2021–22 Ottawa Senators season

2021–22 Ottawa Senators
Division	7th Atlantic
Conference	13th Eastern
2021–22 record	33–42–7
Home record	15–22–4
Road record	18–20–3
Goals for	227
Goals against	266
Team information
General manager	Pierre Dorion
Coach	D. J. Smith
Captain	Vacant (Oct 15 – Nov. 5) Brady Tkachuk (Nov. 5 – Apr. 29)
Alternate captains	Connor Brown Thomas Chabot Brady Tkachuk (Oct–Nov) Nick Paul (Oct–Mar) Nikita Zaitsev
Arena	Canadian Tire Centre
Average attendance	10,145
Minor league affiliate(s)	Belleville Senators (AHL) Atlanta Gladiators (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Josh Norris (35)
Assists	Brady Tkachuk (37)
Points	Brady Tkachuk (67)
Penalty minutes	Brady Tkachuk (117)
Plus/minus	Mathieu Joseph (+8)
Wins	Anton Forsberg (22)
Goals against average	Anton Forsberg (2.82)

The 2021–22 Ottawa Senators season was the 30th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators attempted 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.

On April 6, 2022, the Senators were eliminated from playoff contention when the Washington Capitals defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning.

Team business

In July 2021, the team hired Pierre McGuire as senior vice president of player development. McGuire, who had most recently been a broadcaster with the NHL on NBC, had previously been an assistant coach with the Senators. In August 2021, the Senators announced their new ECHL affiliation with the Atlanta Gladiators.

Owner Eugene Melnyk died on March 28, 2022, due to an unspecified illness. In statements in recent years, Melnyk had said that he planned to leave the team to his two daughters Olivia and Anna, when he had been asked if he intended to sell the team, although there has been speculation about ownership changes. The team added an 'EM' patch on the jersey for the rest of the season.

In April 2022, the club announced a joint proposal with the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group to host the 2023 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Ottawa.

The National Capital Commission (NCC) resumed the process to redevelop the LeBreton Flats overall site, reserving the site of an arena and asking for preliminary bids on the arena site separately. After a February 2022 deadline to submit bids, the NCC announced that it had received several bids for the site. Local media speculated that the Senators were actively pursuing a bid, authorized by Melnyk shortly before his death. In June 2022, the NCC accepted the Senators' proposal for a new downtown arena and mixed-use development as part of the Lebreton Flats redevelopment. The team will lease the land for their development. Construction is not expected before 2024 after a leasing agreement is finalized and municipal review of the project is completed. The lease agreement is expected to be put in place by autumn of 2023.

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	p – Florida Panthers	82	58	18	6	42	340	246	+94	122
2	x – Toronto Maple Leafs	82	54	21	7	45	315	253	+62	115
3	x – Tampa Bay Lightning	82	51	23	8	39	287	233	+54	110
4	x – Boston Bruins	82	51	26	5	40	255	220	+35	107
5	e – Buffalo Sabres	82	32	39	11	25	232	290	−58	75
6	e – Detroit Red Wings	82	32	40	10	21	230	312	−82	74
7	e – Ottawa Senators	82	33	42	7	26	227	266	−39	73
8	e – Montreal Canadiens	82	22	49	11	16	221	319	−98	55

Source: National Hockey League
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; p – Clinched Presidents' Trophy; x – Clinched playoff spot

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
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.

2021 preseason game log: 3–4–0 (home: 1–2–0; road: 2–2–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 26	Ottawa	3–2	Winnipeg	OT	Forsberg	—	1–0–0
2	September 29	Toronto	4–0	Ottawa		Gustavsson	—	1–1–0
3	October 1	Montreal	2–7	Ottawa		Murray	—	2–1–0
4	October 2	Ottawa	1–2	Montreal		Forsberg	7,500	2–2–0
5	October 4	Toronto	3–1	Ottawa		Murray	—	2–3–0
6	October 7	Ottawa	5–4	Montreal	SO	Forsberg	7,500	3–3–0
7	October 9	Ottawa	1–4	Toronto		Murray	—	3–4–0

Regular season

The regular season schedule was published on July 22, 2021. On November 15, the NHL announced the postponement of three Senators games due to there being ten Senators players in the League's COVID-19 protocol with "evidence of continued spread in recent days", 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. 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.

