Merilainen gets 3rd shutout of season as Senators beat Wild 6-0
— Leevi Merilainen stopped 16 shots for his third shutout of the season as the Ottawa Senators beat the Minnesota Wild 6-0 on Saturday night.
National Hockey League
FINAL
Minnesota Wild
0
Ottawa Senators
6
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| OTT | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
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Match Report
Last five matches
| Date | Opp | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11/1/26 | @ Washington Capitals | W 5-1 | NHL |
| 10/29/26 | vs New York Islanders | L 3-4 | NHL |
| 10/27/26 | @ Utah Mammoth | W 3-1 | NHL |
| 10/25/26 | @ Vancouver Canucks | W 4-2 | NHL |
| 10/24/26 | @ Seattle Kraken | W 5-1 | NHL |
| Full Schedule | |||
Play by Play
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Missed 12:08 0-6
Matthew Highmore Tip-In Above Crossbar
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Missed 8:20 0-6
Shane Pinto Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 5:15 0-6
Shane Pinto Wrist Shot Hit Left Post
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Goal 2:52 0-6
Drake Batherson Goal (15) Slap Shot, assists: Tim Stützle (35), Jake Sanderson (29)
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Penalty 2:20 0-5
Jake Middleton Elbowing against Shane Pinto
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Goal 1:37 0-5
Brady Tkachuk Goal (20) Wrist Shot, assists: Claude Giroux (25), Drake Batherson (28)
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Goal 0:38 0-4
Jake Sanderson Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Drake Batherson (27), Tim Stützle (34)
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Penalty 20:00 0-3
Ryan Hartman Match Penalty against Tim Stützle served by Marco Rossi
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Missed 19:52 0-3
Travis Hamonic Slap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 13:54 0-3
Josh Norris Slap Shot Wide Left
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Penalty 13:33 0-3
Tim Stützle Slashing against Ryan Hartman
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Penalty 13:33 0-3
Ryan Hartman Embellishment
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Penalty 13:33 0-3
Ryan Hartman Roughing against Tim Stützle served by Mats Zuccarello
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Missed 12:44 0-3
Thomas Chabot Snap Shot Wide Right
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Goal 8:45 0-3
Michael Amadio Goal (3) Wrist Shot, assists: Ridly Greig (8), Shane Pinto (11)
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Missed 7:58 0-2
Mats Zuccarello Slap Shot High and Wide Right
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Goal 7:38 0-2
Tim Stützle Goal (17) Wrist Shot, assists: Brady Tkachuk (21), Jake Sanderson (28)
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Penalty 6:12 0-1
Artem Zub Interference against Marcus Foligno
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Penalty 6:12 0-1
Marcus Foligno Roughing against Artem Zub
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Penalty 3:52 0-1
Jake Middleton Cross-checking against Adam Gaudette
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Missed 1:32 0-1
Matt Boldy Snap Shot Hit Left Post
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Penalty 0:47 0-1
Tim Stützle Tripping against Joel Eriksson Ek
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Penalty 19:06 0-1
Liam Ohgren Interference against Ridly Greig
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Goal 18:01 0-1
Josh Norris Goal (19) Backhand, assists: Jake Sanderson (27), Artem Zub (4)
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Penalty 17:48 0-0
Yakov Trenin Roughing against Zack Ostapchuk
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Penalty 17:48 0-0
Zack Ostapchuk Roughing against Yakov Trenin
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Penalty 17:48 0-0
Zack Ostapchuk Roughing against Yakov Trenin served by Brady Tkachuk
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Missed 15:56 0-0
Travis Hamonic Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 13:33 0-0
Marco Rossi Wrist Shot Wide Right
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Missed 12:04 0-0
Jake Sanderson Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Penalty 9:48 0-0
Jakub Lauko High-sticking against Tim Stützle
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Missed 9:28 0-0
Brady Tkachuk Wrist Shot Wide Left
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Missed 8:16 0-0
Jared Spurgeon Slap Shot High and Wide Right
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Missed 5:57 0-0
Brady Tkachuk Slap Shot Wide Left
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Missed 5:48 0-0
Brady Tkachuk Wrist Shot Hit Right Post
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Penalty 3:38 0-0
Too many men/ice served by Brady Tkachuk
