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Ottawa Senators vs Montréal Canadiens

Preseason · Saturday, September 26, 2026 · Centre Bell

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2–4

Final

SOG 32–26

Montréal CanadiensMontréalCanadiensHome

TSN5 · RDS

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 4-2 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at Centre Bell. The Senators outshot the Canadiens 32-26.

Goals came from Philip Tomasino, Chris Kreider, Tyler Boucher, Noah Dobson, Juraj Slafkovský and Phillip Danault.

Samuel Montembeault made 14 saves on 14 shots for the win; Samuel Ersson stopped 22 of 26.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Ottawa SenatorsOTT200232
Montréal CanadiensMTL112426

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starNoah DobsonMTL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starSamuel MontembeaultMTL · 1.000 SV%

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+
1:34

2–3 · 3rd 6:13 · Slafkovský. Suzuki was 1:34 into his shift when it went in.

GoalOTT on iceMTL on ice

1–0 OTT

1st 11:54 · PP · Tomasino

Kreider 0:06

1–1 MTL

1st 13:31 · Kreider

Boucher 0:44

2–1 OTT

1st 19:19 · PP · Boucher

Danault 0:06

2–2 MTL

2nd 0:47 · PP · Dobson

Hutton 0:47

2–3 MTL

3rd 6:13 · Slafkovský

Stuck out there: Suzuki 1:34

2–4 MTL

3rd 12:56 · Danault

Bolduc 0:38

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

OTTMTL
32Shots on goal26
41%Faceoff %59%
2/5Power play1/1
11Penalty minutes19
12Hits15
12Blocked shots5
17Giveaways21
3Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 06:12Tyler Thorpe · fighting5 min
  • 1st 06:12Djibril Toure · fighting5 min
  • 1st 11:48Florian Xhekaj · interference2 min
  • 1st 18:12Chris Kreider · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 19:38Nikolas Matinpalo · interference2 min
  • 2nd 05:04Djibril Toure · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 05:04Josh Anderson · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 10:43Mike Matheson · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 10:43Ridly Greig · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 12:13Jake Evans · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 01:36Alex Newhook · holding2 min
  • 3rd 19:53Tyler Thorpe · holding2 min