The 2009–10 Ottawa Senators season was the 18th season of the

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of the

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(NHL). After missing the post-season in 2008–09 for the first time since the 1995–96 season, the team qualified for the playoffs with four games to play with a win against the

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on April 1, 2010. The Senators drew the defending

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champion

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in the first round, which the Penguins won 4–2.

Off-season

In early June, left winger

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notified general manager Bryan Murray that he wanted a trade out of Ottawa. According to reports, Heatley was dissatisfied with his role and ice time under new head coach Cory Clouston. On June 15, it was announced that team president Roy Mlakar's contract would not be renewed. Cyril Leeder, one of the principals in the "Bring Back the Sens" drive in 1990 was named as team president. He had previously been president and chief operating officer of

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and the related Senators Sports and Entertainment Corporation. The team announced its first-ever exhibition game in

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, to be held on September 21 against the

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. It will be the first NHL game in Regina in 19 years. At the NHL Entry Draft, the team chose defenceman

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as their first-round pick, ninth overall. Cowan had been projected as a top-five pick, but had suffered a knee injury during the 2008–09 season. Cowen is tall and is expected to play a "shut-down" role in the future with the Senators. In the days leading up to the July 1 free agency period, a prospective trade emerged for Dany Heatley with the

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. Reportedly, the Oilers offered Andrew Cogliano, Dustin Penner and Ladislav Smid. Heatley met with the Edmonton management and turned down the trade using a no-movement clause in his contract. On July 1, the Senators were required to make a $4 million payment in advance of Heatley's 2009–10 salary, and the Senators had hoped to move Heatley before the payment. According to Slam! Sports, the Oilers were not on a list of teams acceptable to Heatley, the list of teams including the Rangers, Bruins, Canucks, Sharks, Kings, Red Wings, Flames and Blackhawks. According to GM Murray, teams were "sour" on Heatley and there were few offers. The Senators made a major free-agent signing on July 6 when they signed former

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forward

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to a two-year contract. Kovalev's salary put the Senators at the salary cap limit. The Senators partially addressed this by trading goaltender

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to the

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for a draft pick. By the date of Kovalev's formal introduction press conference on July 21, Heatley had not yet been traded and Kovalev expressed the wish that Heatley would return. By the opening of training camp on September 12, Heatley had not been traded. Heatley reported and participated in camp activities. Heatley met with Clouston and Murray who hoped to persuade Heatley to drop his trade demand, which he did not. After the meeting, Murray became convinced that Heatley could not stay and had to be moved immediately. Heatley was traded later that day to the

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for wingers Milan Michalek and Jonathan Cheechoo and an exchange of draft picks. On November 3, it was confirmed that Senators owner

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filed a grievance to demand that Heatley return a $4 million bonus the Senators paid Heatley on July 1, part of his contract.

Preseason

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Regular season

The Senators started the season with several changes from the previous season. Heatley was traded, Christoph Schubert was demoted to Binghamton and eventually waived to Atlanta; Brian Lee who had played most of the previous season with Ottawa, was also demoted. Newcomers included Michalek and Cheechoo from the Heatley trade, Kovalev, a free agent signing, and Matt Carkner and

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made the team on defence. Before the end of October, Karlsson was demoted to Binghamton and Lee promoted to Ottawa. First round pick

was returned to junior. Ilya Zubov failed to make the team and was demoted to Binghamton. Zubov first demanded a trade, then accepted a contract reassignment to

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(KHL). The Senators retain his NHL rights. In December, the Senators started to run into a streak of injuries. By the end of the month, the entire top line of Michalek, Spezza and Alfredsson was out with injuries. On January 13, 2010, the Senators fired their goaltending coach, Eli Wilson. In the weeks prior to his firing, both

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and Brian Elliott had poor outings. After the firing, the Senators went on a franchise and all-time team record win streak. The previous record of the current NHL franchise was eight games, set in 2007–08. The Senators passed that on January 30, with a win over the Canadiens. The Senators then passed their all-time record of ten consecutive wins (set twice — in 1908–09 and

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) with a win over the

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on February 4. The streak ended on February 6 with a loss to the Maple Leafs. On February 12, the Senators made two moves. The club extended Bryan Murray's contract by a year and the club traded for Matt Cullen from the

for Alexandre Picard and a second-round pick in the 2010 NHL entry draft. Following the trade, Jonathan Cheechoo was assigned to Binghamton after clearing NHL waivers.

