2011–12 Ottawa Senators
Division2nd Northeast
Conference8th Eastern
2011–12 record41–31–10
Home record20–17–4
Road record21–14–6
Goals for249
Goals against240
Team information
General managerBryan Murray
CoachPaul MacLean
CaptainDaniel Alfredsson
Alternate captainsChris Phillips
Jason Spezza
ArenaScotiabank Place
Average attendance19,356 (101.1%)
Team leaders
GoalsMilan Michalek (35)
AssistsErik Karlsson (59)
PointsJason Spezza (84)
Penalty minutesZenon Konopka (193)
Plus/minusFilip Kuba (+26)
WinsCraig Anderson (33)
Goals against averageRobin Lehner (2.01)

The 2011–12 Ottawa Senators season was the 20th season of the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL). It was considered a rebuilding season for the Senators after an off-season of high player personnel turnover and the hiring of a new head coach. Although the Senators were not expected to make the playoffs, the team qualified eighth. The team lost, however, in the first round to the first-place New York Rangers, although they took the series to a seventh game. Three Senators were nominated for NHL awards: captain Daniel Alfredsson for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, Erik Karlsson for the James Norris Trophy and Head Coach Paul MacLean for the Jack Adams Award. The Senators hosted the NHL All-Star Game and its festivities. Alfredsson was named captain of one of the teams and five Senators played in the Game.

Team business

On May 19, 2011, the Ottawa Senators were awarded the Ottawa United Way Community Builder of the Year Award for over $60 million in charitable fund-raising in the past ten years, support of youth hockey and the founding of the "Do It For Daron" initiative for mental health in honour of Daron Richardson, the daughter of Ottawa Senators assistant coach Luke Richardson, who took her own life in November 2010.[1] On May 20, 2011, the Senators announced the "Rink of Dreams" project to build an outdoor skating rink at Ottawa City Hall. The rink is to cost $1.25 million, $1 million of which would be funded by the Senators Foundation charity.[2]

In December 2011, the Senators officially announced the replacement of the scoreboard at Scotiabank Place. The old scoreboard dated from 1996, and its replacement had been rumoured in the media since the time of the announcement that the All-Star Game would be played in the arena. The new scoreboard, to be supplied by Panasonic, uses four high-definition video screens, plus two LED "rings", one above the scoreboards and one below. While the old scoreboard had video screens, the new screens are much larger in size and have a larger number of pixels per screen. The scoreboard was first used for the December 27, 2011, game against the Montreal Canadiens. For the game, only the four video screens were in place; the LED rings were to be operational for the All-Star Game.

2012 NHL All-Star Game

The Senators were the hosts of the 58th NHL All-Star Game in January 2012. The Ottawa Convention Centre hosted a Fan Fair of fan activities from the Thursday until Saturday. The Rideau Canal had to close due to mild weather, but the Senators' new Rink of Dreams was able to be used in its place. Confederation Park was used for ice sculptures and displays.

In the annual All-Star Game voting, Senators fans voted four members of the team to the All-Star roster: Daniel Alfredsson, Erik Karlsson, Milan Michalek and Jason Spezza. Karlsson led all players in voting with over 939,591 votes cast.[3] Colin Greening was added later by the NHL operations department. Alfredsson was named captain of one team and was able to put the Senators onto his team, except for Greening, who was selected at random for the other All-Star team, coached by former Senator Zdeno Chara. Senators' fans in attendance at the game were thrilled when Alfredsson scored two consecutive goals in the second period, giving him a standing ovation.

Off-season

After firing Head Coach Cory Clouston at the end of their 2010–11 season, the Senators began a search for a new head coach. According to media reports, Bryan Murray interviewed several candidates for the job, including Kurt Kleinendorst (coach of the Binghamton Senators), Dave Cameron (coach of the Mississauga St. Michael's Majors), Craig MacTavish (former coach of the Edmonton Oilers), Paul MacLean (assistant coach of the Detroit Red Wings) and Kirk Muller (assistant coach of the Montreal Canadiens). On June 14, 2011, the Senators announced the signing of Paul MacLean to a three-year contract as the new head coach.[4] On June 23, 2011, Dave Cameron and Mark Reeds were hired as his assistant coaches. Reeds was the head coach of the Owen Sound Attack from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).[5]

The Senators unveiled a new third jersey on October 1, 2011. The new third jersey replaces the "SENS" design third jersey. The New Jersey is primarily black, with horizontal red and off-white stripes in a pattern reminiscent of the original Ottawa Senators jersey of 1926–27. The team will wear the jersey 11 times at home and once on the road. The symbolism of the number 11 corresponds to the number of Stanley Cup championships the original Senators won.

