Steve Staios, Ottawa Senators president of hockey operations and interim normal supervisor, introduced on Monday that the staff has fired head coach D.J. Smith, based on a press launch. Along with Smith, the Senators additionally fired assistant coach Davis Payne.

In coordination with the firing of Smith, Jacques Martin will function the staff’s interim head coach. Daniel Alfredsson, the Senators’ all-time factors chief, can even be a part of Martin’s teaching workers as an assistant coach on the bench.

Martin was the third head coach in franchise historical past and served within the place from 1996 till 2004. Martin stepped apart for the ultimate two regular-season video games of the 2001-02 season in order that assistant coach Roger Neilson might coach his thousandth profession sport.

Throughout that point, Martin put collectively a 341-255-96 in the course of the common season and gained the Jack Adams Award because the NHL’s high head coach in the course of the 1998-99 marketing campaign. Martin’s greatest season got here in 2002-03 when he led the Senators to the Jap Convention Closing earlier than shedding to the New Jersey Devils in seven video games.

Martin served because the Senators head coach till he was fired by the staff following the 2003-04 season. He’ll change into the second head coach to have a second stint because the Senators head coach together with Bryan Murray. Martin holds the franchise report for video games coached (692), regular-season wins (341), playoff wins (31) and playoff video games coached (69).

The Senators presently have an 11-15-0 report (22 factors) and sit in final place within the Atlantic Division. Ottawa is presently on a four-game shedding streak and has been outscored 19-10 over that span.