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End of Game 20:00 0-6
Game End
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Period End 20:00 0-6
End of 3rd Period
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Blocked 19:55 0-6
Devin Shore shot blocked by Tyler Kleven
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Giveaway 18:59 0-6
Giveaway by Nikolas Matinpalo
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Hit 18:58 0-6
Yakov Trenin hit Nikolas Matinpalo
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Hit 18:37 0-6
Zach Bogosian hit Matthew Highmore
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Face Off 18:26 0-6
Adam Gaudette faceoff won against Marco Rossi
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Stoppage 18:26 0-6
Off-side
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Face Off 17:56 0-6
Zack Ostapchuk faceoff won against Marat Khusnutdinov
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Stoppage 17:56 0-6
Off-side
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Hit 17:47 0-6
Yakov Trenin hit Tyler Kleven
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Hit 17:26 0-6
Liam Ohgren hit Tyler Kleven
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Blocked 17:01 0-6
Artem Zub shot blocked by Mats Zuccarello
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Shot 16:52 0-6
Artem Zub Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
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Giveaway 16:49 0-6
Giveaway by Jon Merrill
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Shot 16:38 0-6
Matt Boldy Tip-In saved by Leevi Meriläinen
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Hit 16:35 0-6
Artem Zub hit Jon Merrill
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Giveaway 15:48 0-6
Giveaway by Marat Khusnutdinov
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Hit 15:11 0-6
Devin Shore hit Travis Hamonic
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Blocked 14:57 0-6
Declan Chisholm shot blocked by Tyler Kleven
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Face Off 14:44 0-6
Marat Khusnutdinov faceoff won against Adam Gaudette
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Stoppage 14:44 0-6
Puck Frozen - Goalie
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Blocked 14:40 0-6
Adam Gaudette shot blocked by Zach Bogosian
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Shot 14:35 0-6
Nikolas Matinpalo Slap Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
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Hit 14:13 0-6
Liam Ohgren hit Jake Sanderson
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Takeaway 14:00 0-6
Takeaway by Shane Pinto
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Face Off 13:49 0-6
Shane Pinto faceoff won against Marco Rossi
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Stoppage 13:49 0-6
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 13:46 0-6
Matt Boldy Wrist Shot saved by Leevi Meriläinen
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Blocked 13:17 0-6
David Perron shot blocked by Mats Zuccarello
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Blocked 13:14 0-6
Thomas Chabot shot blocked by Mats Zuccarello
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Missed 12:08 0-6
Matthew Highmore Tip-In Above Crossbar
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Giveaway 11:47 0-6
Giveaway by Yakov Trenin
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Face Off 11:39 0-6
Frederick Gaudreau faceoff won against Adam Gaudette
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Stoppage 11:39 0-6
Goalie Stopped
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Shot 11:37 0-6
Matthew Highmore Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
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Hit 11:03 0-6
Michael Amadio hit Jared Spurgeon
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Shot 10:37 0-6
Jake Sanderson Wrist Shot saved by Filip Gustavsson
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Blocked 10:02 0-6
Marco Rossi shot blocked by Thomas Chabot
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Blocked 10:00 0-6
Jake Middleton shot blocked by Adam Gaudette
Showing the last 40 of 311 events.
Team Stats
MIN
OTT
15
Blocked Shots
15
26
Hits
19
2
Takeaways
3
16
Shots
52
0
Power Play Goals
3
3
Power Play Opportunities
8
0.0
Power Play Percentage
37.5
0
Short Handed Goals
1
0
Shootout Goals
0
17
Faceoffs Won
41
29.3
Faceoff Win Percent
70.7
19
Giveaways
6
9
Total Penalties
6
21
Penalty Minutes
12
Head to Head
OTT wins series 2-0
Injuries
Ottawa Senators
- Andre Burakovsky Injured Reserve
- Warren Foegele Injured Reserve
- Linus Ullmark Injured Reserve
- William Eklund Injured Reserve
Minnesota Wild
- Jared Spurgeon Injured Reserve
- Brock Faber Injured Reserve
- Filip Gustavsson Injured Reserve
- Marcus Foligno Injured Reserve
- Nick Foligno Injured Reserve
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