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San Jose Sharks vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Thursday, October 22, 2026 · Canadian Tire Centre

TSN5 · RDS · NBCSCA

Game preview

The San Jose Sharks visit the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday, October 22, 2026, with puck drop at 7:00 PM ET. The game is on TSN5, RDS and NBCSCA.

This is the first of 2 meetings between the teams this season.

Rest and travel

Sharks

Game 5 of a road trip: Nashville, Detroit, Toronto and Montréal, now Ottawa.

  1. 122026-10-12: no game
  2. 132026-10-13: vs BOS
  3. 142026-10-14: no game
  4. 152026-10-15: at NSH
  5. 162026-10-16: no game
  6. 172026-10-17: at DET
  7. 182026-10-18: no game
  8. 192026-10-19: at TOR
  9. 202026-10-20: at MTL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  10. 212026-10-21: no game
  11. 222026-10-22: at OTT
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
traveled since last game
~115 mi
traveled since last game
on this road trip
~3,041 mi
on this road trip
local time vs home
+3 h
local time vs home

Senators

Another game at home.

  1. 122026-10-12: at NJD
  2. 132026-10-13: vs STL, second of a back-to-backB2B
  3. 142026-10-14: no game
  4. 152026-10-15: vs NYI
  5. 162026-10-16: no game
  6. 172026-10-17: at PHI
  7. 182026-10-18: no game
  8. 192026-10-19: no game
  9. 202026-10-20: no game
  10. 212026-10-21: vs FLA
  11. 222026-10-22: vs SJS, second of a back-to-backB2B
rest since last game
0 days
rest since last game
traveled since last game
~0 mi
traveled since last game
not on a road trip
–
not on a road trip
local time vs home
Same time zone
local time vs home
Home game Road game This gameB2B = back-to-back, the second of two games on consecutive days. Distances are approximate.

Lines from last game

  1. 11:30 together at 5-on-5
  2. 10:36 together at 5-on-5
  3. 8:19 together at 5-on-5
  4. 7:02 together at 5-on-5
  1. 14:31 together at 5-on-5
  2. 11:57 together at 5-on-5
  3. 9:55 together at 5-on-5

Power play

  1. PP1Stenberg LWennberg CSmith CCelebrini CCagnoni D2:34 together on the power play
  2. PP2Marchment LChernyshov LToffoli CMisa COrlov D1:08 together on the power play

Penalty kill

  1. PK1Goodrow CGraf RTrouba DNurse D1:27 together killing penalties
  2. PK2Sherwood LOstapchuk CNurse DKesselring D0:49 together killing penalties
  1. 8:55 together at 5-on-5
  2. 6:26 together at 5-on-5
  3. 6:17 together at 5-on-5
  4. 2:25 together at 5-on-5
  1. 8:56 together at 5-on-5
  2. 8:53 together at 5-on-5
  3. 4:34 together at 5-on-5

Power play

  1. PP1Cozens CStützle CHalliday CBatherson RYakemchuk D3:53 together on the power play
  2. PP2Burakovsky LZetterlund LPinto CGiroux RChabot D0:54 together on the power play

Penalty kill

  1. PK1Pinto CGreig CChabot DKleven D0:48 together killing penalties
  2. PK2Foegele LPinto CSpence DKleven D0:31 together killing penalties

Behind the bench

How each coach tends to run his bench, compared with every other NHL team. Each gray tick is one team, the dashed line is the league average, and the two dots are these teams.

SJSOTT

Lines kept together · 2026–27

SJS 71% (12th most settled)OTT 50% (4th most shuffled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Pulling the goalie when down a goal · 2025–26

SJS 1:59 left (8th earliest · 15 pulls)OTT 1:42 left (14th latest · 14 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift · 2025–26

SJS 51.3s (2nd longest)OTT 43.2s (shortest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts · 2025–26

SJS 33% (7th most often)OTT 29% (16th least often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

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