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Ottawa Senators at Florida Panthers

Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise Regular Season Final

Final score

The Florida Panthers beat the Ottawa Senators 6–3 on Tuesday, March 31, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Ottawa Senators 3 44-27-11
at Florida Panthers 6 40-38-4

Goals by period

Team Total
Ottawa Senators 0 2 1 3
Florida Panthers 5 1 0 6

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Ottawa Senators 6 7 13 26
Florida Panthers 18 7 4 29

Three stars

  1. M. Tkachuk, Florida Panthers (1 goal, 3 assists)
  2. C. Verhaeghe, Florida Panthers (2 goals, 1 assist)
  3. S. Jones, Florida Panthers (3 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 00:08 Florida Panthers Noah Gregor (3) Seth Jones (21), Tomas Nosek (2) Even strength OTT 0, FLA 1
1st 01:06 Florida Panthers Mackie Samoskevich (8) Seth Jones (22), Matthew Tkachuk (16) Power play OTT 0, FLA 2
1st 09:09 Florida Panthers Carter Verhaeghe (22) Matthew Tkachuk (17), Seth Jones (23) Power play OTT 0, FLA 3
1st 14:02 Florida Panthers A.J. Greer (14) Eetu Luostarinen (18), Donovan Sebrango (4) Even strength OTT 0, FLA 4
1st 14:36 Florida Panthers Carter Verhaeghe (23) Sam Bennett (30), Matthew Tkachuk (18) Even strength OTT 0, FLA 5
2nd 01:40 Ottawa Senators Drake Batherson (30) Unassisted Even strength OTT 1, FLA 5
2nd 12:41 Florida Panthers Matthew Tkachuk (13) Sam Bennett (31), Carter Verhaeghe (30) Even strength OTT 1, FLA 6
2nd 15:14 Ottawa Senators Jordan Spence (6) Tim Stützle (44), Michael Amadio (19) Even strength OTT 2, FLA 6
3rd 04:29 Ottawa Senators Michael Amadio (13) Ridly Greig (18), Lassi Thomson (1) Even strength OTT 3, FLA 6

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

Team stats

Stat Ottawa Senators Florida Panthers
Shots on goal 26 29
Power play 0 of 5 2 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 13
Hits 17 18
Blocked shots 6 14
Giveaways 16 12
Takeaways 4 1
Faceoffs won 34/62 (54.8%) 28/62 (45.2%)

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters
Player
7 B. Tkachuk L 0 0 0 -1 0 4 1 1 0 60% 20:18
12 S. Pinto C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 66.7% 20:48
18 T. Stützle C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 2 0 0 20% 21:05
19 D. Batherson R 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 18:16
20 F. Zetterlund L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:11
21 N. Cousins C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 0 11:09
22 M. Amadio R 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 14:20
24 D. Cozens C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 4 1 0 50% 20:21
28 C. Giroux R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 61.5% 16:17
37 W. Foegele L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10:20
71 R. Greig C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 60% 16:53
89 L. Eller C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 44.4% 10:08
2 A. Zub D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 3 0 0 15:43
10 J. Spence D 1 0 1 -2 0 4 1 0 0 24:05
33 N. Matinpalo D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 16:36
43 T. Kleven D 0 0 0 +1 2 3 2 0 0 22:39
58 C. Yakemchuk D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 13:42
60 L. Thomson D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 1 0 13:49
Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie
35 L. Ullmark 16 11 5 .688 14:36 Loss
47 J. Reimer 13 12 1 .923 41:57

Florida Panthers

Florida Panthers skaters
Player
9 S. Bennett C 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 1 0 33.3% 17:19
10 A. Greer L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 16:51
11 M. Samoskevich R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 0 1 1 12:46
18 N. Gregor L 1 0 1 0 15 1 2 0 0 50% 09:25
19 M. Tkachuk L 1 3 4 0 0 5 1 0 0 17:13
23 C. Verhaeghe C 2 1 3 0 0 6 1 1 1 45.5% 16:59
24 V. Hinostroza C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 10:16
27 E. Luostarinen C 0 1 1 +1 0 2 0 2 0 46.2% 15:51
29 C. Reinhardt L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 100% 10:25
70 J. Boqvist C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 14:51
71 L. Kunin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 57.1% 11:04
92 T. Nosek L 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 35.7% 15:21
3 S. Jones D 0 3 3 +2 0 1 1 1 0 25:20
5 A. Ekblad D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20:49
6 D. Sebrango D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 2 2 0 17:55
7 D. Kulikov D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 2 0 0 15:00
20 M. Benning D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 15:09
42 G. Forsling D 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 0 24:26
Florida Panthers goalies
Goalie
40 D. Tarasov 26 23 3 .885 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:15 Ottawa Senators Shane Pinto High sticking 2
1st 06:05 Ottawa Senators Artem Zub High sticking 2
1st 07:13 Ottawa Senators Tyler Kleven High sticking 2
2nd 06:04 Florida Panthers Sam Bennett Hooking 2
2nd 08:55 Florida Panthers Dmitry Kulikov Hooking 2
2nd 19:55 Florida Panthers Vinnie Hinostroza Slashing 2
3rd 11:26 Florida Panthers Noah Gregor Match penalty (match) 5
3rd 15:22 Florida Panthers Gustav Forsling Tripping 2

Game information

Ottawa Senators head coach
Travis Green
Florida Panthers head coach
Paul Maurice
Referees
Brian Pochmara, Gord Dwyer
Linesmen
Libor Suchanek, Brad Kovachik
Ottawa Senators scratches
Kurtis MacDermid, Thomas Chabot, Dennis Gilbert, Jake Sanderson, Stephen Halliday
Florida Panthers scratches
Sam Reinhart, Evan Rodrigues, Nolan Foote, Anton Lundell, Uvis Balinskis

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Ottawa Senators 2 at Florida Panthers 6 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 3 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 3 at Florida Panthers 6 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 1 at Ottawa Senators 5 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Mar 31

Matchup Status Details
Dallas Stars 3 at Boston Bruins 6 Final Game page
New York Islanders 3 at Buffalo Sabres 4 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 4 at Tampa Bay Lightning 1 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 1 at New York Rangers 4 Final Game page
Detroit Red Wings 1 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 4 at Washington Capitals 6 Final Game page
Carolina Hurricanes 5 at Columbus Blue Jackets 2 Final Game page
Winnipeg Jets 4 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final/OT Game page
Seattle Kraken 0 at Edmonton Oilers 3 Final Game page

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