2020–21 Ottawa Senators season

The 2020–21 Ottawa Senators season was the 29th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators finished the season out of the playoffs for the fourth consecutive season.

2020–21 Ottawa Senators
Division	6th North
2020–21 record	23–28–5
Home record	14–10–4
Road record	9–18–1
Goals for	157
Goals against	190
Team information
General manager	Pierre Dorion
Coach	D. J. Smith
Captain	Vacant
Alternate captains	Thomas Chabot Erik Gudbranson (Jan.–Apr.) Nick Paul (Apr.–May.) Derek Stepan Brady Tkachuk
Arena	Canadian Tire Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)	Belleville Senators (AHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Connor Brown (21)
Assists	Thomas Chabot (25)
Points	Brady Tkachuk (36)
Penalty minutes	Brady Tkachuk (69)
Plus/minus	Alex Formenton Shane Pinto (+6)
Wins	Matt Murray (10)
Goals against average	Filip Gustavsson (2.16)
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Due to the Canada–U.S. border restrictions brought in as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NHL realigned its divisions. The Senators were re-aligned with the other six Canadian franchises into the newly-formed North Division. The league's 56–game season is to be played entirely within the new divisions, meaning that Ottawa and the other Canadian teams played an all-Canadian schedule for the 2020–21 regular season as well as the first two rounds of the 2021 Stanley Cup playoffs.

The Senators' season started off poorly; they began a nine-game losing streak in the second game of the season, and could not make up for the poor start, although they had a strong final month of play, finishing the season with a 10–3–1 run. In the off-season, the Senators had picked up a number of veteran free agents and traded for veteran goalie Matt Murray. The team had not played in over 10 months at the start of the season, and it showed in the long losing streak. As the season wore on, the team played more of their younger players and traded a number of the veterans at the trading deadline. Brady Tkachuk was the leading points scorer for the team and Connor Brown scored 21 goals to lead the team.

The Senators were officially eliminated from playoff contention with a 3–2 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on May 2.^[1]

Team business

The team introduced three new jerseys for the season. Two were updated versions of the team's original jerseys used from 1992–1997 and a third was a "Reverse Retro" incorporating the style of the black original jersey, using red as the base colour instead.

In December 2020, the team announced a seven-year lease extension with the city of Belleville, Ontario, to host their American Hockey League affiliate, the Belleville Senators, through the 2026–27 AHL season.^[2] However, due the COVID-19 pandemic, the Belleville Senators played their delayed-start season in Ottawa at the Canadian Tire Centre instead.^[3]

As there were ongoing restrictions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the season was delayed and the Senators were granted permission by the provincial government to play in its home arena as long as it was without spectators.^[4] Owner Eugene Melnyk made public his proposal to seat up to 6,000 fans, but withdrew the proposal after criticism.

In January 2021, former team general John Muckler passed away and was honoured at the first game. Muckler was the team's general manager when the team played in the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals. Also in January 2021, the team's former head of graphic design Kevin Caradonna passed away. Caradonna had designed the "forward-facing" logo used from 1997 until 2020 and the team's mascot "Spartacat."^[5]

In February 2021, the Brampton Beast, the team's ECHL affiliate, announced that it had ceased operations permanently. The team had been one of several ECHL teams to voluntarily suspend operations before the 2020–21 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[6]

Off-season

The Senators parted ways with long-time goaltender Craig Anderson, announcing that they would not offer him a new contract. The team also parted ways with forward Bobby Ryan, buying out his contract. The team did not offer contracts to Mark Borowiecki and Anthony Duclair. The team also traded players on the long-term injured list: Marian Gaborik and Anders Nilsson to the Tampa Bay Lightning, who used the contracts for salary cap relief.

On the second day of the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, the team traded for veteran Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Matt Murray, giving up a 2020 second-round pick and Jonathan Gruden, a 2018 fourth-round pick. The team picked up several veterans in trades, including Braydon Coburn, Erik Gudbranson, Cedric Paquette, Derek Stepan, and Austin Watson. The team acquired NHL veterans Evgenii Dadonov and Alex Galchenyuk as free agents.

