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Montréal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators

Preseason · Saturday, September 26, 2026 · Canadian Tire Centre

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3–4

Final

SOG 23–26

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Game summary

The Ottawa Senators beat the Montréal Canadiens 4-3 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators outshot the Canadiens 26-23.

Goals came from Brett Berard, Claude Giroux, Drake Batherson, Carter Yakemchuk, Alex Belzile, Sasha Pastujov and William Eklund.

Linus Ullmark made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Jakub Dobes stopped 22 of 26.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL102323
Ottawa SenatorsOTT121426

Three stars

  1. ★1st starClaude GirouxOTT · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starCarter YakemchukOTT · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starAlex BelzileMTL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd 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+
1:35

3–4 · 3rd 10:57 · Eklund. Struble was 1:35 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceOTT on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 3:49 · Berard

Giroux 0:44

1–1 OTT

1st 9:16 · PP · Giroux

Dauphin 0:13

1–2 OTT

2nd 10:31 · PP · Batherson

Struble 0:23

1–3 OTT

2nd 11:12 · PP · Yakemchuk

Dach 0:41

2–3 MTL

3rd 5:19 · Belzile

Long shift: Giroux 1:01

3–3 MTL

3rd 7:05 · Pastujov

Stanley 0:40

3–4 OTT

3rd 10:57 · PP · Eklund

Stuck out there: Struble 1:35

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
23Shots on goal26
46%Faceoff %54%
0/3Power play4/8
28Penalty minutes10
16Hits23
12Blocked shots6
14Giveaways10
3Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 04:01Alex Belzile · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 1st 07:39Samuel Poulin · slashing2 min
  • 1st 14:19Hoyt Stanley · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 08:43David Reinbacher · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 10:08Adam Engstrom · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 2nd 15:47Thomas Chabot · interference2 min
  • 3rd 03:04David Reinbacher · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 03:26Dylan Cozens · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 04:18Arber Xhekaj · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 07:32Dylan Cozens · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 10:10Samuel Poulin · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 10:10Samuel Poulin · interference2 min
  • 3rd 10:10Samuel Poulin · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 13:39Dillan Bentley · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 13:39Hayden Hodgson · roughing2 min