OTT-MTL: Game recaps | Preseason

MONTREAL – The Canadiens wrapped up preseason action with a win and a loss in their split-squad games against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. 

At the Bell Centre, the Habs defeated the Sens 4-2, with goals from Chris Kreider (his first preseason tally as a Hab), Noah Dobson, Juraj Slafkovsky and Phillip Danault.  

Meanwhile at Canadian Tire Centre, the Bleu-Blanc-Rouge overcame a 3-1 deficit thanks to Alex Belzile and Sasha Pastujov, but the Sens ultimately got the final say in a 4-3 win. Brett Berard completed the scoring on the road for the Canadiens.  

In Ottawa and Montreal, the power play was a major factor in both games as seven of the 13 combined goals scored came on the man-advantage. 

Jacob Fowler and Samuel Montembeault shared goaltending duties on home ice, making 16 and 14 saves, respectively. On the road, Jakub Dobes turned aside 24 shots. 

See below for the rosters and highlights from both games.

Senators @ Canadiens 

Roster

Montreal goals

P1 13:31 1-[1] Kreider (Suzuki, Matheson)

P2 00:47 2-[2] Dobson (Slafkovsky, Caufield) - PPG

P3 06:13 2-[3] Slafkovsky (Dobson, Danault)

P3 12:56 2-[4] Danault (Slafkovsky, Matheson)

Ottawa goals

P1 11:54 [1]-0 Tomasino (Kyrou, Halttunnen) - PPG 

P1 19:19 [2]-1 Boucher (Bourgault, R. Suzuki) - PPG

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Canadiens @ Senators

Roster

Montreal goals

P1 03:49 [1]-0 Berard (McKown, Pastujov)

P3 05:19 [2]-3 Belzile (Struble)

P3 07:05 [3]-3 Pastujov (Unassisted)

Ottawa goals

P1 09:16 1-[1] Giroux (Chabot, Burakovsky) - PPG 

P2 10:31 1-[2] Batherson (Sanderson, Giroux) - PPG 

P2 11:12 1-[3] Yakemchuk (Burakovsky, Giroux) - PPG  

P3 10:57 3-[4] Eklund (Cozens, Stutzle) - PP

What’s next

The Canadiens open the 2026-27 regular season against the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. ET.