Regular season

The team played its first game of the season on January 15, 2021, defeating the "Battle of Ontario" rival Toronto Maple Leafs at the Canadian Tire Centre. It was the team's first game in 310 days. The team had nine new players in the lineup, including 2020 first-round pick Tim Stuetzle. The Senators proceeded to lose nine games in a row in January, before defeating the Montreal Canadiens on February 4.^[7]

On February 15, 2021, the Senators made their first-ever comeback in team history from being four or more goals behind. The team was down 5–1 in Toronto to the Maple Leafs near the end of the second period. Nick Paul started the comeback with a shorthanded goal. In the third period, Artyom Zub scored his first NHL goal on a breakaway after exiting the penalty box. Connor Brown later scored just after a power play, and Evgenii Dadonov scored twice; first to tie the game with two minutes to play with Ottawa goalie Marcus Hogberg on the bench for an extra attacker and then scored on a breakaway to win the game 6–5 in overtime. However, he made a save while in the crease to stop Toronto's potential overtime goal.^[8]

The Senators goaltenders suffered a rash of injuries, causing the team to use five goaltenders. Matt Murray, Marcus Hogberg and Joey Daccord were all injured at one time. Daccord's injury ended his season. The Senators called up Filip Gustavsson for his first NHL game and picked up Anton Forsberg on waivers.^[9]

Prior to the trade deadline, the Senators picked up Ryan Dzingel for his second term with the team, trading Alex Galchenyuk and Cedric Paquette to the Carolina Hurricanes. At the trade deadline, well out of a playoff spot, the Senators traded several veterans for draft picks. Erik Gudbranson went to the Nashville Predators for Brandon Fortunato and a 2023 seventh-round draft pick. Mike Reilly was traded to the Boston Bruins for a third-round pick in the 2022. Braydon Coburn was traded to the New York Islanders for a seventh-round pick in the 2022 NHL Entry Draft.^[10]

Connor Brown set a team record, scoring in eight consecutive games, beating the previous record of six, held by Jason Spezza and Daniel Alfredsson.^[11]

Standings

North Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	y – Toronto Maple Leafs	56	35	14	7	29	187	148	+39	77
2	x – Edmonton Oilers	56	35	19	2	31	183	154	+29	72
3	x – Winnipeg Jets	56	30	23	3	24	170	154	+16	63
4	x – Montreal Canadiens	56	24	21	11	20	159	168	−9	59
5	e – Calgary Flames	56	26	27	3	22	156	161	−5	55
6	e – Ottawa Senators	56	23	28	5	18	157	190	−33	51
7	e – Vancouver Canucks	56	23	29	4	17	151	188	−37	50

Source: National Hockey League^[12]
Rules for classification: 1) Fewer number of games played (GP, only during regular season); 2) Greater number of regulation wins (RW); 3) Greater number of wins in regulation and overtime, excluding shootout wins (ROW); 4) Greater number of total wins, including shootouts (W); 5) Greater number of points earned in head-to-head play; if teams played an uneven number of head-to-head games, the result of the first game on the home ice of the team with the extra home game is discarded; 6) Greater goal differential (GD); 7) Greater number of goals scored (GF)
e – Eliminated from playoff contention; x – Clinched playoff spot; y – Clinched division

Schedule and results

The regular season schedule was published on December 23, 2020.^[13]