Standings

Game log

, - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 1 , , October 3 , , @ New York Rangers , , 2 – 5 , ,

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(18,200) , , Leclaire , , 0–1–0 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 2 , , October 6 , , @ Toronto Maple Leafs , , 2 – 1 , ,

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(18,830) , , Leclaire , , 1–1–0 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 3 , , October 8 , , New York Islanders , , 3 – 2 (OT) , ,

(18,075) , , Leclaire , , 2-1-0 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 4 , , October 10 , , Atlanta Thrashers , , 4 – 2 , , Scotiabank Place (19,360) , , Elliott , , 3-1-0 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 5 , , October 12 , , Pittsburgh Penguins , , 1 – 4 , , Scotiabank Place (17,014) , , Leclaire , , 3–2–0 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 6 , , October 15 , , Tampa Bay Lightning , , 7 – 1 , , Scotiabank Place (17,732) , , Leclaire , , 4–2–0 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 7 , , October 17 , , @ Montreal Canadiens , , 3 – 1 , ,

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(21,273) , , Leclaire , , 5–2–0 , , , - style="text-align:center;" , 8 , , October 22 , , Nashville Predators , , 5 – 6 (OT) , , Scotiabank Place (18,970), , Leclaire , , 5–2–1 , , , - style="text-align:center;" , 9 , , October 24 , , Boston Bruins , , 3 – 4 (SO) , , Scotiabank Place (20,154) , , Elliott , , 5–2–2 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 10 , , October 28 , , @ Florida Panthers , , 4 – 3 , ,

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(12,596) , , Leclaire , , 6–2–2 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 11 , , October 29 , , @ Tampa Bay Lightning , , 2 – 5 , , St. Pete Times Forum (13,213) , , Elliott , , 6–3–2 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 12 , , October 31 , , Atlanta Thrashers , , 1 – 3 , , Scotiabank Place (17,297) , , Leclaire , , 6–4–2 , , , - , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 13 , , November 5 , , Tampa Bay Lightning , , 3 – 2 (OT), , Scotiabank Place (17,511) , , Leclaire , , 7–4–2 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 14 , , November 7 , , New Jersey Devils , , 2 – 3 , , Scotiabank Place (18,781) , , Leclaire , , 7–5–2 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 15 , , November 10 , , Edmonton Oilers , , 4 – 3 (SO) , , Scotiabank Place (17,977) , , Leclaire , , 8–5–2 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 16 , , November 12 , , @ Philadelphia Flyers , , 1 – 5 , ,

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(19,321) , , Leclaire , , 8–6–2 , , , - style="text-align:center;" , 17 , , November 14 , , New York Rangers , , 1 – 2 (SO) , , Scotiabank Place (17,561) , , Elliott , , 8–6–3 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 18 , , November 17 , , Toronto Maple Leafs , , 3 – 2 , , Scotiabank Place (17,406) , , Leclaire , , 9–6–3, , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 19 , , November 19 , , Pittsburgh Penguins , , 6 – 2 , , Scotiabank Place (17,039) , , Leclaire , , 10–6–3 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 20 , , November 21 , , Buffalo Sabres , , 5 – 3 , , Scotiabank Place (17,206) , , Elliott , , 11–6–3 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 21 , , November 23 , , Washington Capitals , , 4 – 3 (OT) , , Scotiabank Place (16,210) , , Elliott , , 12-6-3 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 22 , , November 25 , , @ New Jersey Devils , , 1 – 3 , ,

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(14,056) , , Elliott , , 12-7-3 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 23 , , November 26 , , Columbus Blue Jackets , , 2 – 1 , , Scotiabank Place (19,244) , , Elliott , , 13–7–3 , , , - style="text-align:center;" , 24 , , November 28 , , @ Boston Bruins , , 3 – 4 (SO) , ,

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(17,565) , , Elliott , , 13-7-4 , , , - , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 25 , , December 1 , , @ San Jose Sharks , , 2 – 5 , ,

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(17,562) , , Elliott , , 13-8-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 26 , , December 3 , , @ Los Angeles Kings , , 3 – 6 , ,

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(14,997) , , Elliott , , 13-9-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 27 , , December 5 , , @ Phoenix Coyotes , , 2 – 3 , , Jobing.com Arena (8,642) , , Elliott , , 13-10-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 28 , , December 6 , , @ Anaheim Ducks , , 4 – 3 (SO) , ,

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(14,946) , , Elliott , , 14–10–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 29 , , December 8 , , Montreal Canadiens , , 1 – 4 , , Scotiabank Place (18,866) , , Elliott , , 14-11-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 30 , , December 10 , , @ Philadelphia Flyers , , 2 – 0 , , Wachovia Center (19,706) , , Elliott , , 15-11-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 31 , , December 12 , , Carolina Hurricanes , , 4 – 2 , , Scotiabank Place (16,229) , , Elliott , , 16-11-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 32 , , December 14 , , @ Toronto Maple Leafs , , 2 – 3 , , Air Canada Centre (19,315) , , Elliott , , 16-12-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 33 , , December 16 , , Buffalo Sabres , , 2 – 0 , , Scotiabank Place (16,917) , , Elliott , , 17-12-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 34 , , December 18 , , @ New Jersey Devils , , 2 – 4 , , Prudential Center (13,728) , , Elliott , , 17-13-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 35 , , December 19 , , Minnesota Wild , , 4 – 1 , , Scotiabank Place (16,259) , , Brodeur , , 18-13-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 36 , , December 21 , , Boston Bruins , , 0 – 2 , , Scotiabank Place (19,865) , , Elliott , , 18-14-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 37 , , December 23 , , @ Pittsburgh Penguins , , 2 – 8 , ,

