The defenceman made a spin move to enter the offensive zone then received the puck from Jake Evans and scored Montreal’s second goal. Savard instigated the play leading to his goal. Suzuki skated around two Ottawa players and sent the puck to Armia in the slot and the Finn beat Forsberg with the one-timer. The Canadiens levelled the score with two goals in 44 seconds. Giroux sent a cross-ice pass through the Habs’ penalty kill unit to DeBrincat who beat Montembeault with a striking one-timer.ĭeBrincat returned the favour in the second period by sending a piercing pass for Giroux in front of the net to double Ottawa’s lead. Just like in Monday’s 5-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal conceded early after taking a penalty. Obviously, we went down to 10 forwards in the third and we got into a rhythm and I really liked the way we played in the third.”Īnton Forsberg allowed four goals and made 20 saves for Ottawa, while Samuel Montembeault blocked 18 shots and conceded five goals in the Montreal net. “They got a lot of ice time, those guys, tonight. Louis of Slafkovsky in his first experience on the top line. “I thought he had moments, he got some looks,” said Canadiens coach Martin St. Slafkovsky ended the game with 22:24 of ice time, the most of any player on either team. You can tell, he brought his energy right away and made a couple good plays tonight and was good all around.”Īrmia and Emil Heineman left the game in the third period with upper-body injuries which meant the top line received additional minutes as the Habs tried to get back in the game. “The best feeling,” Caufield said when asked about Suzuki’s return. The centre, who played alongside Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky, missed the start of pre-season with a lower-body injury. Nick Suzuki earned one assist in his first game as the 31st captain in Canadiens history. It takes some time and you gotta get used to it, but I’m sure the guys will do whatever it takes to win.” “Obviously you want to do the right thing, no one tries to get scored on with four minutes left.
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“It’s the first game together, kind of, and you learn as a team how to win with goals in advance, with a two-goal lead, how to pressure and when to pressure and manage the puck,” Joseph said. The native of Chambly, Que., added that “it takes time” for a team to consistently put the hammer down and impose themselves. Obviously it was the first game where all of us were together and I thought we did some really good things, but at the end of the day I think we worked and deserved the win.”įorward Mathieu Joseph believed that the Senators “deserved to win” in the first game Ottawa employed a full-force squad. “We want to be ready for the start of the season and I think the guys showed up tonight. I just thought we were too passive and took a penalty and things happen like that but, you know what, on the road we still found a way to win. You have to keep grinding and try to score without giving up anything. Smith said his team should have a more comfortable win.
Joel Armia and David Savard levelled the score in the second period while Cole Caufield and Arber Xhekaj scored in the third for the Habs who have lost all six of their pre-season games. Ottawa scored three minutes into the game and handed Montreal a 5-4 loss in the final NHL pre-season contest at the Bell Centre Tuesday night.Īlex DeBrincat, Claude Giroux and Shane Pinto each recorded a goal and assist for the winners, while teammates Tyler Motte and Brady Tkachuk added goals. MONTREAL - The Ottawa Senators set the tone early for the first of three consecutive games against the Montreal Canadiens.
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