Local minor hockey product Dylan Ferguson had his first NHL start for the Ottawa Senators on Monday night, visiting Pittsburgh. (submitted photo/Ottawa Senators)

By Alex Rawnsley

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VIDEO: Lantzville’s Dylan Ferguson earns first NHL win on Sens debut

Mar 20, 2023 | 6:38 PM

NANAIMO — He had to wait years for his shot, but Dylan Ferguson is now officially an NHL goaltender.

The Lantzville-born and local minor hockey product started his first NHL game on Monday, March 20 as he led the Ottawa Senators into Pittsburgh, and a 2-1 win over the Penguins.

Ferguson was busy early as he turned aside 18 first period shots as Ottawa took a late period lead. Another 14 shots in the second period, then 17 in the third meant he was always in the game.

Pittsburgh tied the game in the third, before a late Senators powerplay goal helped seal the win. Ferguson stopped 48 of 49 in a 2-1 Ottawa win.

Ferguson also set a new franchise record for Ottawa with most saves in a debut and fell just one save short of the all-time NHL record.

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Ferguson was drafted in the seventh round of the 2017 NHL Entry Draft by the Dallas Stars, but never played for the team as he was traded just a few days after the draft

Prior to Monday night, his only NHL action had come in the 2017/18 season when he stopped one shot in just over nine minutes worth of work in Edmonton.

He’s found a more regular job in the American Hockey League, playing in 27 games for Chicago, Henderson, Toronto and finally Ottawa’s affiliate Belleville.

Ferguson is 14-7 over the last four years.

After playing minor hockey locally, Ferguson played some later stages in Saskatchewan before four years with the Western Hockey League’s Kamloops Blazers.

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