The Ottawa Senators have once again shown their ability to withstand adversity through another successful series of back to back victories, with a Saturday win over the Toronto Maple Leafs and a Sunday win over the Utah Hockey Club.
PG 49 v Toronto — Season Series is Red
The Ottawa Senators have claimed the regular season series matchup over the Toronto Maple Leafs after a 2-1 in regulation time.
Period I
The undrafted Bobby McMann opened the scoring of the game for the visiting team as he comes within one goal of matching his career high. McMann’s 14th was supported by the second leading assist skater, Mitch Marner, at 53. Stanley Cup winner Oliver Ekman-Larsson had the secondary assist.
A minor penalty for tripping on Pontus Homberg set up the game tying goal on the powerplay for Tim Stützle for German’s 16th goal of the regular season; his third in the special team. Jake Sanderson and Claude Giroux had the secondary assists.
Period II
Ridly Greig had the final penalty of the game against Auston Matthews.
No goals scored; Toronto shot a dozen times in Ottawa; the home team had only five shots in 20 minutes.
Period III
Breaking the tie for the game winning goal was a deflected shot off Shane Pinto for his ninth goal of the regular season. Matthew Highmore had the primary assist; Thomas Chabot had the secondary helper.
Players to Watch
Toronto — Jacob Quillian only played 5:21 in his NHL debut over 7 shifts. A non-factor.
Ottawa — Jake Sanderson had the primary assist on the opening goal for the home team. His 23:38 was third on ice time behind Chabot and Zub by seconds.
Goaltenders
Jospeh Woll saved 21 of 23 Sens’ shots against for a 0.913 save percentage.
Anton Forsberg saved 28 shots faced of 29 against for a 0.966 save percentage.
Sens’ Three Stars
1. Anton Forsberg — W, 96.6 SV%, 29SV
2. Shane Pinto — GWG (9)
3. Tim Stützle — PPG (16)
PG50 v Utah HC — Season Series Sweep
The Ottawa Senators successfully swept the regular season series against the Utah Hockey Club (Yetis?) in a 3-1 victory on home ice.
Period I
Michael Amadio had a holding penalty against Michael Kesselring. Utah shot 11 times; Ottawa only had nine through the first 20.
Period II
A minor penalty on Josh Norris did not stop Ridly Greig from opening the game scoring short handed for his seventh goal of the season and career high second short handed goal. Shane Pinto and Artem Zub had the assists.
Clayton Keller evened the game at one all for his 18th of the season from former Penguins’ Oli Maatta and John Marino.
Period III
Claude Giroux broke the tie for the pending free agent’s 10th goal of the season and first in 2025 from Tim Stützle and Jake Sanderson.
Brady Tkachuk broke his 10-game pointless streak for his 19th goal of the campaign. The assists on the captain’s goal went to Stützle and Giroux.
Goaltenders
Karel Vejmelka had 24 saves on 27 shots against for an 0.889 save percentage.
Leevi Merilainen saved 34 of 35 Utah shots for a 0.971 save percentage.
While the Senators were in Boston, Claude Giroux and his family had their second car stolen in Ottawa over a five month span. Ryanne Giroux, the wife of Claude, posted the incident on her Twitter account
Tbis is an unfortunate string of events for the Giroux family for this to occur to them. Hoping for the best for the family.
On Elias Pettersson, the forward
Not to confuse with the defenseman, Pettersson, who is also in the Vancouver Canucks. Rumors are swirling around the richest forwards of Vancouver as things in the city have hit a breaking point. Analysts are reporting both may move, and if there’s a rebuild, Hughes will also want out.
Why Ottawa? Appears a package has been rumored to have a starting point with Josh Norris. While this is a piece, it is not near enough for the Canucks to pull the trigger.
If Norris goes, who else goes with when the club has to fortify a first round draft pick over the next three seasons?
On Quebec City
The Senators have announced they will play two preseason games in Quebec, including one against New Jersey and one against Montreal.
Spartacat has also been posted on the Senators’ social media with a half Nordiques half Senators jersey sparking outrage and forcing an apology out of the Ottawa Senators’ team president.
Next Game
Second in 14 days against the Washington Capitals and the last time the Caps will be in town. The Gr8 Chase continues as Alex Ovechkin is 20 away from the record.
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