Coming off a hard-fought victory in Columbus last night, the Ottawa Senators come home to host their final meeting of the season against Montreal. This game certainly feels like a trap as Ottawa plays the back half of a doubleheader against a team that has lost seven in a row and eight of its last ten. With Filip Gustavsson having played last night, we expect to see Anton Forsberg tonight. Ottawa went with these lines and pairings in Ohio:

Carey Price started Montreal’s last game (a 6-3 loss to Philadelphia on Thursday) and the Habs went with these lines and pairings in that game:

Game notes

• Both teams bad give up a lot on the penalty kill (8.20 and 8.13 xGA/60 respectively) but Ottawa has the better penalty kill save percentage at 88.9 to Montreal’s 84.4.
• Ottawa has better powerplay rates (7.73 xGF/60 to Montreal’s 5.73) and better shooting results 13.0% versus 10.3.
• Five-on-five offence looks basically identical with Ottawa at 2.34 xGF/60 to Montreal’s 2.32 and both teams shoot 7.62% at five-on-five.
• Defensively at five-on-five, Ottawa gives up slightly less (2.60 xGA/60 to 2.81) and has the better save percentage at 91.7 to Montreal’s 90.9.
• Stats as always courtesy of naturalstattrick/

Where to watch/listen: TVAS, SNE/CITY, TSN1200 @7PM EST

Stats

Players

Game 79	Ottawa	Senators	Montreal	Canadiens
Category	Player	#	Player	#
Goals	Josh Norris	33	Nick Suzuki	20
Assists	Tim Stützle	33	Nick Suzuki	38
Points	Brady Tkachuk	61	Nick Suzuki	58
Shots	Brady Tkachuk	273	Nick Suzuki	184
TOI	Thomas Chabot	26:22	Jeff Petry	22:05

Teams

Game 79	Ottawa	Senators	Montreal	Canadiens
Category	Rank	#	Rank	#
Goals	26th	2.65	31st	2.50
Goals against	23rd	3.18	32nd	3.82
Shots	20th	29.75	24th	29.28
Shots against	26th	32.86	30th	34.11
Powerplay	22nd	19.3%	31st	13.1%
Penalty Kill	13th	80.2%	27th	74.9%
Corsi (5V5SVA)	21st	47.8%	28th	45.1%
xGoals (5V5SVA)	23rd	47.3%	31st	44.0%