Pre-season

On June 22, 2011, the Senators announced that they would be playing seven games during the pre-season – three games at home, three games on the road and one neutral-site game. The team will play divisional rivals Toronto, Montreal and Boston twice each. Meanwhile, the Senators will also play the Winnipeg Jets once in Conception Bay South, Newfoundland, as part of the Kraft Hockeyville Celebrations.[6] The game was moved to Mile One Centre by Conception Bay South to maximize the use of arena upgrade dollars for renovations, instead of preparing their arena for the exhibition game.[7]

The Senators held a rookie camp in early September. The rookies participated in a rookie tournament in Oshawa, Ontario, with rookies of the Chicago Blackhawks, Pittsburgh Penguins and Toronto Maple Leafs. The team won all of its games in the tournament. All members of the rookie camp were invited to the main training camp, which started on September 16 at Scotiabank Place and the Bell Sensplex.[8]

Regular season

The Ottawa Senators 20th Anniversary patch

The Senators opened the season on October 7, 2011, at the Detroit Red Wings. The Senators finished the season on April 7, 2012. 81 of 82 games were televised, either on CBC, RDS, Sportsnet, TSN or TVA. The sole game not televised was a visit to the Florida Panthers on February 15, 2012.[9] The NHL later organized a video feed available to NHL Centre Ice subscribers in Ottawa for the Panthers game.[10]

The Senators had their home opener on October 11, 2011, against the Minnesota Wild. Since it is the franchise's 20th anniversary season, the Senators had special celebrations. With 14 members of the 1992–93 team in attendance, Laurie Boschman, the 1992–93 team's captain, dropped the puck on the ceremonial face-off. The team went on to win the game 4–3 via shoot-out. It was head coach Paul MacLean's first win as a head coach in the NHL.[11]

Nikita Filatov, a 21-year-old Russian player (and former first-round pick) acquired in a trade at the 2011 NHL Entry Draft, had an up-and-down season between Ottawa and Binghamton before being loaned to CKSA Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in December; he played for CSKA for the remainder of the season. Filatov was to be a restricted free agent at the end of the season, and general manager Bryan Murray indicated that the club had not given up on Filatov, and would put in at least a qualifying offer at season's end.[12]

The Senators made a trade in December 2011 for the Phoenix Coyotes' Kyle Turris in exchange for David Rundblad and a draft pick. After Turris arrived in Ottawa, the team won ten of 13 games, and had a nine-game unbeaten streak over the end of December into January. The run pushed the Senators up into a playoff position. On December 17, the Senators were in tenth position. On January 20, the Senators were as high as fourth in the Eastern Conference.

In February, goaltender Craig Anderson cut the pinky finger on his right hand while preparing food at home. The injury put him out of action as the cut made him unable to hold the goal stick while the injury healed. The Senators made a trade to improve the organizational depth at goaltender, trading for Ben Bishop of the St. Louis Blues. Bishop was playing for the Blues' American Hockey League (AHL) affiliate and was due to become an unrestricted free agent. Bishop had won the MVP award at the AHL 2012 All-Star Game and was considered one of the best prospects outside the NHL. Before the trade, the Senators had recalled Robin Lehner from Binghamton and Bishop reported to Binghamton. Although Lehner played well and earned his first NHL shutout, Lehner was sent to Binghamton in early March and Bishop recalled to Ottawa. While Ottawa continued to earn points, division leader Boston struggled, and the Senators found winning the division feasible. On March 16, the Senators moved past the Bruins into first place in the Northeast Division and second overall in the Eastern Conference.[13] The lead lasted one day, but the Senators qualified for the playoffs, an unexpected development that made head coach MacLean a candidate for coach of the year.

