2025–26 Ottawa Senators season

2025–26 Ottawa Senators
2025–26 Ottawa Senators
Division	Atlantic
Conference	Eastern
2025–26 record	34–24–9
Home record	16–11–5
Road record	18–13–4
Goals for	226
Goals against	209
Team information
General manager	Steve Staios
Coach	Travis Green
Captain	Brady Tkachuk
Alternate captains	Thomas Chabot; Claude Giroux;
Arena	Canadian Tire Centre
Minor league affiliates	Belleville Senators (AHL); Allen Americans (ECHL);
Team leaders
Goals	Tim Stutzle (31)
Assists	Tim Stutzle (40)
Points	Tim Stutzle (71)
Penalty minutes	Two tied (72)
Plus/minus	Claude Giroux (+18)
Wins	Linus Ullmark (21)
Goals against average	James Reimer (2.53)

The 2025–26 Ottawa Senators season is the 34th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League. The Senators will attempt to return to the NHL playoffs for the second season in a row.

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3] Website statista.com had most recently ranked the Senators the third least-expensive in August 2024.^[4]

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.^[5]

Off-season

In a draft-day transaction, the Senators traded for the Los Angeles Kings' Jordan Spence, a right defenceman.^[6] 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

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Buffalo Sabres	68	42	20	6	35	237	200	+37	90
2	Tampa Bay Lightning	66	41	21	4	32	237	184	+53	86
3	Montreal Canadiens	67	37	20	10	25	236	222	+14	84
4	Boston Bruins	68	37	23	8	27	224	214	+10	82
5	Detroit Red Wings	68	37	23	8	26	200	203	−3	82
6	Ottawa Senators	67	34	24	9	28	226	209	+17	77
7	Toronto Maple Leafs	69	29	28	12	21	216	241	−25	70
8	Florida Panthers	67	33	31	3	26	201	225	−24	69

Updated to game(s) played on March 18, 2026. Source: National Hockey League^[7]
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)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card
Pos	Div	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	Boston Bruins	68	37	23	8	27	224	214	+10	82
2	AT	Detroit Red Wings	68	37	23	8	26	200	203	−3	82

3	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	67	35	21	11	24	217	209	+8	81
4	AT	Ottawa Senators	67	34	24	9	28	226	209	+17	77
5	ME	Philadelphia Flyers	67	32	23	12	20	194	207	−13	76
6	ME	Washington Capitals	69	34	27	8	29	216	204	+12	76
7	ME	New Jersey Devils	68	35	31	2	23	186	207	−21	72
8	AT	Toronto Maple Leafs	69	29	28	12	21	216	241	−25	70
9	AT	Florida Panthers	67	33	31	3	26	201	225	−24	69
10	ME	New York Rangers	68	28	32	8	19	193	215	−22	64

Updated to game(s) played on March 18, 2026. Source: National Hockey League^[8]
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)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The preseason schedule was published on June 26, 2025.^[9]

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	^[10]
2	September 23	Ottawa	3–2	Toronto	OT	Shepard	15,162	1–1–0	^[11]
3	September 28^A	New Jersey	0–2	Ottawa		Ullmark	12,159	2–1–0	^[12]
4	September 30^A	Montreal	5–0	Ottawa		Merilainen	18,259	2–2–0	^[13]
5	October 2	Ottawa	1–7	St. Louis		Merilainen	15,922	2–3–0	^[14]
6	October 4	Ottawa	3–1	Montreal		Ullmark	20,962	3–3–0	^[15]
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	^[16]
2	October 11	Ottawa	2–6	Florida		Ullmark	19,704	1–1–0	2	^[17]
3	October 13	Nashville	4–1	Ottawa		Ullmark	18,500	1–2–0	2	^[18]
4	October 15	Ottawa	4–8	Buffalo		Merilainen	13,993	1–3–0	2	^[19]
5	October 16	Seattle	3–4	Ottawa	SO	Ullmark	15,736	2–3–0	4	^[20]
6	October 18	NY Islanders	5–4	Ottawa		Ullmark	15,929	2–4–0	4	^[21]
7	October 21	Edmonton	3–2	Ottawa	OT	Ullmark	17,436	2–4–1	5	^[22]
8	October 23	Philadelphia	1–2	Ottawa		Ullmark	16,380	3–4–1	7	^[23]
9	October 25	Ottawa	7–1	Washington		Ullmark	18,347	4–4–1	9	^[24]
10	October 27	Boston	2–7	Ottawa		Merilainen	16,168	5–4–1	11	^[25]
11	October 28	Ottawa	3–7	Chicago		Ullmark	15,100	5–5–1	11	^[26]
12	October 30	Calgary	3–4	Ottawa	SO	Ullmark	16,790	6–5–1	13	^[27]

