Ottawa Senators

For other uses, see Ottawa Senators (disambiguation).

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.

Ottawa Senators Sénateurs d'Ottawa
2022–23 Ottawa Senators season
Conference	Eastern
Division	Atlantic
Founded	1992
History	Ottawa Senators 1992–present
Home arena	Canadian Tire Centre
City	Ottawa, Ontario
Colours	Red, gold, black, white[1][2]
Media	English TSN5 TSN Radio 1200 French RDS RDS2 CJFO-FM 94.5
Owner(s)	Estate of the late Eugene Melnyk
General manager	Pierre Dorion
Head coach	D. J. Smith
Captain	Brady Tkachuk
Minor league affiliates	Belleville Senators (AHL) Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL)
Stanley Cups	0[a]
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 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^[3] 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.^[4] The current team owner is Eugene Melnyk,^[5] and in 2011, the club was valued by Forbes Magazine at $201 million.^[6]

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.^[7]

Players and personnel

Team captains

• Laurie Boschman, 1992–1993
• Mark Lamb and Brad Shaw, 1993–1994 (co-captains)
• Gord Dineen, 1994
• Randy Cunneyworth, 1995–1998
• Alexei Yashin, 1998–1999
• Daniel Alfredsson, 1999–2013
• Jason Spezza, 2013–2014
• Erik Karlsson, 2014–2018
• Brady Tkachuk, 2021–present

Head coaches

Main article: List of Ottawa Senators head coaches

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

	Nat	Tenure	Regular Season						Playoffs
			G	W	L	T	OTL	Pct	G	W	L	Pct
Rick Bowness[8]		1992–1996	235	39	178	18	—	.204	—	—	—	—
Dave Allison[9]		1996	25	2	22	1	—	.100	—	—	—	—
Jacques Martin[10]		1996–2004	692	341	235	96	20	.577	69	31	38	.449
Roger Neilson[11]		2002	2	1	1	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—
Bryan Murray[12]		2005–2008	182	107	55	—	20	.643	34	18	16	.529
John Paddock[13]		2007–2008	64	36	22	—	6	.609	—	—	—	—
Craig Hartsburg[14]		2008–2009	48	17	24	—	7	.427	—	—	—	—
Cory Clouston[15]		2009–2011	198	95	83	—	20	.530	6	2	4	.333
Paul MacLean[16]		2011–2014	239	114	90	—	35	.550	17	8	9	.471
Dave Cameron[17]		2014–2016	137	70	50	—	17	.573	6	2	4	.333
Guy Boucher[18]		2016–2019	228	94	108	—	26	.469	19	11	8	.579
Marc Crawford[19]		2019	18	7	10	—	1	.417	—	—	—	—
D. J. Smith		2019–present	127	48	62	—	17	.378	—	—	—	—

General managers

Main article: List of Ottawa Senators 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 Bridgman		1991–1993
Randy Sexton		1993–1995
Pierre Gauthier		1995–1998
Rick Dudley		1998–1999
Marshall Johnston		1999–2002
John Muckler		2002–2007
Bryan Murray		2007–2016
Pierre Dorion		2016–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.^[20]

Retired numbers

Ottawa Senators retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Career	Date of retirement
4	Chris Phillips	D	1997–2015	February 18, 2020
8	Frank Finnigan	RW	1923–1931 1932–1934	October 8, 19921
11	Daniel Alfredsson	RW	1995–2013	December 29, 2016[21]

• 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.^[22]

Ring of Honour

• Bryan Murray – Senators' head coach (2005–2008) and general manager (2007–2016).^[23]

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

Season	GP	W	L	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2016–17	82	44	28	10	98	212	214	2nd, Atlantic	Lost in Conference Finals, 3–4 (Penguins)
2017–18	82	28	43	11	67	221	291	7th, Atlantic	Did not qualify
2018–19	82	29	47	6	64	242	302	8th, Atlantic	Did not qualify
2019–20	71	25	34	12	62	191	243	7th, Atlantic	Did not qualify
2020–21	56	23	28	5	51	157	190	6th, North	Did 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.^[24]

•  *  – 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.

