Ottawa Senators (31-22-9, 71 pts) at Vancouver Canucks (19-36-8, 46 pts)
Venue: Rogers Arena
Date: Monday, March 9th
Time: 9:00 pm ET / 6:00 pm PT

TV: ESPN+ / Prime Video / Sportsnet
Radio: 
Ottawa Senators – TSN Radio 1200
Vancouver Canucks – Sportsnet 650 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Ottawa Senators -1.5 ML -218
Vancouver Canucks +1.5 ML +180
O/U 6.5

Ottawa Senators News and Notes:

This being one of the first games for both the Ottawa Senators and the Vancouver Canucks since the 2026 NHL Trade Deadline, there are many changes going into tonight’s game. As for the Senators, they stayed fairly quiet at the deadline, bringing in Warren Foegele from the Los Angeles Kings to sure up their bottom six. After dealing away veteran forward David Perron, the Senators not only get another physical forward to replace him, but Foegele is also more productive on the offensive side as they look to continue their four game streak of scoring 4+ goals and their fight for the last wild card spot in the Eastern Conference, sitting five points back from the Boston Bruins.

Vancouver Canucks News and Notes:

The Vancouver Canucks, on the other hand, were major sellers at the deadline, dealing multiple players for a haul of picks. The Canucks dealt Jett Woo to the San Jose Sharks for Jack Thompson, Lukas Reichel to the Boston Bruins for a sixth round pick, David Kampf to the Washington Capitals for a sixth round pick, Tyler Myers to the Dallas Stars for a second round pick and a fourth round pick, and Conor Garland to the Columbus Blue Jackets for a second round pick and a third round pick. As well as claiming Curtis Douglas off waivers from the Tampa Bay Lightning. Although the Canucks have come out of their last two games with three points, they continue to target a top pick in the 2026 NHL Draft, as proven by their deadline moves and their in last place spot in the NHL.

Ottawa Senators Projected Lines:

Batherson-Stutzle-Giroux
Tkachuk-Cozens-Greig
Cousins-Pinto-Amadio
Foegele-Eller-Zetterlund

Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Spence

Ullmark
Reimer

Vancouver Canucks Projected Lines:

Hoglander-E. Pettersson-DeBrusk
Ohgren-Rossi-Boeser
Kane-Raty-O’Connor
Sasson-Blueger-Karlsson

E. N. Pettersson-Hronek
M. Pettersson-Willander
Buium-Mancini

Lankinen
Tolopilo

Players to Watch:

Ottawa Senators:

Although Warren Foegele was able to find the back of the net in his first game as an Ottawa Senator, there are some very deadly contributors throughout the entire lineup in Ottawa. Of course, you have the go-to guys like Brady Tkachuk or Tim Stutzle, but the fact is that anybody on Ottawa can be the hero on any given night. Tonight, you could look out for Shane Pinto, who is coming off a three-point performance against the Seattle Kraken on Saturday, or even Michael Amadio, who has four points in the last three games.

Vancouver Canucks:

Since returning to the lineup on Wednesday against the Carolina Hurricanes, Max Sasson has been a quiet bright spot, putting up three points in the last two games. However, the brightest spot in this very young Vancouver Canucks squad continues to be Linus Karlsson, putting four points in the last three games, and is currently in the top five in points on the team with 28 through 60 games.

Injury Report:

Ottawa Senators:

D Nikolas Matinpalo – Day to Day

Vancouver Canucks:

D Pierre-Olivier Joseph – IR
C Filip Chytil – IR
D Derek Forbort – LTIR
G Thatcher Demko – IR

Next Game:

Ottawa Senators: Wednesday, March 11 vs Montreal Canadiens – 7:30 pm ET
Vancouver Canucks: Thursday, March 12 vs. Nashville Predators – 10 pm ET

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