2024–25 Ottawa Senators season explained

League:	NHL
Season:	2024–25
Year:	2024
Team:	Ottawa Senators
Division:	Atlantic
Conference:	Eastern
Record:	0–0–0
Homerecord:	0–0–0
Roadrecord:	0–0–0
Goalsfor:	0
Goalsagainst:	0
Generalmanager:	Steve Staios
Coach:	Travis Green
Captain:	Brady Tkachuk
Altcaptain:	Thomas Chabot Claude Giroux
Arena:	Canadian Tire Centre
Minorleague:	Belleville Senators (AHL)

The 2024–25 Ottawa Senators season will be the 33rd season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators enter the season with a new coaching staff.

Off-season

On May 7, the Senators announced their new head coach Travis Green, a former head coach with the Vancouver Canucks, and former player.^[1] The team filled out their coaching positions by returning Daniel Alfredsson and Ben Sexton and adding Mike Yeo and Nolan Baumgartner as assistant coaches.^[2]

On July 31, the Allen Americans, the ECHL affiliate of the Senators for the previous two seasons, announced a new affiliation with the Utah Hockey Club leaving the Senators without an ECHL affiliate.^[3]

Schedule and results

Preseason

The pre-season schedule was published on June 24, 2024.^[4]

2024 preseason game log: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0)
	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 22			Ottawa
2	September 24	Ottawa		Toronto
3	September 26	Ottawa
4	September 29			Ottawa
5	October 1			Ottawa
6	October 4			Ottawa
7	October 5	Ottawa		Montreal

Regular season

The Ottawa Senators regular season schedule was released on July 2, 2024.

2024–25 game log
October: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 10 Ottawa 2 October 12 Ottawa 3 October 14 Ottawa 4 October 17 Ottawa 5 October 19 Ottawa 6 October 22 Ottawa 7 October 25 Ottawa 8 October 27 Ottawa 9 October 29 Ottawa
November: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 November 1 Ottawa 11 November 2 Ottawa 12 November 5 Ottawa 13 November 7 Ottawa 14 November 9 Ottawa 15 November 12 Ottawa 16 November 14 Ottawa 17 November 16 Ottawa 18 November 19 Ottawa 19 November 21 Ottawa 20 November 23 Ottawa 21 November 25 Ottawa 22 November 27 Ottawa 23 November 30 Ottawa
December: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 December 1 Ottawa 25 December 5 Ottawa 26 December 7 Ottawa 27 December 8 Ottawa 28 December 11 Ottawa 29 December 13 Ottawa 30 December 14 Ottawa 31 December 17 Ottawa 32 December 19 Ottawa 33 December 21 Ottawa 34 December 22 Ottawa 35 December 28 Ottawa 36 December 29 Ottawa
January: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 January 2 Ottawa 38 January 3 Ottawa 39 January 7 Ottawa 40 January 9 Ottawa 41 January 11 Ottawa 42 January 12 Ottawa 43 January 14 Ottawa 44 January 16 Ottawa 45 January 18 Ottawa 46 January 19 Ottawa 47 January 21 Ottawa 48 January 23 Ottawa 49 January 25 Ottawa 50 January 26 Ottawa 51 January 30 Ottawa
February: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 February 1 Ottawa 53 February 3 Ottawa 54 February 4 Ottawa 55 February 6 Ottawa 56 February 8 Ottawa 57 February 22 Ottawa 58 February 26 Ottawa
March: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 59 March 1 Ottawa 60 March 3 Ottawa 61 March 5 Ottawa 62 March 8 Ottawa 63 March 10 Ottawa 64 March 11 Ottawa 65 March 13 Ottawa 66 March 15 Ottawa 67 March 18 Ottawa 68 March 20 Ottawa 69 March 22 Ottawa 70 March 25 Ottawa 71 March 27 Ottawa 72 March 29 Ottawa 73 March 30 Ottawa
April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 1 Ottawa 75 April 3 Ottawa 76 April 5 Ottawa 77 April 6 Ottawa 78 April 8 Ottawa 79 April 11 Ottawa 80 April 13 Ottawa 81 April 15 Ottawa 82 April 17 Ottawa
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Transactions

The Senators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2024–25 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
	To Washington Capitals Jakob Chychrun		^[5]
	To St. Louis Blues Mathieu Joseph 3rd-round pick in 2025	To Ottawa Senators Future considerations		^[6]
	To Utah Hockey Club Egor Sokolov	To Ottawa Senators Jan Jenik	^[7]
	To Colorado Avalanche Kevin Mandolese 7th-round pick in 2026	To Ottawa Senators 6th-round pick in 2026	^[8]
	To Edmonton Oilers Roby Jarventie 4th-round pick in 2025	To Ottawa Senators Xavier Bourgault Jake Chiasson	^[9]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
			3-year	Free agency	^[10]
			1-year	Free agency
			1-year	Free agency
			2-year	Free agency
			1-year	Free agency	^[11]
			1-year	Free agency	^[12]
			1-year	Free agency	^[13]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
			1-year	Free agency	^[14]
			2-year	Free agency	^[15]
		Colorado Avalanche	1-year	Free agency	^[16]
		San Diego Gulls (AHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[17]
July 19, 2024		Kunlun Red Star (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[18]
July 25, 2024		Kölner Haie (DEL)	1-year	Free agency	^[19]

Player signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
		2-year
		2-year	^[20]
		3-year	^[21]
		1-year	^[22]
		2-year	^[23]
		3-year	^[24]

Key

Contract is entry-level.
Contract takes effect in the 2025–26 season.

Draft picks

See also: List of Ottawa Senators draft picks.