2020–21 game log
January: 1–7–1 (Home: 1–2–1 ; Road: 0–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 January 15 Toronto 3–5 Ottawa Murray 0 1–0–0 2 ^[14] 2 January 16 Toronto 3–2 Ottawa Murray 0 1–1–0 2 ^[15] 3 January 19 Winnipeg 4–3 Ottawa OT Murray 0 1–1–1 3 ^[16] 4 January 21 Winnipeg 4–1 Ottawa Murray 0 1–2–1 3 ^[17] 5 January 23 Ottawa 3–6 Winnipeg Hogberg 0 1–3–1 3 ^[18] 6 January 25 Ottawa 1–7 Vancouver Murray 0 1–4–1 3 ^[19] 7 January 27 Ottawa 1–5 Vancouver Hogberg 0 1–5–1 3 ^[20] 8 January 28 Ottawa 1–4 Vancouver Murray 0 1–6–1 3 ^[21] 9 January 31 Ottawa 5–8 Edmonton Hogberg 0 1–7–1 3 ^[22]
February: 6–8–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 3–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 10 February 2 Ottawa 2–4 Edmonton Hogberg 0 1–8–1 3 ^[23] 11 February 4 Ottawa 3–2 Montreal Murray 0 2–8–1 5 ^[24] 12 February 6 Montreal 2–1 Ottawa Murray 0 2–9–1 5 ^[25] 13 February 8 Edmonton 3–1 Ottawa Murray 0 2–10–1 5 ^[26] 14 February 9 Edmonton 3–2 Ottawa Hogberg 0 2–11–1 5 ^[27] 15 February 11 Ottawa 1–5 Winnipeg Murray 0 2–12–1 5 ^[28] 16 February 13 Ottawa 2–1 Winnipeg Hogberg 0 3–12–1 7 ^[29] 17 February 15 Ottawa 6–5 Toronto OT Hogberg 0 4–12–1 9 ^[30] 18 February 17 Ottawa 1–2 Toronto Murray 0 4–13–1 9 ^[31] 19 February 18 Ottawa 3–7 Toronto Murray 0 4–14–1 9 ^[32] 20 February 21 Montreal 2–3 Ottawa OT Murray 0 5–14–1 11 ^[33] 21 February 23 Montreal 4–5 Ottawa SO Murray 0 6–14–1 13 ^[34] 22 February 25 Calgary 1–6 Ottawa Murray 0 7–14–1 15 ^[35] 23 February 27 Calgary 6–3 Ottawa Murray 0 7–15–1 15 ^[36]
March: 5–5–3 (Home: 4–0–3 ; Road: 1–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 24 March 1 Calgary 1–5 Ottawa Murray 0 8–15–1 17 ^[37] 25 March 2 Ottawa 1–3 Montreal Daccord 0 8–16–1 17 ^[38] 26 March 4 Ottawa 3–7 Calgary Murray 0 8–17–1 17 ^[39] 27 March 7 Ottawa 4–3 Calgary SO Murray 0 9–17–1 19 ^[40] 28 March 8 Ottawa 2–3 Edmonton Daccord 0 9–18–1 19 ^[41] 29 March 10 Ottawa 1–7 Edmonton Murray 0 9–19–1 19 ^[42] 30 March 12 Ottawa 2–6 Edmonton Daccord 0 9–20–1 19 ^[43] 31 March 14 Toronto 3–4 Ottawa Daccord 0 10–20–1 21 ^[44] 32 March 15 Vancouver 3–2 Ottawa OT Daccord 0 10–20–2 22 ^[45] 33 March 17 Vancouver 3–2 Ottawa SO Gustavsson 0 10–20–3 23 ^[46] 34 March 22 Calgary 1–2 Ottawa Gustavsson 0 11–20–3 25 ^[47] 35 March 24 Calgary 1–3 Ottawa Gustavsson 0 12–20–3 27 ^[48] 36 March 25 Toronto 3–2 Ottawa OT Forsberg 0 12–20–4 28 ^[49] — March 28 Ottawa Montreal Postponed due to COVID-19.^[50] Rescheduled for April 17.^[51]
April: 7–7–0 (Home: 3–4–0 ; Road: 4–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 37 April 1 Montreal 4–1 Ottawa Gustavsson 0 12–21–4 28 ^[52] 38 April 3 Ottawa 6–3 Montreal Forsberg 0 13–21–4 30 ^[53] 39 April 5 Ottawa 3–4 Winnipeg Forsberg 0 13–22–4 30 ^[54] 40 April 7 Edmonton 4–2 Ottawa Hogberg 0 13–23–4 30 ^[55] 41 April 8 Edmonton 3–1 Ottawa Forsberg 0 13–24–4 30 ^[56] 42 April 10 Ottawa 5–6 Toronto Forsberg 0 13–25–4 30 ^[57] 43 April 12 Winnipeg 2–4 Ottawa Forsberg 0 14–25–4 32 ^[58] 44 April 14 Winnipeg 3–2 Ottawa Murray 0 14–26–4 32 ^[59] 45 April 17 Ottawa 4–0 Montreal Murray 0 15–26–4 34 ^[60] 46 April 19 Ottawa 4–2 Calgary Murray 0 16–26–4 36 ^[61] 47 April 22 Ottawa 3–0 Vancouver Murray 0 17–26–4 38 ^[62] 48 April 24 Ottawa 2–4 Vancouver Hogberg 0 17–27–4 38 ^[63] 49 April 26 Vancouver 1–2 Ottawa Hogberg 0 18–27–4 40 ^[64] 50 April 28 Vancouver 3–6 Ottawa Hogberg 0 19–27–4 42 ^[65]
May: 4–1–1 (Home: 3–0–0 ; Road: 1–1–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 51 May 1 Ottawa 2–3 Montreal OT Gustavsson 0 19–27–5 43 ^[66] 52 May 3 Winnipeg 1–2 Ottawa Gustavsson 0 20–27–5 45 ^[67] 53 May 5 Montreal 1–5 Ottawa Forsberg 0 21–27–5 47 ^[68] 54 May 8 Ottawa 4–2 Winnipeg Gustavsson 0 22–27–5 49 ^[69] 55 May 9 Ottawa 1–6 Calgary Forsberg 0 22–28–5 49 ^[70] 56 May 12 Toronto 3–4 Ottawa OT Gustavsson 0 23–28–5 51 ^[71]
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Player statistics

