For his play, Hammond, nicknamed the "Hamburglar", gained league-wide attention, being named as an NHL Star of the Month and Week.
First-year captain Erik Karlsson led the team in scoring with 66 points and won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the league's top defenceman.
Hammond started the series but was replaced in the third game by the Senators' number one goalie Craig Anderson, who was outstanding in his return to play.
Owner Eugene Melnyk was too ill to attend the playoffs and received a liver transplant in May 2015 after a public appeal for donors.
On May 11, 2014, it was reported that the Senators were looking to trade captain Jason Spezza, who has one year remaining on his current contract, prior to the 2014 NHL Entry Draft.
On July 7, the team issued a statement that general manager Bryan Murray had been diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer and will undergo treatment immediately.
[4] On August 19, 2014, the Ottawa Senators announced that the team had surpassed over $100 million in community contributions in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec.
The club announced they've extended their American Hockey League (AHL) affiliation with the Binghamton Senators through the 2018–19 season.
The team began their season October 9 with a three-game road trip beginning in Nashville taking on the Predators.
Their home opener took place one week later on October 16 when they hosted the Colorado Avalanche at the Canadian Tire Centre.
The corresponding win streak elevated the Senators into playoff contention for the final wild-card spot.
Hammond became only the third NHL goalie since 1938 to hold the opposition to two or fewer goals for his first twelve career starts.
The Senators finished the regular season on a 23-4-4 run in their final 31 games in order to qualify for the postseason.
The official NHL 2015 Yearbook predicted the Senators would finish in 13th place in the Eastern Conference.
[13] Montreal, which won the Atlantic Division title, had home ice advantage over the Senators, who took the first wild card position.
The next day, the Senators announced Stone suffered a microfracture in his wrist due to the slash.
After some roughing between Anderson and Brandon Prust led to a Senators power play, Mike Hoffman scored in the final minute to make it a 5–1 romp.
In game six, Montreal scored first for the first time in the series, on a first period fluke goal by Brendan Gallagher and made it stand up to the end, adding an empty net goal with one second left to win the game 2–0 and take the series.
A second-period goal by Jean-Gabriel Pageau was called off by the referee who ruled he had lost sight of the puck.
The 2014 NHL Entry Draft took place on June 27–28, 2014 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.