The 2024 NHL Entry Draft was held June 28–29, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The Senators made six draft picks. The Senators held the Boston Bruins' first-round pick, but traded it just before the draft for Linus Ullmark.^[25]

The Senators' third-round pick went to the Chicago Blackhawks as the result of a trade on July 7, 2022, that sent Alex DeBrincat to Ottawa in exchange for a first and second-round pick in 2022 and this pick.^[26] The Senators' sixth-round pick went to the Carolina Hurricanes as the result of a trade on March 15, 2024, that sent Jamieson Rees to Ottawa in exchange for this pick.^[27] # The Senators' seventh-round pick went to the Toronto Maple Leafs as the result of a trade on July 11, 2022, that sent future considerations to Ottawa in exchange for Matt Murray, a third-round pick in 2023 and this pick.^[28]

The Detroit Red Wings' fourth-round pick went to the Senators as the result of a trade on July 9, 2023, that sent Alex DeBrincat to Detroit in exchange for Dominik Kubalik, Donovan Sebrango, a conditional first-round pick in 2024 and this pick.^[29] The Tampa Bay Lightning's fourth-round pick went to the Senators as the result of a trade on March 20, 2022, that sent Nick Paul to Tampa Bay in exchange for Mathieu Joseph and this pick.^[30]

Round	Overall	Player	Position	Nationality	Club team
1	7	Carter Yakemchuk	D		Calgary Hitmen (WHL)
2	39	Gabriel Eliasson	D		HV71 J20 (J20 Nationell)
4	104	Lucas Ellinas	C		Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
4	112	Javon Moore	LW		Minnetonka High School (USHS-MN)
4	117	Blake Montgomery	LW		Lincoln Stars (USHL)
5	136	Eerik Wallenius	D		HPK (Liiga)

Notes and References

1. Got Our Guy . May 7, 2024 . Ottawa Senators Communications . nhl.com.
2. Ottawa Senators . nhl.com . Senators Round Out Coaching Staff . June 4, 2024 . June 24, 2024.
3. Allen Americans . allenamericans.com . Americans announce new NHL affiliation . July 31, 2024 . August 13, 2024.
4. NHL.com . Ottawa Senators announce seven-game 2024-25 pre-season schedule . June 27, 2024 . Sens Communications.
5. Web site: Senators trade defenceman Jakob Chychrun to Capitals. Sportsnet. July 1, 2024. July 1, 2024.
6. Web site: Senators shed salary by sending Mathieu Joseph to St. Louis Blues . Ottawa Citizen . Garrioch . Bruce . July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
7. Web site: Jan Jenik arrives from Utah in exchange for forward Egor Sokolov. Ottawa Senators. July 3, 2024. July 3, 2024.
8. Web site: Senators trade goalie Kevin Mandolese to Avalanche. Sportsnet. July 15, 2024. July 16, 2024.
9. Web site: Ottawa Senators acquire forwards Xavier Bourgault and Jake Chiasson from Edmonton . Ottawa Senators . July 15, 2024. July 15, 2024.
10. Web site: Breaking down Day one of NHL Free Agency. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. July 1, 2024. July 2, 2024.
11. Web site: Gaining Gaudette. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators Communications. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
12. Web site: Hey, Hayden. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators Communications. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
13. Web site: Roos-hoo!. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators Communications. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
14. Web site: Penguins sign forward Bokonji Imama to a one-year contract. NHL.com. Pittsburgh Penguins. July 1, 2024. July 2, 2024.
15. Web site: Avalanche Signs Parker Kelly. nhl.com. Colorado Avalanche. July 1, 2024. July 2, 2024.
16. Web site: Colorado Avalanche sign Erik Brannstrom to one-year contract. tsn.ca. TSN. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
17. Web site: San Diego Gulls sign four players. sandiegogulls.com. San Diego Gulls. July 2, 2024. July 8, 2024.
18. Web site: Former Sens F Chartier joins KHL's Red Star with one-year deal . tsn.ca . TSN . July 19, 2024. July 19, 2024.
19. Web site: KÖLNER HAIE VERPFLICHTEN JOSH CURRIE . haie.de . Kölner Haie . July 25, 2024. July 26, 2024.
20. Web site: Putting Pin-to paper. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. July 2, 2024. July 2, 2024.
21. Web site: Andonovsthree. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. July 3, 2024. July 8, 2024.
22. Web site: A busy week for Jenik. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. July 5, 2024. July 8, 2024.
23. Web site: Standing 'Gaard. NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. July 15, 2024. July 15, 2024.
24. Web site: Senators agree to terms with defenceman Carter Yakemchuk to a three-year, entry-level contract | Ottawa Senators . NHL.com. Ottawa Senators. August 6, 2024. August 6, 2024 .
25. Web site: Sportsnet . sportnet.ca . Senators acquire Linus Ullmark in trade with Bruins . June 24, 2024. June 24, 2024 . Sportsnet. Staff.
26. Web site: Blackhawks trade Alex DeBrincat to Senators for draft picks. July 7, 2022. July 7, 2022. Sportsnet.ca.
27. Web site: Senators acquire Jamieson Rees from Hurricanes for sixth-round pick. March 15, 2024. March 27, 2024. sportsnet.ca.
28. Web site: Murray traded to Maple Leafs by Senators. July 11, 2022. July 11, 2022. nhl.com.
29. Web site: Sens acquire players and picks from Detroit in trade for Alex Debrincat. July 9, 2023. July 9, 2023. nhl.com.
30. Web site: Sens acquire Joseph from Tampa Bay in Paul trade. March 20, 2022. July 2, 2022. nhl.com.