Points Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G Daniel Alfredsson RW 1,178 426 682 1,108 0.94 Jason Spezza C 686 251 436 687 1.00 Erik Karlsson D 627 126 392 518 0.83 Alexei Yashin C 504 218 273 491 0.97 Wade Redden D 838 101 309 410 0.49 Radek Bonk C 689 152 247 399 0.58 Marian Hossa RW 467 188 202 390 0.84 Dany Heatley LW 317 180 182 362 1.14 Mike Fisher C 675 167 181 348 0.52 Mark Stone RW 366 123 188 311 0.85

Goals Player Pos G Daniel Alfredsson RW 426 Jason Spezza C 251 Alexei Yashin C 218 Marian Hossa RW 188 Dany Heatley LW 180 Mike Fisher C 167 Radek Bonk C 152 Shawn McEachern LW 142 Erik Karlsson D 126 Mark Stone RW 123

Assists Player Pos A Daniel Alfredsson RW 682 Jason Spezza C 436 Erik Karlsson D 392 Wade Redden D 309 Alexei Yashin C 273 Radek Bonk C 247 Chris Phillips D 217 Marian Hossa RW 202 Mark Stone RW 188 Dany Heatley LW 182

Source: Ottawa Senators Media Guide^[25][26]

NHL awards and trophies

Main article: List of Ottawa Senators award winners

Prince of Wales Trophy^[27]

• 2006–07

Presidents' Trophy^[28]

• 2002–03

Calder Memorial Trophy^[29]

• Daniel Alfredsson: 1995–96

NHL Plus-Minus Award^[30]

• Wade Redden: 2005–06 (shared with Michal Rozsival of the New York Rangers)

Jack Adams Award^[31]

• Jacques Martin: 1998–99
• Paul MacLean: 2012–13

James Norris Memorial Trophy^[32]

• Erik Karlsson: 2011–12, 2014–15

King Clancy Memorial Trophy^[33]

• Daniel Alfredsson: 2011–12

Mark Messier Leadership Award^[34]

• Daniel Alfredsson: 2012–13

Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy

• Craig Anderson: 2016–17
• Bobby Ryan: 2019–20

NHL All-Rookie Team

• Daniel Alfredsson: 1995–96^[35]
• Sami Salo: 1998–99^[36]
• Marian Hossa: 1998–99^[37]
• Martin Havlat: 2000–01^[38]
• Andrej Meszaros: 2005–06^[39]
• Mark Stone: 2014–15
• Brady Tkachuk: 2018–19
• Josh Norris: 2020–21

NHL First All-Star Team

• Zdeno Chara: 2003–04
• Dany Heatley: 2006–07^[40]
• Erik Karlsson: 2011–12,^[41] 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

NHL Second All-Star Team

• Alexei Yashin: 1998–99^[42]
• Dany Heatley: 2005–06^[40]
• Daniel Alfredsson: 2005–06^[35]
• Zdeno Chara: 2005–06^[35]

Team records

Main article: List of Ottawa Senators 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 season	Dany Heatley	50	2005–06 2006–07
Most goals in a season, defenceman	Erik Karlsson	21	2014–15
Most assists in a season	Jason Spezza	71	2005–06
Most assists in a season, defenceman	Erik Karlsson	66	2015–16
Most points in a season	Dany Heatley	105	2006–07
Most points in a season, defenceman	Erik Karlsson	82	2015–16
Most points in a season, rookie	Alexei Yashin	79	1993–94
Most penalty minutes in a season	Mike Peluso	318	1992–93
Highest +/– rating in a season	Daniel Alfredsson	+42	2006–07
Most games played	Chris Phillips	1,179	(milestone, up to 2014–15 season)
Most playoff games played	Daniel Alfredsson	121	1997–2013
Most goaltender wins in a season	Patrick Lalime	39	2002–2003
Most shutouts in a season	Patrick Lalime	8	2002–03
Lowest GAA in a season	Craig Anderson	1.69	2012–13
Best save percentage in a season	Craig Anderson	.941	2012–13

Source: Ottawa Senators.^[43]