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Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens

Centre Bell, Montreal Preseason Final

Final score

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 4–2 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at home.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Ottawa Senators 2 6-2-0
at Montreal Canadiens 4 3-3-1

Goals by period

Team Total
Ottawa Senators 2 0 0 2
Montreal Canadiens 1 1 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Ottawa Senators 9 14 9 32
Montreal Canadiens 8 10 8 26

Three stars

  1. J. Slafkovský, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 2 assists)
  2. N. Dobson, Montreal Canadiens (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. S. Montembeault, Montreal Canadiens (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 11:54 Ottawa Senators Philip Tomasino (1) Christian Kyrou (2), Kasper Halttunen (1) Power play OTT 1, MTL 0
1st 13:31 Montreal Canadiens Chris Kreider (1) Nick Suzuki (2), Mike Matheson (2) Even strength OTT 1, MTL 1
1st 19:19 Ottawa Senators Tyler Boucher (1) Xavier Bourgault (1), Ryan Suzuki (1) Power play OTT 2, MTL 1
2nd 00:47 Montreal Canadiens Noah Dobson (1) Juraj Slafkovský (1), Cole Caufield (1) Power play OTT 2, MTL 2
3rd 06:13 Montreal Canadiens Juraj Slafkovský (2) Noah Dobson (1), Phillip Danault (1) Even strength OTT 2, MTL 3
3rd 12:56 Montreal Canadiens Phillip Danault (3) Juraj Slafkovský (2), Mike Matheson (3) Even strength OTT 2, MTL 4

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Stat Ottawa Senators Montreal Canadiens
Shots on goal 32 26
Power play 2 of 5 1 of 1
Penalty minutes 11 19
Hits 12 15
Blocked shots 12 5
Giveaways 17 21
Takeaways 3 5
Faceoffs won 26/63 (41.3%) 37/63 (58.7%)

Box score

Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators skaters
Player
16 R. Suzuki C 0 1 1 -3 0 1 0 0 0 41.7% 19:05
48 J. Cover R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 16:18
51 A. Nemec L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01:39
53 X. Bourgault R 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 1 0 20:50
54 T. Boucher R 1 0 1 -2 0 5 2 0 1 15:41
62 P. Tomasino R 1 0 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 22:58
63 O. Pettersson R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 44.4% 10:36
68 K. Halttunen R 0 1 1 -3 0 4 1 0 0 66.7% 20:11
71 R. Greig C 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 40% 23:25
79 S. Blais L 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 17:49
92 P. Daoust C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 41.7% 17:33
5 C. Crotty D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 15:47
15 C. Kyrou D 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 18:43
33 N. Matinpalo D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 16:33
45 B. Hutton D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 2 0 19:40
58 S. Bolduc D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 0 0 15:05
64 S. Harrington D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 2 0 15:33
76 D. Toure D 0 0 0 -2 7 0 1 0 0 10:47
Ottawa Senators goalies
Goalie
30 S. Ersson 26 22 4 .846 56:38 Loss

Montreal Canadiens

Montreal Canadiens skaters
Player
13 C. Caufield R 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 0 0 17:06
14 N. Suzuki C 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 1 0 63.2% 18:05
15 A. Newhook C 0 0 0 +2 2 1 1 0 0 50% 15:19
17 J. Anderson R 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 12:25
20 J. Slafkovský L 1 2 3 +2 0 1 0 1 0 16:59
22 C. Kreider L 1 0 1 +1 2 2 0 0 0 15:21
24 P. Danault C 1 1 2 +2 0 2 1 0 0 33.3% 14:02
54 T. Thorpe R 0 0 0 0 7 0 2 0 0 10:22
62 O. Beck C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 66.7% 13:02
63 F. Xhekaj L 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 0 0 25% 13:23
71 J. Evans C 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 70.6% 13:10
85 A. Texier L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 12:04
8 M. Matheson D 0 2 2 +3 2 4 1 0 0 26:02
45 A. Carrier D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 19:26
53 N. Dobson D 1 1 2 +2 0 1 0 1 1 26:11
65 L. Mittelstadt D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 1 0 20:07
74 E. Samson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 12:34
79 M. Szuber D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 15:02
Montreal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
32 J. Fowler 18 16 2 .889 30:43
35 S. Montembeault 14 14 0 1.000 29:17 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 06:12 Montreal Canadiens Tyler Thorpe Fighting (major) 5
1st 06:12 Ottawa Senators Djibril Toure Fighting (major) 5
1st 11:48 Montreal Canadiens Florian Xhekaj Interference 2
1st 18:12 Montreal Canadiens Chris Kreider High sticking 2
1st 19:38 Ottawa Senators Nikolas Matinpalo Interference 2
2nd 05:04 Ottawa Senators Djibril Toure Roughing 2
2nd 05:04 Montreal Canadiens Josh Anderson Roughing 2
2nd 10:43 Montreal Canadiens Mike Matheson Roughing 2
2nd 10:43 Ottawa Senators Ridly Greig Roughing 2
2nd 12:13 Montreal Canadiens Jake Evans Hooking 2
3rd 01:36 Montreal Canadiens Alex Newhook Holding 2
3rd 19:53 Montreal Canadiens Tyler Thorpe Holding 2

