Game 12: Montreal Canadiens vs. Ottawa Senators
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT
In Canada: Sportsnet One (English), TVA Sports (French)
Streaming: ESPN+, Sportsnet+
The Montreal Canadiens return home after earning three wins on their road trip. All three were claimed by Jakub Dobeš, with the one loss going on Samuel Montembeault’s record, though we all know how much of a role the officials played in the game in Edmonton. Nevertheless, Montembeault still allowed six goals in the game, and a total of 14 in his last three starts. The Canadiens need to netminder to get back to the form he’s shown for the past couple of seasons if they want this good start to continue.
Montembeault will face an Ottawa Senators team that had a history of being offensively challenged, but this season has scored four goals in seven of the 12 games played so far. Ottawa has been doing a lot of damage on the power play, which has been the case for a few seasons now with some quality talent they can put together on their man-advantage units. Eight players have power-play goals and four have multiple on the season. Dylan Cozens, who has otherwise been disappointing for them with a -10 rating, has scored seven of his 10 points in that situation.
It’s fair to stay that Montreal staying disciplined is a key to getting out of this game with another two points to extend their division lead.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #13 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#20 Juraj Slafkovský |
| #15 Alex Newhook |
#91 Oliver Kapanen |
#93 Ivan Demidov |
| #17 Josh Anderson |
#71 Jake Evans |
#11 Brendan Gallagher |
| #76 Zachary Bolduc |
#77 Kirby Dach |
#90 Joe Veleno |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #8 Mike Matheson |
#53 Noah Dobson |
| #47 Jayden Struble |
#48 Lane Hutson |
| #72 Arber Xhekaj |
#45 Alexandre Carrier |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault |
#75 Jakub Dobeš |
Injured: Kaiden Guhle, Patrik Laine
Ottawa Senators projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Nick Cousins |
Tim Stützle |
Drake Batherson |
| Ridly Greig |
Dylan Cozens |
David Perron |
| Michael Amadio |
Shane Pinto |
Claude Giroux |
| Kurtis MacDermid |
Lars Eller |
Fabian Zetterlund |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Jake Sanderson |
Artem Zub |
| Thomas Chabot |
Nick Jensen |
| Tyler Kleven |
Nikolas Matinpalo |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Linus Ullmark |
Hunter Shepard |
