2021–22 Ottawa Senators season

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2021–22 Ottawa Senators
Division   Atlantic
Conference   Eastern
2021–22 record 4–12–1
Home record 3–7–0
Road record 1–5–1
Goals for 44
Goals against 65
Team information
General Manager Pierre Dorion
Coach D. J. Smith
Captain Vacant (Oct. 15 – Nov. 5)
Brady Tkachuk (Nov. 5 – present)
Alternate captains <templatestyles src="Plainlist/styles.css"/>
Arena Canadian Tire Centre
Team leaders
Goals Josh Norris (8)
Assists Drake Batherson (9)
Points Drake Batherson (16)
Penalties in minutes Brady Tkachuk (39)
Plus/minus Thomas Chabot (+2)
Wins Filip Gustavsson (3)
Goals against average Matt Murray (3.26)
<2020–21 2022–23>

The 2021–22 Ottawa Senators season is the 30th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators hope to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after failing to qualify for the past four seasons. The Senators returned to the Atlantic Division after playing in the North Division in 2020–21.

Team business

In July 2021, the team hired Pierre McGuire as senior vice president of player development. McGuire who had been a broadcaster with NBC Sports had previously been an assistant coach with the Senators.[1]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division
Pos Team
GP W L OTL RW GF GA GD Pts
1 Boston Bruins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Buffalo Sabres 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Detroit Red Wings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Florida Panthers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Montreal Canadiens 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Ottawa Senators 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Toronto Maple Leafs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Tampa Bay Lightning 1 0 1 0 0 2 6 −4 0
Updated to game(s) played on October 12, 2021. Source: National Hockey League[2]
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 x – Boston Bruins 82 51 26 5 40 255 220 +35 107
2 ME x – Washington Capitals 82 44 26 12 35 275 245 +30 100
3 ME e – New York Islanders 82 37 35 10 34 231 237 −6 84
4 ME e – Columbus Blue Jackets 82 37 38 7 26 262 300 −38 81
5 AT e – Buffalo Sabres 82 32 39 11 25 232 290 −58 75
6 AT e – Detroit Red Wings 82 32 40 10 21 230 312 −82 74
7 AT e – Ottawa Senators 82 33 42 7 26 227 266 −39 73
8 ME e – New Jersey Devils 82 27 46 9 19 248 307 −59 63
9 ME e – Philadelphia Flyers 82 25 46 11 20 211 298 −87 61
10 AT e – Montreal Canadiens 82 22 49 11 16 221 319 −98 55
Source: National Hockey League[3]
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)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot.

Schedule and results

Preseason

The pre-season schedule was published on July 21, 2021.[4]

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021.[12] On November 15, the NHL announced the postponement of three Senators games due to there being 10 Senators players in the League's COVID-19 protocol with "evidence of continued spread in recent days",[13] rendering the team inactive until they were cleared to return to practice on November 20, in time to play their November 22 game hosted by the Colorado Avalanche.[14] In the meantime, three games were postponed: at the New Jersey Devils on the 16th, against the Nashville Predators on the 18th, and against the New York Rangers on the 20th.[14]

2021–22 game log
November: 1–8–1 (Home: 1–4–0 ; Road: 0–4–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap
8 November 1 Ottawa 1–5 Chicago Murray 15,946 3–5–0 6 [22]
9 November 2 Ottawa 4–5 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 15,276 3–5–1 7 [23]
10 November 4 Vegas 5–1 Ottawa Gustavsson 13,211 3–6–1 7 [24]
11 November 6 Tampa Bay 5–3 Ottawa Murray 12,417 3–7–1 7 [25]
12 November 9 Ottawa 2–3 Boston Murray 17,850 3–8–1 7 [26]
13 November 11 Los Angeles 2–0 Ottawa Gustavsson 8,221 3–9–1 7 [27]
14 November 13 Pittsburgh 3–6 Ottawa Gustavsson 14,661 4–9–1 9 [28]
15 November 14 Calgary 4–0 Ottawa Forsberg 10,244 4–10–1 9 [29]
– November 16 Ottawa – New Jersey Postponed due to multiple players with COVID-19 [14] Moved to December 6.[30]
16 November 18 Nashville – Ottawa Postponed due to multiple players with COVID-19 [14]
17 November 20 NY Rangers – Ottawa Postponed due to multiple players with COVID-19 [14]
18 November 22 Ottawa 5–7 Colorado Gustavsson 16,706 4–11–1 9 [31]
19 November 24 Ottawa 3–6 San Jose Murray 10,076 4–12–1 9 [32]
20 November 26 Ottawa Anaheim
21 November 27 Ottawa Los Angeles