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	^[28]
14	November 6	Ottawa	2–3	Boston	OT	Ullmark	17,850	6–5–3	15	^[29]
15	November 8	Ottawa	3–2	Philadelphia	OT	Ullmark	18,188	7–5–3	17	^[30]
16	November 9	Utah	2–4	Ottawa		Merilainen	17,470	8–5–3	19	^[31]
17	November 11	Dallas	3–2	Ottawa	OT	Ullmark	16,542	8–5–4	20	^[32]
18	November 13	Boston	3–5	Ottawa		Merilainen	16,049	9–5–4	22	^[33]
19	November 15	Los Angeles	1–0	Ottawa		Ullmark	17,772	9–6–4	22	^[34]
20	November 20	Ottawa	3–2	Anaheim		Ullmark	14,564	10–6–4	24	^[35]
21	November 22	Ottawa	3–2	San Jose		Ullmark	17,435	11–6–4	26	^[36]
22	November 24	Ottawa	1–2	Los Angeles		Merilainen	17,421	11–7–4	26	^[37]
23	November 26	Ottawa	4–3	Vegas	SO	Ullmark	17,791	12–7–4	28	^[38]
24	November 28	Ottawa	3–4	St. Louis		Merilainen	18,096	12–8–4	28	^[39]
25	November 30	Ottawa	1–6	Dallas		Ullmark	18,532	12–9–4	28	^[40]

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	^[41]
27	December 4	NY Rangers	4–2	Ottawa		Merilainen	15,533	13–10–4	30	^[42]
28	December 6	St. Louis	2–1	Ottawa		Ullmark	16,064	13–11–4	30	^[43]
29	December 9	New Jersey	4–3	Ottawa		Ullmark	16,159	13–12–4	30	^[44]
30	December 11	Ottawa	6–3	Columbus		Ullmark	15,059	14–12–4	32	^[45]
31	December 13	Ottawa	2–3	Minnesota		Merilainen	18,058	14–13–4	32	^[46]
32	December 15	Ottawa	3–2	Winnipeg	OT	Ullmark	13,566	15–13–4	34	^[47]
33	December 18	Pittsburgh	0–4	Ottawa		Ullmark	17,260	16–13–4	36	^[48]
34	December 20	Chicago	4–6	Ottawa		Merilainen	18,254	17–13–4	38	^[49]
35	December 21	Ottawa	6–2	Boston		Ullmark	17,850	18–13–4	40	^[50]
36	December 23	Buffalo	3–2	Ottawa	OT	Ullmark	17,753	18–13–5	41	^[51]
37	December 27	Ottawa	5–7	Toronto		Merilainen	18,859	18–14–5	41	^[52]
38	December 29	Columbus	4–1	Ottawa		Merilainen	17,902	18–15–5	41	^[53]

