| Power Rankings |
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 11/17/2008 | 22 | 18 |
| GM Bryan Murray isn't hiding the fact he's working the phones hard to shake up his fast-fading team. |
| 11/10/2008 | 18 | 17 |
| The Senators seem to play better when Alex Auld is in goal, but not necessarily at even strength. Ottawa has fewer five on five goals than all but two teams. |
| 11/09/2008 | 18 | 18 |
| The Senators seem to play better when Alex Auld is in goal, but not necessarily at even strength. Ottawa has fewer five-on-five goals than all but two teams. |
| 11/10/2008 | 17 | 24 |
| Alex Auld has been sharp in goal, but has anyone seen Mike Fisher? The second-line center has yet to get a point. |
| 10/27/2008 | 24 | 15 |
| So much for Ottawa's vaunted offense. The lifeless Senators' leading scorer is defenseman Filip Kuba, who doesn't even have a goal. |
| 10/20/2008 | 15 | 11 |
| Remember when the rap was that the Sens were too soft? Well, first-year coach Craig Hartsburg is complaining about that already. |
| 10/13/2008 | 11 | 9 |
| What's the matter with this team without Alfie? Plenty including Martin Gerber, who has looked sharp at times, but has been the goat in both Ottawa losses by allowing weak goals. |
| 10/03/2008 | 9 | - |
| With Heatley, Spezza and Alfredsson leading the way, the Senators still have the potential to be dangerous, but there are real question marks along the blue line and in goal. |
| 04/07/2008 | 16 | 11 |
| Lots of questions around Ottawa to finish the season, but the big one is whether Dany Heatley and Jason Spezza can step up enough to overcome the absences of Daniel Alfredsson, Mike Fisher and Chris Kelly. |
| 03/31/2008 | 11 | 7 |
| They're fragile, key players are hurting and the goaltending isn't giving the Senators much confidence right now, a bad combination heading into the final week. |
