Final
MTL at OTT game report
Canadiens
3–4
Senators
Saturday, September 26, 2026 · 7:00 p.m. ET · Canadian Tire Centre
Senators beat the Canadiens 4–3 and earned it, out-chancing them 3.1–1.7 in expected goals and 13–4 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
OTTMTL
- 4Goals3
- 3.07Expected goals1.68
- 1.095-on-5 expected goals0.93
- 13High-danger chances4
- 26Shots on goal23
- 51Shot attempts36
- 265-on-5 shot attempts24
- 11:20Power-play time6:12
5-on-5 shares for OTT: 52.0% of shot attempts, 54.0% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
SenatorsCanadiensCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Canadiens shooting ←→ Senators shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| OTT at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 37:02 | 26–24 | 1.09–0.93 | 0–2 |
| Power play | 11:20 | 23–6 | 1.95–0.36 | 4–0 |
| Shorthanded | 6:12 | 0–1 | 0.00–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 5:26 | 2–5 | 0.03–0.39 | 0–1 |
Read pairs as OTT–MTL. “Power play” means OTT had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes MTL | 22/26 | .846 | 3.07 | -0.93 |
| Linus Ullmark OTT | 20/23 | .870 | 1.68 | -1.32 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Eklund OTT | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0.73 |
| Drake Batherson OTT | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0.52 |
| Tim Stützle OTT | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0.48 |
| Dylan Cozens OTT | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0.38 |
| Claude Giroux OTT | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0.30 |
| Alex Belzile MTL | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.28 |
| Carter Yakemchuk OTT | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0.25 |
| Adam Engstrom MTL | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0.22 |
| Brett Berard MTL | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0.21 |
| Jared Davidson MTL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0.19 |
Three stars
- ★C. GirouxOTT · 1G 2A
- ★★C. YakemchukOTT · 1G 0A
- ★★★A. BelzileMTL · 1G 0A
Scoring
Period 1
- 03:49MTL B. Berard (from H. McKown, S. Pastujov)1–0
- 09:16OTT C. Giroux pp (from T. Chabot, A. Burakovsky)1–1
Period 2
- 10:31OTT D. Batherson pp (from J. Sanderson, C. Giroux)1–2
- 11:12OTT C. Yakemchuk pp (from A. Burakovsky, C. Giroux)1–3
Period 3
- 05:19MTL A. Belzile (from J. Struble)2–3
- 07:05MTL S. Pastujov3–3
- 10:57OTT W. Eklund pp (from D. Cozens, T. Stützle)3–4