2023–24 Ottawa Senators season

The 2023–24 Ottawa Senators season is the 32nd season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). The Senators will attempt to return to the Stanley Cup playoffs after failing to qualify for the past six seasons. This is the Senators' first season under the new ownership of Michael Andlauer.

2023–24 Ottawa Senators
Division	Atlantic
Conference	Eastern
2023–24 record	25–31–3
Home record	17–14–2
Road record	8–17–1
Goals for	195
Goals against	212
Team information
General manager	Pierre Dorion (Oct. 11 – Nov. 1) Steve Staios (Nov. 1 – pres.)
Coach	D. J. Smith (Oct. 11 – Dec. 18) Jacques Martin (Dec. 18 – pres.)
Captain	Brady Tkachuk
Alternate captains	Thomas Chabot Claude Giroux
Arena	Canadian Tire Centre
Minor league affiliate(s)	Belleville Senators (AHL) Allen Americans (ECHL)
Team leaders
Goals	Brady Tkachuk (26)
Assists	Tim Stuetzle (42)
Points	Tim Stuetzle (56)
Penalty minutes	Brady Tkachuk (104)
Plus/minus	Ridly Greig (+17)
Wins	Joonas Korpisalo (13)
Goals against average	Anton Forsberg (3.29)
← 2022–23

Off-season

The biggest change for the Senators was the change in ownership, from the estate of the late Eugene Melnyk to the ownership of a group of investors led by Michael Andlauer. The change became official in September 2023. Andlauer made changes in the executive staff, bringing back founder Cyril Leeder as CEO and club president,^[1] and Steve Staios as president of hockey operations.^[2]

On the ice, the team could not come to terms with Alex DeBrincat and traded him to the Detroit Red Wings, getting back Dominik Kubalik, prospect Donovan Sebrango and two draft picks. In free agency, the Senators picked up goaltender Joonas Korpisalo and forwards Vladimir Tarasenko and Zack MacEwen.

Regular season

The Senators started the season with centre Shane Pinto unsigned as a restricted free agent. Speculation in the media was that the Senators did not have salary cap room and would have to trade a player. However, the NHL announced on October 26 a 41-game suspension of Pinto due to gambling activities.^[3] The Senators had been advised prior to the start of the season. The suspension was negotiated with the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) and back-dated to the start of the season. The NHL stated that there was no evidence that Pinto had bet on NHL games himself. As a condition of the suspension, Pinto will not require special permission to return to the NHL and can re-sign with the Senators at any time before the 42nd game of the season to be able to play this season.

On November 1, 2023, the NHL announced that the Senators would forfeit a first-round pick in either the 2024, 2025 or 2026 NHL Entry Drafts. This was levied by the NHL as punishment for failing to disclose the no-trade list of Evgeni Dadonov to the Vegas Golden Knights when he was traded to the Knights. The list came to light when the Knights attempted to trade Dadonov to the Anaheim Ducks, a team on the no-trade list. The trade was nullified by the NHL. Also on November 1, 2023 the team announced the departure of general manager Pierre Dorion, as a 'mutual parting of ways.' Hockey president Steve Staios took over as interim general manager.^[4] The Senators played two games in Stockholm at the Avicii Arena on November 16 and 18 as part of the NHL Global Series.^[5]

After a four-game losing streak, and the Senators in the Eastern Conference basement, the Senators fired head coach D. J. Smith and assistant coach Davis Payne on December 18, 2023. Coaching advisor Jacques Martin, a former head coach of the Senators, was named interim head coach. Former player Daniel Alfredsson replaced Payne as assistant coach.^[6] Changes continued as Staios was named permanent general manager, the team added Dave Poulin as vice-president of hockey operations in late December.^[7] In January 2024 Zac Bierk was relieved of his goaltending coach duties and re-assigned as a scout within the organization and was replaced by Justin Peters.^[8]

Standings

Divisional standings

Atlantic Division

Pos	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Florida Panthers	63	43	16	4	35	211	150	+61	90
2	Boston Bruins	64	36	13	15	28	213	177	+36	87
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	61	35	18	8	24	225	194	+31	78
4	Detroit Red Wings	61	33	22	6	23	216	195	+21	72
5	Tampa Bay Lightning	63	33	24	6	26	214	213	+1	72
6	Buffalo Sabres	62	29	29	4	24	183	187	−4	62
7	Montreal Canadiens	62	24	28	10	14	177	222	−45	58
8	Ottawa Senators	59	25	31	3	19	195	212	−17	53

