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Ottawa Senators vs Boston Bruins

Regular season · Monday, October 5, 2026 · TD Garden

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Recap

Tim Stützle scores twice as Senators roll past Bruins

The Ottawa Senators beat the Boston Bruins 4-1 on Monday night at TD Garden. Tim Stützle opened the scoring shorthanded at 7:39 of the first period, assisted by Michael Amadio, then added an unassisted goal at 9:22 to make it 2-0. Drake Batherson struck 1:06 into the second and Michael Amadio scored at 5:19 to push the lead to 4-0. James Hagens got one back for Boston in the third, but Ottawa never trailed. The Senators outshot the Bruins 24-19.

Stützle finished with 2 goals and 1 assist and was named the first star. Amadio had a goal and an assist for 2 points and took second-star honours, with Batherson the third star. Linus Ullmark stopped all 10 shots he faced to earn the win, while Samuel Ersson made 8 saves on 9 shots. Jeremy Swayman took the loss with 20 saves on 24 shots. Ottawa improved to 2-0-0, while Boston fell to 2-2-0 with a second straight regulation loss.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Ottawa SenatorsOTT220424
Boston BruinsBOS001119

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTim StützleOTT · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starMichael AmadioOTT · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starDrake BathersonOTT · 1G 0A

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+
1:13

4–0 · 2nd 5:19 · Amadio. Lindholm was 1:13 into his shift when it went in.

GoalOTT on iceBOS on ice

1–0 OTT

1st 7:39 · SH · Stützle

Zacha 0:37

2–0 OTT

1st 9:22 · Stützle

Hagens 0:37

3–0 OTT

2nd 1:06 · Batherson

Pastrnak 0:23

4–0 OTT

2nd 5:19 · Amadio

Long shift: Lindholm 1:13

4–1 BOS

3rd 3:30 · Hagens

Chabot 0:31

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

OTTBOS
24Shots on goal19
48%Faceoff %52%
0/4Power play0/4
18Penalty minutes28
32Hits34
10Blocked shots11
14Giveaways21
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 07:19Warren Foegele · interference2 min
  • 1st 13:33Hayden Hodgson · hooking2 min
  • 1st 15:15James Hagens · slashing2 min
  • 1st 15:22Matthew Poitras · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 07:58Nikolas Matinpalo · interference2 min
  • 2nd 08:02Elias Lindholm · interference2 min
  • 2nd 15:36Thomas Chabot · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 19:56Nikita Zadorov · interference2 min
  • 3rd 19:56Tanner Jeannot · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 19:56Nikita Zadorov · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 19:56Nick Cousins · misconduct10 min

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