The team is a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL).
[2][3] The team has been to the Stanley Cup Finals in the 2006–07 season, but lost to the Anaheim Ducks in five games.
The club, in turmoil at the time, replaced GM Sexton with Pierre Gauthier, who fired Allison.
The club won the Presidents' Trophy in 2003 for the best regular-season record in the league and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion New Jersey Devils.
The first season of Murray's term was lost to the lockout, but when the team returned to play it continued its winning ways.
The club started well, but the team declined to the point where Murray fired Paddock after 64 games.
Paddock's overall record of 36–22-6 was good, but the club was playing below .500 since a 15–2 start to the season, and there were controversies surrounding goaltender Ray Emery and Wade Redden.
Murray returned to the bench to guide the Senators for the rest of the season and the playoffs, where the team lost in the first round.
[8] During his term, MacLean was twice nominated for the Jack Adams Trophy for coach of the year, winning it for the 2012–13 season.
After the 2015–16 season, in which the Senators failed to make the playoffs, Dave Cameron was fired and replaced by Guy Boucher.
Boucher guided the club in its first season to a berth in the Eastern Conference Final, losing in overtime in the seventh game to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins.