Finances
Ottawa Senators
11-6-123 PTS4th in the Atlantic divisionNHL
Playoff odds
50%
Power play
13.2 %
Penalty kill
74.6 %
Goals per game
3.11
Goals against
3.00
Faceoffs
53.1 %
Cap space and contracts
NHL cap hit
$102.7M
27 players on the roster
Cap space
$1.30M
Cap ceiling $104.0M
Minors
$18.8M
21 contracts off the roster
Dead cap
$1.25M
Buyouts and retained salary
Where the money goes
Only NHL roster contracts count against the cap. Players signed in the American Hockey League are listed separately.
- Centres6$28.9M 28% of the cap hit
- Wingers9$30.4M 29% of the cap hit
- Defence9$31.0M 30% of the cap hit
- Goalies3$11.2M 11% of the cap hit
- Dead cap1$1.25M 1% of the cap hit
- Cap space$1.30M 1% of the cap hit
Cap ceiling $104.0M · Ottawa Senators
Committed against the cap, season by season
2026-27
$102.0M
27 contracts
2027-28
$83.0M
16 contracts
2028-29
$65.9M
11 contracts
2029-30
$46.8M
6 contracts
2030-31
$27.2M
3 contracts
2031-32
$18.8M
2 contracts
Contracts are entered with their remaining term: the grid spreads them from the current season on. A contract whose exact seasons are known uses those instead.
Commitments by season
| Centres | |||||||||||
| Tim Stützle | C | $8,350,000 | Std (Ext) | M-NTC | UFA | $8.35M | $8.35M | $8.35M | $8.35M | $8.35M | — |
| Shane Pinto | C | $7,500,000 | Std (Ext) | M-NTC | UFA | $7.50M | $7.50M | $7.50M | $7.50M | — | — |
| Dylan Cozens | C | $7,100,000 | Std (Ext) | M-NTC | UFA | $7.10M | $7.10M | $7.10M | $7.10M | — | — |
| Ridly Greig | C | $3,250,000 | Bidir. (Ext) | — | RFA (Arb) | $3.25M | $3.25M | $3.25M | — | — | — |
| Nick Cousins | C | $1,587,500 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $1.59M | $1.59M | — | — | — | — |
| Stephen Halliday | C | $1,075,000 | Std (Ext) | — | RFA (Arb) | $1.08M | $1.08M | — | — | — | — |
| Eskild Bakke OlsenNon-roster | C | $910,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.91M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Philippe DaoustNon-roster | C | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA (G6) | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ryan SuzukiNon-roster | C | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wingers | |||||||||||
| William Eklund | L | $5,600,000 | Std (Ext) | — | RFA | $5.60M | $5.60M | $5.60M | — | — | — |
| Andre Burakovsky | L | $5,500,000 | Std | M-NTC | UFA | $5.50M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Drake Batherson | R | $4,975,000 | Std | — | UFA | $4.98M | $10.8M | $10.8M | $10.8M | $10.8M | $10.8M |
| Fabian Zetterlund | L | $4,275,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $4.28M | $4.28M | — | — | — | — |
| Warren Foegele | L | $3,500,000 | Std | M-NTC | UFA | $3.50M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Michael Amadio | R | $2,600,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $2.60M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Claude Giroux | R | $2,000,000 | 35+ | NMC | UFA | $2.00M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hayden Hodgson | R | $775,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Defensemen | |||||||||||
| Jake Sanderson | D | $8,050,000 | Std (Ext) | M-NTC | UFA | $8.05M | $8.05M | $8.05M | $8.05M | $8.05M | $8.05M |
| Thomas Chabot | D | $8,000,000 | Std (Ext) | M-NTC | UFA | $8.00M | $8.00M | — | — | — | — |
| Jordan Spence | D | $5,000,000 | Std (Ext) | M-NTC | UFA | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | $5.00M | — | — |
| Artem Zub | D | $4,600,000 | Std (Ext) | M-NTC | UFA | $4.60M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tyler Kleven | D | $1,600,000 | Std (Ext) | — | RFA (Arb) | $1.60M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hoyt Stanley | D | $1,075,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $1.08M | $1.08M | $1.08M | — | — | — |
| Gabriel EliassonNon-roster | D | $1,007,500 | ELC | — | RFA | $1.01M | $1.01M | $1.01M | — | — | — |
| Carter Yakemchuk | D | $975,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.94M | $0.94M | $0.94M | — | — | — |
| Nikolas Matinpalo | D | $875,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $0.88M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Matthew AndonovskiNon-roster | D | $863,333 | ELC | — | RFA (10.2) | $0.92M | $0.92M | — | — | — | — |
| Tomas HamaraNon-roster | D | $851,667 | ELC | — | RFA (10.2) | $0.88M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Djibril ToureNon-roster | D | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | RFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Christian KyrouNon-roster | D | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | RFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Samuel BolducNon-roster | D | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jorian DonovanNon-roster | D | $831,667 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.87M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cameron Crotty | D | $812,500 | Std | — | UFA | $0.81M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Goalies | |||||||||||
| Linus Ullmark | G | $8,250,000 | Ext | NMC | UFA | $8.25M | $8.25M | $8.25M | — | — | — |
| Samuel Ersson | G | $2,200,000 | Std | — | UFA | $2.20M | $2.20M | — | — | — | — |
| Jonas JohanssonDead cap | G | $1,250,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $1.25M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lucas BeckmanNon-roster | G | $1,028,333 | ELC | — | RFA | $1.03M | $1.03M | $1.03M | — | — | — |
| Kevin ReidlerNon-roster | G | $946,250 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.95M | $0.95M | — | — | — | — |
| Jackson ParsonsNon-roster | G | $829,167 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.93M | $0.93M | — | — | — | — |
| Vadim Zherenko | G | $775,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA (G6) | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Off roster | |||||||||||
| Kurtis MacDermid | LW | $1,150,000 | Std (Ext) | — | UFA | $1.15M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blake MontgomeryNon-roster | LW | $1,075,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $1.08M | $1.08M | $1.08M | — | — | — |
| Kasper HalttunenNon-roster | RW | $940,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.90M | $0.90M | — | — | — | — |
| Sammy BlaisNon-roster | LW | $925,000 | Bidir. | — | UFA | $0.93M | $0.93M | — | — | — | — |
| Lucas EllinasNon-roster | LW | $916,667 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.96M | $0.96M | $0.96M | — | — | — |
| Philip TomasinoNon-roster | RW | $900,000 | Bidir. | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.90M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oskar PetterssonNon-roster | RW | $865,000 | ELC | — | RFA | $0.91M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Xavier BourgaultNon-roster | RW | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | RFA (Arb) | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tyler BoucherNon-roster | RW | $850,000 | Bidir. | — | RFA | $0.85M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Committed cap | $121.1M48 contracts | $91.7M25 contracts | $69.9M15 contracts | $46.8M6 contracts | $27.2M3 contracts | $18.8M2 contracts | |||||
Figures in US dollars, entered by hand