Montreal Canadiens 6, Ottawa Senators 5: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens 6 to Ottawa Senators 5, on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Ottawa Senators vs Montreal Canadiens.
NHLSaturday, January 17, 2026
DateJan 17, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueCanadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON
TVESPN+
Attendance18,020
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Ottawa Senators | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Montreal CanadiensOttawa Senators
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
27-15-7Record22-19-6
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding4th in Atlantic Division
6-2Road record / home record6-3
LWWLWLast 5LWWLW
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Montreal CanadiensOttawa Senators
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Montreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayOttawa Senators
Nick Cousins C · Upper Body
OutAndre Burakovsky LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveWarren Foegele LW · Knee
Injured ReserveWilliam Eklund LW · Ankle
Injured ReserveLinus Ullmark G · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12:53 | 0:00 | 0:08 | 12:45 | 20 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Zack Bolduc | 1 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 13:36 | 1:44 | 0:00 | 11:52 | 16 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:19 | 5:45 | 0:00 | 13:34 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 10:59 | 0:10 | 1:33 | 9:16 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:07 | 5:53 | 0:00 | 9:14 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:20 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 13:09 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 56.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 | 2:02 | 0:00 | 10:46 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 14:04 | 1:45 | 0:56 | 11:23 | 18 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 2 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 20:00 | 5:51 | 0:00 | 14:09 | 22 | 2 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21:25 | 5:52 | 0:08 | 15:25 | 25 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 53.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12:56 | 1:55 | 0:10 | 10:51 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15:32 | 0:00 | 1:04 | 14:28 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 | 0:00 | 2:04 | 15:08 | 24 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:54 | 1:37 | 1:15 | 19:02 | 29 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 | 0:00 | 0:34 | 15:08 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lane Hutson | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26:22 | 6:10 | 0:07 | 20:05 | 26 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:57 | 0:11 | 2:56 | 20:50 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 7:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:40 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Montembeault | 5 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .853 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 60:12 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Amadio | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:21 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 13:15 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Drake Batherson | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 14:54 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Cousins | 1 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 10:50 | 0:04 | 0:00 | 10:46 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Dylan Cozens | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:17 | 2:07 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lars Eller | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:56 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:56 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 54.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Claude Giroux | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:35 | 1:41 | 3:43 | 12:11 | 30 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ridly Greig | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 17:30 | 0:29 | 3:56 | 13:05 | 29 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David Perron | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:37 | 0:32 | 0:00 | 10:05 | 17 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Shane Pinto | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:14 | 0:28 | 5:00 | 12:46 | 29 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim Stutzle | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:13 | 2:59 | 2:54 | 16:20 | 30 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Tkachuk | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:14 | 2:24 | 0:00 | 13:50 | 24 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Fabian Zetterlund | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:36 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:36 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Chabot | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:42 | 0:38 | 2:08 | 18:56 | 32 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Jensen | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:36 | 0:00 | 0:42 | 16:54 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyler Kleven | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15:57 | 0:00 | 2:29 | 13:28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Sanderson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 25:39 | 2:58 | 4:54 | 17:47 | 37 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Spence | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:51 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 14:51 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Artem Zub | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:45 | 0:00 | 5:22 | 16:23 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ottawa Senators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leevi Merilainen | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .684 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 60:33 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators?
Montreal Canadiens won, 6-5, on Saturday, January 17, 2026.
What was the final score of Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators?
Montreal Canadiens 6, Ottawa Senators 5.
Who were the top performers?
Montreal Canadiens: Cole Caufield (2 goals). Ottawa Senators: Jake Sanderson (1 goals).
Where is Montreal Canadiens vs Ottawa Senators played?
Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa, ON.
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