Skaters

Regular season^[72]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Brady Tkachuk	56	17	19	36	−17	69
Connor Brown	56	21	14	35	+1	12
Josh Norris	56	17	18	35	−12	13
Drake Batherson	56	17	17	34	−17	8
Thomas Chabot	49	6	25	31	−15	36
Tim Stuetzle	53	12	17	29	−18	14
Evgenii Dadonov	55	13	7	20	−9	4
Nick Paul	56	5	15	20	+5	19
Chris Tierney	55	6	13	19	−12	8
Mike Reilly^‡	40	0	19	19	−2	18
Colin White	45	10	8	18	−6	16
Nikita Zaitsev	55	4	13	17	−13	26
Artyom Zub	47	3	11	14	+4	26
Erik Brannstrom	30	2	11	13	+3	25
Austin Watson	34	3	7	10	−7	40
Ryan Dzingel^†	29	6	3	9	−3	19
Artem Anisimov	19	2	7	9	+1	2
Shane Pinto	12	1	6	7	+6	10
Alex Formenton	20	4	2	6	+6	6
Derek Stepan	20	1	5	6	−6	8
Erik Gudbranson^‡	36	1	2	3	−13	47
Christian Wolanin^‡	15	0	3	3	−7	6
Clark Bishop	13	0	3	3	+2	4
Victor Mete^†	14	1	1	2	+5	2
Braydon Coburn^‡	16	0	2	2	−3	10
Alex Galchenyuk^‡	8	1	0	1	−6	6
Cedric Paquette^‡	9	1	0	1	−8	4
Parker Kelly	1	1	0	1	+1	0
Michael Amadio^†	5	0	1	1	+2	2
Matthew Peca	5	0	1	1	+1	0
Josh Brown	26	0	1	1	−1	30
Micheal Haley	4	0	0	0	−1	5
Jacob Bernard-Docker	5	0	0	0	+2	0
Filip Chlapik^‡	1	0	0	0	+1	0
Olle Alsing	4	0	0	0	−1	0
Vitalii Abramov	2	0	0	0	0	0
Logan Brown	1	0	0	0	0	2

Goaltenders

Regular season^[73]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Matt Murray	27	25	1,404:11	10	13	1	79	3.38	738	.893	2	0	1	2
Filip Gustavsson	9	7	471:34	5	1	2	17	2.16	254	.933	0	0	0	0
Marcus Hogberg	14	10	641:51	4	7	0	40	3.74	322	.876	0	0	0	0
Anton Forsberg^†	8	8	448:33	3	4	1	24	3.21	264	.909	0	0	0	0
Joey Daccord	8	6	403:22	1	3	1	22	3.27	214	.897	0	0	0	0

^†Denotes player spent time with another team before joining the Senators. Stats reflect time with the Senators only.
^‡No longer with the Senators.

