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Ottawa Senators vs Florida Panthers

Regular season · Tuesday, March 31, 2026 · Amerant Bank Arena

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3–6

Final

SOG 26–29

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Game summary

The Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 6-3 on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at Amerant Bank Arena. The Panthers outshot the Senators 29-26.

Carter Verhaeghe scored twice. Noah Gregor, Mackie Samoskevich, A.J. Greer, Drake Batherson, Matthew Tkachuk, Jordan Spence and Michael Amadio also scored.

Daniil Tarasov made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Linus Ullmark stopped 11 of 16.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Ottawa SenatorsOTT021326
Florida PanthersFLA510629

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMatthew TkachukFLA · 1G 3A
  2. ★2nd starCarter VerhaegheFLA · 2G 1A
  3. ★3rd starSeth JonesFLA · 0G 3A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
3:04

0–3 · 1st 9:09 · Verhaeghe. Matinpalo was 3:04 into his shift when it went in.

GoalOTT on iceFLA on ice

0–1 FLA

1st 0:08 · Gregor

Cousins 0:08

0–2 FLA

1st 1:06 · PP · Samoskevich

Eller 0:24

0–3 FLA

1st 9:09 · PP · Verhaeghe

Stuck out there: Matinpalo 3:04

0–4 FLA

1st 14:02 · Greer

Tkachuk 0:21

0–5 FLA

1st 14:36 · Verhaeghe

Giroux 0:34

1–5 OTT

2nd 1:40 · Batherson

Verhaeghe 0:04

1–6 FLA

2nd 12:41 · Tkachuk

Foegele 0:28

2–6 OTT

2nd 15:14 · Spence

Ekblad 0:38

3–6 OTT

3rd 4:29 · Amadio

Benning 0:40

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

OTTFLA
26Shots on goal29
55%Faceoff %45%
0/5Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes13
17Hits18
6Blocked shots14
16Giveaways12
4Takeaways1

Penalties

  • 1st 00:15Shane Pinto · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 06:05Artem Zub · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 07:13Tyler Kleven · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 06:04Sam Bennett · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 08:55Dmitry Kulikov · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 19:55Vinnie Hinostroza · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 11:26Noah Gregor · match penalty5 min
  • 3rd 15:22Gustav Forsling · tripping2 min

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