Tonight’s contest against the Los Angeles Kings will be the last time they play at the Canadian Tire Centre until December 4th – a crucial chance to bank points before the annual road trip to California and the Southwestern United States determines our mood for the holidays.
Senators Lines:
Perron-Stützle-Batherson
Greig-Cozens-Zetterlund
Amadio-Pinto-Giroux
Cousins-Eller-HodgsonSanderson-Zub
Kleven-Spence
Jensen-MatinpaloUllmark starts. Travis Green also confirmed Hodgson is in.
— Julian McKenzie (@jkamckenzie.bsky.social) 2025-11-15T16:15:07.271Z
Linus Ullmark will start in net.
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Olle Lycksell
Injured: Brady Tkachuk (thumb), Thomas Chabot (upper body)
Kings Lines:
Tonight’s @LAKings Line Rushes –
Armia – Kopitar – Kempe
Fiala – Byfield – Laferriere
Foegele – Danault – Moore
Malott – Turcotte – PerryAnderson – Doughty
Edmundson – Clarke
Dumoulin – CeciKuemper
Forsberg— Zach Dooley (@DooleyLAK) November 13, 2025
The Sens will play a former keeper for a second-straight game, with Anton Forsberg starting in goal
Scratched: Andrei Kuzmenko, Samuel Helenius, Jacob Moverare
Injured: None to note
Game notes:
- The Kings currently sit second in the Pacific with 22 points, with an equivalent 9-5-4 record as Ottawa.
- Ken Holland’s Kings made a ton of changes in the offseason, bringing in veterans like Joel Armia, Corey Perry, Brian Dumoulin, and Cody Ceci to try and help them win a playoff round – something they haven’t done since winning the Cup in 2013-14, 11 years ago.
- Outside of Perry, those players have really… struggled, sitting at the bottom of the Kings statistics in both shot attempts and expected goals.
- The Fiala – Byfield – Laferriere is the matchup for Ottawa to watch out for, so it’ll be interesting to see how Travis Green deploys his one intact defensive pair. I wonder if it might make sense to play the Pinto line against Byfield and Sanderson against Kopitar.
- After missing shifts last time out against Boston, Jake Sanderson and Nick Jensen are both in the lineup today. Sanderson jammed his wrist, while Jensen was crumpled on the boards, so it’ll be interesting to see if either are playing with bumps and bruises or if they’re both good to go. The Sens don’t play again until Thursday, so hopefully the players can empty their tank with an off day looming tomorrow.
The game starts at 7:00pm ET and you can watch it on Sportsnet One.
Team statistics:
| Game 19 | Senators | Kings | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | # | Rank | # | Rank |
| Goals/GP | 3.44 | 5th | 2.94 | 20th |
| Goals against/GP | 3.56 | 30th | 2.89 | 11th |
| Shots/GP | 27.1 | 22nd | 29.5 | 9th |
| Shots against/GP | 25.8 | 7th | 26.7 | 11th |
| Powerplay % | 24.1 | 9th | 16.1 | 26th |
| Penalty Kill % | 66.7 | 31st | 77.8 | 21st |
| Corsi % (5v5 SVA) | 50.9 | 15th | 54.26 | 5th |
| xGF% (5v5 SVA) | 50.29 | 15th | 51.85 | 10th |
Player statistics:
| Senators | Kings | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Category | Player | # | Player | # |
| Goals | Stützle | 10 | Fiala | 9 |
| Assists | Batherson | 12 | Kempe | 13 |
| Points | Stützle | 19 | Kempe | 19 |
| Shots | Stützle | 50 | Fiala | 60 |
| TOI/GP | Jake Sanderson | 24:09 | Drew Doughty | 23:09 |