Playoffs

The Senators succeeded in making the playoffs after missing them in the 2010–11 season, with a 5–1 win over the New York Islanders on April 1, 2012. The Hockey News had predicted that the Senators would finish last in the Eastern Conference and miss the playoffs.[14]

Senators vs. Rangers

The Senators qualified in eighth place, drawing the first-place New York Rangers in the first round. Although the Senators won three out of four games during the regular season between the two teams, the NHL Network predicted the Rangers will win in five or six games.[15] ESPN predicted the Rangers would win in seven games.[16] It was the first New York–Ottawa series since the first Senators played the Rangers in 1927–28, and the last until 2016-17.

In the first game, the Rangers scored once in the first, and twice in the second to take a 3–0 lead into the third period. In the third, the Rangers scored to make it 4–0 before Daniel Alfredsson and Erik Condra scored in the last ten minutes. It was close until the middle of the game. The Rangers were leading 1–0 late in the second period and the Senators were pressing for an equalizer. The Rangers took a time-out and from there, scored three times in six minutes ( from the second into the third period) to build the lead the Senators could not overcome.[17]

In game two, the Senators added two players known for fighting to the roster: Matt Carkner and Zenon Konopka, changes described by coach MacLean as done in response to the Rangers' Brian Boyle's rough treatment of Erik Karlsson. After only two minutes of play, Carkner was ejected from the game for fighting Boyle, who did not want to fight Carkner, and punching him after Boyle went down to the ice. The Rangers' Brandon Dubinsky jumped into the fight and was ejected for being the third man into a fight. In the second period, the Rangers' Carl Hagelin elbowed Alfredsson and was ejected. In the game itself, the Rangers took a one-goal lead after one period. The Senators equalized during the match penalty to Hagelin to leave the game tied after two. In the third, Boyle scored to put the Rangers ahead, but Nick Foligno tied the score with four minutes to play. In the overtime, the Senators applied pressure from the start, and Chris Neil scored to win the game for the Senators after only one minute of overtime.[18] For their actions during the game, the NHL later gave Hagelin a three-game suspension, and Carkner a one-game suspension.[19]

Alfredsson did not return for game three, as he was still suffering from a concussion from the Hagelin hit. The first star of the game was the Rangers' goaltender Henrik Lundqvist, who stopped all 39 Senators shots on net for a shutout. The game was scoreless until the third period when the Rangers' Boyle scored on a backhand after the puck bounced off the back boards directly to him nearly in front of the Senators' goaltender Craig Anderson, who stopped 21 of 22 shots. It was the only goal of the match. Lundqvist preserved the win with a save in the final minute on Kyle Turris, who was alone in front of the Rangers' goal with the Senators pressing and their goaltender pulled for an extra attacker.[20]

In game four, it was the Ottawa goalie Anderson's turn to save a game. After giving up two power play goals by the Rangers in the first few minutes, he stopped the Rangers the rest of the way. In the second period, the Senators tied the game on goals by Milan Michalek and Sergei Gonchar. No goals were scored leading to the second overtime of the series. In the overtime, the Senators' Kyle Turris scored his first-ever overtime goal to tie the series after four games, ensuring a game six in Ottawa.[21] Ottawa captain Alfredsson missed another game. It was the first victory at home by the Senators since the 2007 Stanley Cup Finals.

The fifth game, in New York, saw Anderson continue to hold off the Rangers, stopping all of their shots for a 2–0 shutout victory. Junior call up Mark Stone made an impression, setting up the winning goal of the game by Spezza in the first period. Spezza added an empty net goal to seal the victory. It was Stone's NHL debut.