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(17,132) , , Elliott , , 18-15-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 38 , , December 26 , , @ Buffalo Sabres , , 3 – 2 (SO) , ,

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(18,690) , , Leclaire , , 19-15-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 39 , , December 28 , , Montreal Canadiens , , 4 – 2 , , Scotiabank Place (20,369) , , Leclaire , , 20-15-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 40 , , December 30 , , Colorado Avalanche , , 3 – 4 , , Scotiabank Place (17,823) , , Leclaire , , 20–16–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 41 , , December 31 , , New York Islanders , , 3 – 2 (SO) , , Scotiabank Place (16,743) , , Leclaire , , 21–16–4 , , , - , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 42 , , January 3 , , Philadelphia Flyers , , 7 – 4 , , Scotiabank Place (17,153) , , Elliott , , 22–16–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 43 , , January 5 , , Boston Bruins , , 1 – 4 , , Scotiabank Place (19,156) , , Elliott , , 22-17-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 44 , , January 7 , , @ Washington Capitals , , 2 – 5 , , Verizon Center (18,277) , , Leclaire , , 22-18-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 45 , , January 9 , , Florida Panthers , , 0 – 3 , , Scotiabank Place (16,506) , , Elliott , , 22-19-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 46 , , January 10 , , @ Carolina Hurricanes , , 1 – 4 , ,

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(16,892) , , Leclaire , , 22-20-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 47 , , January 12 , , @ Atlanta Thrashers , , 1 – 6 , ,

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(10,017) , , Leclaire , , 22–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 48 , , January 14 , , @ New York Rangers , , 2 – 0 , , Madison Square Garden (18,200) , , Brodeur , , 23–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 49 , , January 16 , , @ Montreal Canadiens , , 4 – 2 , , Bell Centre (21,273), , Brodeur , , 24–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 50 , , January 18 , , @ Boston Bruins , , 5 – 1 , , TD Garden (17,565) , , Elliott , , 25–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 51 , , January 19 , , Chicago Blackhawks , , 4 – 1 , , Scotiabank Place (17,556), , Elliott , , 26–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 52 , , January 21 , , St. Louis Blues , , 3 – 2 , , Scotiabank Place (16,063), , Elliott , , 27–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 53 , , January 23 , , @ Boston Bruins , , 2 – 1 , , TD Garden (17,565), , Elliott , , 28–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 54 , , January 26 , , New Jersey Devils , , 3 – 0 , , Scotiabank Place (18,107), , Elliott , , 29–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 55 , , January 28 , , @ Pittsburgh Penguins , , 4 – 1 , , Mellon Arena (17,084) , , Elliott , , 30–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 56 , , January 30 , , Montreal Canadiens , , 3 – 2 , , Scotiabank Place (20,500) , , Elliott , , 31–21–4 , , , - , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 57 , , February 3 , , @ Buffalo Sabres , , 4 – 2 , , HSBC Arena (18,690) , , Elliott , , 32–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 58 , , February 4 , , Vancouver Canucks , , 3 – 1 , , Scotiabank Place (18,803) , , Elliott , , 33–21–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 59 , , February 6 , , @ Toronto Maple Leafs , , 0 – 5 , , Air Canada Centre (19,426) , , Elliott , , 33–22–4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 60 , , February 9 , , Calgary Flames , , 3 – 2 , , Scotiabank Place (18,682), , Elliott , , 34-22-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 61 , , February 11 , , Washington Capitals , , 6 – 5 , , Scotiabank Place (19,682) , , Elliott , , 35-22-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 62 , , February 13 , , @ Detroit Red Wings , , 1 – 4 , ,

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(20,066) , , Elliott , , 35-23-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 63 , , February 14 , , @ New York Islanders , , 4 – 3 , ,

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(11,297) , , Elliott , , 36-23-4 , , , - , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 64 , , March 2 , , New York Rangers , , 1 – 4 , , Scotiabank Place (18,254) , , Elliott , , 36-24-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 65 , , March 4 , , @ Carolina Hurricanes , , 1 – 4 , , RBC Center (17,048) , , Leclaire , , 36-25-4 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fff;" , 66 , , March 6 , , Toronto Maple Leafs , , 1 – 2 (SO) , , Scotiabank Place (20,036) , , Leclaire , , 36-25-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 67 , , March 9 , , @ Edmonton Oilers , , 4 – 1 , ,

