2024–25 Ottawa Senators season

The 2024–25 Ottawa Senators season was the 33rd season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators entered the season with a new coaching staff. It was their first winning season since the 2016–17 season. The Senators finished with 97 points, good for fourth in the Atlantic Division, sixth in the Conference, and in the first wildcard spot to qualify for the playoffs, their first in eight seasons. Facing the Toronto Maple Leafs in their opening round best-of-seven series, the Senators were eliminated in six games.

Off-season On May 7, 2024, the Senators announced their new head coach Travis Green, a former head coach with the Vancouver Canucks, and former NHL player. The team filled out their coaching positions by returning Daniel Alfredsson and Ben Sexton and adding Mike Yeo and Nolan Baumgartner as assistant coaches.

Personnel changes included the Senators trading Jakob Chychrun to the Washington Capitals for Nick Jensen and a draft pick, and trading Joonas Korpisalo, Mark Kastelic and a draft pick to the Boston Bruins for Linus Ullmark and trading Mathieu Joseph to the St. Louis Blues. Free agent players added included Michael Amadio, Nick Cousins, Adam Gaudette, Noah Gregor and David Perron.

On July 31, the Allen Americans, the ECHL affiliate of the Senators for the previous two seasons, announced a new affiliation with the Utah Hockey Club, leaving the Senators without an ECHL affiliate.

Regular season

This was an up-and-down season for the Senators. The team slumped in November and February before recovering in March and April to qualify for their first playoffs since 2017.

The Senators made two moves at the March trade deadline. The team traded Josh Norris and Jacob Bernard-Docker to Buffalo for Dylan Cozens and Dennis Gilbert and a draft pick. The team also picked up Fabian Zetterlund and Tristen Robins from the San Jose Sharks for Zack Ostapchuk and Noah Gregor, with an exchange of draft picks.

Divisional standings

Conference standings

Playoffs Eastern Conference First round: Ottawa vs Toronto As a wild-card team, the Senators had to open their series on the road against the Atlantic Division champion Toronto Maple Leafs. The Senators dropped the two games at Toronto, and the first home game in Ottawa before winning their first playoff game. The Senators then won the next game in Toronto, before falling in the sixth game at home.

Schedule and results

Preseason The pre-season schedule was published on June 24, 2024. 2024 preseason game log: 5–1–1 (home: 2–1–1; road: 3–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Recap 1 September 22 Ottawa 6–5 Toronto OT Sogaard 14,531 1–0–0 2 September 24 Toronto 1–2 Ottawa Forsberg 14,408 2–0–0 3 September 26 Buffalo 3–2 Ottawa OT Ullmark 13,411 2–0–1 4 September 29 Pittsburgh 5–2 Ottawa Forsberg 4,640 2–1–1 5 October 1 Ottawa 4–3 Montreal Ullmark 20,983 3–1–1 6 October 4 Ottawa 4–3 Detroit OT Forsberg 10,080 4–1–1 7 October 5 Montreal 2–4 Ottawa Ullmark 16,266 5–1–1 Notes: Game played at the Sudbury Community Arena in Sudbury, Ontario.