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

Player statistics

Skaters

As of November 14, 2021

Regular season[33]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Drake Batherson 14 7 9 16 1 6
Josh Norris 15 6 4 10 1 4
Tyler Ennis 14 1 7 8 −3 2
Brady Tkachuk 12 3 4 7 1 31
Connor Brown 11 2 5 7 −7 2
Chris Tierney 15 5 1 6 −7 4
Tim Stützle 15 1 5 6 −5 6
Thomas Chabot 15 0 6 6 3 6
Artyom Zub 15 0 5 5 1 8
Michael Del Zotto 8 1 3 4 −8 2
Victor Mete 9 0 4 4 −5 0
Nick Paul 15 3 0 3 −10 9
Alex Formenton 12 2 1 3 −4 9
Zach Sanford 15 2 1 3 −4 11
Parker Kelly 9 1 1 2 −1 4
Logan Shaw 14 1 1 2 −2 2
Nikita Zaitsev 11 1 0 1 −4 6
Jacob Bernard-Docker 2 0 1 1 1 0
Nick Holden 10 0 1 1 −6 2
Shane Pinto 5 0 1 1 0 2
Lassi Thomson 3 0 1 1 −3 2
Andrew Agozzino 1 0 0 0 0 0
Erik Brannstrom 2 0 0 0 0 2
Josh Brown 12 0 0 0 −4 7
Dylan Gambrell 4 0 0 0 0 2
Dillon Heatherington 3 0 0 0 0 0
Scott Sabourin 3 0 0 0 −1 2
Egor Sokolov 4 0 0 0 −2 4
Austin Watson 2 0 0 0 −1 5

Goaltenders

Regular season[34]
Player GP GS TOI W L OT GA GAA SA SV% SO G A PIM
Filip Gustavsson 7 6 101:12 3 3 1 20 3.01 236 .915 0 0 0 0
Anton Forsberg 5 4 197:20 1 3 0 15 4.56 129 .884 0 0 0 0
Matt Murray 5 5 112:25 0 4 0 15 3.10 146 .897 0 0 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.

Roster

Updated October 7, 2021[35][36]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
23 Canada Andrew Agozzino LW L 33 2021 Kleinburg, Ontario
19 Canada Drake Batherson RW R 26 2017 Fort Wayne, Indiana
26 Sweden Erik Brannstrom D L 24 2019 Eksjö, Sweden
28 Canada Connor Brown RW R 30 2019 Toronto, Ontario
3 Canada Josh Brown D R 30 2020 London, Ontario
72 Canada Thomas Chabot (A) D L 27 2015 Sainte-Marie, Quebec
15 Canada Michael Del Zotto D L 34 2021 Stouffville, Ontario
63 Canada Tyler Ennis LW L 34 2021 Edmonton, Alberta
10 Canada Alex Formenton LW L 24 2017 King City, Ontario
31 Sweden Anton Forsberg G L 31 2021 Härnösand, Sweden
32 Sweden Filip Gustavsson G L 26 2018 Skellefteå, Sweden
5 Canada Nick Holden D L 37 2021 St. Albert, Alberta
98 Canada Victor Mete D L 26 2021 Woodbridge, Ontario
30 Canada Matt Murray G L 30 2020 Thunder Bay, Ontario
9 United States Josh Norris C L 25 2018 Oxford, Michigan
21 Canada Nick Paul (A) LW L 29 2014 Mississauga, Ontario
12 United States Shane Pinto C R 23 2019 Franklin Square, New York
49 Canada Scott Sabourin RW R 31 2021 Orleans, Ontario
13 United States Zach Sanford LW L 29 2021 Salem, Massachusetts
18 Germany Tim Stuetzle LW L 22 2020 Viersen, Germany
71 Canada Chris Tierney C L 30 2018 Keswick, Ontario
7 United States Brady Tkachuk (A) (RFA) LW L 24 2018 Scottsdale, Arizona
16 United States Austin Watson RW R 32 2020 Ann Arbor, Michigan
36 United States Colin White Injured Reserve C R 27 2015 Hanover, Massachusetts
22 Russia Nikita Zaitsev D R 32 2019 Moscow, Soviet Union
2 Russia Artyom Zub D R 28 2020 Khabarovsk, Russia

Awards and honours

Milestones

Player Milestone Date
Drake Batherson 100th career NHL game October 14, 2021
Connor Brown 100th career NHL assist October 17, 2021
Brady Tkachuk 200th career NHL game October 23, 2021

Transactions

The Senators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2021–22 season.

