Ottawa Senators Score Five Unanswered to Beat the Florida Panthers
Preview
The Ottawa Senators host the Florida Panthers on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 7:30 p.m. ET. The game is part of the NHL regular season 2026-27 and is set for Canadian Tire Centre, the Senators' home rink, which holds 19,153.
Ottawa comes into this game 3rd in the Atlantic Division and 5th in the Eastern Conference, with 12 points. The Senators are 6-3-0 through 9 games. Their last game ended in a regulation loss, 1-3 at Philadelphia on Saturday, October 17, 2026. At home, Ottawa is 3-1-0.
Florida comes into this game 4th in the Atlantic Division and 6th in the Eastern Conference, also with 12 points. The Panthers arrive on a 3-game winning streak, with a 5-2-2 record through 9 games. On Saturday, October 17, 2026, Florida beat the Seattle Kraken 8-3 at home. On the road, the Panthers are 3-1-2.
Our feed has 4 meetings between these two clubs during the 2025-26 season, oldest first: Florida Panthers 6 – 2 Ottawa Senators on Saturday, October 11, 2025; Ottawa Senators 2 – 3 Florida Panthers on Saturday, January 10, 2026; Florida Panthers 6 – 3 Ottawa Senators on Tuesday, March 31, 2026; then Ottawa Senators 5 – 1 Florida Panthers on Thursday, April 9, 2026. The count over those four games: 1 win for Ottawa, 3 for Florida.
After the game FLA 1 – OTT 5 Win
The Ottawa Senators beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 at home on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, at the Canadian Tire Centre. The game finished in regulation.
Florida opened the scoring at 10:00 of the 1st period, on the power play, through B. Tkachuk, assisted by M. Tkachuk and S. Jones. The Panthers led 1-0. Ottawa answered at 14:13 of the same period, also on the power play, through T. Stützle, assisted by J. Sanderson and S. Halliday. After the 1st period, the score stood 1-1.
The Senators took over in the 2nd period. C. Giroux scored at 09:34, assisted by N. Matinpalo, and S. Pinto added another at 17:18, assisted by J. Sanderson. Ottawa led 3-1 after the 2nd period, with two goals in that frame. The 3rd period followed the same pattern: W. Foegele scored at 07:58, assisted by D. Cozens and D. Batherson, and S. Halliday closed it out at 14:57, assisted by T. Stützle. After their first goal, the Panthers never scored more than one straight goal again, while Ottawa reeled off five in a row, from 14:13 in the 1st period to 14:57 in the 3rd, unanswered to the end.
T. Stützle was named the game's first star, ahead of J. Sanderson and D. Cozens.
Published Oct 20, 2026 · Updated Oct 22, 2026