Senators vs.Rangers

Game Summary

On October 24, 2026, the Ottawa Senators defeated the New York Rangers 7-4 behind Drake Batherson’s hat trick and an assist. Jake Sanderson scored the winning goal, and Jonas Johansson earned the victory in his Ottawa debut.

Batherson supplied the Senators’ first goal and scored again early in the second period. Tim Stützle also scored during Ottawa’s strong opening, while Dylan Cozens contributed another goal in the second.

New York kept the game close through goals from Will Cuylle, J.T. Miller and Alexis Lafrenière. The Rangers entered the third period trailing by only 1 goal.

Sanderson restored a two-goal cushion when he converted a rebound from Ridly Greig’s attempt to make it 5-3. Pavel Dorofeyev answered for New York, cutting the margin to 5-4 with 4:28 remaining.

Ottawa finally pulled away through empty-net goals from Michael Amadio and Batherson. The last of those completed Batherson’s three-goal performance and secured the Senators’ victory despite the Rangers’ repeated attempts to close the gap.