Updated to game(s) played on March 5, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[9]
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)

Conference standings

Eastern Conference Wild Card

Pos	Div	Team v t e	GP	W	L	OTL	RW	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	AT	Detroit Red Wings	61	33	22	6	23	216	195	+21	72
2	AT	Tampa Bay Lightning	63	33	24	6	26	214	213	+1	72
3	ME	New York Islanders	61	27	20	14	19	184	203	−19	68
4	ME	Washington Capitals	60	28	23	9	22	160	193	−33	65
5	ME	Pittsburgh Penguins	60	28	24	8	23	179	169	+10	64
6	ME	New Jersey Devils	62	30	28	4	25	205	219	−14	64
7	AT	Buffalo Sabres	62	29	29	4	24	183	187	−4	62
8	AT	Montreal Canadiens	62	24	28	10	14	177	222	−45	58
9	AT	Ottawa Senators	59	25	31	3	19	195	212	−17	53
10	ME	Columbus Blue Jackets	62	21	31	10	16	187	228	−41	52

Updated to game(s) played on March 5, 2024. Source: National Hockey League^[10]
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)

Schedule and results

Preseason

The pre-season schedule was published on June 23, 2023.^[11]

2023 preseason game log: 6–2–0 (home: 3–1–0; road: 3–1–0)
#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record	Recap
1	September 24	Toronto	2–3	Ottawa		Forsberg	15,013	1–0–0	^[12]
2	September 25	Ottawa	4–3	Toronto	OT	Sogaard	14,296	2–0–0	^[13]
3	September 27	Ottawa	3–4	Montreal		Korpisalo	20,225	2–1–0	^[14]
4	September 29	Winnipeg	1–3	Ottawa		Mandolese	12,276	3–1–0	^[15]
5	October 1	Florida	2–4	Ottawa		Forsberg	4,926	4–1–0	^[16]
6	October 2	Ottawa	3–0	Pittsburgh		Korpisalo	10,595	5–1–0	^[17]
7	October 5	Ottawa	3–0	Winnipeg		Forsberg	13,601	6–1–0	^[18]
8	October 7	Montreal	6–4	Ottawa		Sogaard	17,601	6–2–0	^[19]

Regular season

The Ottawa Senators regular season schedule was released on June 27, 2023.^[20]