Awards and honours

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Date
Tim Stuetzle	1st career NHL game	January 15, 2021
Matt Murray	200th career NHL game	January 15, 2021
Josh Norris	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	January 15, 2021
Tim Stuetzle	1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	January 16, 2021
Josh Norris	1st career NHL goal	January 19, 2021
Josh Brown	100th career NHL game	January 28, 2021
Artyom Zub	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	January 31, 2021
Tim Stuetzle	1st career NHL assist	February 4, 2021
Artyom Zub	1st career NHL goal	February 15, 2021
Brady Tkachuk	100th career NHL point	February 17, 2021
Nikita Zaitsev	300th career NHL game	February 18, 2021
Evgenii Dadonov	300th career NHL game	February 21, 2021
Thomas Chabot	100th career NHL assist	February 27, 2021
Evgenii Dadonov	100th career NHL goal	March 10, 2021
Shane Pinto	1st career NHL assist 1st career NHL point	April 17, 2021
Shane Pinto	1st career NHL goal	May 5, 2021
Parker Kelly	1st career NHL game 1st career NHL goal 1st career NHL point	May 12, 2021

Transactions

The Senators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2020–21 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
October 7, 2020 (2020-10-07)	To Pittsburgh Penguins Jonathan Gruden CBJ's 2nd-round pick (52nd) in 2020	To Ottawa Senators Matt Murray	^[74]
	To Toronto Maple Leafs NYI's 2nd-round pick (59th) in 2020 3rd-round pick (64th) in 2020	To Ottawa Senators 2nd-round pick (44th) in 2020	^[citation needed]
October 8, 2020 (2020-10-08)	To Anaheim Ducks EDM's 5th-round pick in 2021	To Ottawa Senators Erik Gudbranson	^[75]
October 10, 2020 (2020-10-10)	To Nashville Predators COL's 4th-round pick in 2021	To Ottawa Senators Austin Watson	^[76]
December 21, 2020 (2020-12-21)	To Nashville Predators Michael Carcone	To Ottawa Senators Zach Magwood	^[77]
December 26, 2020 (2020-12-26)	To Arizona Coyotes CBJ's 2nd-round pick in 2021	To Ottawa Senators Derek Stepan	^[78]
December 27, 2020 (2020-12-27)	To Tampa Bay Lightning Marian Gaborik Anders Nilsson	To Ottawa Senators Braydon Coburn Cedric Paquette 2nd round pick in 2022	^[79]
January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12)	To Carolina Hurricanes Maxime Lajoie	To Ottawa Senators Clark Bishop	^[80]
January 27, 2021 (2021-01-27)	To San Jose Sharks Christian Jaros	To Ottawa Senators Jack Kopacka 7th round pick in 2022	^[81]
February 13, 2021 (2021-02-13)	To Carolina Hurricanes Alex Galchenyuk Cedric Paquette	To Ottawa Senators Ryan Dzingel	^[82]
March 29, 2021 (2021-03-29)	To Los Angeles Kings Christian Wolanin	To Ottawa Senators Michael Amadio	^[83]
April 11, 2021 (2021-04-11)	To Boston Bruins Mike Reilly	To Ottawa Senators 3rd-round pick in 2022	^[84]
	To New York Islanders Braydon Coburn	To Ottawa Senators 7th-round pick in 2022	^[85]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	To Nashville Predators Erik Gudbranson	To Ottawa Senators Brandon Fortunato 7th-round pick in 2023	^[86]

Free agents

Date	Player	Team	Contract term	Source
May 19, 2020 (2020-05-19)	Mikkel Boedker	to HC Lugano (Swiss NL)	1-year	^[87]
July 22, 2020 (2020-07-22)	Jordan Szwarz	to Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod (KHL)	1-year	^[88]
September 20, 2020 (2020-09-20)	Andreas Englund	to Vasterviks IK (Allsv)	1-year	^[89]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Mark Borowiecki	to Nashville Predators	2-year	^[90]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Logan Shaw	from Winnipeg Jets	2-year, two-way	^[91]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Bobby Ryan	to Detroit Red Wings	1-year	^[92]
October 15, 2020 (2020-10-15)	Evgenii Dadonov	from Florida Panthers	3-year	^[93]
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16)	Scott Sabourin	to Toronto Marlies (AHL)	1-year	^[94]
October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19)	Jayce Hawryluk	to Vancouver Canucks	1-year, two-way	^[95]
October 28, 2020 (2020-10-28)	Alex Galchenyuk	from Minnesota Wild	1-year	^[96]
November 13, 2020 (2020-11-13)	Micheal Haley	from New York Rangers	1-year, two-way	^[97]
December 17, 2020 (2020-12-17)	Anthony Duclair	to Florida Panthers	1-year	^[98]
January 13, 2021 (2021-01-13)	Craig Anderson	to Washington Capitals	1-year	^[99]
March 2, 2021 (2021-03-02)	Filip Chlapik	to Lahti Pelicans	1-year	^[100]

