Projecting every Ottawa Senators players' offensive output for 2026-27 NHL season

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2025-26 stats: 82 GP — 59 points (28g, 31a)

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Shane Pinto — 50 points (25g, 25a)

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Pinto’s lofty objective of 30 goals is intriguing. Firstly, he should be lauded for his candor, as professional athletes are keeping their cards closer and closer to their chests these days. But will he make it there? If his deployment is the same shutdown minutes he has seen the past couple seasons under coach Travis Green, it’ll be damn difficult.

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2025-26 stats: 72 GP — 46 points (23g, 23a)

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Claude Giroux — 44 points (15g, 29a)

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At age 38 — turning 39 in January — Giroux still has so much to give. He remains one of the smarter players in the NHL and no one can touch him in the face-off dot. However, he seemed to lose half a step last year, especially down the stretch. The trick will be finding him the right spot in the lineup and watching his minutes. He played an average of 16:18 in 2025-26, his lowest ice time since 2008-09.

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2025-26 stats: 82 GP — 49 points (14g, 35a)

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Andre Burakovsky — 40 points (19g, 21a)

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If Burakovsky’s struggles in the second half of 2025-26 — he scored one goal in the final 37 games — are behind him, he could seriously contribute. He remains fast in a straight line and has good instincts with the puck. That second power-play unit is interesting: Could he and Giroux find some chemistry on the flanks?

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2025-26 stats (with Chicago Blackhawks): 75 GP — 33 points (11g, 22a)

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Thomas Chabot — 37 points (11g, 26a)

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On the positive side, having Jordan Spence as a defence partner will be a massive lift after dealing with Nick Jensen last season. That pairing has the ability to produce at even strength. Though, how much power-play time will Chabot get as the year goes on? The Senators practiced with two blue liners — Chabot and rookie Carter Yakemchuk — on the second unit Sunday. We’ll see how long that lasts.

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2025-26 stats: 57 GP — 31 points (7g, 24a)

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Michael Amadio — 36 points (20g, 16a)

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Amadio was one of the unluckiest players in the league last season and still managed to set career-highs in assists and points.

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2025-26 stats: 81 GP — 35 points (15g, 20a)

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Ridly Greig — 29 points (12g, 17a)

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Greig played the best hockey of his career when Green added him to the second line alongside Cozens and Tkachuk. Now, we don’t know exactly where he fits in and with the additions of Eklund, Burakovsky and maybe Yakemchuk, there will be even less time on the man advantage to go around.

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Also, it’ll be an 82-game season at best for Greig, as he’s set to serve a two-game suspension for something he did in Round 1 against Carolina in the spring. So, that’s worth around a point.

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2025-26 stats: 77 GP — 35 points (13g, 22a)

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Stephen Halliday — 28 points (10g, 18a)

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There will be droughts, no doubt, in Halliday’s first full NHL season. He’s still learning how to contribute as a depth centre in the fastest, most physical in the world.

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2025-26 stats: 30 GP — 11 points (4g, 7a)

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Jordan Spence — 28 points (8g, 20a)

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Once Spence got the hang of Green’s systems a couple months into 2025-26, he was off to the races. His 28 even-strength points were third amongst Ottawa defencemen — four behind Sanderson; two behind Artem Zub — and he looked like he had top-four potential down the stretch. Now, he has made it into the top two pairings alongside Chabot.

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2025-26 stats: 73 GP — 31 points (7g, 24a)

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Fabian Zetterlund — 28 points (15g, 13a)

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Zetterlund never really had a consistent spot in the lineup last season, spending half of his time in the top six and half on the fourth line. He has all the tools to contribute offensively — strong wrister, fine skater and good along the walls in the cycle — but it hasn’t worked out in Ottawa. Maybe linking up with Eklund, a dear friend, can light a fire under him, but he has to produce. If not, he’ll be back on the bottom trio, where his skill is rather wasted.