Ottawa 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.

### Team captains

- Laurie Boschman, 1992–1993
- Mark Lamb and Brad Shaw, 1993–1994 <small>(co-captains)</small>
- 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

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

### General managers

||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.

#### 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

|width=40px|No.|width=150px|Player|width=40px|Position|width=150px|Career|width=150px|Date of retirement|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|**4**|Chris Phillips|D|1997–2015|February 18, 2020||||||
|**8**|Frank Finnigan|RW|1923–1931 1932–1934 || October 8, 1992<sup>1</sup>|||||||
|**11**|Daniel Alfredsson|RW|1995–2013|December 29, 2016||||||

- <sup>1</sup> 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).

### 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.
- – current Senators player

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

|align="left"|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||||||||

|align="left"|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||||

|align="left"|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

### NHL awards and trophies

**Prince of Wales Trophy**
- 2006–07

**Presidents' Trophy**
- 2002–03

**Calder Memorial Trophy**
- Daniel Alfredsson: 1995–96

**NHL Plus-Minus Award**
- Wade Redden: 2005–06 <small> (shared with Michal Rozsival of the New York Rangers) </small>

**Jack Adams Award**
- Jacques Martin: 1998–99
- Paul MacLean: 2012–13
**James Norris Memorial Trophy**
- Erik Karlsson: 2011–12, 2014–15

**King Clancy Memorial Trophy**
- Daniel Alfredsson: 2011–12

**Mark Messier Leadership Award**
- Daniel Alfredsson: 2012–13

**Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy**
- Craig Anderson: 2016–17
- Bobby Ryan: 2019–20

**NHL All-Rookie Team**
- Daniel Alfredsson: 1995–96
- Sami Salo: 1998–99
- Marian Hossa: 1998–99
- Martin Havlat: 2000–01
- Andrej Meszaros: 2005–06
- 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
- Erik Karlsson: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17

**NHL Second All-Star Team**
- Alexei Yashin: 1998–99
- Dany Heatley: 2005–06
- Daniel Alfredsson: 2005–06
- Zdeno Chara: 2005–06

### Team records

|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.

## References

- Notes

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (nhl team)

- **can eng**: 1
- **team name**: Ottawa Senators
<small>_Sénateurs d'Ottawa_</small>
- **motto**: United in Red
- **current**: 2022–23 Ottawa Senators season
- **bg color**: background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#010101 5px solid; border-bottom:#DA1A32 5px solid;
- **text color**: #000000
- **conference**: Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern
- **division**: Atlantic Division (NHL), Atlantic
- **founded**: 1992
- **history**: **Ottawa Senators**
1992–93 NHL season, 1992–present
- **arena**: **Canadian Tire Centre**
- **city**: Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario
- **team colors**: Red, gold, black, white

- **owner**: Arber Xhekaj and Florian Xhekaj
- **general manager**: Pierre Dorion
- **head coach**: D. J. Smith (ice hockey), D. J. Smith
- **captain**: Brady Tkachuk
- **stanley cups**: **0**
- **conf titles**: **1** (2006–07 NHL season, 2006–07)
- **presidents' trophies**: **1** (2002–03 NHL season, 2002–03)
- **division titles**: **4** (1998–99 NHL season, 1998–99, 2000–01 NHL season, 2000–01, 2002–03 NHL season, 2002–03, 2005–06 NHL season, 2005–06)
- **uniform image size**: 150px