Game six was played in Ottawa with the Senators having a chance to eliminate the Rangers. The Senators scored the first goal of the game in the first period on a power play. With Anderson continuing to hold off the Rangers, it appeared the Senators might have scored enough. It all changed in the second period with three goals by the Rangers, including a pair on the power play, to put the Rangers ahead 3–1. Anderson's shutout streak of the Rangers ended at 145 minutes, 27 seconds. In the third, Senators' coach Paul MacLean benched stars Spezza and Alfredsson in a ploy to turn their games around, but it was ineffective. Alfredsson himself showed a rare temper outburst on the bench, due to his frustration. The Senators scored a goal on a disputed play in the last minute, but it was too little, too late. The game was the NHL debut for Senators prospect Jakob Silfverberg, who had just finished playing in the Swedish Elitserien playoffs.

The series shifted to New York for the deciding game seven. Like game six, the deciding goals were scored in the second period. The Rangers scored a pair of goals to go ahead 2–0, while Alfredsson replied on the power play for the Senators. The third period was scoreless. Alfredsson was considered to be the best player for the Senators in the game, and there was considerable speculation after the game that it might be the last game of his NHL career.

Standings

Northeast Division
Pos Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 y Boston Bruins 82 49 29 4 40 269 202 +67 102
2 x Ottawa Senators 82 41 31 10 35 249 240 +9 92
3 Buffalo Sabres 82 39 32 11 32 218 230 12 89
4 Toronto Maple Leafs 82 35 37 10 31 231 264 33 80
5 Montreal Canadiens 82 31 35 16 26 212 226 14 78
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot; y Clinched division
Eastern Conference
Pos Div Team GP W L OTL ROW GF GA GD Pts
1 AT z New York Rangers 82 51 24 7 47 226 187 +39 109
2 NE y Boston Bruins 82 49 29 4 40 269 202 +67 102
3 SE y Florida Panthers 82 38 26 18 32 203 227 24 94
4 AT x Pittsburgh Penguins 82 51 25 6 42 282 221 +61 108
5 AT x Philadelphia Flyers 82 47 26 9 43 264 232 +32 103
6 AT x New Jersey Devils 82 48 28 6 36 228 209 +19 102
7 SE x Washington Capitals 82 42 32 8 38 222 230 8 92
8 NE x Ottawa Senators 82 41 31 10 35 249 240 +9 92
9 NE Buffalo Sabres 82 39 32 11 32 218 230 12 89
10 SE Tampa Bay Lightning 82 38 36 8 35 235 281 46 84
11 SE Winnipeg Jets 82 37 35 10 33 225 246 21 84
12 SE Carolina Hurricanes 82 33 33 16 32 213 243 30 82
13 NE Toronto Maple Leafs 82 35 37 10 31 231 264 33 80
14 AT New York Islanders 82 34 37 11 27 203 255 52 79
15 NE Montreal Canadiens 82 31 35 16 26 212 226 14 78
Source: National Hockey League
x Clinched playoff spot; y Clinched division; z Clinched conference

Schedule and results

Pre-season

2011 pre-season game log: 3–3–1 (Home: 1–1–1 ; Road: 2–2–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecap
1September 197:00 pmToronto2–4LehnerAir Canada Centre18,556[22]
2September 217:30 pmBoston2 – 1 (OT)AuldScotiabank Place16,492[23]
3September 237:30 pmMontreal3 – 4 (SO)AndersonScotiabank Place17,583[24]
4September 247:00 pmMontreal3–2LehnerBell Centre21,273[25]
5September 264:00 pmWinnipeg1–3AuldMile One Centre (St. John's, NFLD)6,275[26]
6September 277:30 pmToronto3–5LehnerScotiabank Place18,831[27]
7September 297:00 pmBoston2–1AndersonTD Garden16,763[28]

