Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster<\/a><\/p>\nOttawa Senators News & Notes<\/p>\n
Ottawa\u2019s summer was defined by the departure of captain Brady Tkachuk, who was sent to Florida in exchange for three first-round picks and a second-rounder. The Senators also added William Eklund, a left wing coming off his second straight 50-point season, much of it produced without Macklin Celebrini driving his line in San Jose. Eklund gives a lineup built around heavy, checking forwards a different element, though replacing Tkachuk\u2019s goal-scoring remains an open question in the top six.<\/p>\n
The post-Tkachuk era opened with a win over Toronto on Oct. 3, with Thomas Chabot helping the Senators edge the Maple Leafs. The night came at a cost: Jake Sanderson exited the opener with an apparent injury and was sent back to Ottawa for further testing. Sanderson is expected to miss at least two games, leaving the blue line short of its top minutes-eater early in Travis Green\u2019s season.<\/p>\n
Detroit Red Wings News & Notes<\/p>\n
Detroit opened the season without a point, dropping a 2-0 decision to the New York Rangers before a 3-2 loss to Winnipeg on Sunday at Little Caesars Arena. The Jets scored three power-play goals, with Kyle Connor and Cole Perfetti each recording three points against John Gibson. Viktor Arvidsson\u2019s deflection was Detroit\u2019s first goal of the season, and Emmitt Finnie cut the margin to one early in the third. Detroit led both games in shots and hits while playing without Dylan Larkin, Marco Kasper and Simon Edvinsson.<\/p>\n
The contract standoff with Edvinsson continues. The defenseman entered talks seeking a long-term deal near $10 million annually while the Red Wings pushed a bridge contract, and he has since opened up to the idea of a trade. Edvinsson reported to training camp without a contract and declined offer sheets while Detroit searched for a replacement for Steve Yzerman, eventually naming Shawn Horcoff interim general manager. Larkin, who requested a trade, was booed during introductions before the opener.<\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Warren Foegele \u2013 Tim St\u00fctzle \u2013 Drake Batherson<\/p>\n
Line 2: William Eklund \u2013 Dylan Cozens \u2013 Fabian Zetterlund<\/p>\n
Line 3: Michael Amadio \u2013 Shane Pinto \u2013 Claude Giroux<\/p>\n
Line 4: Nick Cousins \u2013 Stephen Halliday \u2013 Hayden Hodgson<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Thomas Chabot \u2013 Jordan Spence<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Tyler Kleven \u2013 Carter Yakemchuk<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Nikolas Matinpalo \u2013 Cameron Crotty<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: Samuel Ersson \u2013 Linus Ullmark<\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: William Eklund \u2013 Tim St\u00fctzle \u2013 Dylan Cozens \u2013 Drake Batherson \u2013 Thomas Chabot<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Claude Giroux \u2013 Shane Pinto \u2013 Fabian Zetterlund \u2013 Carter Yakemchuk \u2013 Jordan Spence<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: Shane Pinto \u2013 Claude Giroux \u2013 Tyler Kleven \u2013 Jordan Spence<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Tim St\u00fctzle \u2013 Michael Amadio \u2013 Thomas Chabot \u2013 Nikolas Matinpalo<\/p>\n
Detroit Red Wings Projected Lines<\/p>\n
Line 1: Alex DeBrincat \u2013 Andrew Copp \u2013 Lucas Raymond<\/p>\n
Line 2: Viktor Arvidsson \u2013 Emmitt Finnie \u2013 Michael Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd<\/p>\n
Line 3: Michael Rasmussen \u2013 J.T. Compher \u2013 Keegan Kolesar<\/p>\n
Line 4: Nate Danielson \u2013 Mason Appleton<\/p>\n
Pair 1: Albert Johansson \u2013 Moritz Seider<\/p>\n
Pair 2: Ben Chiarot \u2013 Axel Sandin-Pellikka<\/p>\n
Pair 3: Anton Johansson \u2013 Justin Faulk<\/p>\n
Goaltenders: John Gibson \u2013 Daniil Tarasov<\/p>\n
Detroit Red Wings Special Teams<\/p>\n
Power play, First unit: Viktor Arvidsson \u2013 Andrew Copp \u2013 Lucas Raymond \u2013 Alex DeBrincat \u2013 Moritz Seider<\/p>\n
