The Ottawa Senators are in danger of having their first non-sellout of a playoff game in a decade.
A glance at the club’s Ticketmaster website late Wednesday showed more than 1,000 tickets were unsold for Thursday, when the Senators open the second round of the playoffs against the New York Rangers.
There are 18,572 seats at the Canadian Tire Centre.
Many of the available tickets for Thursday’s game were in the corners of the upper bowl, seats that carry a $96 price tag.
The last time the Senators failed to sell out a playoff game was in 2007.
The Senators also fell short of filling the building twice during the 2003 playoffs and once in 2002.
The Senators sold out all three games in the opening round of the playoffs against Boston. Game 1 drew a crowd of 18,702, while 18,629 showed up for Game 2 and 19,209 were in the seats for Game 5.
Despite the number of tickets that were available late Wednesday, the organizations remains opmistic that there will be a strong walk-up crowd.