Updated: March 26, 2026 at 11:48AM EDT
Published: March 26, 2026 at 9:28AM EDT
The Ottawa Senators will be without defenceman Thomas Chabot for the remainder of the regular season and potentially well into the postseason, should the team overcome their rash of injuries to make the playoffs.
Chabot had surgery on his right arm Thursday and is expected to miss anywhere from four-to-eight weeks. The first round of the playoffs is set to begin in just over three weeks on April 18.
Chabot has seven goals and 31 points in 55 games this season while averaging 22:34 of ice time.
The 29-year-old sustained the injury on a cross-check from New York Rangers captain J.T. Miller. Fellow defenceman Lassi Thomson was also injured in the first period of the 2-1 win, with head coach Travis Green stating postgame that they would “both be out for a while.”
With veteran Nick Jensen on injured reserve, the Senators are currently without five defencemen amid their playoff push, including ice-time leader Jake Sanderson.
Green said Thursday that Thomson is just more than day-to-day, while Sanderson will be day-to-day beyond Friday. Blueliner Dennis Gilbert is out three weeks with an upper-body injury.
Thomas Chabot had surgery today on his right arm. Travis Green says his timeline is anywhere from 4-6-8 weeks. #Sens
— Claire Hanna (@clahanna) March 26, 2026
Ottawa enters play Thursday sitting in the second wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, owning a game in hand on the New York Islanders, who sit outside the playoff picture with an equal 85 points.
The Senators will host the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday with a loss potentially knocking either team from the playoff picture.