Power play, Second unit: Michael Rasmussen \u2013 Emmitt Finnie \u2013 Michael Brandsegg-Nyg\u00e5rd \u2013 Justin Faulk \u2013 Axel Sandin-Pellikka<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, First unit: J.T. Compher \u2013 Andrew Copp \u2013 Albert Johansson \u2013 Moritz Seider<\/p>\n
Penalty kill, Second unit: Mason Appleton \u2013 Michael Rasmussen \u2013 Ben Chiarot \u2013 Axel Sandin-Pellikka<\/p>\n
Players To Watch<\/p>\n
Tim St\u00fctzle \u2014 Ottawa Senators<\/p>\n
St\u00fctzle poured in two goals and an assist on three shots in 18:56 last time out, so the finishing is already there. The underlying work is less tidy: Box Score Junkie has him at 44.9% Corsi-for and 48.6% Fenwick through the 2026-27 season to date. With a hot shooting touch and modest volume, he\u2019s a points-prop play more than a shots one.<\/p>\n
Viktor Arvidsson \u2014 Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n
Arvidsson scored on four shots in 21:24 last game, and the process backs it up. Box Score Junkie\u2019s 2026-27 season-to-date numbers have him at 56.0% Corsi-for, 57.6% Fenwick and 74.8 shot attempts for per 60 across 38 minutes, with 1.4 high-danger expected goals generated while he\u2019s on the ice. The shots-on-goal line is worth a look.<\/p>\n
Injury Report<\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators<\/p>\n
Linus Ullmark (G) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Undisclosed, expected back Tuesday, October 6<\/p>\n
Jake Sanderson (D) \u2014 Out, Lower Body, expected back Thursday, October 8<\/p>\n
Andre Burakovsky (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Blake Montgomery (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Thursday, October 8<\/p>\n
Kurtis MacDermid (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Saturday, October 31<\/p>\n
Artem Zub (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Knee, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Detroit Red Wings<\/p>\n
Marco Kasper (C) \u2014 Day-To-Day, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, October 6<\/p>\n
Dylan Larkin (C) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, October 6<\/p>\n
Simon Edvinsson (D) \u2014 Out, Contract Dispute, expected back Saturday, October 10<\/p>\n
Chase Stillman (RW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Undisclosed, expected back Friday, October 9<\/p>\n
Carter Bear (LW) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Tuesday, October 6<\/p>\n
Jacob Bernard-Docker (D) \u2014 Injured Reserve, Upper Body, expected back Friday, October 9<\/p>\n
Next Up<\/p>\n
Ottawa Senators: host the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, October 8.<\/p>\n
Detroit Red Wings: host the Seattle Kraken on Friday, October 9.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Ottawa Senators visit the Detroit Red Wings at Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday, October 6, 2026, with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":680177,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5104],"tags":[73000,93,595,21105,5,5236,1338,12641,3714,24128,3846,4,5573,72,25,5157,73,598,832,681,1745,801],"class_list":["post-680176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa-senators","tag-2026-27-nhl-regular-season","tag-detroit-red-wings","tag-dylan-larkin","tag-emmitt-finnie","tag-hockey","tag-injury-report","tag-jake-sanderson","tag-john-gibson","tag-line-combinations","tag-little-caesars-arena","tag-marco-kasper","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-game-preview","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-ottawasenators","tag-senators","tag-simon-edvinsson","tag-thomas-chabot","tag-tim-stutzle","tag-viktor-arvidsson","tag-william-eklund"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/117394542745731147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680176","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=680176"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/680176\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/680177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=680176"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=680176"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=680176"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}