Late in the first period, Yakemchuk had the puck in the right corner in Belleville’s end, and just after he made a pass up ice, Bridgeport winger Hunter Drew finished his forecheck with a shoulder-on-shoulder hit.

The Senators have gotten their power play back on track, but opponents have outscored them 14-5 at even strength in the last six games.

Tim Stützle scored twice, and the Ottawa Senators used a four-goal first period to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 6–3, snapping a three-game skid.

Ullmark entered this season intending to secure a spot on Team Sweden for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan/Cortina, Italy, in February. He was the third goalie at the 4 Nations Face-Off behind New Jersey’s Jacob Markstrom and Filip Gustavsson of the Minnesota Wild.

The victory came less than 24 hours after the Wild shocked the hockey world, trading for star defenseman Quinn Hughes, who arrives on Sunday.

Each Monday throughout the 2025-26 NHL season, ESPN and NHL Network analyst Kevin Weekes will provide fans with a guide of games that will be nationally televised. Today, a look at games for the 11th week of the regular season.

League executives told the Ottawa Citizen on the weekend that Staios has been scouring the market for a forward to play in the top nine and another defenceman because the club’s depth has been tested by the injury that has kept Thomas Chabot out of 12 of the past 13 games.