MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
27-15-7 · W1 · L10: 6-3-1
L
OT
W
L
W
W
W
L
W
W
Final/OT
6—5
2026-01-17 · Canadian Tire Centre
OTT
OTT
Ottawa Senators
22-19-6 · OT1 · L10: 4-5-1
W
W
L
L
L
L
W
W
L
L
OTT controlled xG 4.5 to 2.0 but MTL won on execution · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RDOT
MTL xG
1.97
ACTUAL
6 — 5
OTT xG
4.48

Scoring Timeline

0.12
HIGH xG
MTL1P 03:06Power Play
Juraj Slafkovský
20
Juraj Slafkovský(18)
L · MTL · #20
Cole Caufield (24), Nick Suzuki (38)
MTL 1 - 0 OTT
0.09
MED xG
MTL1P 17:50Power Play
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(23)
R · MTL · #13
Nick Suzuki (39), Lane Hutson (40)
MTL 2 - 0 OTT
0.18
HIGH xG
OTT2P 00:42Power Play
Brady Tkachuk
7
Brady Tkachuk(10)
L · OTT · #7
Claude Giroux (24), Jake Sanderson (27)
MTL 2 - 1 OTT
0.09
MED xG
OTT2P 03:07Even Strength
Tim Stützle
18
Tim Stützle(21)
C · OTT · #18
Nick Cousins (7), Lars Eller (5)
MTL 2 - 2 OTT
0.01
LOW xG
MTL2P 04:26Even Strength
Josh Anderson
17
Josh Anderson(11)
R · MTL · #17
Mike Matheson (17), Noah Dobson (22)
MTL 3 - 2 OTT
0.13
HIGH xG
OTT2P 15:31Power Play
Dylan Cozens
24
Dylan Cozens(14)
C · OTT · #24
Tim Stützle (28), Jake Sanderson (28)
MTL 3 - 3 OTT
0.46
HIGH xG
OTT2P 18:24Even Strength
David Perron
57
David Perron(10)
L · OTT · #57
Artem Zub (12), Jake Sanderson (29)
MTL 3 - 4 OTT
0.13
HIGH xG
OTT3P 07:55Even Strength
Jake Sanderson
85
Jake Sanderson(10)
D · OTT · #85
Ridly Greig (14)
MTL 3 - 5 OTT
0.07
MED xG
MTL3P 15:36Power Play
Juraj Slafkovský
20
Juraj Slafkovský(19)
L · MTL · #20
Lane Hutson (41), Phillip Danault (10)
MTL 4 - 5 OTT
0.02
LOW xG
MTL3P 16:41Even Strength
Alexandre Carrier
45
Alexandre Carrier(4)
D · MTL · #45
Ivan Demidov (30), Josh Anderson (5)
MTL 5 - 5 OTT
0.16
HIGH xG
MTLOT 00:333 on 3
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(24)
R · MTL · #13
Lane Hutson (42)
MTL 6 - 5 OTT

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Sam Montembeault
35
Sam Montembeault
G · MTL · #35
29/34 saves, .852 SV%, +0.0 GSAx
★2
Jake Sanderson
85
Jake Sanderson
D · OTT · #85
1G, 3A, 3 SOG, 1 HIT
★3
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield
R · MTL · #13
2G, 1A, 3 SOG

Team Stats

MTLOTT
19Shots34
1.97xGF4.48
35.6CF%64.4
53.3FO%46.7
2/5PP2/3
28Hits26
24Blocks15
14Giveaways16
5Takeaways5
8PIM12

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGOTT SOGMTL xGOTT xG
1st480.730.65
2nd3100.392.71
3rd4110.540.91
OT200.310.21
Total13291.974.48

Penalties

10 TOTAL
1P 01:32
OTT
Drake Bathersontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Mike Matheson
1P 16:32
OTT
David Perronholding (2 min)
Drawn by Arber Xhekaj
1P 19:25
MTL
Kaiden Guhlehigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Ridly Greig
1P 20:00
MTL
Josh Andersontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Dylan Cozens
2P 10:12
OTT
Nick Cousinshigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Noah Dobson
2P 12:39
OTT
Nick Cousinsroughing-removing-opponents-helmet (2 min)
Drawn by Alexandre Carrier
2P 13:34
MTL
Ivan Demidovtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Tim Stützle
2P 15:03
OTT
Brady Tkachukroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Phillip Danault
2P 15:03
MTL
Phillip Danaultroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Brady Tkachuk
3P 05:48
OTT
Thomas Chabotroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Brendan Gallagher