The Montreal Canadiens have now lost their last nine games against the Ottawa Senators but picked up a point at the Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday.
GAME RECAP | Montreal Canadiens 4 vs Ottawa Senators 5 | FINAL/SO
Canadiens Lineup
Forwards
22 Cole Caufield - 14 Nick Suzuki - 20 Juraj Slafkovsky
11 Brendan Gallagher - 15 Alex Newhook - 40 Joel Armia
49 Rafael Harvey-Pinard - 71 Jake Evans - 17 Josh Anderson
55 Michael Pezzetta - 28 Christian Dvorak - 56 Jesse Ylonen
Defensemen
8 Mike Matheson - 52 Justin Barron
54 Jordan Harris - 26 Johnathan Kovacevic
47 Jayden Struble - 58 David Savard
Goaltenders
Starter: 30 Cayden Primeau
Alternate: 35 Sam Montembeault
Out of the lineup
Scratches: Colin White, Tanner Pearson
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), Joshua Roy (hand), Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (upper body)
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The Canadiens were first on the board with Mike Matheson scoring a shorthanded goal midway through the first period. Brady Tkachuk responded just under two minutes later with a power play marker. Five of the eight goals in this game were scored via special teams.
Montreal grabbed the lead once again early in the second with Cole Caufield scoring his 26th goal of the season. Shane Pinto answered with a power play goal midway through the frame. Caufield scored his second of the period, his 27th goal marking a new career high for goals in a season.
Tkachuk scored his second power play goal of the game just 47 seconds into the third period. Alex Newhook put Montreal ahead again with less than five minutes left.
In all the Canadiens squandered four leads in this game with Ottawa tying the game at four goals apiece with just 65 seconds left in the third period.
Drake Batherson scored the game-deciding goal in the shootout.
The Senators swept the three-game series with the Canadiens this season. Ottawa has won nine straight times versus the Habs.
Game Statistics
Canadiens (30-36-14)
Shots: 25
Face-off %: 51.8
Power play: 1/3
Penalty minutes: 12
Hits: 24
Blocks: 16
Senators (36-40-4)
Shots: 44
Face-off %: 48.2
Power play: 3/6
Penalty minutes: 6
Hits: 34
Blocks: 19
Scoring Summary
Canadiens Scorers
1st period: Matheson (11)-SHG
2nd period: Caufield (26), Caufield (27)-PPG
3rd period: Newhook (14)
OT: --
SO: --
Senators Scorers
1st period: Tkachuk (36)-PPG
2nd period: Pinto (9)-PPG
3rd period: Tkachuk (37)-PPG, Chabot (9)
OT: --
SO: Batherson with the game-deciding goal.
Goaltenders
MTL: Primeau (OTL) 8-9-3
OTT: Korpisalo (W) 21-25-4
Canadiens Player of the Game
Cole Caufield - Caufield scored twice and led the team with six shots on goal.
Video Highlights
Post-game Quotes
Martin St. Louis
“They took a lot of shots tonight, but I think we were keeping it from the outside. We did good things at five-on-five, but we took too many penalties and had trouble against their power play."
Alex Newhook
“I think it's the little things that make the difference when we lose these games. We need to clean this up next season and win these games more often."
Up Next
The Canadiens will finish the season with a two games back-to-back against the Red Wings starting Monday in Detroit.
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