Trades

Date Details Ref
July 24, 2021 To Los Angeles Kings
2nd-round pick in 2021 (Francesco Pinelli)		 To Ottawa Senators
STL 2nd-round pick in 2021 (Benjamin Roger)
5th-round pick in 2021 (Robert Orr)		 [37]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) To Vegas Golden Knights
Evgenii Dadonov		 To Ottawa Senators
Nick Holden
3rd-round pick in 2022		 [38]
September 25, 2021 (2021-09-25) To St. Louis Blues
Logan Brown
Conditional 4th-round pick in 20221		 To Ottawa Senators
Zach Sanford		 [39]
October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24) To San Jose Sharks
7th-round pick in 2022		 To Ottawa Senators
Dylan Gambrell		 [40]

Notes:

^1 St. Louis will receive a fourth-round pick in 2022 if Brown plays fewer than 30 games for St. Louis in 2021–22; otherwise no pick will be exchanged.

Players acquired

Date Player Former team Term Via Ref
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) Andrew Agozzino Anaheim Ducks 1-year Free agency [41]
Michael Del Zotto Columbus Blue Jackets 2-year Free agency [42]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) Pontus Aberg Traktor Chelyabinsk (KHL) 1-year Free agency [43]
Kole Sherwood Columbus Blue Jackets 1-year Free agency [44]
Dillon Heatherington Barys Nur-Sultan (KHL) 1-year Free agency [44]
August 17, 2021 (2021-08-17) Scott Sabourin Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency [45]
October 7, 2021 (2021-10-07) Tyler Ennis Edmonton Oilers 1-year Free agency [46]
November 14, 2021 (2021-11-14) Zac Leslie Belleville Senators (AHL) 1-year Free agency [47]
November 27, 2021 (2021-11-27) Adam Gaudette Chicago Blackhawks Waivers [48]

Players lost

Date Player New team Term Via Ref
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21) Joey Daccord Seattle Kraken Expansion draft [49]
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28) Ryan Dzingel Arizona Coyotes 1-year Free agency [50]
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29) Michael Amadio Toronto Maple Leafs 1-year Free agency [51]
J. C. Beaudin Laval Rocket (AHL) 1-year Free agency [52]
Matthew Peca St. Louis Blues 1-year Free agency [53]
Jack Kopacka Toronto Marlies (AHL) 1-year Free agency [54]
July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31) Derek Stepan Carolina Hurricanes 1-year Free agency [55]
Zach Magwood HC TWK Innsbruck (ICEHL) 1-year Free agency [56]
September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23) Brandon Fortunato Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL) Unknown Free agency [57]
October 20, 2021 (2021-10-20) Artem Anisimov Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL) 1-year Free agency [58]

Signings

Date Player Term Contract type Ref
August 4, 2021 (2021-08-04) Victor Mete 1-year Re-signing [59]
August 29, 2021 (2021-08-29) Filip Gustavsson 2-year Re-signing [60]
September 3, 2021 (2021-09-03) Drake Batherson 6-year Re-signing [61]
September 18, 2021 (2021-09-18) Logan Brown 1-year Re-signing [62]
September 29, 2021 (2021-09-29) Zach Ostapchuk 3-year Entry-level [63]
October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12) Parker Kelly 2-year Extension [64]
October 14, 2021 (2021-10-14) Brady Tkachuk 7-year Re-signing [65]

Draft picks

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See also: List of Ottawa Senators draft picks

The Senators' top pick was the tenth-overall draft pick in the 2021 NHL Entry Draft, Tyler Boucher. The Senators made two trades on day two of the draft, moving up in the selections and ending up with six selections overall. The draft was held July 23–24, 2024 virtually via video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round Overall Player Position Nationality Club team
1 10 Tyler Boucher RW  United States U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2 39 Zach Ostapchuk C  Canada Vancouver Giants (WHL)
2 49 Benjamin Roger D  Canada London Knights (OHL)
3 74 Oliver Johansson LW  Sweden Timra (HockeyAllsvenskan)
4 123 Carson Latimer RW  Canada Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL)
7 202 Chandler Romeo D  Canada Brantford Bandits (GOJHL)

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