OTT 2–4 MTL

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Senators/Schedule/Recap Sat, Sep 26, 2026 · 2026-27 preseason

Ottawa Senators

OTT · 1-4-0

2–4

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Montreal Canadiens

MTL · 4-1-0

1ST2ND3RDT OTT 2901409232 MTL 1811028426 goals · shots on goal

Meeting 3 this season — the Senators trail the season series 1–2

OTT 1-4-0 · MTL 4-1-0 · Meeting 3 this season — the Senators trail the season series 1–2

Senators fell to the Canadiens

The Senators were outchanced (4.0 to 2.8 expected goals) and lost 2–4. Samuel Montembeault stopped 2.0 more goals than an average goalie would have.

▶ Recap ↗ ▶ Condensed game ↗

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★ NHL first starJuraj Slafkovský

MTL · LW · #20 1 G · 2 A · 3 P

Who had the better chances

The Canadiens created the better chances: 4.0 expected goals to 2.8, on 26 and 32 shots on goal.

OTT 2.8 xG · 32 shots MTL 4.0 xG · 26 shots

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1

2

3

4

1st · the swing 0.6 · 1.9

2nd 1.5 · 0.8

3rd 0.7 · 1.2

Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.

Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Senators win 32.

OTT 32%MTL 68%

Goals and penalties

6 goals · 12 penalties

← Senators shoot this way Canadiens shoot this way →

On net Missed Bigger = better chance 1Goal, numbered to the list

1st period

PEN

06:12

Tyler Thorpe· Fighting

Offsetting

5 min
Major

PEN

06:12

Djibril Toure· Fighting

Offsetting

5 min
Major

PEN

11:48

Florian Xhekaj· Interference

Tomasino scored on this power play

2 min
Minor

1

11:54

Philip Tomasino PP

Christian Kyrou, Kasper Halttunen · Power play (Xhekaj, interference) · snap shot, a good chance (15%)

1–0 ▶ Watch ↗

2

13:31

Chris Kreider

Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson · snap shot on a rebound, a great chance (36%)

1–1 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

18:12

Chris Kreider· High-sticking

Boucher scored on this power play

2 min
Minor

3

19:19

Tyler Boucher PP

Xavier Bourgault, Ryan Suzuki · Power play (Kreider, high-sticking) · snap shot, a low-percentage shot (7%) that found a way in

2–1 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

19:38

Nikolas Matinpalo· Interference

Dobson scored on this power play

2 min
Minor

2nd period

4

00:47

Noah Dobson PP

Juraj Slafkovský, Cole Caufield · Power play (Matinpalo, interference) · slap shot, a good chance (12%)

2–2 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

05:04

Djibril Toure· Roughing

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

PEN

05:04

Josh Anderson· Roughing

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

PEN

10:43

Mike Matheson· Roughing

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

PEN

10:43

Ridly Greig· Roughing

Offsetting

2 min
Minor

PEN

12:13

Jake Evans· Hooking

Killed

2 min
Minor

3rd period

PEN

01:36

Alex Newhook· Holding

Killed

2 min
Minor

5

06:13

Juraj Slafkovský GWG

Noah Dobson, Phillip Danault · snap shot, a great chance (26%)

2–3 ▶ Watch ↗

6

12:56

Phillip Danault

Juraj Slafkovský, Mike Matheson · snap shot, a good chance (14%)

2–4 ▶ Watch ↗

PEN

19:53

Tyler Thorpe· Holding

Killed

2 min
Minor

NHL three stars

the league's pick

Juraj Slafkovský

MTL · LW · #20 1 G · 2 A · 3 P1G 2A ★ 2nd star

Noah Dobson

MTL · D · #53 1 G · 1 A · 2 P1G 1A ★ 3rd star

Samuel Montembeault

MTL · G · #35 SV% 1.000 · 14 savesSV% 1.000

Goaltending

Samuel Ersson

OTT

−0.2

vs expected

22/26 saves · 4 GA · 3.8 xGA Gave up about what the shots he faced would predict.

Jacob Fowler

MTL

−0.4

vs expected

16/18 saves · 2 GA · 1.6 xGA Gave up about what the shots he faced would predict.

Team OTTMTL

Shots on goal

32

26

Expected goals

2.8

4.0

Hits

12

15

Blocks

8

16

Faceoffs

41%

59%

Power play

2/5

1/1

Penalty minutes

11

19

The Senators went 2-for-5 on the power play and allowed 1 on 1 Canadiens power play.

Box score

xG and GSAx are Inside the Game numbers

Forwards	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
71Ridly GreigR. GreigC	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	1	23:25	27	40%	0	2	0	0.3
62Philip TomasinoP. TomasinoRW	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	1	22:58	24	—	1	1	0	0.6
53Xavier BourgaultX. BourgaultRW	0	1	1	−1	0	1	0	1	20:50	25	—	0	2	1	0.3
68Kasper HalttunenK. HalttunenRW	0	1	1	−3	0	4	1	0	20:11	24	67%	0	0	0	0.5
16Ryan SuzukiR. SuzukiC	0	1	1	−3	0	1	0	0	19:05	25	42%	0	1	1	0.1
79S. BlaisS. BlaisLW	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	17:49	22	—	0	0	0	0.1
92P. DaoustP. DaoustC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17:33	22	42%	0	0	0	0.0
48J. CoverJ. CoverRW	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	16:18	16	—	0	1	0	0.1
54Tyler BoucherT. BoucherRW	1	0	1	−2	0	5	2	0	15:41	22	—	1	1	0	0.5
63O. PetterssonO. PetterssonRW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10:36	13	44%	0	1	1	0.0
51A. NemecA. NemecLW	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	01:39	2	—	0	0	0	0.0

Defense	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
45B. HuttonB. HuttonD	0	0	0	−1	0	3	0	2	19:40	24	—	0	2	0	0.1
15Christian KyrouC. KyrouD	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	18:43	20	—	0	0	0	0.1
33Nikolas MatinpaloN. MatinpaloD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	16:33	19	—	0	1	0	0.0
5C. CrottyC. CrottyD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	0	2	15:47	18	—	0	1	0	0.1
64S. HarringtonS. HarringtonD	0	0	0	−1	0	2	0	2	15:33	18	—	0	1	0	0.0
58S. BolducS. BolducD	0	0	0	−1	0	1	2	0	15:05	18	—	0	2	0	0.0
76Djibril ToureD. ToureD	0	0	0	−2	7	0	1	0	10:47	14	—	0	1	0	0.0

Goalies	Saves	SA	GA	Sv%	EV	PP	SH	TOI	GS	GSAx
30Samuel ErssonS. ErssonG	22	26	4	.846	21/24	0/1	1/1	56:38		−0.2

Forwards	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
14Nick SuzukiN. SuzukiC	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1	18:05	19	63%	0	0	1	0.0
13Cole CaufieldC. CaufieldRW	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	17:06	19	—	0	1	0	0.0
20Juraj SlafkovskýJ. SlafkovskýLW	1	2	3	+2	0	1	0	1	16:59	18	—	0	5	2	0.7
22Chris KreiderC. KreiderLW	1	0	1	+1	2	2	0	0	15:21	19	—	0	1	0	0.7
15Alex NewhookA. NewhookC	0	0	0	+2	2	1	1	0	15:19	18	50%	0	0	1	0.3
24Phillip DanaultP. DanaultC	1	1	2	+2	0	2	1	0	14:02	17	33%	0	2	0	0.5
63Florian XhekajF. XhekajLW	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	0	13:23	15	25%	0	0	0	0.4
71Jake EvansJ. EvansC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	13:10	19	71%	0	1	0	0.3
62O. BeckO. BeckC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:02	15	67%	0	2	0	0.3
17Josh AndersonJ. AndersonRW	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	12:25	18	—	0	1	1	0.1
85A. TexierA. TexierLW	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12:04	14	—	0	0	0	0.2
54Tyler ThorpeT. ThorpeRW	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	0	10:22	12	—	0	2	0	0.0

Defense	G	A	P	+/−	PIM	S	Hits	Blk	TOI	Shifts	FO%	PPG	GV	TK	xG
53Noah DobsonN. DobsonD	1	1	2	+2	0	1	0	1	26:11	29	—	1	1	0	0.3
8Mike MathesonM. MathesonD	0	2	2	+3	2	4	1	0	26:02	25	—	0	1	0	0.0
65L. MittelstadtL. MittelstadtD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	1	20:07	28	—	0	1	0	0.1
45A. CarrierA. CarrierD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19:26	27	—	0	0	0	0.0
79M. SzuberM. SzuberD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	15:02	17	—	0	0	0	0.0
74E. SamsonE. SamsonD	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	12:34	16	—	0	2	0	0.0

Goalies	Saves	SA	GA	Sv%	EV	PP	SH	TOI	GS	GSAx
32Jacob FowlerJ. FowlerG	16	18	2	.889	14/14	2/4	0/0	30:43		−0.4
35Samuel MontembeaultS. MontembeaultG	14	14	0	1.000	6/6	8/8	0/0	29:17		+2.0

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