Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators
Sénateurs d'Ottawa
2025–26 Ottawa Senators season
Conference Eastern
Division Atlantic
Founded 1992
History Ottawa Senators
1992–present
Home arena Canadian Tire Centre
City Ottawa, Ontario
Colours Red, black, white, gold
       
Media
Owner(s) Michael Andlauer
General manager Steve Staios
Head coach Travis Green
Captain Brady Tkachuk
Minor league affiliates
Stanley Cups 0
Conference championships 1 (2006–07)
Presidents' Trophies 1 (2002–03)
Division championships 4 (1998–99, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2005–06)
Official website nhl.com/senators

The Ottawa Senators are a professional ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators play their home games at the 21,347-seat Canadian Tire Centre, which opened in 1996.

The team was started by Ottawa real estate developer Bruce Firestone, the team is the second NHL franchise to use the Ottawa Senators name. The original Ottawa Senators, founded in 1883, had a rich history, winning 11 Stanley Cups and playing in the NHL from 1917 until 1934. On December 6, 1990, after a two-year public campaign by Firestone, the NHL awarded a new franchise, which began play in the 1992–93 season. The current team owner is Eugene Melnyk, and in 2011, the club was valued by Forbes Magazine at $201 million.

The team has had success, qualifying for the Stanley Cup playoffs in twelve of the past fourteen seasons, four division titles, the Presidents' Trophy in 2003 and appeared in the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals. The success has been reflected in attendance. The club has averaged over 20,000 fans per game since 2005–06, peaking at 21,821 in 2007–08.

Players and personnel

Team captains

Head coaches

Statistics are accurate through the hiring of D.J. Smith.

Nat Tenure Regular Season Playoffs
GWLTOTLPctGWLPct
Rick Bowness Canada 1992–1996 2353917818—.204————
Dave Allison Canada 1996 252221—.100————
Jacques Martin Canada 1996–2004 6923412359620.577693138.449
Roger Neilson Canada 2002 21100.500————
Bryan Murray Canada 2005–2008 18210755—20.643341816.529
John Paddock Canada 2007–2008 643622—6.609————
Craig Hartsburg Canada 2008–2009 481724—7.427————
Cory Clouston Canada 2009–2011 1989583—20.530624.333
Paul MacLean Canada 2011–2014 23911490—35.5501789.471
Dave Cameron Canada 2014–2016 1377050—17.573624.333
Guy Boucher Canada 2016–2019 22894108—26.46919118.579
Marc Crawford Canada 2019 18710—1.417————
D. J. Smith Canada 2019–present 1274862—17.378————

General managers

Bryan Murray was the seventh and longest serving general manager in franchise history. He held the position from 2007 to 2016.
Nat Tenure
Mel BridgmanCanada1991–1993
Randy SextonCanada1993–1995
Pierre GauthierCanada1995–1998
Rick DudleyCanada1998–1999
Marshall JohnstonCanada1999–2002
John MucklerCanada2002–2007
Bryan MurrayCanada2007–2016
Pierre DorionCanada2016–present

Source: Ottawa Senators 2009–10 Media Guide, p. 206.

Honoured members

Hall of Famers

  • Roger Neilson – Senators' assistant coach and head coach (2001–2003) was inducted (as a Builder) on November 4, 2002, for his career in coaching.
  • Dominik Hasek – Senators' goaltender (2005–2006) was inducted in 2014 for his career as a goalie.
  • Marian Hossa – Senators' winger (1998–2004) was inducted in 2020 (ceremony held in 2021) for his career as a forward.

Retired numbers

Ottawa Senators retired numbers
No. Player Position Career Date of retirement
4Chris PhillipsD1997–2015February 18, 2020
8Frank FinniganRW1923–1931
1932–1934		October 8, 19921
11Daniel AlfredssonRW1995–2013December 29, 2016
  • 1 Finnigan was honoured for his play from 1923 through 1934 for the original Ottawa Senators (as a right wing, 1923–1931 and 1932–1934). He was the last surviving Senator from the Stanley Cup winners of 1927 and participated in the 'Bring Back the Senators' campaign.
  • The NHL retired Wayne Gretzky's No. 99 for all its member teams at the 2000 NHL All-Star Game.

Ring of Honour

  • Bryan Murray – Senators' head coach (2005–2008) and general manager (2007–2016).

Team record

Season-by-season record

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Senators. For the full season-by-season history, see List of Ottawa Senators seasons

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, PIM = Penalties in minutes

SeasonGPWLOTLPtsGFGAFinishPlayoffs
2016–1782442810982122142nd, AtlanticLost in Conference Finals, 3–4 (Penguins)
2017–1882284311672212917th, AtlanticDid not qualify
2018–198229476642423028th, AtlanticDid not qualify
2019–2071253412621912437th, AtlanticDid not qualify
2020–215623285511571906th, NorthDid not qualify

Team scoring leaders

These are the top-ten regular season point-scorers in franchise history. Figures are updated after each completed NHL regular season.

  •  *  – current Senators player

Note: Pos = Position; GP = Games Played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game average;

Recording 687 points playing with the Senators, Jason Spezza is the franchise's second highest all-time points leader.

Source: Ottawa Senators Media Guide

NHL awards and trophies

Prince of Wales Trophy

Presidents' Trophy

Calder Memorial Trophy

NHL Plus-Minus Award

Jack Adams Award

James Norris Memorial Trophy

King Clancy Memorial Trophy

Mark Messier Leadership Award

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

NHL All-Rookie Team

NHL First All-Star Team

NHL Second All-Star Team

Team records

Dany Heatley holds the franchise record for most goals in a season, scoring 50 goals in the 2005–06 and 2006–07 seasons.
Franchise record Name of player Statistic Year(s)
Most goals in a seasonDany Heatley502005–06
2006–07
Most goals in a season, defencemanErik Karlsson212014–15
Most assists in a seasonJason Spezza712005–06
Most assists in a season, defencemanErik Karlsson662015–16
Most points in a seasonDany Heatley1052006–07
Most points in a season, defenceman Erik Karlsson822015–16
Most points in a season, rookieAlexei Yashin791993–94
Most penalty minutes in a seasonMike Peluso3181992–93
Highest +/– rating in a seasonDaniel Alfredsson+422006–07
Most games playedChris Phillips1,179(milestone, up to 2014–15 season)
Most playoff games playedDaniel Alfredsson1211997–2013
Most goaltender wins in a seasonPatrick Lalime392002–2003
Most shutouts in a seasonPatrick Lalime82002–03
Lowest GAA in a seasonCraig Anderson1.692012–13
Best save percentage in a seasonCraig Anderson.9412012–13

Source: Ottawa Senators.

References

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Notes
  1. ↑ NHL Media Guide 2010. The original Senators organization, also known as the Ottawa Hockey Club, won the Stanley Cup eleven times, not the current franchise founded in 1992. Neither the NHL or the Senators claim the current Senators to be a continuation of the original organization or franchise. The awards, statistics and championships of both eras are kept separate and the NHL franchise founding date of the current Senators is in 1992.

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