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[Ottawa Senators]

Senators Announce Changes in Belleville

The Ottawa Senators have an extra day off between games this week and Steve Staios has decided to make the most of his down time, announcing some significant changes in the American Hockey League.

Head Coach David Bell has been relieved of his duties with the BSens. Assistant Andrew Campbell is taking over on an interim basis while the organization conducts a search for a new bench boss in Belleville.

Bell first took over as interim Head Coach midway through the 2022-23 AHL season, taking over for then Head Coach Troy Mann. Staios also signed him to a two-year extension back in 2024.

It’s not a huge surprise that the organization would be looking for a bit of a spark at the minor league level. The BSens have dropped 10 of their last 12 games and have an 11-14-3 record on the season. While Bell is a guy that was universally loved by the players and always went above and beyond in finding ways to connect with the fan base, Staios obviously felt that it was time for change.

Here’s the GM on the timing of the move…



Andrew Campbell is in his second season with the the BSens and previously served as an assistant with Brantford in the Ontario Hockey League.

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[Ottawa Senators]

Game Day – Senators Return Home to Host Penguins

That’s more like it.

In case you were in the middle of a two-hour meltdown the other night, let me tell you how the game against the Winnipeg Jets ended. The Ottawa Senators tied it late on a goal by Jake Sanderson and then Tim Stützle found Brady Tkachuk for a humdinger of an overtime winner. And I don’t use the word humdinger all willy nilly. Same thing with willy nilly actually.

While there are signs the Sens are starting to get healthier, it won’t be tonight. Thomas Chabot was a regular participant at practice yesterday but will likely wait till the weekend to make his return. Meanwhile Shane Pinto is back on his skates but there’s still no timeline for his return. Lars Eller is gonna be a few more weeks with what the team revealed is a broken foot.

Linus Ullmark and Jake Sanderson both left the skate early yesterday but the Coach isn’t concerned so let’s not be either.

In the meantime, expect a similar look as the other night in The Peg. Something like this…

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Zetterlund
Perron-Cozens-Batherson
Amadio-Greig-Giroux
MacDermid-Halliday-Cousins

Sanderson-Zub
Kleven-Spence
Matinpalo-Jensen

No word on a starter just yet.

The Senators look to build on a big ol’ win in Winnipeg as they return home to host Erik Karlsson’s ghost and the rest of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

That puck is droppin’ at 7:08 PM, whether you’re ready or not. The game is televised and radioised or you can see it with your own eyes at the CTC.

A closer look at this evening’s festivities via the HEAD2HEAD table.

HEAD2HEAD
Record	14-9-9 (37 pts)	15-13-4 (34 pts)
Goals For	3.22 (8th)	3.06 (14th)
Goals Against	3.03 (16th)	3.25 (23rd)
Power Play	31.1% (3rd)	25.5% (5th)
Penalty Kill	81.6% (13th)	70.5% (31st)
Shots For	28.4 (14th)	27.6 (20th)
Shots Against	28.7 (21st)	25.6% (4th)
Leading Scorers	Crosby-35 pts Malkin-29 pts Rust-28 pts Karlsson-25 pts Mantha-22 pts	Stutzle-33 pts Batherson-30 pts Sanderson-26 pts Cozens-24 pts Giroux-19 pts
Starting Goalies	TBD	TBD

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[Ottawa Senators]

Ullmark Leads Senators Over Penguins

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— SensChirp (@SensChirp) December 19, 2025

JAKE SANDERSON WITH AN ASSIST FOR THE AGES

After his stick broke he was given one by a teammate… and then proceeded to make an outlet pass that would eventually lead to a @Senators goal!

Oh ya, the stick he made the pass with was opposite handed!

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— NHL (@NHL) December 19, 2025

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[Ottawa Senators]

Game Day – Senators Host Blackhawks on Saturday Afternoon

For like the fourth time this season, it appears as though the seemingly doooooooooomed Ottawa Senators are uh fine.

That ugly homestand is a thing of the past and now the Senators have won three of their last four and have things back on track. And not a moment too soon – the Sens sit four points back of a Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference and five points back of the Division lead. Although they have a couple games in hand.

They’ll look to continue their winning ways when they host the Connor Bedard-less Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday afternoon in beautiful Kanata, Ontario.

One big ol’ change to the Ottawa lineup this afternoon as Thomas Chabot is expected to play for the first time in like a month. And that game was his first in a couple weeks. Anyway, what I’m saying is we haven’t seen a lot of Chabot lately and that changes today. A huge boost to the Ottawa lineup and good news for Jake Sanderson, who has been eating up a lot of minutes in Chabot’s absence.

Assuming Nikolas Matinpalo is the one to come out but we shall see. No morning skate with the early start but let’s assume same lineup otherwise.

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Zetterlund
Perron-Cozens-Batherson
Amadio-Greig-Giroux
MacDermid-Halliday-Cousins

Sanderson-Zub
Kleven-Spence
Matinpalo-Jensen

This feels like a Leevi Merilainen, especially with the Senators in Boston tomorrow night.

Puck drop is scheduled for just after 3:00 PM. If you’re the pregame nap type, you might wanna get snoozin’. The game is available on TSN5, TSN1200, 104.7 or live and in the flesh down at the CeeTeeCee.

Wondering how these teams match-up but don’t trust the Google, AI-powered robots, invasive social media algorithms or Bruce Garrioch? Put your faith in the HEAD2HEAD table.

HEAD2HEAD
Record	13-15-6 (32 pts)	16-13-4 (36 pts)
Goals For	2.76 (25th)	3.09 (13th)
Goals Against	3.03 (16th)	3.15 (21st)
Power Play	20.8% (11th)	25.7% (4th)
Penalty Kill	84.2% (4th)	71.1% (31st)
Shots For	25.2 (30th)	27.6 (20th)
Shots Against	30.3 (29th)	25.6 (4th)
Leading Scorers	Bedard-44 pts Bertuzzi-26 pts Burakovsky-22 pts Nazar-21 pts Teravainen-17 pts	Stutzle-34 pts Batherson-32 pts Sanderson-26 pts Cozens-24 pts Giroux-20 pts
Starting Goalies	TBD	TBD

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[Ottawa Senators]

Game Day – Senators Visit Bruins on Sunday Night

Puck drop is scheduled for 7:08 PM in Beantown. The game is available on TSN5, TSN1200, 104.7 FM and on streaming sites all across the information super highway.

HEAD2HEAD
Record	17-13-4 (38 pts)	20-15-1 (41 pts)
Goals For	3.18 (10th)	3.22 (7th)
Goals Against	3.18 (21st)	3.14 (19th)
Power Play	25.0% (7th)	26.0% (5th)
Penalty Kill	71.0% (31st)	80.5% (17th)
Shots For	27.9 (20th)	27.4 (21st)
Shots Against	25.5 (4th)	30.0 (28th)
Leading Scorers	Stutzle-37 pts Batherson-32 pts Sanderson-26 pts Cozens-24 pts Giroux-22 pts	Geekie-39 pts Pastrnak-38 pts Zacha-25 pts Lindholm-23 pts McAvoy-17 pts
Starting Goalie	Linus Ullmark 13-8-4 2.89 GAA, .884 sv%	Joonas Korpisalo 6-6-0 3.35 GAA, .888 sv%

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