2021–22 game log
October: 3–4–0 (home: 2–3–0; road: 1–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 14 Toronto 2–3 Ottawa Forsberg 15,159 1–0–0 2 2 October 16 Ottawa 1–3 Toronto Forsberg 18,211 1–1–0 2 3 October 17 Dallas 2–3 Ottawa Gustavsson 8,067 2–1–0 4 4 October 21 San Jose 2–1 Ottawa Murray 8,994 2–2–0 4 5 October 23 NY Rangers 3–2 Ottawa Forsberg 11,167 2–3–0 4 6 October 25 Washington 7–5 Ottawa Gustavsson 11,387 2–4–0 4 7 October 29 Ottawa 4–1 Dallas Gustavsson 17,346 3–4–0 6
November: 1–10–1 (home: 1–4–0; road: 0–6–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 8 November 1 Ottawa 1–5 Chicago Murray 15,946 3–5–0 6 9 November 2 Ottawa 4–5 Minnesota OT Gustavsson 15,276 3–5–1 7 10 November 4 Vegas 5–1 Ottawa Gustavsson 13,211 3–6–1 7 11 November 6 Tampa Bay 5–3 Ottawa Murray 12,417 3–7–1 7 12 November 9 Ottawa 2–3 Boston Murray 17,850 3–8–1 7 13 November 11 Los Angeles 2–0 Ottawa Gustavsson 8,221 3–9–1 7 14 November 13 Pittsburgh 3–6 Ottawa Gustavsson 14,661 4–9–1 9 15 November 14 Calgary 4–0 Ottawa Forsberg 10,244 4–10–1 9 — November 16 Ottawa – New Jersey Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to December 6. — November 18 Nashville – Ottawa Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to April 7. — November 20 NY Rangers – Ottawa Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 20. 16 November 22 Ottawa 5–7 Colorado Gustavsson 16,706 4–11–1 9 17 November 24 Ottawa 3–6 San Jose Murray 10,076 4–12–1 9 18 November 26 Ottawa 0–4 Anaheim Forsberg 14,687 4–13–1 9 19 November 27 Ottawa 2–4 Los Angeles Gustavsson 15,406 4–14–1 9
December: 5–3–1 (home: 2–2–0; road: 3–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 20 December 1 Vancouver 6–2 Ottawa Gustavsson 10,571 4–15–1 9 21 December 2 Ottawa 3–2 Carolina Forsberg 14,915 5–15–1 11 22 December 4 Colorado 5–6 Ottawa OT Forsberg 14,237 6–15–1 13 23 December 6 Ottawa 3–2 New Jersey SO Forsberg 10,312 7–15–1 15 24 December 7 NY Islanders 5–3 Ottawa Gustavsson 10,229 7–16–1 15 25 December 11 Tampa Bay 0–4 Ottawa Forsberg 13,076 8–16–1 17 26 December 14 Ottawa 8–2 Florida Forsberg 13,759 9–16–1 19 27 December 16 Ottawa 1–2 Tampa Bay Forsberg 19,092 9–17–1 19 28 December 18 Ottawa 3–4 Philadelphia OT Forsberg 18,437 9–17–2 20 — December 19 Boston – Ottawa Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 19. — December 21 St. Louis Ottawa Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 15. — December 23 Carolina Ottawa Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 8. — December 27 Ottawa Washington Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 13. — December 29 Boston Ottawa Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 12. — December 31 Pittsburgh Ottawa Postponed due to attendance restrictions. Moved to February 10.
January: 5–4–2 (home: 2–2–1; road: 3–2–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 29 January 1 Ottawa 0–6 Toronto Murray 989 9–18–2 20 — January 3 Minnesota Ottawa Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to February 22. — January 6 Ottawa Seattle Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to April 18. — January 8 Ottawa Vancouver Postponed due to attendance restrictions. Moved to April 19. — January 10 Ottawa Edmonton Postponed due to COVID-19. Moved to January 15. 30 January 13 Ottawa 4–1 Calgary Murray 9,639 10–18–2 22 — January 15 Ottawa Winnipeg Postponed due to attendance restrictions. Moved to March 24. 31 January 15 Ottawa 6–4 Edmonton Murray 9,150 11–18–2 24 32 January 18 Buffalo 3–1 Ottawa Forsberg 0 11–19–2 24 33 January 20 Ottawa 4–6 Pittsburgh Gustavsson 18,060 11–20–2 24 34 January 22 Ottawa 2–3 Washington OT Murray 18,573 11–20–3 25 35 January 23 Ottawa 2–1 Columbus Forsberg 15,037 12–20–3 27 36 January 25 Buffalo 0–5 Ottawa Murray 0 13–20–3 29 37 January 27 Carolina 3–2 Ottawa SO Murray 0 13–20–4 30 38 January 29 Anaheim 2–1 Ottawa Forsberg 0 13–21–4 30 39 January 31 Edmonton 2–3 Ottawa OT Murray 500 14–21–4 32