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(16,839) , , Elliott , , 37-25-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 68 , , March 11 , , @ Calgary Flames , , 0 – 2 , , Pengrowth Saddledome (19,289) , , Elliott , , 37-26-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 69 , , March 13 , , @ Vancouver Canucks , , 1 – 5 , ,

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(18,810) , , Leclaire , , 37-27-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 70 , , March 16 , , Toronto Maple Leafs , , 4 – 1 , , Scotiabank Place (20,405) , , Elliott , , 37-28-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 71 , , March 18 , , @ Atlanta Thrashers , , 3 – 6 , ,

(12,718), , Elliott , , 37-29-5, , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 72 , , March 20 , , @ Dallas Stars , , 4 – 5 , ,

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(17,110) , , Leclaire , , 37-30-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 73 , , March 22 , , @ Montreal Canadiens , , 2 – 0 , , Bell Centre (21,273) , , Elliott , , 38-30-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 74 , , March 23 , , Philadelphia Flyers , , 2 – 0 , , Scotiabank Place (19,209) , , Elliott , , 39-30-5, , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 75 , , March 26 , , @ Buffalo Sabres , , 4 – 2 , , HSBC Arena (18,690) , , Elliott , , 40-30-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 76 , , March 27 , , Florida Panthers , , 3 – 2 , , Scotiabank Place (18,689) , , Elliott , , 41-30-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 77 , , March 30 , , @ Washington Capitals , , 5 – 4 (OT) , , Verizon Center (18,277) , , Elliott , , 42-30-5 , , , - , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 78 , , April 1 , , Carolina Hurricanes , , 4 – 3 (SO) , , Scotiabank Place (19,152) , , Elliott , , 43-30-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 79 , , April 3 , , @ New York Islanders , , 1 – 4 , , Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum (11,942) , , Elliott , , 43-31-5 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 80 , , April 6 , , @ Florida Panthers , , 5 – 2 , , BankAtlantic Center (11,790) , , Leclaire , , 44-31-5, , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fff;" , 81 , , April 8 , , @ Tampa Bay Lightning , , 3 – 4 (SO) , , St. Pete Times Forum (15,876), , Elliott , , 44-31-6 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 82 , , April 10 , , Buffalo Sabres , , 2 – 5 , , Scotiabank Place (20,500) , , Leclaire , , 44–32–6 , , , - , -
2009–10 Schedule
, - , ''Legend'':

Playoffs

After failing to qualify in 2008–09, the Senators clinched a spot in the

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on April 1, 2010 with a 4-3 shootout win at home against the

. Previous media predictions of where the Senators would end up ranged from fourth in the conference to out of the playoffs. The Hockey News had placed the Senators ninth in the conference, while

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's John Buccigross predicted the Senators would end up in eleventh. Las Vegas odds had put the odds of the Senators winning the Cup at 35–1. The Senators drew the defending champion Penguins as first-round opponents for the third time in the past four years. After the Senators won the first game in Pittsburgh, the Penguins took the next three to take a commanding 3–1 lead in the series. The Senators won the fifth game in triple overtime to force a sixth game in Ottawa. In the sixth game, the Senators took a 3–0 lead before the Penguins rallied to win the deciding game 4–3 in overtime to end the Senators season. , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 1 , , April 14 , , 5 – 4 , , Mellon Arena (17,132) , , Elliott , , 1–0 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 2 , , April 16 , , 1 – 2 , , Mellon Arena (17,132) , , Elliott , , 1–1 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 3 , , April 18 , , 2 – 4 , , Scotiabank Place (20,119) , , Elliott , , 1–2 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 4 , , April 20 , , 4 – 7 , , Scotiabank Place (20,014) , , Leclaire , , 1–3 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#cfc;" , 5 , , April 22 , , 4 – 3 (3OT) , , Mellon Arena (17,132) , , Leclaire , , 2–3 , , , - style="text-align:center; background:#fcc;" , 6 , , April 24 , , 3 – 4 (1OT) , , Scotiabank Place (20,122) , , Leclaire , , 2–4 , , , -

Player statistics

Skaters

Goaltenders

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

Awards and records

Milestones

Awards

Records

* January 14, 2010 – February 4, 2010: Eleven-game win streak, modern franchise record. * April 22, 2010: Senators defeat Penguins in triple overtime on a goal by Matt Carkner at 7:06, ending the longest game in modern franchise history.

Transactions

The Senators have been involved in the following transactions during the 2009–10 season.

Trades

Free agents acquired

Free agents lost

Claimed via waivers

Lost via waivers

Lost via retirement

Player signings

Draft picks

The 2009 NHL entry draft was held in

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on June 26–27, 2009. Ottawa made the following picks:

Farm teams

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was hired as the new head coach of Binghamton on July 17. *

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References

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