Regular season

2011 regular season game log: 41–28–10 (Home: 20–15–4 ; Road: 21–13–6)
October (Games: 12; Home: 7; Road: 5) (Record: 7–5–0; Home: 5–2–0; Road: 2–3–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
1October 77:00 pmDetroit3–5AndersonJoe Louis Arena20,0660–1–00[29]
2October 87:00 pmToronto5–6AuldAir Canada Centre19,3240–2–00[30]
3October 117:30 pmMinnesota4 – 3 (SO)AndersonScotiabank Place19,455S1–2–02[31]
4October 137:30 pmColorado1–7AndersonScotiabank Place19,239S1–3–02[32]
5October 157:00 pmWashington1–2AuldVerizon Center18,5061–4–02[33]
6October 187:30 pmPhiladelphia2–7AuldScotiabank Place18,0591–5–02[34]
7October 207:30 pmWinnipeg4–1AndersonScotiabank Place17,9192–5–04[35]
8October 227:00 pmColumbus4–3AndersonScotiabank Place18,8673–5–06[36]
9October 257:00 pmCarolina3 – 2 (SO)AndersonRBC Center12,0834–5–08[37]
10October 277:30 pmFlorida4–3AndersonScotiabank Place18,1655–5–010[38]
11October 293:00 pmNY Rangers5 – 4 (SO)AndersonMadison Square Garden18,2006–5–012[39]
12October 307:30 pmToronto3–2LehnerScotiabank Place19,522S7–5–014[40]
November (Games: 12; Home: 4; Road: 8) (Record: 5–5–2; Home: 1–2–1; Road: 4–3–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
13November 17:00 pmBoston3–5AndersonTD Garden17,5657–6–014[41]
14November 47:30 pmMontreal1–2AndersonScotiabank Place20,329S7–7–014[42]
15November 57:00 pmBuffalo2 – 3 (SO)AndersonScotiabank Place18,8057–7–115[43]
16November 97:30 pmNY Rangers2–3AndersonScotiabank Place19,543S7–8–115[44]
17November 117:30 pmBuffalo1–5AndersonFirst Niagara Center18,6907–9–115[45]
18November 127:00 pmToronto5–2AndersonAir Canada Centre19,5538–9–117[46]
19November 159:00 pmCalgary3–1AndersonScotiabank Saddledome19,2899–9–119[47]
20November 179:30 pmEdmonton5–2AndersonRexall Place16,83910–9–121[48]
21November 209:00 pmVancouver1 – 2 (OT)AuldRogers Arena18,89010–9–222[49]
22November 257:00 pmPittsburgh3–6AndersonConsol Energy Center18,61010–10–222[50]
23November 275:00 pmCarolina4–3AndersonScotiabank Place19,656S11–10–224[51]
24November 298:30 pmWinnipeg6–4AndersonMTS Centre15,00412–10–226[52]
December (Games: 15; Home: 9; Road: 6) (Record: 7–5–3; Home: 5–4–0; Road: 2–1–3)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
25December 18:30 pmDallas2–3AndersonAmerican Airlines Center10,49012–11–226[53]
26December 37:00 pmWashington2 – 3 (OT)AndersonVerizon Center18,50612–11–327[54]
27December 57:30 pmTampa Bay4–2AndersonScotiabank Place18,74213–11–329[55]
28December 77:00 pmWashington3–5AndersonScotiabank Place17,77113–12–329[56]
29December 87:00 pmNew Jersey4 – 5 (SO)AuldPrudential Center13,74313–12–430[57]
30December 107:00 pmVancouver1–4AndersonScotiabank Place19,171S13–13–430[58]
31December 137:00 pmBuffalo3 – 2 (OT)AndersonFirst Niagara Center18,69014–13–432[59]
32December 147:30 pmBoston2–5AndersonScotiabank Place18,08814–14–432[60]
33December 167:30 pmPittsburgh6–4AuldScotiabank Place19,710S15–14–434[61]
34December 207:30 pmBuffalo4–1AndersonScotiabank Place18,47416–14–436[62]
35December 227:30 pmFlorida4 – 3 (OT)AndersonScotiabank Place19,296S17–14–438[63]
36December 237:00 pmCarolina1 – 2 (OT)AndersonRBC Center14,55617–14–539[64]
37December 277:30 pmMontreal2–6AndersonScotiabank Place20,500S17–15–539[65]
38December 307:30 pmCalgary4–3 (OT)AndersonScotiabank Place20,500S18–15–541[66]
39December 317:00 pmBuffalo3–2 (SO)AndersonFirst Niagara Center18,69019–15–543[67]
January (Games: 14; Home: 4; Road: 10) (Record: 8–5–1; Home: 3–1–0; Road: 5–4–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
40January 27:30 pmNew Jersey3 – 2 (OT)AndersonScotiabank Place19,573S20–15–545[68]
