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Ottawa Senators at Tampa Bay Lightning

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa Regular Season Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Ottawa Senators 4–2 on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Ottawa Senators 2 44-27-11
at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 50-26-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Ottawa Senators 2 0 0 2
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 2 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Ottawa Senators 11 8 9 28
Tampa Bay Lightning 8 11 8 27

Three stars

  1. C. D'Astous, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)
  2. E. Lilleberg, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 2 assists)
  3. B. Hagel, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:18 Ottawa Senators Dylan Cozens (25) Tyler Kleven (15), Brady Tkachuk (31) Even strength OTT 1, TBL 0
1st 04:25 Ottawa Senators Jordan Spence (5) Nick Cousins (13), Artem Zub (22) Even strength OTT 2, TBL 0
2nd 03:37 Tampa Bay Lightning Brandon Hagel (34) Charle-Edouard D'Astous (21), Emil Lilleberg (5) Even strength OTT 2, TBL 1
2nd 05:14 Tampa Bay Lightning Charle-Edouard D'Astous (5) Yanni Gourde (18), Zemgus Girgensons (8) Even strength OTT 2, TBL 2
3rd 08:51 Tampa Bay Lightning Emil Lilleberg (3) Brandon Hagel (38), Gage Goncalves (18) Even strength OTT 2, TBL 3
3rd 17:48 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Guentzel (34) Corey Perry (19), Emil Lilleberg (6) Even strength OTT 2, TBL 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Ottawa Senators Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 28 27
Power play 0 of 2 0 of 4
Penalty minutes 10 6
Hits 23 21
Blocked shots 24 12
Giveaways 18 15
Takeaways 7 1
Faceoffs won 35/64 (54.7%) 29/64 (45.3%)

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters
Player
7 B. Tkachuk L 0 1 1 0 2 3 2 1 50% 16:55
12 S. Pinto C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 41.7% 17:03
18 T. Stützle C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 4 0 66.7% 21:41
19 D. Batherson R 0 0 0 -1 2 2 3 1 18:51
20 F. Zetterlund L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 11:13
21 N. Cousins C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 1 1 11:05
22 M. Amadio R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 2 15:19
24 D. Cozens C 1 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 60% 15:03
28 C. Giroux R 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 2 54.5% 14:53
37 W. Foegele L 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 10:47
71 R. Greig C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 100% 15:13
89 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 46.2% 09:49
2 A. Zub D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 3 24:02
10 J. Spence D 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 2 22:41
33 N. Matinpalo D 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 16:41
43 T. Kleven D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 3 4 27:04
58 C. Yakemchuk D 0 0 0 -2 2 0 0 0 13:58
60 L. Thomson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 11:24
Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie
47 J. Reimer 27 23 4 .852 58:18 Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
10 C. Perry R 0 1 1 +1 0 4 1 0 14:35
21 B. Point C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 20:44
22 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 07:11
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 50% 15:54
29 P. Holmberg R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 16:05
37 Y. Gourde C 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 33.3% 18:44
38 B. Hagel L 1 1 2 +2 0 3 1 1 100% 22:17
46 S. Sabourin R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 05:50
59 J. Guentzel C 1 0 1 0 0 3 4 1 54.5% 19:25
71 A. Cirelli C 0 0 0 +2 2 0 2 2 44.4% 19:31
93 G. Goncalves C 0 1 1 +2 0 3 1 0 20:06
16 S. Santini D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:49
27 R. McDonagh D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 19:45
43 D. Raddysh D 0 0 0 -1 0 4 0 1 25:32
51 C. D'Astous D 1 1 2 +4 0 1 2 2 17:29
78 E. Lilleberg D 1 2 3 +4 2 1 1 1 14:58
81 E. Cernak D 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 14:17
90 J. Moser D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 2 21:48
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
88 A. Vasilevskiy 28 26 2 .929 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 09:09 Ottawa Senators Drake Batherson Holding 2
1st 18:14 Ottawa Senators Warren Foegele Holding 2
2nd 07:40 Tampa Bay Lightning Emil Lilleberg Interference 2
2nd 08:09 Tampa Bay Lightning Anthony Cirelli Roughing 2
2nd 08:09 Ottawa Senators Carter Yakemchuk Roughing 2
2nd 08:09 Ottawa Senators Dylan Cozens Roughing 2
2nd 17:52 Tampa Bay Lightning Erik Cernak Interference 2
2nd 19:23 Ottawa Senators Brady Tkachuk Cross checking 2

Game information

Ottawa Senators head coach
Travis Green
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Tom Chmielewski, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen
Shandor Alphonso, Julien Fournier
Ottawa Senators scratches
Kurtis MacDermid, Thomas Chabot, Dennis Gilbert, Jake Sanderson, Jorian Donovan, Stephen Halliday
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov, Nick Paul

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Ottawa Senators 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Ottawa Senators 6 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 28

Matchup Status Details
Florida Panthers 2 at New York Islanders 5 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at Edmonton Oilers 4 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 3 at Boston Bruins 6 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 6 at Pittsburgh Penguins 3 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 2 at Carolina Hurricanes 5 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final Game page
Seattle Kraken 2 at Buffalo Sabres 3 Final/SO Game page
Toronto Maple Leafs 1 at St. Louis Blues 5 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Nashville Predators 1 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 4 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 5 at Detroit Red Wings 3 Final Game page
Utah Mammoth 6 at Los Angeles Kings 2 Final Game page
Vancouver Canucks 3 at Calgary Flames 7 Final Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final/SO Game page

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