Music: {allcanada} Sens owner Andlauer furious as Sanderson ‘not doing very well’ after Hall hit

Friday, April 24, 2026

{allcanada} Sens owner Andlauer furious as Sanderson ‘not doing very well’ after Hall hit

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An angry Michael Andlauer doesn’t understand how Taylor Hall hasn’t been suspended.

The Ottawa Senators owner wrote to Postmedia’s Bruce Garrioch a day after Jake Sanderson sustained a concussion after a hit from the Carolina Hurricanes forward in Thursday night’s Game 3.

The Senators lost the game, 2-1, and now face eliminator in a Game 4 of which Sanderson has already been ruled out. Ottawa head coach Travis Green told reporters earlier in the day that Sanderson is “not doing very well,” and that he pulled himself from the game on Thursday.

“One should have control of their body the same way they have control of their stick,” Andlauer wrote in an email to Garrioch. “It’s ridiculous that you get four minutes for a high stick to the face that draws blood, but only two minutes for a direct shot to the head that draws a concussion.”

Sanderson took a hit to the head from Hall early in the second period of Thursday’s game. Hall received a two-minute minor penalty on the play.

The 6-foot-2, left-shot defenceman remained in the game after the hit until halfway through the period when he took a puck off his right hand while the Senators were on a two-man advantage.

Sanderson then left for the locker room and didn’t return to the game. Ottawa was trailing 1-0 at the time of the injury and ultimately lost the game 2-1.

Green told reporters after the game the Sanderson’s exit was due to Hall’s hit.

“I just don’t understand how there’s not a five-minute major called on a hit to the head,” Green said in frustration that Hall was limited to a two-minute minor penalty.

“It’s a blatant hit to the head. The kind of hits you don’t want to see. It’s ridiculous that there wasn’t even a review,” Green added after the game. “I’d be shocked if there isn’t ... a review from the league on that, and something done.”

Green went off once again earlier on Friday as reports indicated Hall would not face a hearing from the department of player safety for the hit.

“I’d be shocked if there wasn’t supplementary discipline in this event,” Green said. “It’s a blatant shot to the head. Shocked that it wasn’t a major - I’m surprised that there’s not some kind of talk about supplementary discipline, I never heard there isn’t.”

Sanderson, 23, was one of Ottawa’s top defencemen in the regular season, registering 14 goals and 54 points in 67 games in the regular season while averaging 24:50 of ice time.

He had two assists after the first three playoff games while averaging 27:57 of ice time.

Green also said that blueliner Artem Zub, who was injured in Game 1 and has not played since, will also be unavailable on Saturday.

Game 4 is set on Saturday from the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa.