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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael AmadioRW | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:21 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 13:15 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake BathersonRW | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14:54 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick CousinsC | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10:50 | 0:04 | 0:00 | 10:46 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dylan CozensC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 | 2:07 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars EllerC | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:56 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude GirouxRW | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:35 | 1:41 | 3:43 | 12:11 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ridly GreigC | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:30 | 0:29 | 3:56 | 13:05 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David PerronLW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:37 | 0:32 | 0:00 | 10:05 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Shane PintoC | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:14 | 0:28 | 5:00 | 12:46 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim StutzleC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:13 | 2:59 | 2:54 | 16:20 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady TkachukLW | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:14 | 2:24 | 0:00 | 13:50 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fabian ZetterlundLW | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:36 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Defenses | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas ChabotD | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:42 | 0:38 | 2:08 | 18:56 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick JensenD | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:36 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 16:54 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler KlevenD | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15:57 | 0:00 | 2:29 | 13:28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake SandersonD | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25:39 | 2:58 | 4:54 | 17:47 | 37 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan SpenceD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:51 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artem ZubD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:45 | 0:00 | 5:22 | 16:23 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Goalies | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leevi MerilainenG | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .684 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 60:33 | 0 | 0 |
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