When you’re missing your top defence pair, as well as your second-best winger, you take the wins however they come. To be honest, you should probably do this when your team is fully healthy as well.
The Ottawa Senators improved to 4-1-0 on Saturday by beating the Nashville Predators in a shootout. While the Predators were content to sit on a multi-goal lead and focus entirely on defence, tonight’s opponents, the New Jersey Devils, have shown to be a lot more aggressive and willing to run up the shot clock. Their forward corps will prove to be Ottawa’s toughest challenge at this point in the season.
Senators Lines:
Your projected lines for tonight’s matchup in New Jersey 👊#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/WEioBE7lLu
— Ottawa Senators (@Senators) October 12, 2026
Devils Lines:
A look at morning skate for #NJDevils
Evangelista isn’t out there today, so Noesen is taking his place for the moment.
Kovacevic is skating again with the main group.
We’ll wait and see which goalie is off first, but based on practice routine, I’d say Daws start vs. OTT. pic.twitter.com/O8I6J4y1KM
— Amanda Stein (@amandacstein) October 12, 2026
Game Notes:With William Eklund out, Ottawa’s offensive depth will once again be tested for a large chunk of the season. Every one of their forwards playing tonight have already found the scoresheet at least once, with the exception of Andre Burakovsky, who’s only played one game thus far.We’re beginning to see Tim Stützle play at his highest level more consistently this season, which is a scary thought for the rest of the league. 4 goals and 4 assists in his first 5 games, including goals on both special teams, along with 58.2% success rate in draws. The Devils are off to a 2-2-0 start, most recently beating the Vancouver Canucks 4-1. In true Devils fashion, they are struggling to finish on chances early on, with just 2.5 goals per game in spite of generating the third-most expected goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5, according to MoneyPuck.It’s a dreaded Sportsnet+ game tonight, beginning at 7:00 pm EST.Six Degrees of Kevin Dineen:
It’s like Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, but for hockey players. The goal is to connect Kevin Dineen, who played 67 games for the Senators in the 1999-00 season, to a member of the opposing team. For example:
In 2000, Kevin Dineen played with Mike Fisher in Ottawa.In 2017, Mike Fisher played with P.K. Subban in Nashville.In 2020, P.K. Subban played with Jack Hughes in New Jersey.
As is the case above, your first link has to use the Ottawa Senators, and no team can be used more than once. For today’s game, see if you can link Kevin Dineen to Luke Hughes in as few moves as possible. If you find a solution, put it in the comments!