Ottawa Senators vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Tuesday, January 20, 2026 · Nationwide Arena
TSN5 · RDS2 · FDSNOH
Game summary
The Ottawa Senators beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-1 on Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Senators 22-21.
Goals came from Tyler Kleven, Sean Monahan, Tim Stützle, Ridly Greig and Brady Tkachuk.
James Reimer made 21 saves on 22 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 5 of 7.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tyler Kleven (1)Claude Giroux (26), Michael Amadio (11)1–003:34 OTT
Sean Monahan (7)Boone Jenner (17), Kent Johnson (10)1–107:46 CBJ
Tim Stützle (22)Thomas Chabot (13), Nick Jensen (10)Voronkov 1:11 into shift2–110:15 OTT
3rd period
Ridly Greig (7)Dylan Cozens (22), Thomas Chabot (14)3–106:49 OTT
Brady Tkachuk (11)Tim Stützle (29), Ridly Greig (15)4–116:54 OTT · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–1 · 1st 10:15 · Stützle. CBJ stayed on through an icing. Voronkov was 1:11 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 OTT
1st 3:34 · Kleven
Zamula 0:58
1–1 CBJ
1st 7:46 · Monahan
Zetterlund 0:24
2–1 OTT
1st 10:15 · Stützle
Long shift: Voronkov 1:11
3–1 OTT
3rd 6:49 · Greig
Werenski 0:45
4–1 OTT
3rd 16:54 · EN · Tkachuk
Werenski 1:51
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 15:19
Boone Jenner · hooking2 min - 2nd 06:22
Tyler Kleven · tripping2 min - 2nd 11:24Mathieu Olivier · slashing2 min
- 2nd 11:24Ridly Greig · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:58Michael Amadio · slashing2 min
- 2nd 14:58Sean Monahan · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:15Shane Pinto · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 12:48Ivan Provorov · high sticking2 min
Season series
Ottawa Senators
| 18Tim StützleC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:31 |
| 71Ridly GreigC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 15:44 |
| 72Thomas ChabotD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 22:10 |
| 7Brady TkachukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 14:08 |
| 22Michael AmadioR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:30 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:19 |
| 28Claude GirouxR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:40 |
| 3Nick JensenD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:47 |
| 43Tyler KlevenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:30 |
| 12Shane PintoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 18:32 |
| 19Drake BathersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 |
| 20Fabian ZetterlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:57 |
| 21Nick CousinsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:32 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 89Lars EllerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:16 |
| 2Artem ZubD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:18 |
| 10Jordan SpenceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 15:23 |
| 85Jake SandersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Hunter ShepardG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 47James ReimerG | W | 22 | 21 | 1 | .955 | 59:29 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 23Sean MonahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:39 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 17:56 |
| 3Charlie CoyleC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 17:19 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:48 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 10:29 |
| 16Brendan GaunceC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 09:30 |
| 19Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:48 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:00 |
| 27Zachary Aston-ReeseL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 07:42 |
| 43Danton HeinenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:18 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:23 |
| 2Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:41 |
| 6Egor ZamulaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 25:12 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:30 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:49 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 73Jet GreavesG | 13 | 12 | 1 | .923 | 39:19 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 7 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 20:00 |