February: 5–6–1 (home: 3–5–1; road: 2–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 40 February 1 Ottawa 1–4 NY Islanders Forsberg 15,258 14–22–4 32 41 February 7 New Jersey 1–4 Ottawa Murray 500 15–22–4 34 42 February 8 Carolina 3–4 Ottawa Forsberg 500 16–22–4 36 43 February 10 Pittsburgh 2–0 Ottawa Murray 500 16–23–4 36 44 February 12 Boston 2–0 Ottawa Murray 500 16–24–4 36 45 February 13 Ottawa 4–1 Washington Forsberg 18,573 17–24–4 38 46 February 15 St. Louis 5–2 Ottawa Murray 500 17–25–4 38 47 February 17 Ottawa 3–1 Buffalo Forsberg 7,026 18–25–4 40 48 February 19 Boston 3–2 Ottawa OT Forsberg 5,212 18–25–5 41 49 February 20 NY Rangers 2–1 Ottawa Gustavsson 5,181 18–26–5 41 50 February 22 Minnesota 3–4 Ottawa Forsberg 7,602 19–26–5 43 51 February 26 Montreal 2–1 Ottawa Murray 9,958 19–27–5 43
March: 4–10–1 (home: 2–3–1; road: 2–7–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 52 March 1 Ottawa 2–5 Tampa Bay Murray 19,092 19–28–5 43 53 March 3 Ottawa 0–3 Florida Forsberg 16,499 19–29–5 43 54 March 5 Ottawa 5–8 Arizona Murray 11,810 19–30–5 43 55 March 6 Ottawa 1–2 Vegas Forsberg 17,909 19–31–5 43 56 March 8 Ottawa 4–1 St. Louis Forsberg 18,096 20–31–5 45 57 March 10 Seattle 3–4 Ottawa OT Forsberg 11,622 21–31–5 47 58 March 12 Chicago 6–3 Ottawa Forsberg 14,252 21–32–5 47 59 March 14 Arizona 5–3 Ottawa Gustavsson 9,201 21–33–5 47 60 March 16 Columbus 4–1 Ottawa Forsberg 10,087 21–34–5 47 61 March 18 Philadelphia 1–3 Ottawa Forsberg 11,431 22–34–5 49 62 March 19 Ottawa 1–5 Montreal Gustavsson 21,105 22–35–5 49 63 March 22 Ottawa 0–3 NY Islanders Forsberg 15,856 22–36–5 49 64 March 24 Ottawa 5–2 Winnipeg Forsberg 14,175 23–36–5 51 65 March 26 Florida 4–3 Ottawa SO Forsberg 17,201 23–36–6 52 66 March 29 Ottawa 1–4 Nashville Forsberg 17,176 23–37–6 52
April: 10–5–1 (home: 3–3–1; road: 7–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 67 April 1 Ottawa 5–2 Detroit Sogaard 17,563 24–37–6 54 68 April 3 Detroit 2–5 Ottawa Forsberg 16,402 25–37–6 56 69 April 5 Ottawa 6–3 Montreal Forsberg 20,566 26–37–6 58 70 April 7 Nashville 3–2 Ottawa Forsberg 12,103 26–38–6 58 71 April 9 Ottawa 1–5 NY Rangers Forsberg 18,006 26–39–6 58 72 April 10 Winnipeg 4–3 Ottawa Sogaard 12,207 26–40–6 58 73 April 12 Ottawa 4–1 Detroit Forsberg 16,093 27–40–6 60 74 April 14 Ottawa 3–2 Boston Forsberg 17,850 28–40–6 62 75 April 16 Toronto 5–4 Ottawa OT Forsberg 18,655 28–40–7 63 76 April 18 Ottawa 2–4 Seattle Forsberg 17,151 28–41–7 63 77 April 19 Ottawa 4–3 Vancouver SO Gustavsson 18,845 29–41–7 65 78 April 22 Ottawa 2–1 Columbus SO Gustavsson 18,116 30–41–7 67 79 April 23 Montreal 4–6 Ottawa Forsberg 19,410 31–41–7 69 80 April 26 New Jersey 4–5 Ottawa OT Forsberg 13,101 32–41–7 71 81 April 28 Florida 4–0 Ottawa Gustavsson 17,102 32–42–7 71 82 April 29 Ottawa 4–2 Philadelphia Forsberg 17,575 33–42–7 73
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Brady Tkachuk	79	30	37	67	−7	117
Tim Stuetzle	79	22	36	58	−27	37
Josh Norris	66	35	20	55	−7	16
Drake Batherson	46	17	27	44	+4	32
Connor Brown	64	10	29	39	−15	10
Thomas Chabot	59	7	31	38	−3	26
Alex Formenton	79	18	14	32	−13	59
Tyler Ennis	57	8	16	24	−6	16
Artyom Zub	81	6	16	22	+1	60
Nick Holden	76	5	14	19	0	12
Nick Paul‡	59	11	7	18	−18	22
Chris Tierney	70	6	12	18	−12	14
Zach Sanford‡	62	9	8	17	−13	37
Austin Watson	67	10	6	16	−3	91
Erik Brannstrom	53	0	14	14	−17	30
Michael Del Zotto	26	3	10	13	−4	4
Parker Kelly	41	7	5	12	−4	60
Mathieu Joseph†	11	4	8	12	+8	6
Adam Gaudette†	50	4	8	12	−6	13
Nikita Zaitsev	62	2	9	11	−7	28
Colin White	24	3	7	10	−11	4
Dylan Gambrell	63	3	4	7	+2	12
Victor Mete	37	0	7	7	−19	4
Josh Brown‡	46	0	6	6	−9	32
Lassi Thomson	16	0	5	5	−8	2
Mark Kastelic	16	2	2	4	−1	14
Travis Hamonic†	19	1	2	3	+5	8
Logan Shaw	17	1	2	3	−3	2
Scott Sabourin	7	0	2	2	−2	11
Clark Bishop	9	0	1	1	−3	6
Jacob Bernard-Docker	8	0	1	1	1	4
Shane Pinto	5	0	1	1	0	2
Andrew Agozzino	1	0	0	0	0	0
Dillon Heatherington	9	0	0	0	–1	7
Zachary Senyshyn	2	0	0	0	–1	2
Egor Sokolov	8	0	0	0	−6	4
Cole Reinhardt	1	0	0	0	0	2
Viktor Lodin	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Anton Forsberg	46	44	2,571:27	22	17	4	121	2.82	1,457	.917	1	0	0	2
Matt Murray	20	20	1,181:30	5	12	2	60	3.05	640	.906	1	0	0	0
Filip Gustavsson	18	16	1,047:33	5	12	1	62	3.55	574	.892	0	0	0	0
Mads Sogaard	2	2	117:18	1	1	0	6	3.07	54	.889	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.

