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Atlantic Division · Est. 1992

Ottawa Senators

2025–26 · 44–27–11 · 99 pts · #5 Atlantic

First PO since 2017GM: Steve StaiosHC: Travis Green

Team xGF%

55.4

% · all situations · HighDanger xG

16th in NHL

Identity

Two-way structure

Top-10 xGA/60

Contention window

Opening

First playoffs in ~a decade

Coach

Green

Defense-first install

Avg age · forwards

26.4

Young ascending group

Team Identity

Two-way structure · Sanderson-Stutzle window

Jake Sanderson and Tim Stutzle headline the build now, Sanderson posting elite defensive metrics as a true #1 D and Stutzle driving the top-six. Trading captain Brady Tkachuk to Florida cashed in for a draft haul of three 2026 first-round picks (including Florida's #9 and #25), a 2029 first, and a 2030 second. Linus Ullmark gave the Sens just enough between the pipes and they still rank top-10 in expected goals against per 60. The window is open around the Sanderson-Stutzle core; the work now is turning that Tkachuk return into their supporting cast.

Cap situation · 2026-27

Cap committed

$101.8M

of $104.0M

Cap space

$2.2M

Players signed

25/23

2 over limit

Pending RFAs

team-controlled

Cap utilization98%

Lines · cap by group

Forwards15 signed · $59.31M committed

Line 1$18.23M

LW1William Eklund

$5.6M · thru 2029

78 GP · 15G · 38A · 53P

C1Tim Stutzle

$8.35M · thru 2031 · NMC

80 GP · 34G · 49A · 83P

RW1Fabian Zetterlund

$4.28M · thru 2028

82 GP · 17G · 16A · 33P

Line 2$15.32M

LW2Ridly Greig

$3.25M · thru 2029

77 GP · 13G · 22A · 35P

C2Dylan Cozens

$7.1M · thru 2030 · NTC

82 GP · 28G · 31A · 59P

RW2Drake Batherson

$4.97M · thru 2027

79 GP · 33G · 38A · 71P

Line 3$16.5M

LW3Warren Foegele

$3.5M · thru 2027

68 GP · 13G · 4A · 17P

C3Shane Pinto

$7.5M · thru 2030

72 GP · 23G · 23A · 46P

RW3Andre Burakovsky

$5.5M · thru 2027 · NTC

75 GP · 11G · 22A · 33P

Line 4$5.26M

LW4Nick Cousins

$1.59M · thru 2028

81 GP · 9G · 14A · 23P

C4Stephen Halliday

$1.07M · thru 2028

30 GP · 4G · 7A · 11P

RW4Michael Amadio

$2.6M · thru 2027

81 GP · 15G · 20A · 35P

Press Box$2.0M

RWClaude Giroux

$2.0M · thru 2027

82 GP · 14G · 35A · 49P

Defense7 signed · $29.07M committed

Pair 1$12.65M

D1Jake Sanderson

$8.05M · thru 2031 · NTC

67 GP · 14G · 40A · 54P

D2Artem Zub

$4.6M · thru 2027 · NTC

81 GP · 5G · 25A · 30P

Pair 2$13.0M

D3Thomas Chabot

$8.0M · thru 2028 · NTC

57 GP · 7G · 24A · 31P

D4Jordan Spence

$5.0M · thru 2030

73 GP · 7G · 24A · 31P

Pair 3$2.54M

D5Tyler Kleven

$1.6M · thru 2028

70 GP · 3G · 15A · 18P

D6Carter Yakemchuk

$942K · thru 2029 · ELC

Press Box$875K

Goalies3 signed · $11.55M committed

G1Linus Ullmark

$8.25M · thru 2029 · NMC

49 GP · 28-12-8 · .891 SV%

G2Samuel Ersson

$2.2M · thru 2028

33 GP · 14-11-5 · .870 SV%

G3Leevi Merilainen

$1.1M · thru 2027

20 GP · 8-10-1 · .860 SV%

Cap Charges$1.88M committed

BUYColin White

$875K · thru 2028 · Buyout

RETJoonas Korpisalo

$1.0M · thru 2028 · Retained

31 GP · 14-9-6 · .894 SV%

5-year points history

Regular-season points, last five seasons.

Organization strength

Active NHL roster only. Bar = team vs league average (▼).

Forwards · 22 36.7

top Tim Stützle (80.1) league 38.2 NHLe pts/82

Defense · 12 26.4

top Jake Sanderson (60.7) league 24.7 NHLe pts/82

Goalies · 6 .880

top Linus Ullmark (0.8907) league .896 SV%

Injury report (0)

via CBS Sports

No injuries reported - offseason (updated in September).

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