NHL Recaps: Monday, Mar 23, 2026

1 game: what happened that matters for your fantasy team, built from the play-by-play and shift charts.

Game recaps

Final

Full report

Ottawa Senators

New York Rangers

Ottawa Senators edge New York Rangers 2–1

Ottawa Senators beat New York Rangers 2–1 at NYR. Shane Pinto (OTT) led the scoring with 1G 0A. Thomas Chabot (OTT) played 10:21, −12:27 down on his 22:48 season average over 56 games.

•Thomas Chabot (OTT) played 10:21, −12:27 down on his 22:48 season average over 56 games.
•Jordan Spence (OTT) played 26:44, +8:07 up on his 18:37 season average over 72 games.
•Lassi Thomson (OTT) played 4:25, −10:16 down on his 14:41 season average over 10 games.

Full report: shot map, shifts, lines, box score →

Goal of the night

The hardest tracked shot of the night: Shane Pinto for OTT @ NYR, 57.4 mph. Full game report →

Shane Pinto (OTT @ NYR): Deflection, 0 passes, 57.4 mph shot.

Top performers

Player	Game	G	A	P	SOG	Hits	Blk	TOI	PP
Tye Kartye NYR	vs OTT	0	1	1	0	8	0	15:13	—
Will Cuylle NYR	vs OTT	0	0	0	1	8	1	18:15	—

Goalie notes

Goalie	Game	Dec	SA	GA	SV%
Igor Shesterkin NYR	vs OTT	L	33	2	.939
James Reimer OTT	at NYR	W	10	1	.900

Next up: tonight's starting goalies, today's line combinations and today's games. Takeaways are generated from the numbers with fixed rules; nothing is written by a language model.