2023–24 game log
October: 4–4–0 (home: 3–2–0; road: 1–2–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 1 October 11 Ottawa 3–5 Carolina Korpisalo 18,893 0–1–0 0 ^[21] 2 October 14 Philadelphia 2–5 Ottawa Forsberg 20,011 1–1–0 2 ^[22] 3 October 15 Tampa Bay 2–5 Ottawa Korpisalo 15,584 2–1–0 4 ^[23] 4 October 18 Washington 1–6 Ottawa Forsberg 15,021 3–1–0 6 ^[24] 5 October 21 Detroit 5–2 Ottawa Korpisalo 18,834 3–2–0 6 ^[25] 6 October 24 Buffalo 6–4 Ottawa Forsberg 14,278 3–3–0 6 ^[26] 7 October 26 Ottawa 2–3 NY Islanders Korpisalo 14,911 3–4–0 6 ^[27] 8 October 28 Ottawa 5–2 Pittsburgh Korpisalo 17,631 4–4–0 8 ^[28]
November: 4–5–0 (home: 3–5–0; road: 1–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 9 November 2 Los Angeles 3–2 Ottawa Korpisalo 16,216 4–5–0 8 ^[29] 10 November 4 Tampa Bay 6–4 Ottawa Korpisalo 17,387 4–6–0 8 ^[30] 11 November 8 Ottawa 6–3 Toronto Korpisalo 18,372 5–6–0 10 ^[31] 12 November 9 Vancouver 5–2 Ottawa Forsberg 16,653 5–7–0 10 ^[32] 13 November 11 Calgary 1–4 Ottawa Korpisalo 18,874 6–7–0 12 ^[33] 14 November 16 Detroit 4–5 Ottawa OT Korpisalo 12,487 7–7–0 14 ^[34] 15 November 18 Minnesota 1–2 Ottawa SO Forsberg 13,213 8–7–0 16 ^[35] 16 November 24 NY Islanders 5–3 Ottawa Forsberg 17,693 8–8–0 16 ^[36] 17 November 27 Florida 5–0 Ottawa Korpisalo 15,594 8–9–0 16 ^[37]
December: 6–9–0 (home: 4–3–0; road: 2–6–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 18 December 1 Ottawa 2–4 Columbus Korpisalo 15,552 8–10–0 16 ^[38] 19 December 2 Seattle 0–2 Ottawa Forsberg 18,159 9–10–0 18 ^[39] 20 December 5 NY Rangers 2–6 Ottawa Forsberg 17,362 10–10–0 20 ^[40] 21 December 7 Toronto 4–3 Ottawa Forsberg 19,309 10–11–0 20 ^[41] 22 December 9 Ottawa 5–1 Detroit Korpisalo 19,515 11–11–0 22 ^[42] 23 December 12 Carolina 4–1 Ottawa Korpisalo 16,877 11–12–0 22 ^[43] 24 December 14 Ottawa 2–4 St. Louis Korpisalo 18,096 11–13–0 22 ^[44] 25 December 15 Ottawa 4–5 Dallas Forsberg 18,532 11–14–0 22 ^[45] 26 December 17 Ottawa 3–6 Vegas Korpisalo 17,892 11–15–0 22 ^[46] 27 December 19 Ottawa 3–4 Arizona Korpisalo 4,600 11–16–0 22 ^[47] 28 December 21 Ottawa 4–6 Colorado Korpisalo 18,107 11–17–0 22 ^[48] 29 December 23 Pittsburgh 4–5 Ottawa OT Forsberg 19,286 12–17–0 24 ^[49] 30 December 27 Ottawa 4–2 Toronto Korpisalo 19,261 13–17–0 26 ^[50] 31 December 29 New Jersey 6–2 Ottawa Korpisalo 20,022 13–18–0 26 ^[51] 32 December 31 Buffalo 1–5 Ottawa Forsberg 19,421 14–18–0 28 ^[52]
January: 6–7–2 (home: 3–2–2; road: 3–5–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 33 January 2 Ottawa 3–6 Vancouver Forsberg 18,810 14–19–0 28 ^[53] 34 January 4 Ottawa 1–4 Seattle Korpisalo 17,151 14–20–0 28 ^[54] 35 January 6 Ottawa 1–3 Edmonton Forsberg 18,347 14–21–0 28 ^[55] 36 January 9 Ottawa 3–6 Calgary Korpisalo 17,219 14–22–0 28 ^[56] 37 January 11 Ottawa 3–5 Buffalo Korpisalo 16,083 14–23–0 28 ^[57] 38 January 13 San Jose 4–5 Ottawa Korpisalo 18,764 15–23–0 30 ^[58] 39 January 16 Colorado 7–4 Ottawa Sogaard 16,242 15–24–0 30 ^[59] 40 January 18 Montreal 2–6 Ottawa Korpisalo 19,286 16–24–0 32 ^[60] 41 January 20 Winnipeg 2–1 Ottawa OT Korpisalo 19,388 16–24–1 33 ^[61] 42 January 21 Ottawa 5–3 Philadelphia Sogaard 18,930 17–24–1 35 ^[62] 43 January 23 Ottawa 4–1 Montreal Korpisalo 21,105 18–24–1 37 ^[63] 44 January 25 Boston 3–2 Ottawa OT Korpisalo 18,722 18–24–2 38 ^[64] 45 January 27 NY Rangers 7–2 Ottawa Korpisalo 19,262 18–25–2 38 ^[65] 46 January 29 Nashville 3–4 Ottawa OT Korpisalo 16,284 19–25–2 40 ^[66] 47 January 31 Ottawa 3–2 Detroit OT Korpisalo 19,515 20–25–2 42 ^[67]
February: 5–4–1 (home: 4–1–0; road: 1–3–1) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 48 February 10 Toronto 3–5 Ottawa Korpisalo 19,679 21–25–2 44 ^[68] 49 February 13 Columbus 3–6 Ottawa Forsberg 15,203 22–25–2 46 ^[69] 50 February 15 Anaheim 5–1 Ottawa Korpisalo 16,297 22–26–2 46 ^[70] 51 February 17 Ottawa 2–3 Chicago Korpisalo 18,888 22–27–2 46 ^[71] 52 February 19 Ottawa 4–2 Tampa Bay Forsberg 19,092 23–27–2 48 ^[72] 53 February 20 Ottawa 2–3 Florida OT Korpisalo 19,000 23–27–3 49 ^[73] 54 February 22 Dallas 1–4 Ottawa Forsberg 16,118 24–27–3 51 ^[74] 55 February 24 Vegas 3–4 Ottawa SO Forsberg 19,197 25–27–3 53 ^[75] 56 February 26 Ottawa 3–6 Washington Forsberg 17,296 25–28–3 53 ^[76] 57 February 27 Ottawa 1–4 Nashville Korpisalo 17,159 25–29–3 53 ^[77]
March: 0–2–0 (home: 0–1–0; road: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 58 March 1 Arizona 5–3 Ottawa Forsberg 17,734 25–30–3 53 ^[78] 59 March 2 Ottawa 2–4 Philadelphia Sogaard 18,971 25–31–3 53 ^[79] 60 March 6 Ottawa Anaheim 61 March 7 Ottawa Los Angeles 62 March 9 Ottawa San Jose 63 March 12 Pittsburgh Ottawa 64 March 14 Ottawa Columbus 65 March 16 Ottawa NY Islanders 66 March 17 Carolina Ottawa 67 March 19 Ottawa Boston 68 March 21 St. Louis Ottawa 69 March 23 Ottawa New Jersey 70 March 24 Edmonton Ottawa 71 March 27 Ottawa Buffalo 72 March 28 Chicago Ottawa 73 March 30 Ottawa Winnipeg
April: 0–0–0 (home: 0–0–0; road: 0–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home OT Decision Attendance Record Pts Recap 74 April 2 Ottawa Minnesota 75 April 4 Florida Ottawa 76 April 6 New Jersey Ottawa 77 April 7 Ottawa Washington 78 April 9 Ottawa Florida 79 April 11 Ottawa Tampa Bay 80 April 13 Montreal Ottawa 81 April 15 Ottawa NY Rangers 82 April 16 Ottawa Boston
Legend:   Win (2 points)   Loss (0 points)   Overtime/shootout loss (1 point)

