Dylan Cozens Delivers 28 Goals in First Full Senators Season
dylan cozens finished third in Ottawa scoring in his first full season with the Senators, posting 28 goals, 31 assists and 59 points. At 25, he also gave the club two goals in four playoff games and ended the postseason second on the team in playoff goals and points.
Cozens And Ottawa Scoring
The numbers are the cleanest proof of how quickly he settled in. Cozens arrived after a trade and followed two underwhelming seasons with a 59-point regular season, the kind of output Ottawa needed from a forward expected to carry more of the load. He became a trusted player for Travis Green while finishing behind only two teammates in team scoring.
That production came with balance. He scored 28 times and set up 31 more, giving Ottawa a center who could finish and distribute in the same season. The article describes him as "The Workhorse from Whitehorse," and that label fit the role he played for a team built to stay strong down the middle.
Travis Green And The Middle
Green’s group leaned on Cozens alongside Pinto, with Drake Batherson and Brady Tkachuk also part of the mix around him. The result was a roster that could use Cozens as more than a scoring winger; he was part of the center depth Ottawa wanted in place after the trade for him.
Josh Norris offers the sharpest comparison inside the same team picture. Norris finished with 13 goals and 21 assists in only 44 regular-season games, then added one goal and two assists in the playoffs. Cozens outscored him in both total goals and points, and he did it while playing the full regular season and then carrying that form into April.
Four Years Left
The contract piece is what turns this from a strong season into a longer-term roster statement. Cozens is signed for another four years, and the article says that deal already looks like a bargain. For Ottawa, that means the payoff from Staios’s trade for him last year is not just this season’s 59 points but a center who has already turned into a stable part of the middle of the lineup.
His best stretch was not limited to the regular season. Two goals in four playoff games, plus a second-place finish on the Senators in playoff goals and points, showed the scoring held up when the games tightened. That is the version Ottawa is now carrying forward: a 25-year-old forward with production, trust from his coach and four more years on his deal.