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	^[54]
40	January 3	Winnipeg	2–4	Ottawa		Merilainen	16,872	20–15–5	45	^[55]
41	January 5	Detroit	5–3	Ottawa		Shepard	16,981	20–16–5	45	^[56]
42	January 7	Ottawa	1–3	Utah		Merilainen	12,478	20–17–5	45	^[57]
43	January 8	Ottawa	2–8	Colorado		Merilainen	18,092	20–18–5	45	^[58]
44	January 10	Florida	3–2	Ottawa		Merilainen	17,085	20–19–5	45	^[59]
45	January 13	Vancouver	1–2	Ottawa		Merilainen	15,801	21–19–5	47	^[60]
46	January 14	Ottawa	8–4	NY Rangers		Merilainen	17,776	22–19–5	49	^[61]
47	January 17	Montreal	6–5	Ottawa	OT	Merilainen	18,020	22–19–6	50	^[62]
48	January 18	Ottawa	3–4	Detroit	OT	Reimer	19,515	22–19–7	51	^[63]
49	January 20	Ottawa	4–1	Columbus		Reimer	13,278	23–19–7	53	^[64]
50	January 22	Ottawa	3–5	Nashville		Reimer	17,159	23–20–7	53	^[65]
51	January 24	Carolina	4–1	Ottawa		Reimer	17,155	23–21–7	53	^[66]
52	January 25	Vegas	1–7	Ottawa		Sogaard	17,025	24–21–7	55	^[67]
53	January 28	Colorado	2–5	Ottawa		Reimer	17,007	25–21–7	57	^[68]
54	January 31	New Jersey	1–4	Ottawa		Ullmark	18,319	26–21–7	59	^[69]

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	^[70]
56	February 3	Ottawa	3–4	Carolina		Reimer	18,299	27–22–7	61	^[71]
57	February 5	Ottawa	2–1	Philadelphia	OT	Reimer	19,220	28–22–7	63	^[72]
58	February 26	Detroit	2–1	Ottawa	OT	Ullmark	17,190	28–22–8	64	^[73]
59	February 28	Ottawa	5–2	Toronto		Ullmark	18,952	29–22–8	66	^[74]

March: 5–2–1 (home: 2–1–0; road: 3–1–1)
#	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	^[75]
61	March 5	Ottawa	4–1	Calgary		Ullmark	17,195	30–22–9	69	^[76]
62	March 7	Ottawa	7–4	Seattle		Ullmark	17,151	31–22–9	71	^[77]
63	March 9	Ottawa	2–0	Vancouver		Reimer	18,228	32–22–9	73	^[78]
64	March 11	Montreal	3–2	Ottawa		Ullmark	17,229	32–23–9	73	^[79]
65	March 14	Anaheim	0–2	Ottawa		Ullmark	18,381	33–23–9	75	^[80]
66	March 15	San Jose	4–7	Ottawa		Ullmark	18,764	34–23–9	77	^[81]
67	March 18	Ottawa	1–4	Washington		Ullmark	18,347	34–24–9	77	^[82]
68	March 19	NY Islanders		Ottawa
69	March 21	Toronto		Ottawa
70	March 23	Ottawa		NY Rangers
71	March 24	Ottawa		Detroit
72	March 26	Pittsburgh		Ottawa
73	March 28	Ottawa		Tampa Bay
74	March 31	Ottawa		Florida

April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Pts	Recap
75	April 2	Buffalo		Ottawa
76	April 4	Minnesota		Ottawa
77	April 5	Carolina		Ottawa
78	April 7	Tampa Bay		Ottawa
79	April 9	Florida		Ottawa
80	April 11	Ottawa		NY Islanders
81	April 12	Ottawa		New Jersey
82	April 15	Toronto		Ottawa

Legend: Win (2 points) Loss (0 points) Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Players

Current roster

Updated March 17, 2026^[83]^[84]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
22	Michael Amadio	RW	R	29	2024	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
19	Drake Batherson	RW	R	27	2017	Fort Wayne, Indiana
72	Thomas Chabot (A)	D	L	29	2015	Sainte-Marie, Quebec
21	Nick Cousins	C	L	32	2024	Belleville, Ontario
24	Dylan Cozens	C	R	25	2025	Whitehorse, Yukon
89	Lars Eller	C	L	36	2025	Rødovre, Denmark
37	Warren Foegele	LW	L	29	2026	Markham, Ontario
6	Dennis Gilbert	D	L	29	2025	Buffalo, New York
28	Claude Giroux (A)	RW	R	38	2022	Hearst, Ontario
71	Ridly Greig	C	L	23	2020	Calgary, Alberta
83	Stephen Halliday	C	L	23	2022	Ajax, Ontario
3	Nick Jensen	D	R	35	2024	Saint Paul, Minnesota
43	Tyler Kleven	D	L	24	2020	Fargo, North Dakota
23	Kurtis MacDermid	LW	L	31	2025	Quebec City, Quebec
33	Nikolas Matinpalo	D	R	27	2023	Espoo, Finland
12	Shane Pinto	C	R	25	2019	Franklin Square, New York
47	James Reimer	G	L	38	2026	Arborg, Manitoba
85	Jake Sanderson	D	L	23	2020	Whitefish, Montana
10	Jordan Spence	D	R	25	2025	Sydney, Australia
18	Tim Stützle	C	L	24	2020	Viersen, Germany
7	Brady Tkachuk (C)	LW	L	26	2018	Scottsdale, Arizona
35	Linus Ullmark	G	L	32	2024	Lugnvik, Sweden
20	Fabian Zetterlund	LW	R	26	2025	Karlstad, Sweden
2	Artem Zub	D	R	30	2020	Khabarovsk, Russia