Players

As of February 22, 2024

Skaters

Regular season^[80]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Tim Stuetzle	54	14	39	53	−3	20
Claude Giroux	54	18	33	51	+1	20
Brady Tkachuk	54	25	21	46	−5	102
Drake Batherson	54	17	24	41	−8	34
Vladimir Tarasenko	52	15	22	37	+15	12
Jakob Chychrun	54	9	21	30	−14	44
Josh Norris	47	15	13	28	−7	22
Mathieu Joseph	44	10	18	28	+7	35
Jake Sanderson	51	7	19	26	+7	19
Ridly Greig	44	9	12	21	+18	37
Artyom Zub	44	3	17	20	+10	20
Thomas Chabot	32	4	15	19	+3	16
Parker Kelly	54	6	7	13	−1	10
Dominik Kubalik	50	9	3	12	−21	15
Erik Brannstrom	48	3	9	12	+2	28
Jacob Bernard-Docker	45	4	7	11	+5	21
Shane Pinto	13	4	6	10	+7	2
Travis Hamonic	44	2	3	5	−5	40
Mark Kastelic	37	2	1	3	−4	40
Zack MacEwen	22	2	1	3	−3	46
Rourke Chartier	34	2	1	3	−3	14
Angus Crookshank	7	1	1	2	−1	4
Jiri Smejkal	9	0	1	1	−2	0
Roby Jarventie	7	0	1	1	−5	4
Tyler Kleven	5	0	1	1	+1	0
Matthew Highmore	6	0	1	1	−1	0
Nikolas Matinpalo	4	0	0	0	+1	0
Maxence Guenette	1	0	0	0	0	0

Goaltenders

Regular season^[81]

Player	GP	GS	TOI	W	L	OT	GA	GAA	SA	SV%	SO	G	A	PIM
Joonas Korpisalo	37	33	2065:55	13	18	3	117	3.40	1039	.887	0	0	1	0
Anton Forsberg	19	18	1004:38	10	8	0	52	3.11	493	.895	1	0	1	0
Mads Sogaard	4	3	164:56	1	1	0	14	5.09	80	.825	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.

