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Montréal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators

Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 2026 · Canadian Tire Centre

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6–5

Final/OT

SOG 19–34

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 6-5 in overtime on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Canadiens 34-19.

Juraj Slafkovský scored twice and Cole Caufield scored twice. Brady Tkachuk, Tim Stützle, Josh Anderson, Dylan Cozens, David Perron, Jake Sanderson and Alexandre Carrier also scored.

Samuel Montembeault made 29 saves on 34 shots for the win; Leevi Meriläinen stopped 13 of 19.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL2121619
Ottawa SenatorsOTT0410534

Three stars

  1. ★1st starCole CaufieldMTL · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starJake SandersonOTT · 1G 3A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:45

3–4 · 2nd 18:24 · Perron. Hutson was 1:45 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceOTT on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 3:06 · PP · Slafkovský

Stuck out there: Pinto 1:34

2–0 MTL

1st 17:50 · PP · Caufield

Giroux 0:54

2–1 OTT

2nd 0:42 · PP · Tkachuk

Matheson 0:42

2–2 OTT

2nd 3:07 · Stützle

Slafkovský 0:27

3–2 MTL

2nd 4:26 · Anderson

Giroux 0:42

3–3 OTT

2nd 15:31 · PP · Cozens

Long shift: Carrier 1:08

3–4 OTT

2nd 18:24 · Perron

Stuck out there: Hutson 1:45

3–5 OTT

3rd 7:55 · Sanderson

Long shift: Gallagher 1:08

4–5 MTL

3rd 15:36 · Slafkovský

Giroux 0:12

5–5 MTL

3rd 16:41 · Carrier

Amadio 0:29

6–5 MTL

OT 0:33 · Caufield

Sanderson 0:33

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLOTT
19Shots on goal34
53%Faceoff %47%
2/5Power play2/3
8Penalty minutes12
28Hits26
24Blocked shots15
14Giveaways16
5Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 01:32Drake Batherson · tripping2 min
  • 1st 16:32David Perron · holding2 min
  • 1st 19:25Kaiden Guhle · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 20:00Josh Anderson · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 10:12Nick Cousins · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 12:39Nick Cousins · roughing removing opponents helmet2 min
  • 2nd 13:34Ivan Demidov · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 15:03Brady Tkachuk · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 15:03Phillip Danault · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 05:48Thomas Chabot · roughing2 min

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