Canadiens vs Senators (Sep 26, 2026) - at Canadian Tire Centre

Final · September 26, 2026 at 7:00 p.m.

Montreal Canadiens3

Ottawa Senators4

Shots on goal : MTL 23 — OTT 26 · Canadian Tire Centre

Three stars

1★C. GirouxOTT · R · 1B 2A
2★C. YakemchukOTT · D · 1B 0A
3★A. BelzileMTL · R · 1B 0A

MTL

Game stats

OTT

23Shots on goal26
46 %Faceoff win %54 %
0/3Power play4/8
28Penalty minutes10
16Hits23
12Blocked shots6
14Giveaways10
3Takeaways3

Shots by period

	P1	P2	P3	Total
MTL	7	8	8	23
OTT	11	7	8	26

Season series MTL 0 – 0 OTT

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot

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MTL 3 / 23 / 294 / 26 / 38 OTT

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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

Brett BerardMTL · 03:49Assists : Hunter McKown, Sasha Pastujov1 – 0
Claude GirouxOTT · 09:16 · PPAssists : Thomas Chabot, Andre Burakovsky1 – 1

2nd period

Drake BathersonOTT · 10:31 · PPAssists : Jake Sanderson, Claude Giroux1 – 2
Carter YakemchukOTT · 11:12 · PPAssists : Andre Burakovsky, Claude Giroux1 – 3

3rd period

Alex BelzileMTL · 05:19Assists : Jayden Struble2 – 3
Sasha PastujovMTL · 07:053 – 3
William EklundOTT · 10:57 · PPAssists : Dylan Cozens, Tim Stützle3 – 4

Penalties

1st period

04:01MTLAlex Belzile — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
07:39MTLSamuel Poulin — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Michael Amadio
14:19OTTHoyt Stanley — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Kirby Dach

2nd period

08:43MTLDavid Reinbacher — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Fabian Zetterlund
10:08MTLAdam Engstrom — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
15:47OTTThomas Chabot — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Filip Mesar

3rd period

03:04MTLDavid Reinbacher — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Nick Cousins
03:26OTTDylan Cozens — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Kirby Dach
04:18MTLArber Xhekaj — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Stephen Halliday
07:32OTTDylan Cozens — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Hunter McKown
10:10MTLSamuel Poulin — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Nick Cousins
10:10MTLSamuel Poulin — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Nick Cousins
10:10MTLSamuel Poulin — Misconduct (10 min)
13:39MTLDillan Bentley — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Tyler Kleven
13:39OTTHayden Hodgson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Dillan Bentley

Box score

Montreal Canadiens

Player	G	A	+/-	SOG	HIT	TOI
L. DauphinC	0	0	1	1	0	17:00
B. BerardL	1	0	2	3	0	14:19
S. PastujovR	1	1	2	2	0	14:46
H. McKownC	0	1	1	1	2	16:14
F. MesarR	0	0	0	1	0	08:01
J. DavidsonC	0	0	0	2	1	11:32
D. BentleyR	0	0	0	2	1	07:51
A. BelzileR	1	0	1	2	0	15:36
Z. BolducR	0	0	0	2	2	19:57
K. DachC	0	0	0	1	0	21:21
S. PoulinR	0	0	0	0	3	07:12
O. KapanenC	0	0	1	0	0	20:18
A. EngstromD	0	0	1	3	2	23:54
R. WalshD	0	0	0	0	0	14:10
J. StrubleD	0	1	3	0	1	20:50
D. ReinbacherD	0	0	1	0	1	19:09
O. ProtzD	0	0	0	0	2	15:21
A. XhekajD	0	0	1	3	1	18:56

Goalie	Saves	SV%	TOI
K. Kahkonen	0/0	0.0 %	00:00
J. Dobes(L)	22/26	84.6 %	58:17

Ottawa Senators

Player	G	A	+/-	SOG	HIT	TOI
T. StützleC	0	1	-1	3	1	21:18
D. BathersonR	1	0	0	4	1	17:40
F. ZetterlundL	0	0	0	0	3	12:42
N. CousinsC	0	0	-1	2	0	11:29
M. AmadioR	0	0	-1	1	0	15:07
D. CozensC	0	1	0	3	5	21:06
W. EklundL	1	0	0	4	0	17:48
C. GirouxR	1	2	-2	2	1	17:42
S. HallidayC	0	0	-1	0	1	13:12
H. HodgsonR	0	0	-1	1	4	09:55
E. Bakke OlsenC	0	0	-1	0	0	08:53
A. BurakovskyL	0	2	0	0	0	11:36
J. SpenceD	0	0	0	0	1	20:11
C. YakemchukD	1	0	-1	2	1	18:39
T. KlevenD	0	0	-1	0	3	20:33
T. ChabotD	0	1	-1	2	0	25:10
H. StanleyD	0	0	-2	0	0	13:48
J. SandersonD	0	1	-1	2	2	13:22

Goalie	Saves	SV%	TOI
J. Parsons	0/0	0.0 %	00:00
L. Ullmark(W)	20/23	87.0 %	59:49

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About this game

Who won Canadiens vs Senators?

Senators won 4-3 over Canadiens on Saturday, September 26, 2026.

When was Canadiens vs Senators played?

On Saturday, September 26, 2026, at 7:00 PM ET at Canadian Tire Centre.

Where was Canadiens vs Senators played?

At Canadian Tire Centre, in Ottawa.

Have the Canadiens and Senators played this season?

No, this is their first meeting of the season.

Total

MTL

OTT

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot

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MTL 3 / 23 / 294 / 26 / 38 OTT

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Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Penalties

1st period

04:01MTLAlex Belzile — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
07:39MTLSamuel Poulin — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Michael Amadio
14:19OTTHoyt Stanley — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Kirby Dach

2nd period

08:43MTLDavid Reinbacher — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Fabian Zetterlund
10:08MTLAdam Engstrom — Delaying game puck over glass (2 min)
15:47OTTThomas Chabot — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Filip Mesar

3rd period

03:04MTLDavid Reinbacher — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Nick Cousins
03:26OTTDylan Cozens — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Kirby Dach
04:18MTLArber Xhekaj — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Stephen Halliday
07:32OTTDylan Cozens — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Hunter McKown
10:10MTLSamuel Poulin — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Nick Cousins
10:10MTLSamuel Poulin — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Nick Cousins
10:10MTLSamuel Poulin — Misconduct (10 min)
13:39MTLDillan Bentley — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Tyler Kleven
13:39OTTHayden Hodgson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Dillan Bentley

Player

+/-

SOG

HIT

TOI

L. DauphinC