41January 57:30 pmTampa Bay4–1AndersonScotiabank Place19,994S21–15–547[69]
42January 71:00 pmPhiladelphia2 – 3 (OT)AndersonWells Fargo Center19,79221–15–648[70]
43January 85:00 pmPhiladelphia6–4AndersonScotiabank Place20,028S22–15–650[71]
44January 107:00 pmPittsburgh5–1AndersonConsol Energy Center18,60323–15–652[72]
45January 127:00 pmNY Rangers3–0AndersonMadison Square Garden18,20024–15–654[73]
46January 147:00 pmMontreal3 – 2 (SO)AndersonBell Centre21,27325–15–656[74]
47January 167:30 pmWinnipeg0–2AndersonScotiabank Place19,927S25–16–656[75]
48January 177:00 pmToronto3–2AndersonAir Canada Centre19,61526–16–658[76]
49January 1910:30 pmSan Jose4–1AndersonHP Pavilion17,56227–16–660[77]
50January 214:00 pmAnaheim1–2AndersonHonda Center15,50027–17–660[78]
51January 2310:30 pmLos Angeles1–4AndersonStaples Center18,11827–18–660[79]
52January 249:00 pmPhoenix2–3AndersonJobing.com Arena8,06127–19–660[80]
53January 317:00 pmBoston3–4AndersonTD Garden17,56527–20–660[81]
February (Games: 12; Home: 8; Road: 4) (Record: 7–3–2; Home: 3–3–2; Road: 4–0–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
54February 37:30 pmNY Islanders1 – 2 (OT)AndersonScotiabank Place18,25227–20–761[82]
55February 47:00 pmToronto0–5AndersonScotiabank Place20,500S27–21–761[83]
56February 77:30 pmSt. Louis1–3AndersonScotiabank Place18,95227–22–761[84]
57February 97:30 pmNashville4–3AuldScotiabank Place18,59228–22–763[85]
58February 112:00 pmEdmonton3 – 4 (OT)AndersonScotiabank Place20,085S28–22–864[86]
59February 147:00 pmTampa Bay4–0AndersonSt. Pete Times Forum17,48829–22–866[87]
60February 157:30 pmFlorida6–2AndersonBankAtlantic Center14,03830–22–868[88]
61February 201:00 pmNY Islanders6–0AndersonNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum15,81831–22–870[89]
62February 227:00 pmWashington5–2AndersonScotiabank Place18,35732–22–872[90]
63February 257:00 pmBoston3–5AuldScotiabank Place19,444S32–23–872[91]
64February 265:00 pmNY Islanders5–2LehnerScotiabank Place19,660S33–23–874[92]
65February 287:00 pmBoston1–0LehnerTD Garden17,56534–23–876[93]
March (Games: 13; Home: 7; Road: 6) (Record: 6–5–2; Home: 3–3–1; Road: 3–2–1)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
66March 27:00 pmChicago1–2LehnerScotiabank Place18,78834–24–876[94]
67March 46:00 pmFlorida2–4LehnerBankAtlantic Center15,81134–25–876[95]
68March 67:30 pmTampa Bay7–3BishopSt. Pete Times Forum18,96735–25–878[96]
69March 87:30 pmNY Rangers4–1BishopScotiabank Place18,85436–25–880[97]
70March 107:00 pmBuffalo3 – 4 (SO)BishopScotiabank Place19,951S36–25–981[98]
71March 147:30 pmMontreal2 – 3 (SO)BishopBell Centre21,27336–25–1082[99]
72March 167:00 pmMontreal2 – 1 (OT)BishopScotiabank Place20,500S37–25–1084[100]
73March 177:00 pmToronto1–3BishopScotiabank Place20,500S37–26–1084[101]
74March 207:30 pmNew Jersey0–1BishopScotiabank Place19,834S37–27–1084[102]
75March 237:30 pmMontreal1–5AndersonBell Centre21,27337–28–1084[103]
76March 247:00 pmPittsburgh8–4AndersonScotiabank Place20,076S38–28–1086[104]
77March 268:30 pmWinnipeg6–4AndersonMTS Centre15,00439–28–1088[105]
78March 311:00 pmPhiladelphia4 – 3 (SO)AndersonWells Fargo Center19,82240–28–1090[106]
April (Games: 4; Home: 2; Road: 2) (Record: 1–3–0; Home: 0–2–0; Road: 1–1–0)
GameDateTime (ET)OpponentScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordPtsRecap
79April 13:00 pmNY Islanders5–1AndersonNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum14,21041–28–1092[107]
80April 37:30 pmCarolina1–2AndersonScotiabank Place19,484S41–29–1092[108]
81April 57:30 pmBoston1–3BishopScotiabank Place20,500S41–30–1092[109]
82April 73:00 pmNew Jersey2–4AndersonPrudential Center17,62541–31–1092[110]

