Final · January 17, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : MTL 19 — OTT 34 · Canadian Tire Centre
Three stars
- 1★
C. CaufieldMTL · R · 2B 1A - 2★
J. SlafkovskýMTL · L · 2B 0A - 3★
J. SandersonOTT · D · 1B 3A
MTLGame statsOTT 
- 19Shots on goal34
- 53 %Faceoff win %47 %
- 2/5Power play2/3
- 8Penalty minutes12
- 28Hits26
- 24Blocked shots15
- 14Giveaways16
- 5Takeaways5
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | OT | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MTL | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| OTT | 8 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 34 |
Season seriesMTL 3 – 1 OTT
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← MTL 6 / 19 / 335 / 34 / 48 OTT →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
- Juraj SlafkovskýMTL · 03:06 · PPAssists : Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki1 – 0▶ Watch
- Cole CaufieldMTL · 17:50 · PPAssists : Nick Suzuki, Lane Hutson2 – 0▶ Watch
2nd period
Brady TkachukOTT · 00:42 · PPAssists : Claude Giroux, Jake Sanderson2 – 1▶ Watch
Tim StützleOTT · 03:07Assists : Nick Cousins, Lars Eller2 – 2▶ Watch
Josh AndersonMTL · 04:26Assists : Mike Matheson, Noah Dobson3 – 2▶ Watch
Dylan CozensOTT · 15:31 · PPAssists : Tim Stützle, Jake Sanderson3 – 3▶ Watch
David PerronOTT · 18:24Assists : Artem Zub, Jake Sanderson3 – 4▶ Watch
3rd period
- Jake SandersonOTT · 07:55Assists : Ridly Greig3 – 5▶ Watch
- Juraj SlafkovskýMTL · 15:36Assists : Lane Hutson, Phillip Danault4 – 5▶ Watch
Alexandre CarrierMTL · 16:41Assists : Ivan Demidov, Josh Anderson5 – 5▶ Watch
Overtime
- Cole CaufieldMTL · 00:33Assists : Lane Hutson6 – 5▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 01:32OTTDrake Batherson — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Mike Matheson
- 16:32OTTDavid Perron — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Arber Xhekaj
- 19:25MTLKaiden Guhle — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Ridly Greig
- 20:00MTLJosh Anderson — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Dylan Cozens
2nd period
- 10:12OTTNick Cousins — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Noah Dobson
- 12:39OTTNick Cousins — Roughing removing opponents helmet (2 min) · drawn by Alexandre Carrier
- 13:34MTLIvan Demidov — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Tim Stützle
- 15:03OTTBrady Tkachuk — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Phillip Danault
- 15:03MTLPhillip Danault — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Brady Tkachuk
3rd period
- 05:48OTTThomas Chabot — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Brendan Gallagher
Box score
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:48 |
| C. CaufieldR | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19:19 |
| N. SuzukiC | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 21:25 |
| J. AndersonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12:53 |
| J. SlafkovskýL | 2 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 4 | 20:00 |
| P. DanaultC | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10:59 |
| J. EvansC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15:20 |
| Z. BolducR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 3 | 13:36 |
| A. TexierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| J. VelenoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 15:32 |
| O. KapanenC | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 14:04 |
| I. DemidovR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15:07 |
| M. MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23:57 |
| K. GuhleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:42 |
| A. CarrierD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17:12 |
| L. HutsonD | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 26:22 |
| N. DobsonD | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 1 | 21:54 |
| A. XhekajD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 07:40 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Montembeault(W) | 29/34 | 85.3 % | 60:12 |
| J. Dobes | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Ottawa Senators
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. TkachukL | 1 | 0 | -2 | 8 | 1 | 16:14 |
| S. PintoC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 5 | 1 | 18:14 |
| T. StützleC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 22:13 |
| D. BathersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14:54 |
| F. ZetterlundL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 10:36 |
| N. CousinsC | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 10:50 |
| M. AmadioR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 13:21 |
| D. CozensC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 13:17 |
| C. GirouxR | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 17:35 |
| D. PerronL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10:37 |
| R. GreigC | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 |
| L. EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 09:56 |
| A. ZubD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:45 |
| N. JensenD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 17:36 |
| J. SpenceD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14:51 |
| T. KlevenD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 15:57 |
| T. ChabotD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 21:42 |
| J. SandersonD | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25:39 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| L. Meriläinen(O) | 13/19 | 68.4 % | 60:33 |
| J. Reimer | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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