Senators 4, Devils 1: Stützle, Ullmark, and a 5-1-0 Start

October 12, 2026 - Newark - Nine seconds into the second period, Shane Pinto was in the slot. Michael Amadio had already centered it from the left circle. Prudential Center had spent the first 20 minutes killing penalties. Then it was 1-0 Ottawa, and it stayed that way until the third.

The Ottawa Senators beat the New Jersey Devils 4-1. Ottawa is 5-1-0, three in a row. The NHL recap said the Senators reached five wins in six or fewer games for the third time in franchise history, after 2005-06 and 2007-08. New Jersey is 2-3-0. Shots were 30-20 New Jersey. Attendance was 15,085.

Tim Stützle had a goal and an assist. Stephen Halliday scored on the power play. Tyler Kleven scored into the empty net. Linus Ullmark stopped 29 of 30. Arseny Gritsyuk scored. Nico Daws stopped 16 of 19. Halliday, Daws, and Nikolas Matinpalo are not seeded on AthX player pages, so those names stay unlinked.

Nine seconds, then Halliday in the slot

The first period ended 0-0. New Jersey sat in the box. Anthony Mantha took a five-minute major for boarding Matinpalo into the boards head first, the NHL recap said. Matinpalo did not return. Ottawa did not score on the major. Coach Sheldon Keefe told NHL.com his club battled through nine minutes of penalty time in the first, then came out for the second with brains not switched on. Some of the most experienced people on the ice. Unacceptable.

Pinto scored nine seconds into the second, wrist shot from the slot, Amadio the pass, Claude Giroux on the play. First of the season. 1-0.

Halliday made it 2-0 at 8:40 on the power play. Brett Pesce hit an edge and fell, the NHL recap said. Stützle found Halliday uncovered between the circles. The assist was the 265th of Stützle's NHL career, tying Christian Ehrhoff for third-most by a German-born player behind Leon Draisaitl and Jochen Hecht. Stützle told NHL.com it is not about one guy in the room. Awesome for him. He keeps trying to do his thing.

The Associated Press recap said fans booed as the second ran out. New Jersey is still working new faces into the lineup.

Stützle tips one, Gritsyuk answers, Kleven closes

Stützle made it 3-0 at 11:10 of the third. Tip-in from the slot. Thomas Chabot from the point. Jordan Spence the other helper. Stützle, to NHL.com: they did a pretty good job for 40 minutes. The third could have been a little better. New Jersey held a 14-3 shot advantage in the period, he said. Ullmark was great.

The Devils thought they had 3-1 at 11:58. Jesper Boqvist scored. Ottawa challenged for goaltender interference and won, the NHL recap said. Jesper Boqvist does not get the goal.

Gritsyuk did cut it to 3-1 at 14:59, wrist shot between the circles, Jack Hughes the helper. Hughes extended a point streak to three games (four assists), the NHL recap said.

Kleven scored into the empty net at 17:53. 4-1.

Jesper Bratt told NHL.com New Jersey was getting free ice on the outside and settling for it. Ottawa protects the middle. Not enough pucks with guys inside. Keefe: they have to learn how to score when it is hard.

Ottawa coach Travis Green told NHL.com it is a focused group. They have never been a team to talk about injuries. Jake Sanderson (undisclosed) and Artem Zub (knee) are close, he said, and not expected to play against St. Louis on Tuesday. William Eklund is out for an extended stretch with a left ankle, the Associated Press recap said. New Jersey placed Connor Brown on injured reserve retroactive to Sept. 28. Brown is unlinked. The Devils visit Detroit on Tuesday.

AthX Engine on Ullmark's 13.40

AthX Engine (our projection and scoring system) scored Ullmark at 13.40 (win, 29 saves, one goal against). Stützle is 8.10. Halliday is 7.20. Kleven is 6.70. Chabot is 6.20. Pinto is 5.60. Gritsyuk is 5.20. Hughes and Amadio sit at 4.70. Daws is 2.80 in the loss.

Ottawa's team line is 19.80. New Jersey floors at 0.

Fantasy points measure the box. Price is what traders will pay for a 5-1-0 Senators club missing Sanderson and Zub, and for Ullmark at 5-0-0. They are not the same number.

Track Stützle, Ullmark, Pinto, and both clubs on the marketplace. Ottawa hosts St. Louis on Tuesday.

*Sources: AP recap (ESPN), ESPN box score, NHL.com recap, NHL.com scoreboard, ESPN NHL scoreboard. AthX Engine fantasy points scored from NHL gamecenter box 2026020088. Information only; not financial advice.*