Players statistics

As of February 28, 2026

Skaters

Regular season^[85]
Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tim Stutzle	59	28	35	63	+6	31
Drake Batherson	55	21	30	51	-3	23
Jake Sanderson	59	11	37	48	+8	8
Dylan Cozens	59	20	26	46	-12	49
Brady Tkachuk	39	15	24	39	-2	46
Claude Giroux	59	11	28	39	+15	20
Shane Pinto	49	15	14	29	+2	22
David Perron	49	10	15	25	+3	22
Ridly Greig	54	9	16	25	+6	67
Thomas Chabot	44	6	18	24	+1	18
Fabian Zetterlund	59	12	11	23	-5	16
Michael Amadio	59	8	14	22	+4	14
Artem Zub	58	4	15	19	+13	34
Jordan Spence	50	4	15	19	+14	10
Nick Cousins	58	8	8	16	+8	68
Nick Jensen	56	4	11	15	-7	22
Stephen Halliday	27	4	7	11	+1	2
Tyler Kleven	54	1	10	11	-4	28
Lars Eller	45	2	7	9	0	6
Nikolas Matinpalo	30	0	4	4	0	10
Olle Lycksell	7	1	1	2	-2	0
Arthur Kaliyev	2	0	1	1	0	0
Kurtis MacDermid	16	0	1	1	-3	33
Hayden Hodgson	9	0	0	0	-1	9
Donovan Sebrango^‡	2	0	0	0	-1	5
Xavier Bourgault	2	0	0	0	-1	0
Dennis Gilbert^†	1	0	0	0	-1	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[86]
Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	PIM
Linus Ullmark	32	32	1907:41	17	8	6	89	2.80	773	.885	1	2
Leevi Merilainen	20	19	1094:29	8	10	1	64	3.51	457	.860	0	0
James Reimer	7	7	414:24	3	3	1	20	2.90	154	.870	0	0
Mads Sogaard	2	1	77:25	1	0	0	6	4.97	36	.833	0	0
Hunter Shepard	1	0	35:47	0	1	0	2	3.35	12	.833	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.
Linus Ullmark	NHL Second Star of the Week	December 22, 2025	Ottawa Citizen^[87]

Milestones


Player	Milestone	Date	Ref.
Tyler Kleven	100th NHL game	October 18, 2025	NHL^[88]
Drake Batherson	300th NHL point	October 26, 2025	The Sporting News^[89]
Linus Ullmark	300th NHL game	October 28, 2025	NHL^[90]
Drake Batherson	400th NHL game	October 30, 2025	NHL^[91]
Stephen Halliday	1st NHL game 1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	November 20, 2025	NHL^[92]
Nick Cousins	200th NHL point	November 20, 2025	CBS Sports^[93]
David Perron	1200th NHL game	December 2, 2025	TSN^[94]
Kurtis MacDermid	300th NHL game	December 15, 2025	Ottawa Citizen^[95]
Tim Stutzle	400th NHL game	December 18, 2025	NHL^[48]
David Perron	800th NHL point	December 18, 2025	NHL^[48]
Xavier Bourgault	1st NHL game	December 27, 2025	Sportsnet^[96]
Claude Giroux	1300th NHL game	December 27, 2025	Sportsnet^[96]
Brady Tkachuk	200th NHL goal	January 14, 2026	Ottawa Citizen^[97]
Stephen Halliday	1st NHL goal	January 22, 2026	Ottawa Citizen^[98]
Nick Cousins	700th NHL game	February 28, 2026	NHL^[74]
Michael Amadio	500th NHL game	February 28, 2026	NHL^[74]