Playoffs

Eastern Conference Quarter-final – #8 Senators vs. #1 Rangers – Rangers win series 4–3
GameDateTimeScoreDecisionLocationAttendanceRecordRecap
1April 127 pm2–4AndersonMadison Square Garden18,2000–1[111]
2April 147 pm3–2 (OT)AndersonMadison Square Garden18,2001–1[112]
3April 167:30 pm0–1AndersonScotiabank Place20,182S1–2[113]
4April 187:30 pm3–2 (OT)AndersonScotiabank Place20,340S2–2[114]
5April 217 pm2–0AndersonMadison Square Garden18,2003–2[115]
6April 237 pm2–3AndersonScotiabank Place20,500S3–3[116]
7April 267 pm1–2AndersonMadison Square Garden18,2003–4[117]
Notes:
S.^ Sell-out (over 19,153 at Scotiabank Place).

Player statistics

Source: Ottawa Senators.[118] Source: NHL.[119]

Scoring

Goaltending

Source: NHL.[120]

Regular season
Player GP Min W L OTL GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A Pts PIM
Craig Anderson 633492332261652.841917.91430444
Alex Auld 14645242363.35310.88400000
Ben Bishop 10532332222.48243.90900002
Robin Lehner 5299320102.01154.93510000
Playoffs
Player GP Min W L GA GAA SA Sv% SO G A Pts PIM
Craig Anderson 741934142.00208.93310000

Denotes player spent time with another team before joining Senators. Stats reflect time with Senators only.
Traded mid-season.

Note:
Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals
Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Awards/Milestones

Awards

Regular Season
PlayerAwardAwarded
Jason Spezza[121]NHL Second Star of the WeekOctober 24, 2011
Jason Spezza[122]NHL First Star of the WeekDecember 19, 2011
Craig Anderson[123]NHL Third Star of the WeekJanuary 9, 2012
Craig Anderson[124]NHL First Star of the WeekJanuary 16, 2012
Daniel Alfredsson[125]NHL Third Star of the WeekJanuary 30, 2012
Jason Spezza[126]NHL Third Star of the WeekFebruary 20, 2012
Erik Karlsson[127]NHL First Star of the WeekFebruary 27, 2012
Erik Karlsson[128]NHL Second Star of the MonthFebruary 2012
Craig AndersonMolson CupApril 2012

NHL awards

Norris TrophyErik Karlsson
King Clancy TrophyDaniel Alfredsson
First All-Star teamErik Karlsson

Records

The Senators set a new franchise record for the fastest two goals scored on October 8, 2011, in a 6–5 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at the Air Canada Centre. The first goal was scored by Jason Spezza at 15:36 of the third period, while the second goal was scored eight seconds later by Daniel Alfredsson. The previous record was nine seconds, set the previous season.

On February 22, 2012, Erik Karlsson set a new franchise record for assists by a defenceman in a single season by tallying two assists, bringing his total to 47, in a 5–2 victory over the Washington Capitals. The previous record was held by Norm MacIver, who tallied 46 assists during the modern franchise's inaugural season in 1992–93.

On February 26, 2012, Erik Karlsson set a new franchise record for points by a defenceman in a single season by tallying two assists, bringing his points total to 65, in a 5–2 victory over the New York Islanders. The previous record was held by Norm MacIver, who tallied 63 points during the modern franchise's inaugural season in 1992–93.

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