Ottawa Senators at Tampa Bay Lightning

Thu, Oct 9, 2025 · Benchmark International Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Ottawa Senators

5 – 4

Final

Tampa Bay Lightning

The Ottawa Senators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–4 on Thu, Oct 9, 2025 at Benchmark International Arena. Nikita Kucherov scored twice; Shane Pinto scored twice. Linus Ullmark made 21 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 34–25.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
OTT	1	2	2	5	34
TBL	3	0	1	4	25

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	05:35	TBL	PP	Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) · snap	Jake Guentzel (1), Brayden Point (1)	0–1
1st	07:00	TBL	EV	Brayden Point (1) · wrist	Jake Guentzel (2), Darren Raddysh (1)	0–2
1st	10:18	OTT	PP	Dylan Cozens (1) · slap	Brady Tkachuk (1), Jake Sanderson (1)	1–2
1st	14:46	TBL	PP	Nikita Kucherov (1) · wrist	Victor Hedman (1), Brayden Point (2)	1–3
2nd	00:42	OTT	EV	Artem Zub (1) · wrist	Brady Tkachuk (2), Tim Stützle (1)	2–3
2nd	15:09	OTT	EV	Shane Pinto (1) · wrist	Artem Zub (1), Brady Tkachuk (3)	3–3
3rd	18:13	OTT	EV	Shane Pinto (2) · snap	Jake Sanderson (2)	4–3
3rd	19:12	OTT	SH EN	Claude Giroux (1) · wrist	Shane Pinto (1), Artem Zub (2)	5–3
3rd	19:46	TBL	PP	Nikita Kucherov (2) · wrist	Darren Raddysh (2), Victor Hedman (2)	5–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	02:26	OTT	Kurtis MacDermid	fighting	5
1st	02:26	TBL	Curtis Douglas	fighting	5
1st	04:45	OTT	Dylan Cozens	holding	2
1st	09:10	TBL	Brandon Hagel	tripping	2
1st	12:34	OTT	Brady Tkachuk	roughing	2
1st	12:34	TBL	Anthony Cirelli	roughing	2
1st	12:34	TBL	Brandon Hagel	roughing	2
1st	12:34	OTT	Thomas Chabot	roughing	2
1st	12:38	TBL	Emil Lilleberg	fighting	5
1st	12:38	OTT	Donovan Sebrango	fighting	5
1st	12:58	OTT	David Perron	holding	2
1st	15:19	TBL	Pontus Holmberg	holding	2
2nd	07:53	TBL	Mitchell Chaffee	roughing	2
2nd	18:31	TBL	Mitchell Chaffee	holding	2
3rd	02:23	OTT	Artem Zub	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: OTT 3.36 · TBL 2.08 · xG% OTT 61.8

Ottawa Senators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
2	Artem Zub	D	1	2	3	+4	2	5	3	0		20:44	32
7	Brady Tkachuk	L	0	3	3	+1	2	5	4	0	50.0	19:24	26
12	Shane Pinto	C	2	1	3	+2	0	2	1	0	57.1	19:21	27
85	Jake Sanderson	D	0	2	2	+3	0	3	3	3		23:10	31
18	Tim Stützle	C	0	1	1	+1	0	3	1	0	40.0	19:03	23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	1	0	1	-1	2	2	4	1	66.7	15:35	20
28	Claude Giroux	R	1	0	1	+2	0	2	2	0	60.0	15:11	22
72	Thomas Chabot	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3		22:00	28
3	Nick Jensen	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	4	0		19:35	28
22	Michael Amadio	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1		18:54	26
71	Ridly Greig	C	0	0	0	+1	0	4	3	0	33.3	18:09	27
20	Fabian Zetterlund	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	8	1		16:34	24
89	Lars Eller	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	64.3	14:20	20
37	Donovan Sebrango	D	0	0	0	-1	5	0	1	0		14:18	23
33	Nikolas Matinpalo	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		13:35	23
57	David Perron	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0		12:37	17
21	Nick Cousins	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0		10:46	16
23	Kurtis MacDermid	L	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	0		2:13	6

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Linus Ullmark	W	25	21	4	.840	59:53

Tampa Bay Lightning

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
21	Brayden Point	C	1	2	3	-2	0	1	0	1	42.9	19:40	23
77	Victor Hedman	D	0	2	2	-1	0	1	1	3		23:49	26
59	Jake Guentzel	C	0	2	2	-2	0	2	0	2		22:32	26
86	Nikita Kucherov	R	2	0	2	-2	0	4	0	0		20:55	23
43	Darren Raddysh	D	0	2	2	-1	0	2	3	1		17:33	24
22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	1		14:39	16
78	Emil Lilleberg	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	4	1		19:02	24
27	Ryan McDonagh	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	1		18:45	26
81	Erik Cernak	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	5		18:25	25
24	Max Crozier	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	0		17:52	22
37	Yanni Gourde	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	50.0	17:08	23
38	Brandon Hagel	L	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	0		15:40	22
71	Anthony Cirelli	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	53.3	14:56	22
41	Mitchell Chaffee	R	0	0	0	0	4	1	10	0		13:24	20
93	Gage Goncalves	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1		11:56	17
29	Pontus Holmberg	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	37.5	11:52	19
14	Conor Geekie	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	40.0	10:39	17
42	Curtis Douglas	C	0	0	0	0	5	1	2	0		5:09	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
88	Andrei Vasilevskiy	L	33	29	4	.879	58:56