The NHL Belt · rivalry
Ottawa Senators vs. Tampa Bay Lightning
10Belt meetings
7Senators wins
3Lightning wins
1Title changes
Ottawa Senators and Tampa Bay Lightning have met 10 times with the NHL belt on the line, from November 13, 1992 to January 4, 2020. The belt changed hands in 1 of those games. Ottawa Senators lead the belt series 7–3.
| Belt game | Date | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5,305 | Nov 13, 1992 | Tampa Bay Lightning beat Ottawa Senators 1–0 | Defense |
| 5,956 | Mar 8, 1999 | Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 9–3 | Defense |
| 6,106 | Oct 27, 2000 | Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 6–0 | Defense |
| 6,446 | Dec 4, 2003 | Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 4–1 | Defense |
| 6,461 | Jan 6, 2004 | Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 | Defense |
| 6,635 | Nov 26, 2006 | Tampa Bay Lightning beat Ottawa Senators 3–1 | Defense |
| 6,883 | Mar 11, 2009 | Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 (OT) | Defense |
| 7,071 | Mar 11, 2011 | Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 2–1 | Defense |
| 7,676 | Mar 13, 2018 | Ottawa Senators beat Tampa Bay Lightning 7–4 | Title change |
| 7,836 | Jan 4, 2020 | Tampa Bay Lightning beat Ottawa Senators 5–3 | Defense |