (41 pts) |
| Goals For | 3.25 (8th) | 3.21 (10th) |
| Goals Against | 2.75 (7th) | 3.26 (23rd) |
| Power Play | 15.7% (29th) | 25.0% (5th) |
| Penalty Kill | 76.0% (27th) | 71.4% (31st) |
| Shots For | 29.3 (8th) | 28.0 (18th) |
| Shots Against | 27.7 (13th) | 25.5 (4th) |
| Leading Scorers | Wilson-40 pts Ovechkin-34 pts Strome-31 pts Chychrun-30 pts Protas-30 pts |
Stutzle-41 pts Batherson-37 pts Cozens-29 pts Giroux-27 pts Sanderson-27 pts |
| Starting Goalie | Logan Thompson 15-10-3 2.33 GAA, .915 sv% |
Leevi Merilainen 4-7-0 3.51 GAA, .869 sv% |