Roster

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Updated March 6, 2024^[82][83]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
19		Drake Batherson	RW	R	25	2017	Fort Wayne, Indiana
24		Jacob Bernard-Docker	D	R	23	2018	Canmore, Alberta
26		Erik Brannstrom	D	L	24	2019	Eksjö, Sweden
72		Thomas Chabot (A)	D	L	27	2015	Sainte-Marie, Quebec
6		Jakob Chychrun	D	L	25	2023	Boca Raton, Florida
31		Anton Forsberg	G	L	31	2021	Härnösand, Sweden
28		Claude Giroux (A)	RW	R	36	2022	Hearst, Ontario
71		Ridly Greig	C	L	21	2020	Calgary, Alberta
23		Travis Hamonic	D	R	33	2022	St. Malo, Manitoba
15		Matthew Highmore	C	L	28	2023	Halifax, Nova Scotia
21		Mathieu Joseph	RW	L	27	2022	Laval, Quebec
12		Mark Kastelic	C	R	24	2019	Phoenix, Arizona
27		Parker Kelly	C	L	24	2021	Camrose, Alberta
70		Joonas Korpisalo	G	L	29	2023	Pori, Finland
81		Dominik Kubalik	LW	L	28	2023	Plzen, Czech Republic
17		Zack MacEwen	RW	R	27	2023	Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
9		Josh Norris	C	L	24	2018	Oxford, Michigan
57		Shane Pinto	C	R	23	2019	Franklin Square, New York
85		Jake Sanderson	D	L	21	2020	Whitefish, Montana
40		Mads Sogaard	G	R	24	2019	Aalborg, Denmark
18		Tim Stuetzle	C/LW	L	22	2020	Viersen, Germany
7		Brady Tkachuk (C)	LW	L	24	2018	Scottsdale, Arizona
2		Artyom Zub	D	R	28	2020	Khabarovsk, Russia

Awards and milestones

Milestones

Player	Milestone	Date	Ref.
Parker Kelly	100th NHL game	October 15, 2023	^[84]
Drake Batherson	100th NHL assist	October 24, 2023
Travis Hamonic	800th NHL game	October 26, 2023	^[85]
Rourke Chartier	1st NHL assist	October 26, 2023
Nikolas Matinpalo	1st NHL game	October 28, 2023	^[86]
Roby Jarventie	1st NHL game	November 4, 2023	^[87]
Josh Norris	100th NHL point	November 4, 2023
Roby Jarventie	1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	November 8, 2023	^[88]
Mathieu Joseph	300th NHL game	November 9, 2023	^[89]
Jakob Chychrun	400th NHL game	November 18, 2023	^[90]
Erik Brannstrom	200th NHL game	November 18, 2023	^[90]
Dominik Kubalik	300th NHL game	November 27, 2023	^[91]
Tim Stuetzle	200th NHL point	December 2, 2023	^[92]
Jacob Bernard-Docker	1st NHL goal	December 7, 2023	^[93]
Jiri Smejkal	1st NHL game	December 9, 2023	^[94]
Joonas Korpisalo	100th NHL win	December 9, 2023	^[95]
Jake Sanderson	100th NHL game	December 12, 2023	^[96]
Artem Zub	200th NHL game	December 17, 2023
Angus Crookshank	1st NHL game	December 17, 2023	^[97]
Vladimir Tarasenko	700th NHL game	December 19, 2023	^[98]
Angus Crookshank	1st NHL goal 1st NHL point	December 19, 2023	^[99]
Jiri Smejkal	1st NHL assist 1st NHL point	December 21, 2023	^[100]
Brady Tkachuk	300th NHL point	December 27, 2023	^[101]
Angus Crookshank	1st NHL assist	December 29, 2023
Jakob Chychrun	200th NHL point	December 31, 2023	^[102]
Mark Kastelic	100th NHL game	January 2, 2024
Zack MacEwen	200th NHL game	January 2, 2024
Vladimir Tarasenko	600th NHL point	January 11, 2024
Thomas Chabot	400th NHL game	January 20, 2024
Brady Tkachuk	400th NHL game	January 20, 2024
Shane Pinto	100th NHL game	January 21, 2024
Claude Giroux	700th NHL assist	January 27, 2024
Drake Batherson	200th NHL point	February 22, 2024

Transactions

The Senators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2023–24 season.