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
Egor Sokolov	1st career NHL game	November 9, 2021
Lassi Thomson	1st career NHL game	November 12, 2021
Mark Kastelic	1st career NHL game	January 29, 2022
Mads Sogaard	1st career NHL game	April 1, 2022
Cole Reinhardt	1st career NHL game	April 7, 2022
Viktor Lodin	1st career NHL game	April 29, 2022

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	To Ottawa Senators STL 2nd-round pick in 2021 5th-round pick in 2021
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	To Vegas Golden Knights Evgenii Dadonov	To Ottawa Senators Nick Holden 3rd-round pick in 2022
September 25, 2021 (2021-09-25)	To St. Louis Blues Logan Brown Conditional1 4th-round pick in 2022	To Ottawa Senators Zach Sanford
October 24, 2021 (2021-10-24)	To San Jose Sharks 7th-round pick in 2022	To Ottawa Senators Dylan Gambrell
March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)	To Vancouver Canucks VAN 3rd-round pick in 2022	To Ottawa Senators Travis Hamonic
March 20, 2022 (2022-03-20)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Nick Paul	To Ottawa Senators Mathieu Joseph 4th-round pick in 2024
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Boston Bruins Josh Brown Conditional2 7th-round pick in 2022	To Ottawa Senators Zachary Senyshyn 5th-round pick in 2022
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Winnipeg Jets Zach Sanford	To Ottawa Senators 5th-round pick in 2022
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	To Calgary Flames Future considerations	To Ottawa Senators Michael McNiven