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^[99]
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^[100]
October 3, 2025 (2025-10-03)	To New Jersey Devils Zack MacEwen	To Ottawa Senators Kurtis MacDermid	Ottawa Citizen^[101]
November 17, 2025 (2025-11-17)	To Philadelphia Flyers Maxence Guenette	To Ottawa Senators Dennis Gilbert	TSN^[102]
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^[103]
March 5, 2026 (2026-03-05)	To Detroit Red Wings David Perron	To Ottawa Senators Conditional 4th-round pick in 2026	TSN^[104]
March 6, 2026 (2026-03-06)	To Washington Capitals Wyatt Bongiovanni	To Ottawa Senators Graeme Clarke	Sportsnet^[105]
March 12, 2026 (2026-03-12)	To Los Angeles Kings Jan Jenik	To Ottawa Senators Samuel Bolduc	NHL^[106]
March 13, 2026 (2026-03-13)	To Montreal Canadiens Jake Chiasson Hunter Shepard	To Ottawa Senators Riley Kidney	Sportsnet^[107]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Lars Eller	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	TSN^[108]
July 1, 2025 (2025-07-01)	Olle Lycksell	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	Sportsnet^[109]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Arthur Kaliyev	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	NHL^[110]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Hunter Shepard	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	Sportsnet^[111]
July 3, 2025	Jackson Parsons	Kitchener Rangers	3-year†	Free agency	Puckpedia^[112]
August 25, 2025	Cameron Crotty	Minnesota Wild	2-year	Free agency	NHL^[113]
January 12, 2026	James Reimer	Buffalo Sabres	1-year	Free agency	TSN^[114]

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^[115]
	Anton Forsberg	Los Angeles Kings	2-year	Free agency	Sportsnet^[116]
	Adam Gaudette	San Jose Sharks	2-year	Free agency	Sportsnet^[117]
	Dennis Gilbert	Philadelphia Flyers	1-year	Free agency	Sportsnet^[118]
	Matthew Highmore	New York Islanders	1-year	Free agency	NHL^[119]
	Cole Reinhardt	Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	Free agency	NHL^[120]
July 2, 2025 (2025-07-02)	Jeremy Davies	Vegas Golden Knights	2-year	Free agency	Sportsnet^[121]
August 15, 2025 (2025-08-15)	Travis Hamonic	Detroit Red Wings	1-year	Free agency	NHL^[122]
October 15, 2025 (2025-10-15)	Donovan Sebrango	Florida Panthers		Waivers	TSN^[123]

Player signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
June 29, 2025	Claude Giroux	1-year	Sportsnet^[124]
June 30, 2025	Nick Cousins	1-year	Puckpedia^[125]
June 30, 2025	Leevi Merilainen	1-year	NHL^[126]
July 1, 2025	Wyatt Bongiovanni	1-year	Puckpedia^[127]
July 2, 2025	Hayden Hodgson	1-year	NHL^[128]
July 19, 2025	Xavier Bourgault	1-year	NHL^[129]
August 25, 2025	Jan Jenik	1-year	NHL^[113]
September 3, 2025	Donovan Sebrango	1-year	The Hockey News^[130]
November 13, 2025	Shane Pinto	4-year‡	Sportsnet^[131]

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 (from Nashville)	Logan Hensler	Defence	United States	University of Wisconsin (B1G)
3	93 (from Carolina via WSH)	Blake Vanek	Forward	United States	Stillwater High School (USHS-MN)
4	97 (from San Jose)	Lucas Beckman	Goalie	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	Goalie	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.^[132]

Draft-related transactions

The Nashville Predators acquired the Senators' 21st overall pick for the 23rd overall pick and a third-round pick (67th overall) in this draft.^[133]
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.^[134]
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.^[135]
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.^[136]

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.^[137]
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.^[138]
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.^[139]
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.^[134]
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.^[140]
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.^[141]

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.^[142]

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Founded in 1992 Based in Ottawa, Ontario
Franchise	Team General managers Head coaches Players Captains Draft picks expansion draft Seasons Current season
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