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Ullmark has been excellent this season, but is coming off his first loss despite another strong outing, saving 25 of 27 shots (.926 SV%) in a 3-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. The 33-year-old Swedish goalie is 6-1-0 with a stellar 1.33 GAA and .945 SV% this season. The Senators enter a highly anticipated Wednesday-night game against their former captain, Brady Tkachuk, and the Florida Panthers, who are riding a three-game winning streak.

Ullmark has been excellent this season, but is coming off his first loss despite another strong outing, saving 25 of 27 shots (.926 SV%) in a 3-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers. The 33-year-old Swedish goalie is 6-1-0 with a stellar 1.33 GAA and .945 SV% this season. The Senators enter a highly anticipated Wednesday-night game against their former captain, Brady Tkachuk, and the Florida Panthers, who are riding a three-game winning streak.

Sanderson has not played since suffering a lower-body injury in the first period of Ottawa's season-opening game, but he will return Wednesday against the Florida Panthers. The 24-year-old Sanderson scored 54 points (14G / 40A) in 67 games last season and should be an effective offensive contributor again in 2026-27 while occupying a spot on Ottawa's top power-play unit.

Hayden Hodgson will join Ottawa's lineup on Wednesday, and Burakovsky will be a healthy scratch. When Ottawa acquired Burakovsky in the offseason, the team hoped he could return to the 61-point player he was in the 2021-22 season, but so far the 31-year-old has been in and out of the lineup, struggling to find his place. Burakovsky has zero points in five games.

Andre Burakovsky will be a healthy scratch on Wednesday, allowing Hodgson to re-enter the lineup. The 30-year-old Hodgson has appeared in two games for Ottawa this season, but has spent most of his career in the AHL. He had 11 points (6G / 5A) last season in 47 games with Belleville (AHL).

Chabot exited Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Philadelphia Flyers in the second period with an upper-body injury. The 29-year-old defenseman has four points (1G / 3A) in nine games this season. Fortunately for the Senators, Jake Senators (lower body) appears to be nearing a return to the lineup and could step in as Chabot's replacement.

Samuel Ersson had a poor showing in Ottawa's previous game, his second start of the season, and will return to his familiar role as understudy to Linus Ullmark, who has started the 2026-27 season tremendously. Ullmark is coming off a poor 2025-26 season, posting a 2.73 GAA and a career-worst .891 SV% in 49 games (28-12-8). That said, the 33-year-old Swedish goalie has been near-perfect this season, posting an absurd 1.27 GAA and a .948 SV% in five games (5-0-0). The Senators enter Thursday's contest as -157 home favourites against a 3-3-0 New York Islanders team.

Eklund left the ice early in the first period during last Thursday's 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers, needing assistance due to an ankle injury. He had surgery one week later and will be out until at least late December. The 23-year-old Swedish forward was getting favourable deployment early in his tenure with the Senators and scored two points (1G / 1A) in four games.

Sanderson has not played since suffering a lower-body injury in the first period of Ottawa's season-opening game, but appears to be nearing a return. He will miss at least one more game, with his next chance to return being on Saturday against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Samuel Ersson had a poor showing in Ottawa's previous game, his second start of the season, and will return to his familiar role as understudy to Linus Ullmark, who has started the 2026-27 season tremendously. Ullmark is coming off a poor 2025-26 season, posting a 2.73 GAA and a career-worst .891 SV% in 49 games (28-12-8). That said, the 33-year-old Swedish goalie has been near-perfect this season, posting an absurd 1.27 GAA and a .948 SV% in five games (5-0-0). The Senators enter Thursday's contest as -157 home favourites against a 3-3-0 New York Islanders team.

Zub missed all of training camp and has yet to play this season due to a knee injury he suffered in the playoffs. The 30-year-old defenseman has battled injuries in his career, but his coming off of a career-best season, scoring 30 points (5G / 25A) in 81 games.

With Linus Ullmark off to an outstanding season, the Senators haven’t had to deviate from him much, but they will turn to Ersson on Tuesday in the tail end of a back-to-back. The 26-year-old Ersson struggled in his only start, allowing four goals on 35 shots (.886 SV%) in a 5-3 loss to the Detroit Red Wings. The Senators enter Tuesday’s contest as slight -101 home underdogs against a 2-2-1 St. Louis Blues team.