Notes

^1 St. Louis will receive a 4th-round pick in 2022 if Brown plays fewer than 30 games for St. Louis in 2021–22; otherwise no pick will be exchanged.

^2 Boston will receive a 6th-round pick in 2022 if Senyshyn plays at least 5 games with Ottawa during the 2021-22 season; otherwise Boston will receive a 7th-round pick in 2022.

Players acquired

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

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 21, 2021 (2021-07-21)	Joey Daccord	Seattle Kraken		Expansion draft
July 28, 2021 (2021-07-28)	Ryan Dzingel	Arizona Coyotes	1-year	Free agency
July 29, 2021 (2021-07-29)	Michael Amadio	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency
	J. C. Beaudin	Laval Rocket (AHL)	1-year	Free agency
	Matthew Peca	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency
	Jack Kopacka	Toronto Marlies (AHL)	1-year	Free agency
July 31, 2021 (2021-07-31)	Derek Stepan	Carolina Hurricanes	1-year	Free agency
	Zach Magwood	HC TWK Innsbruck (ICEHL)	1-year	Free agency
September 23, 2021 (2021-09-23)	Brandon Fortunato	Jacksonville Icemen (ECHL)	Unknown	Free agency
October 20, 2021 (2021-10-20)	Artem Anisimov	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl (KHL)	1-year	Free agency
December 6, 2021 (2021-12-06)	Pontus Aberg			Contract termination
December 7, 2021 (2021-12-07)		Timra IK (SHL)	1-year	Free agency
July 5, 2022 (2022-07-05)	Colin White			Buy-out

Signings

Date	Player	Term	Contract type	Ref
August 4, 2021 (2021-08-04)	Victor Mete	1-year	Re-signing
August 29, 2021 (2021-08-29)	Filip Gustavsson	2-year	Re-signing
September 3, 2021 (2021-09-03)	Drake Batherson	6-year	Re-signing
September 18, 2021 (2021-09-18)	Logan Brown	1-year	Re-signing
September 29, 2021 (2021-09-29)	Zach Ostapchuk	3-year	Entry-level
October 12, 2021 (2021-10-12)	Parker Kelly	2-year	Extension
October 14, 2021 (2021-10-14)	Brady Tkachuk	7-year	Re-signing
December 28, 2021 (2021-12-28)	Tyler Boucher	3-year	Entry-level
January 27, 2022 (2022-01-27)	Nick Holden	1-year	Extension
March 17, 2022 (2022-03-17)	Philippe Daoust	3-year	Entry-level
March 21, 2022 (2022-03-21)	Anton Forsberg	3-year	Extension
March 27, 2022 (2022-03-27)	Jake Sanderson	3-year	Entry-level
June 15, 2022 (2022-06-15)	Dylan Gambrell	1-year	Extension

Draft picks

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)