Things aren’t all rainbows in Ottawa. In tonight’s game, the Sens workhorse on the blueline Thomas Chabot left the game with an apparent wrist injury. Let’s discuss the situation as it stands for the Senators.
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A Thomas Chabot Injury Tonight versus the New York Rangers
Not to jump to any conclusions, but this is the same wrist for Chabot that has caused him problems in years previously. Now, it was a hard cross-check from Rangers captain J.T. Miller, but still an injury to a potentially compromised area is always tough to see.
Thomas Chabot leaves the ice in obvious pain clutching his right wrist at the end of the 1st.
It’s the same wrist that Chabot injured & required surgery on in the offseason in 2024. #Sens
— Claire Hanna (@clahanna) March 24, 2026
Then, if things weren’t bad enough for the Sens, more bad news followed not long after. Lassi Thomson got tied up behind the team’s goal line. He left the game in the second period, and has not yet returned. It has been confirmed that the Sens will play the rest of tonight’s game down to four d-men. Plus, there’s no time to rest if these injuries are serious, as they are right back at it tomorrow versus the Detroit Red Wings. The Sens find themselves in a do-or-die type-scenario of a Stanley Cup Playoff race.
Moreover, this has just furthered the Sens injury troubles, particularly on the blueline. Their star d-man, and number one power play guy, Jake Sanderson has been missing time recently. Not long ago, veteran Nick Jensen was also ruled out for (at least) six weeks. Furthermore, Dennis Gilbert, who had been a callup, is injured, and why Lassi Thomson was even in the lineup. It’s a fire sale, to say the least. Something has to give.
The hard thing about missing Chabot is their reliance on him. Overall on the season he is near 23 minutes of ice time. But coming into tonight, given the team’s recent injury situation, he has been over 28 minutes in each of the last four games.
Who’s Going to Step Up?
There is one player who has been elevating his play. Jordan Spence has been picking it up, especially since Sanderson has been down. He is at 20:58 of average ice time in the past six games, coming into tonight. He also has four assists in those games, and an assist on Shane Pinto‘s opening power play goal tonight.
It might just be time for the Sens top defensive prospect Carter Yakemchuk to get the ring. He was kept in junior last season after being drafted, and then this year with Belleville. The goal was for him to work on the defensive side of the puck. He has 36 points in 50 games this year in the AHL.
Lassi Thomson leaves the game at the 13:14 mark of the 2nd period.
The Senators will have 4 defenceman for the rest of the game.
The Senators play tomorrow in the biggest game of their year with all their defence playing max minutes.
Hockey gods are unkind.
— Alex Adams (@alexadamsBTP_) March 24, 2026
Now, Jake Sanderson has been skating recently, so isn’t anticipated to be too far away. However, losing the number of defencemen they have, it will be a challenge.
Thomas Chabot (right arm) and Lassi Thomson (lower body) will not return to tonight’s game.
Thomas Chabot (bras droit) et Lassi Thomson (bas du corps) ne seront pas de retour au jeu ce soir.
— Sens Communications (@Media_Sens) March 24, 2026
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