Canadiens Crash Back to Earth in Ottawa | RECAP: MTL @ OTT

GAME RECAP | Montreal Canadiens 2 vs Ottawa Senators 6 | FINAL

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22 Cole Caufield - 14 Nick Suzuki - 20 Juraj Slafkovsky
49 Rafael Harvey-Pinard - 71 Jake Evans - 11 Brendan Gallagher
89 Joshua Roy - 91 Sean Monahan - 40 Joel Armia
55 Michael Pezzetta - 13 Mitchell Stephens - 56 Jesse Ylonen

Defensemen
21 Kaiden Guhle - 8 Mike Matheson
47 Jayden Struble - 58 David Savard
54 Jordan Harris - 52 Justin Barron

Goaltenders

Starter: 30 Cayden Primeau
Alternate: 34 Jake Allen

Out of the lineup

Scratches: Johnathan Kovacevic, Sam Montembeault
Injuries: Carey Price (knee), Chris Wideman (back), Kirby Dach (knee), Alex Newhook (lower body), Tanner Pearson (upper body), Christian Dvorak (upper body), Josh Anderson (lower body)

With the Montreal Canadiens earning wins over the Avalanche and Devils, they brought a great deal of confidence into the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday night. But this game had to be considered a setback for Martin St. Louis' troops. The Habs were not in this game right from the drop of the puck.

Ottawa controlled the first period, outshooting the Habs 17-6 and taking a 2-1 lead to the intermission. Cole Caufield scored for the fourth consecutive game.

It was a difficult night for Cayden Primeau. The Canadiens 24-year-old goaltender made 32 saves while giving up five goals, several of the soft variety.

Montreal's top line were outmatched throughout the game, with a combined minus-7 rating. Nick Suzuki was below 50 per cent at the faceoff dot.

Canadiens (19-19-7)
Shots: 25
Face-off %: 37.8
Power play: 0/1
Penalty minutes: 8
Hits: 11
Blocks:17

Senators (16-24-0)
Shots: 30
Face-off %: 62.2
Power play: 2/4
Penalty minutes: 2
Hits: 12
Blocks: 12

Canadiens Scorers
1st period: Caufield (15)
2nd period: --
3rd period: Pezzetta (2)
OT: --
SO: --

Senators Scorers
1st period: Tkachuk (19), Stutzle (8)
2nd period: Chartier (2), Tarasenko (11)
3rd period: Joseph (7), Kelly (5)-ENG
OT: --
SO: --

Goaltenders
MTL: Primeau (L) 4-5-1
OTT: Korpisalo (W) 9-15-0

Sean Monahan - Monahan made a brilliant play to set up Cole Caufield's goal.

Jordan Harris - In a game that wasn't complimentary to Habs defensemen (David Savard was on the ice for four Senators goals), Harris played a smart, efficient game ending the game with an even rating.

Nick Suzuki

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Martin St. Louis

"It's clear that we lacked energy and when you're tired, you're less alert."

The Canadiens continue their road trip 

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