1921–22 Ottawa Senators season

The 1921–22 Ottawa Senators season was the club's 37th season of play, fifth season in the NHL, and they were coming off back-to-back Stanley Cup Championship seasons, winning in 1920 and 1921. The Senators would finish in first place in the standings, but lost in the playoff to the Toronto St. Pats.

Regular season

Punch Broadbent would emerge as the offensive leader for the Senators, leading the NHL in goals (32) and points (46). He would score in an NHL record 16 straight games. Teammate Cy Denneny would finish in 2nd in NHL scoring with 39 points, and 3rd in goals at 27.

On February 1, former Senators player Sprague Cleghorn, now on the Montreal Canadiens, would cut Senators players Eddie Gerard and Cy Denneny, while take a charge at Frank Nighbor. All 3 players would miss 2 games due to the injuries they occurred, while Cleghorn was given a match penalty and fined $15 by the league.

Clint Benedict would once again have a great season, winning an NHL best 14 games, while leading the league with a 3.34 GAA.

On February 11, 1922, the Senators and the Toronto St. Pats would make NHL history, as the teams played to a 4–4 draw, the first time in NHL history that a game ended in a tie.

Final standings

National Hockey League
	GP	W	L	T	Pts	GF	GA
Ottawa Senators	24	14	8	2	30	106	84
Toronto St. Patricks	24	13	10	1	27	98	97
Montreal Canadiens	24	12	11	1	25	88	94
Hamilton Tigers	24	7	17	0	14	88	105

^[1] Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against
Teams that qualified for the playoffs are highlighted in bold.

Schedule and results

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record	Pts
1	December 17	Ottawa Senators	3–2	Hamilton Tigers	1–0–0	2
2	December 21	Toronto St. Pats	5–4	Ottawa Senators	1–1–0	2
3	December 24	Montreal Canadiens	0–10	Ottawa Senators	2–1–0	4
4	December 28	Ottawa Senators	2–1	Montreal Canadiens	3–1–0	6
5	December 31	Hamilton Tigers	0–4	Ottawa Senators	4–1–0	8
6	January 4	Ottawa Senators	2–3	Toronto St. Pats	4–2–0	8
7	January 7	Ottawa Senators	4–2	Montreal Canadiens	5–2–0	10
8	January 11	Toronto St. Pats	2–7	Ottawa Senators	6–2–0	12
9	January 14	Ottawa Senators	5–2	Toronto St. Pats	7–2–0	14
10	January 18	Montreal Canadiens	6–10	Ottawa Senators	8–2–0	16
11	January 21	Ottawa Senators	6–7	Hamilton Tigers	8–3–0	16
12	January 25	Hamilton Tigers	2–4	Ottawa Senators	9–3–0	18
13	January 28	Ottawa Senators	2–1	Toronto St. Pats	10–3–0	20
14	February 1	Montreal Canadiens	2–4	Ottawa Senators	11–3–0	22
15	February 4	Hamilton Tigers	6–10	Ottawa Senators	12–3–0	24
16	February 8	Ottawa Senators	1–9	Hamilton Tigers	12–4–0	24
17	February 11	Toronto St. Pats	4–4	Ottawa Senators	12–4–1	25
18	February 15	Ottawa Senators	6–6	Montreal Canadiens	12–4–2	26
19	February 18	Ottawa Senators	4–2	Hamilton Tigers	13–4–2	28
20	February 22	Montreal Canadiens	3–4	Ottawa Senators	14–4–2	30
21	February 25	Ottawa Senators	5–7	Toronto St. Pats	14–5–2	30
22	March 1	Toronto St. Pats	3–2	Ottawa Senators	14–6–2	30
23	March 4	Ottawa Senators	1–2	Montreal Canadiens	14–7–2	30
24	March 8	Hamilton Tigers	7–2	Ottawa Senators	14–8–2	30

Playoffs

The Senators would once again play for the O'Brien Cup, where they would face the St. Pats in a 2 game total goal series. The Senators would find themselves behind 5–4 after the first game, then the teams would play to a 0–0 tie in the second game, which eliminated the Senators, and ended their quest for their third straight Stanley Cup.

Toronto St. Pats 5, Ottawa Senators 4

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	Record
1	March 11	Ottawa Senators	4–5	Toronto St. Pats	0–1–0
2	March 13	Toronto St. Pats	0–0	Ottawa Senators	0–1–1

Playing stats

Scoring leaders

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
Punch Broadbent	24	32	14	46	24
Cy Denneny	22	27	12	39	18
Buck Boucher	23	12	8	20	10
Frank Nighbor	20	8	8	16	2
Eddie Gerard	21	7	9	16	16

Goaltending

Player	GP	Min	W	L	T	GA	SO	GAA
Clint Benedict	24	1510	14	8	2	84	2	3.34

Note:

Pos = Position; GPI = Games played in; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes; +/- = Plus/minus; PPG = Power-play goals; SHG = Short-handed goals; GWG = Game-winning goals

Min, TOI = Minutes played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T,T/OT = Ties; OTL = Overtime losses; GA = Goals-against; GAA = Goals-against average; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots against; SV = Shots saved; SV% = Save percentage;

Roster

Bell, Billy (C)
Benedict, Clint (G)
Boucher, Frank (C)
Boucher, Georges (D)
Broadbent, Punch (R)
Bruce, Morley (D)
Clancy, King (D)
Denneny, Cy (L)
Gerard, Eddie (L)
Graham, Leth (L)
Nighbor, Frank (C)

Source: Hockey Reference^[2]

References

SHRP Sports
The Internet Hockey Database
National Hockey League Guide & Record Book 2007

↑ Standings: NHL Public Relations Department (2008). Dave McCarthy; et al., eds. THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Official Guide & Record Book/2009. National Hockey League. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894801-14-0.
↑ "1921–22 Ottawa Senators". hockey-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-02-16.

Ottawa Hockey Club / Ottawa Senators (original) seasons

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1900s	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10

1910s	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20

1920s	1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30

1930s	1930–31 . 1931–32 . 1932–33 1933–34 St. Louis

Highlighted seasons indicate Stanley Cup or other championship

1921–22 NHL season

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See also	Stanley Cup playoffs Stanley Cup Finals

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