Game 80: Montreal Canadiens @ Ottawa Senators
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT
In Canada: APTN, CBC, CityTV (English), TVA Sports (French)
Streaming: CBC Gem, ESPN+, Sportsnet+
It’s the final Saturday night of the regular season, and the Canadiens will spend it in Kanata to take on the Ottawa Senators. The Habs haven’t fared well versus the Sens, despite their overall issues the past several years, and a win would be one more thing to tick off their list as they prepare for better things next year.
Martin St-Louis has swapped out Tanner Pearson for Jesse Ylönen in this game, while Cayden Primeau will get the start at Canadian Tire Centre. The Senators haven’t been scoring many goals, but they have been getting strong goaltending down the final stretch, so it could be a low-scoring affair under the national spotlight.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #22 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#20 Juraj Slafkovský |
| #11 Brendan Gallagher |
#35 Alex Newhook |
#40 Joel Armia |
| #56 Jesse Ylönen |
#71 Jake Evans |
#17 Josh Anderson |
| #55 Michael Pezzetta |
#28 Christian Dvorak |
#49 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #8 Mike Matheson |
#58 David Savard |
| $54 Jordan Harris |
#26 Johnny Kovacevic |
| #47 Jayden Struble |
#52 Justin Barron |
| Starter |
Backup |
| #30 Cayden Primeau |
#35 Samuel Montembeault |
Injured: Kirby Dach, Kaiden Guhle, Joshua Roy, Chris Wideman, Arber Xhekaj
Scratched: Tanner Pearson, Colin White
Ottawa Senators projected lineup
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Brady Thachuk |
Shane Pinto |
Drake Batherson |
| Mathieu Joseph |
Ridly Greig |
Claude Giroux |
| Boris Katchouk |
Mark Kastelic |
Parker Kelly |
| Bokondji Imama |
Jiri Smejkal |
Zack MacEwen |
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Jake Sanderson |
Artem Zub |
| Jakob Cychrun |
Jacob Bernard-Docker |
| Thomas Chabot |
Erik Brannstrom |
| Starter |
Backup |
| Joonas Korpisalo |
Anton Forsberg |