Game information

Ottawa Senators head coach
Travis Green
Montreal Canadiens head coach
Martin St. Louis
Referees
Kendrick Nicholson, Mike Sullivan
Linesmen
Brandon Grillo, Ryan Daisy
Ottawa Senators scratches
Claude Giroux, Nick Cousins, Linus Ullmark, Kurtis MacDermid, Andre Burakovsky, Warren Foegele, Michael Amadio, Hayden Hodgson, Thomas Chabot, Fabian Zetterlund, Drake Batherson, Dylan Cozens, Shane Pinto, Jordan Spence, Tyler Kleven, Jake Sanderson, Tim Stützle, Artem Zub, William Eklund, Riley Kidney, Jorian Donovan, Filip Nordberg, Stephen Halliday, Tomas Hamara, Cameron O'Neill, Theo Wallberg, Kevin Reidler, Brandon Svoboda, Hoyt Stanley, Matthew Andonovski, Owen Beckner, Nicholas Vantassell, Vladimir Nikitin, Carter Yakemchuk, Gabriel Eliasson, Javon Moore, Lucas Ellinas, Blake Montgomery, Eerik Wallenius, Jackson Parsons, Luke Mistelbacher, Logan Hensler, Blake Vanek, Dmitri Isayev, Bruno Idzan, Andrei Trofimov, Landen Hookey, Jonas Lagerberg Hoen, Eskild Bakke Olsen, Oscar Holmertz, Louis Felix Bourque, Elliot Lennon, Harris Pangretitsch, Alexander Grunin
Montreal Canadiens scratches
Alex Belzile, Vincent Arseneau, Laurent Dauphin, Kaapo Kahkonen, Reilly Walsh, Kevin Mandolese, Kirby Dach, Hunter Jones, Samuel Poulin, Jayden Struble, Xavier Simoneau, Kaiden Guhle, Ty Smilanic, Brett Berard, Jakub Dobes, Alexander Gordin, Jack Smith, Sasha Pastujov, Dmitri Kostenko, Daniil Sobolev, Zachary Bolduc, Oliver Kapanen, Braden Hache, Arber Xhekaj, Francesco Lapenna, Lane Hutson, Filip Mesar, Lucas Condotta, Adam Engstrom, Jared Davidson, Emmett Croteau, Hunter McKown, David Reinbacher, Quentin Miller, Sam Harris, Yevgeni Volokhin, Filip Eriksson, Kale McCallum, Israel Mianscum, Michael Hage, Aatos Koivu, Ivan Demidov, Logan Sawyer, Owen Protz, Mikus Vecvanags, Ben Merrill, Makar Khanin, Rasmus Bergqvist, Bryce Pickford, Hayden Paupanekis, Carlos Handel, Alexander Zharovsky, Arseni Radkov, John Mooney, Alexis Cournoyer, Andrew MacNiel, Maxon Vig, Jacob Dion, Gleb Pugachyov, Wesley Royston, Timofei Runtso, Dillan Bentley, Josh Nadeau, Aiden Dubinsky, Cooper Cleaves, Brayden Klimpke, Parker Trottier, Jean-Samuel Daigneault, Tyler Deakos, Alexandr Legkov

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
Ottawa Senators 2 at Montreal Canadiens 3 Final/OT Preseason Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Ottawa Senators 4 Final Preseason Game page
Ottawa Senators 2 at Montreal Canadiens 4 Final Preseason Game page

Other NHL games on Sep 26

Matchup Status Details
Carolina Hurricanes 6 at Nashville Predators 0 Final Preseason Game page
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Buffalo Sabres 1 Final Preseason Game page
Anaheim Ducks 2 at Los Angeles Kings 6 Final Preseason Game page
Colorado Avalanche 0 at Utah Mammoth 2 Final Preseason Game page
Washington Capitals 5 at Philadelphia Flyers 1 Final Preseason Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Florida Panthers 2 Final/2OT Preseason Game page
Seattle Kraken 3 at Vancouver Canucks 4 Final Preseason Game page
St. Louis Blues 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 3 Final Preseason Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 4 at Detroit Red Wings 2 Final Preseason Game page
Montreal Canadiens 3 at Ottawa Senators 4 Final Preseason Game page
New Jersey Devils 4 at New York Islanders 1 Final Preseason Game page
Calgary Flames 1 at Edmonton Oilers 4 Final Preseason Game page
San Jose Sharks 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 2 Final Preseason Game page

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