Trades

Date	Details		Ref
July 9, 2023 (2023-07-09)	To Detroit Red Wings Alex DeBrincat	To Ottawa Senators Dominik Kubalik Donovan Sebrango Conditional 1st-round pick in 2024 4th-round pick in 2024	^[103]
March 6, 2024 (2024-03-06)	To Florida Panthers Vladimir Tarasenko	To Ottawa Senators Conditional 4th-round pick in 2024 3rd-round pick in 2025	^[104]

Players acquired

Date	Player	Former team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Josh Currie	Metallurg Magnitogorsk (KHL)	1-year	Free agency	^[105]
	Matthew Highmore	St. Louis Blues	1-year	Free agency	^[105]
	Bokondji Imama	Arizona Coyotes	1-year	Free agency	^[105]
	Joonas Korpisalo	Los Angeles Kings	5-year	Free agency	^[105]
	Garrett Pilon	Washington Capitals	1-year	Free agency	^[105]
July 6, 2023 (2023-07-06)	Zack MacEwen	Los Angeles Kings	3-year	Free agency	^[106]
July 27, 2023 (2023-07-27)	Vladimir Tarasenko	New York Rangers	1-year	Free agency	^[107]
October 9, 2023 (2023-10-09)	Lassi Thomson	Anaheim Ducks		Waivers	^[108]

Players lost

Date	Player	New team	Term	Via	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Patrick Brown	Boston Bruins	2-year	Free-agency	^[109]
	Jake Lucchini	Minnesota Wild	1-year	Free-agency	^[110]
	Cam Talbot	Los Angeles Kings	1-year	Free-agency	^[111]
July 2, 2023 (2023-07-02)	Scott Sabourin	San Jose Sharks	2-year	Free agency	^[112]
July 3, 2023 (2023-07-03)	Dylan Gambrell	Toronto Maple Leafs	1-year	Free agency	^[113]
July 5, 2023 (2023-07-05)	Julien Gauthier	New York Islanders	2-year	Free agency	^[114]
July 23, 2023 (2023-07-23)	Antoine Bibeau	AIK IF (HA)	1-year	Free agency	^[115]
July 28, 2023 (2023-07-28)	Dylan Ferguson	Dinamo Minsk (KHL)	N/A	Free agency	^[116]
September 12, 2023 (2023-09-12)	Nick Holden			Retirement	^[117]
October 1, 2023 (2023-10-01)	Lassi Thomson	Anaheim Ducks		Waivers	^[118]
October 9, 2023 (2023-10-09)	Austin Watson	Tampa Bay Lightning	1-year	Free-agency	^[119]

Player signings

Date	Player	Term	Ref
July 1, 2023 (2023-07-01)	Jacob Bernard-Docker	2-year	^[105]
	Erik Brannstrom	1-year	^[105]
	Rourke Chartier	1-year	^[105]
July 4, 2023 (2023-07-04)	Travis Hamonic	2-year	^[120]
July 11, 2023 (2023-07-11)	Kevin Mandolese	1-year	^[121]
September 6, 2023 (2023-09-06)	Jake Sanderson	8-year‡	^[122]
September 19, 2023 (2023-09-19)	Egor Sokolov	1-year	^[123]
September 21, 2023 (2023-09-21)	Djibril Toure	3-year†	^[124]
January 19, 2024 (2024-01-19)	Shane Pinto	1-year	^[125]

Key:

 †  Contract is entry-level.
 ‡  Contract initially takes effect in the 2024–25 season.

Draft picks

See also: List of Ottawa Senators draft picks

The 2023 NHL Entry Draft was held June 28–29, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. The Senators had previously traded their first-round, second-round, third-round and sixth-round picks. The Senators' first pick was made in the fourth round - defenceman Hoyt Stanley with the 108th overall pick.

Round	Overall	Player	Position	Nationality	Club team
4	108	Hoyt Stanley	D	Canada	Victoria Grizzlies (BCHL)
5	140	Matthew Andonovski	D	Canada	Kitchener Rangers (OHL)
7	204	Owen Beckner	C	Canada	Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL)
7	207	Vladimir Nikitin	G	Kazakhstan	Snezhnye Barsy (PHL)
7	215	Nicholas Vantassell	C	United States	Green Bay Gamblers (USHL)

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