Montreal Canadiens at Ottawa Senators

· National Hockey League

Montreal Canadiens

26-26-5

Final
5 - 2

Ottawa Senators

29-24-4

Brendan Gallagher has a goal and an assist in the Canadiens' 5-2 victory over the Senators

Juraj Slafkovsky nets goal for Canadiens

Cole Caufield, Patrick Laine, Josh Anderson and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens. Nick Suzuki had two assists.

Tim Stutzle extended his points streak to nine games with a goal and an assist for Ottawa. Jake Sanderson had the other goal.

Linus Ullmark started in goal for Ottawa, but was pulled midway through the second period after allowing five goals on 15 shots. He was replaced by Anton Forsberg, who stopped all 10 shots he faced.

Takeaways Canadiens: The Canadiens snapped a three-game losing streak and extended the Senators’ skid to four.

Senators: The Senators have allowed five goals in each of their last three games and 19 goals overall in the past four.

Key moment Nineteen seconds after Stutzle tied it, Laine scored on a power play with 3:47 left in the second period to give Montreal a 3-2 lead.

Up next The Canadiens host Carolina on Tuesday night. The Senators host Winnipeg on Wednesday night.

Regular Season Series

MTL leads series 2-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 2:28	Brendan Gallagher Goal (15) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	1st Period 4:28	Cole Caufield Goal (27) Wrist Shot, assists: Arber Xhekaj (5), David Savard (11)
Goal	1st Period 13:20	Jake Sanderson Goal (6) Wrist Shot, assists: Drake Batherson (30), Tim Stützle (40)
Goal	1st Period 15:54	Tim Stützle Goal (18) Wrist Shot, assists: none
Goal	1st Period 16:13	Patrik Laine Goal (13) Slap Shot, assists: Lane Hutson (39), Nick Suzuki (38)
Goal	2nd Period 5:14	Josh Anderson Goal (9) Wrist Shot, assists: Brendan Gallagher (10), Christian Dvorak (12)
Goal	2nd Period 11:32	Juraj Slafkovsky Goal (9) Slap Shot, assists: Nick Suzuki (39), Jayden Struble (4)

Statistics

MTL		OTT
11	Blocked Shots	17
39	Hits	40
5	Takeaways	5
25	Shots	27
1	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
50.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
23	Faceoffs Won	46
33.3	Faceoff Win Percent	66.7
12	Giveaways	12
5	Total Penalties	4
13	Penalty Minutes	11