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Ottawa Senators vs Chicago Blackhawks

Regular season · Sunday, December 20, 2026 · PSD Bank Dome

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TSN5 · RDS · CHSN

Game preview

The Ottawa Senators visit the Chicago Blackhawks at PSD Bank Dome on Sunday, December 20, 2026, with puck drop at 8:00 AM ET. The game is on TSN5, RDS and CHSN.

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

Rest and travel

Senators

Game 2 of a road trip: Chicago, now Chicago.

  1. 102026-12-10: vs VGK
  2. 112026-12-11: no game
  3. 122026-12-12: vs EDM
  4. 132026-12-13: no game
  5. 142026-12-14: vs BUF
  6. 152026-12-15: no game
  7. 162026-12-16: no game
  8. 172026-12-17: no game
  9. 182026-12-18: at CHI
  10. 192026-12-19: no game
  11. 202026-12-20: at CHI
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
traveled since last game
~0 mi
traveled since last game
on this road trip
~3,618 mi
on this road trip
local time vs home
+6 h
local time vs home

Blackhawks

Back home after a game in Ottawa.

  1. 102026-12-10: at WPG
  2. 112026-12-11: no game
  3. 122026-12-12: vs UTA
  4. 132026-12-13: no game
  5. 142026-12-14: no game
  6. 152026-12-15: no game
  7. 162026-12-16: no game
  8. 172026-12-17: no game
  9. 182026-12-18: at OTT
  10. 192026-12-19: no game
  11. 202026-12-20: at OTT
rest since last game
1 day
rest since last game
traveled since last game
~0 mi
traveled since last game
on the road trip just ended
~8,428 mi
on the road trip just ended
local time vs home
+7 h
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

Ottawa SenatorsSenatorsTue, Oct 13 vs STL
  1. Pinto#12Giroux#28Amadio#22
    8:55 together at 5-on-5
  2. Burakovsky#95Cozens#24Greig#71
    6:26 together at 5-on-5
  3. Foegele#37Stützle#18Batherson#19
    6:17 together at 5-on-5
  4. Zetterlund#20Cousins#21Halliday#34
    2:25 together at 5-on-5
  1. Kleven#43Yakemchuk#26
    8:56 together at 5-on-5
  2. Chabot#72Spence#10
    8:53 together at 5-on-5
  3. NewDonovan#56Stanley#73
    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
Chicago BlackhawksBlackhawksTue, Oct 13 vs PIT
  1. NewBedard#98Kane#88Kantserov#80
    14:40 together at 5-on-5
  2. NewBertuzzi#59Teravainen#86Frondell#16
    9:13 together at 5-on-5
  3. NewToninato#25Donato#8Moore#11
    8:03 together at 5-on-5
  4. NewGreenway#12Greene#20Smith#22
    6:49 together at 5-on-5
  1. Byram#24Levshunov#55
    17:47 together at 5-on-5
  2. Cole#28Vlasic#72
    12:41 together at 5-on-5
  3. Kaiser#44Rinzel#6
    11:31 together at 5-on-5

Power play

  1. PP1Bertuzzi LBedard CKane RKantserov RByram D2:48 together on the power play

Penalty kill

  1. PK1Teravainen CFrondell CCole DVlasic D1:29 together killing penalties
  2. PK2Greene CSmith RCole DVlasic D1:05 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.

OTTCHI

Lines kept together · 2026–27

OTT 50% (4th most shuffled)CHI 70% (15th most settled)
← Shuffles linesKeeps lines together →

Pulling the goalie when down a goal · 2025–26

OTT 1:42 left (14th latest · 14 pulls)CHI 1:23 left (2nd latest · 19 pulls)
← Pulls latePulls early →

Average shift · 2025–26

OTT 43.2s (shortest)CHI 48.6s (15th longest)
← Short shiftsLong shifts →

Caught on long shifts · 2025–26

OTT 29% (16th least often)CHI 33% (10th most often)
← Rarely caughtOften caught →

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