Waivers

Date	Player	Team	Ref
January 12, 2021 (2021-01-12)	Rudolfs Balcers	to San Jose Sharks	^[101]
March 17, 2021 (2021-03-17)	Anton Forsberg	from Winnipeg Jets	^[102]
April 12, 2021 (2021-04-12)	Victor Mete	from Montreal Canadiens	^[103]

Contract terminations Date Player Via Source September 26, 2020 (2020-09-26) Bobby Ryan Buyout ^[104] February 26, 2021 (2021-02-26) Filip Chlapik Buyout ^[105]

Retirement Date Player Source

Signings

Date	Player	Contract term	Source
October 5, 2020 (2020-10-05)	Josh Brown	2 years	^[106]
October 9, 2020 (2020-10-09)	Matt Murray	4 years	^[107]
	Matthew Peca	1-year, two-way	^[91]
October 14, 2020 (2020-10-14)	Nick Paul	2 years	^[108]
October 16, 2020 (2020-10-16)	Rudolfs Balcers	1-year, two-way	^[109]
October 17, 2020 (2020-10-17)	Joey Daccord	3-year, two-way	^[110]
October 19, 2020 (2020-10-19)	J.C. Beaudin	1-year, two-way	^[111]
October 22, 2020 (2020-10-22)	Connor Brown	3 years	^[112]
October 26, 2020 (2020-10-26)	Chris Tierney	2 years	^[113]
October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27)	Filip Chlapik	1-year, two-way	^[114]
November 4, 2020 (2020-11-04)	Christian Jaros	1-year, two-way	^[115]
November 20, 2020 (2020-11-20)	Egor Sokolov	3-year, entry-level	^[116]
December 7, 2020 (2020-12-07)	Tim Stuetzle	3-year, entry-level	^[117]
December 29, 2020 (2020-12-29)	Ridly Greig	3-year, entry-level	^[118]
March 17, 2021 (2021-03-17)	Angus Crookshank	3-year, entry-level	^[119]
April 1, 2021 (2021-04-01)	Shane Pinto	3-year, entry-level	^[120]
	Jacob Bernard-Docker	3-year, entry-level	^[121]
April 3, 2021 (2021-04-03)	Maxence Guenette	3-year, entry-level	^[122]
April 13, 2021 (2021-04-13)	Mads Sogaard	3-year, entry-level	^[123]
April 16, 2021 (2021-04-16)	Cole Reinhardt	3-year, entry-level	^[124]
April 27, 2021 (2021-04-27)	Roby Jarventie	3-year, entry-level	^[125]
May 5, 2021 (2021-05-05)	Anton Forsberg	1-year extension	^[126]
May 14, 2021 (2021-05-14)	Artyom Zub	2-year extension	^[127]
May 20, 2021 (2021-05-20)	Clark Bishop	1-year, two-way	^[128]

Draft picks

See also: List of Ottawa Senators draft picks

Below are the Ottawa Senators' selections at the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, which was originally scheduled for June 26–27, 2020 at the Bell Center in Montreal, Quebec, but was postponed on March 25, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was held October 6–7, 2020 virtually via Video conference call from the NHL Network studio in Secaucus, New Jersey.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	Nationality	Club team
1	3	Tim Stuetzle	C	Germany	Adler Mannheim (DEL)
1	5	Jake Sanderson	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
1	28	Ridly Greig	C	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)
2	33	Roby Jarventie	LW	Finland	Ilves Tampere (SM-liiga)
2	44	Tyler Kleven	D	United States	U.S. NTDP (USHL)
2	61	Egor Sokolov	LW	Russia	Cape Breton Eagles (QMJHL)
3	71	Leevi Merilainen	G	Finland	Karpat (SM-liiga)
5	155	Eric Engstrand	LW	Sweden	Malmö Redhawks (SHL)
6	158	Philippe Daoust	LW	Canada	Moncton Wildcats (QMJHL)
6	181	Cole Reinhardt	LW	Canada	Brandon Wheat Kings (WHL)

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