Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators
NHL
Canadian Tire Centre
TV: Sportsnet / TSN2 / RDS / TSN5
On the ice
MTL shoots leftOTT shoots right 
Shots on goal
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | OT | T | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| OTT | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 34 |
In net
Sam Montembeault29/34 SV, .853
Leevi Merilainen13/19 SV, .684| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| OTT | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Who won: Canadiens 6-5
The Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 6-5 in overtime on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Canadiens lead the series 2-1. The Canadiens outscored the Senators 2-0 in the 1st period. Cole Caufield led the Canadiens in goals (2). Jake Sanderson led the Senators in goals (1).
| Forwards | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh AndersonRW | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:53 | 0:00 | 0:08 | 12:45 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zack BolducRW | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 13:36 | 1:44 | 0:00 | 11:52 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole CaufieldRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:19 | 5:45 | 0:00 | 13:34 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip DanaultC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10:59 | 0:10 | 1:33 | 9:16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan DemidovRW | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:07 | 5:53 | 0:00 | 9:14 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake EvansC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 13:09 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan GallagherRW | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 10:46 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver KapanenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 14:04 | 1:45 | 0:56 | 11:23 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj SlafkovskyLW | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 20:00 | 5:51 | 0:00 | 14:09 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21:25 | 5:52 | 0:08 | 15:25 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre TexierLW | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 | 1:55 | 0:10 | 10:51 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe VelenoC | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 14:28 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre CarrierD | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 15:08 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah DobsonD | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:54 | 1:37 | 1:15 | 19:02 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden GuhleD | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 15:08 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane HutsonD | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:22 | 6:10 | 0:07 | 20:05 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike MathesonD | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:57 | 0:11 | 2:56 | 20:50 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber XhekajD | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:40 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam MontembeaultG | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .853 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 60:12 | 0 | 0 |
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