Regular season The Ottawa Senators regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024. 2024–25 game logOctober: 5–4–0 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Florida 1–3 Ottawa Ullmark 19,346 1–0–0 2 2 October 12 Ottawa 1–4 Montreal Ullmark 21,105 1–1–0 2 3 October 14 Los Angeles 7–8 Ottawa OT Sogaard 16,788 2–1–0 4 4 October 17 New Jersey 3–1 Ottawa Forsberg 15,192 2–2–0 4 5 October 19 Tampa Bay 4–5 Ottawa Forsberg 16,188 3–2–0 6 6 October 22 Ottawa 4–0 Utah Forsberg 11,131 4–2–0 8 7 October 25 Ottawa 4–6 Vegas Ullmark 17,564 4–3–0 8 8 October 27 Ottawa 4–5 Colorado Forsberg 18,020 4–4–0 8 9 October 29 St. Louis 1–8 Ottawa Ullmark 15,784 5–4–0 10 November: 5–8–1 (home: 2–4–1; road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Ottawa 1–2 NY Rangers Ullmark 18,006 5–5–0 10 11 November 2 Seattle 0–3 Ottawa Forsberg 17,274 6–5–0 12 12 November 5 Ottawa 1–5 Buffalo Ullmark 12,260 6–6–0 12 13 November 7 NY Islanders 4–2 Ottawa Forsberg 15,677 6–7–0 12 14 November 9 Ottawa 3–2 Boston OT Ullmark 17,850 7–7–0 14 15 November 12 Ottawa 3–0 Toronto Ullmark 18,648 8–7–0 16 16 November 14 Philadelphia 5–4 Ottawa OT Ullmark 17,162 8–7–1 17 17 November 16 Ottawa 0–4 Carolina Forsberg 18,808 8–8–1 17 18 November 19 Edmonton 5–2 Ottawa Ullmark 18,676 8–9–1 17 19 November 21 Vegas 3–2 Ottawa Ullmark 16,822 8–10–1 17 20 November 23 Vancouver 4–3 Ottawa Ullmark 18,995 8–11–1 17 21 November 25 Calgary 3–4 Ottawa Forsberg 17,196 9–11–1 19 22 November 27 Ottawa 4–3 San Jose Ullmark 10,778 10–11–1 21 23 November 30 Ottawa 2–5 Los Angeles Forsberg 16,808 10–12–1 21 December: 9–3–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 5–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Ottawa 3–4 Anaheim SO Ullmark 15,144 10–12–2 22 25 December 5 Detroit 1–2 Ottawa Ullmark 16,739 11–12–2 24 26 December 7 Nashville 1–3 Ottawa Ullmark 16,741 12–12–2 26 27 December 8 NY Islanders 4–2 Ottawa Forsberg 15,878 12–13–2 26 28 December 11 Anaheim 1–5 Ottawa Ullmark 16,893 13–13–2 28 29 December 13 Ottawa 3–0 Carolina Ullmark 18,700 14–13–2 30 30 December 14 Pittsburgh 2–3 Ottawa OT Ullmark 18,892 15–13–2 32 31 December 17 Ottawa 3–0 Seattle Ullmark 17,151 16–13–2 34 32 December 19 Ottawa 3–2 Calgary OT Ullmark 17,271 17–13–2 36 33 December 21 Ottawa 5–4 Vancouver OT Merilainen 18,940 18–13–2 38 34 December 22 Ottawa 1–3 Edmonton Merilainen 18,347 18–14–2 38 35 December 28 Ottawa 2–4 Winnipeg Sogaard 14,734 18–15–2 38 36 December 29 Ottawa 3–1 Minnesota Merilainen 18,989 19–15–2 40 January: 8–5–2 (home: 5–1–1; road: 3–4–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Ottawa 2–4 Dallas Merilainen 18,532 19–16–2 40 38 January 3 Ottawa 0–4 St. Louis Forsberg 18,096 19–17–2 40 39 January 7 Ottawa 2–3 Detroit OT Forsberg 19,515 19–17–3 41 40 January 9 Buffalo 4–0 Ottawa Forsberg 16,276 19–18–3 41 41 January 11 Ottawa 5–0 Pittsburgh Merilainen 18,043 20–18–3 43 42 January 12 Dallas 2–3 Ottawa Merilainen 17,653 21–18–3 45 43 January 14 Ottawa 2–0 NY Islanders Merilainen 15,101 22–18–3 47 44 January 16 Washington 1–0 Ottawa OT Merilainen 17,242 22–18–4 48 45 January 18 Boston 5–6 Ottawa SO Merilainen 18,768 23–18–4 50 46 January 19 Ottawa 2–1 New Jersey Forsberg 16,514 24–18–4 52 47 January 21 Ottawa 0–5 NY Rangers Merilainen 17,662 24–19–4 52 48 January 23 Ottawa 0–2 Boston Forsberg 17,850 24–20–4 52 49 January 25 Toronto 1–2 Ottawa Forsberg 18,818 25–20–4 54 50 January 26 Utah 1–3 Ottawa Merilainen 16,897 26–20–4 56 51 January 30 Washington 4–5 Ottawa OT Forsberg 18,792 27–20–4 58 February: 2–5–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 1–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Minnesota 0–6 Ottawa Merilainen 18,822 28–20–4 60 53 February 3 Ottawa 5–2 Nashville Forsberg 17,159 29–20–4 62 54 February 4 Ottawa 3–4 Tampa Bay Ullmark 19,092 29–21–4 62 55 February 6 Ottawa 1–5 Tampa Bay Forsberg 19,092 29–22–4 62 56 February 8 Ottawa 1–5 Florida Ullmark 19,660 29–23–4 62 57 February 22 Montreal 5–2 Ottawa Ullmark 18,840 29–24–4 62 58 February 26 Winnipeg 4–1 Ottawa Ullmark 17,831 29–25–4 62 March: 10–3–2 (home: 5–1–0; road: 5–2–2) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 59 March 1 San Jose 3–5 Ottawa Ullmark 18,602 30–25–4 64 60 March 3 Ottawa 4–5 Washington SO Ullmark 18,573 30–25–5 65 61 March 5 Ottawa 4–3 Chicago OT Ullmark 17,432 31–25–5 67 62 March 8 NY Rangers 3–4 Ottawa OT Ullmark 18,224 32–25–5 69 63 March 10 Detroit 1–2 Ottawa Ullmark 18,651 33–25–5 71 64 March 11 Ottawa 5–2 Philadelphia Forsberg 18,201 34–25–5 73 65 March 13 Boston 3–6 Ottawa Ullmark 17,458 35–25–5 75 66 March 15 Ottawa 4–2 Toronto Ullmark 19,170 36–25–5 77 67 March 18 Ottawa 3–6 Montreal Ullmark 21,105 36–26–5 77 68 March 20 Colorado 5–1 Ottawa Ullmark 17,856 36–27–5 77 69 March 22 Ottawa 3–2 New Jersey Ullmark 16,514 37–27–5 79 70 March 25 Ottawa 2–3 Buffalo Forsberg 13,955 37–28–5 79 71 March 27 Ottawa 4–3 Detroit Ullmark 19,515 38–28–5 81 72 March 29 Columbus 2–3 Ottawa Ullmark 17,758 39–28–5 83 73 March 30 Ottawa 0–1 Pittsburgh OT Forsberg 16,016 39–28–6 84 April: 6–2–1 (home: 6–1–1; road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Buffalo 5–2 Ottawa Ullmark 16,446 39–29–6 84 75 April 3 Tampa Bay 1–2 Ottawa Ullmark 15,187 40–29–6 86 76 April 5 Florida 0–3 Ottawa Forsberg 18,611 41–29–6 88 77 April 6 Columbus 0–4 Ottawa Ullmark 15,616 42–29–6 90 78 April 8 Ottawa 2–5 Columbus Forsberg 15,188 42–30–6 90 79 April 11 Montreal 2–5 Ottawa Ullmark 18,685 43–30–6 92 80 April 13 Philadelphia 3–4 Ottawa OT Forsberg 16,059 44–30–6 94 81 April 15 Chicago 4–3 Ottawa OT Forsberg 14,115 44–30–7 95 82 April 17 Carolina 5–7 Ottawa Ullmark 16,193 45–30–7 97 Legend:

Playoffs 2025 Stanley Cup playoffs Eastern Conference First Round vs. (A1) Toronto Maple Leafs: Toronto wins series 4–2 # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Series Recap 1 April 20 Ottawa 2–6 Toronto Ullmark 0–1 2 April 22 Ottawa 2–3 Toronto OT Ullmark 19,333 0–2 3 April 24 Toronto 3–2 Ottawa OT Ullmark 19,073 0–3 4 April 26 Toronto 3–4 Ottawa OT Ullmark 19,094 1–3 5 April 29 Ottawa 4–0 Toronto Ullmark 19,438 2–3 6 May 1 Toronto 4–2 Ottawa Ullmark 19,007 2–4 Legend:

Player statistics Final stats

Skaters

Regular season Player 82 24 55 79 0 46 82 26 42 68 -9 30 80 11 46 57 -14 12 72 29 26 55 0 123 81 15 35 50 -8 18 80 9 36 45 +17 24 70 21 16 37 +10 26 78 13 21 34 -11 60 ‡ 53 20 13 33 -5 34 72 11 16 27 +12 18 81 19 7 26 +12 12 71 3 18 21 +18 6 43 9 7 16 -7 12 † 21 5 11 16 -4 6 50 6 9 15 -1 41 56 2 11 13 +3 34 79 4 6 10 -11 27 59 1 6 7 -16 19 ‡ 40 4 2 6 -12 17 41 2 4 6 -5 10 † 20 2 3 5 -1 4 ‡ 25 1 3 4 +2 4 ‡ 43 1 3 4 -7 26 41 1 3 4 -2 20 21 2 1 3 0 21 17 1 1 2 -4 15 8 0 1 1 -1 0 † 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 0 -2 5

Playoffs Player 6 4 3 7 +2 6 6 2 3 5 +1 2 6 1 4 5 +3 0 6 1 3 4 +1 2 6 2 1 3 +1 4 6 1 2 3 -1 2 6 1 2 3 +2 4 6 1 1 2 -4 10 6 1 1 2 -1 2 6 1 1 2 -2 12 6 0 2 2 0 6 6 1 0 1 -1 8 6 0 1 1 -2 2 6 0 1 1 0 2 6 0 0 0 -1 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 +1 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4

Goaltenders Regular season Player 44 43 2467:17 25 14 3 112 2.72 1229 .910 4 0 2 0 30 27 1676:32 11 12 3 76 2.72 768 .901 3 0 0 0 12 11 662:59 8 3 1 22 1.99 285 .925 3 0 0 0 2 1 91:33 1 1 0 8 5.24 40 .800 0 0 0 2

Playoffs Player 6 6 380:02 2 4 18 2.84 150 .880 1 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

Milestones