The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
[3][4] On May 26, the NHL regular season was officially declared over with the remaining games being cancelled and the Senators missed the playoffs for the third straight year.
The team named Jim Little who had served as executive VP and chief marketing and culture officer with Shaw Communications.
[8] In May 2019, the Ottawa Senators announced that D. J. Smith agreed to a three-year contract to be the team's head coach.
In his first post-rehab home game on February 27, Ryan made headlines by scoring his fifth career hat trick.
[15] The season was suspended by the NHL on March 12, 2020, after several other professional and collegiate sports organizations followed suit as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Below are the Ottawa Senators' selections at the 2019 NHL Entry Draft, which was held on June 21 and 22, 2019, at Rogers Arena in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.