Canadiens 6 - 5 Senators — Recap

Sat, Jan 17, 2026

12:00 AM

FinalRegular season

Canadian Tire Centre

MTL

6–5

OT

OTT

W L W OL L

W W L W OL L

OW W L OW W W L W OL L

W W L L L

W W L L L L

W W L L L L W W L L

Retroactive prediction

Wrong winner predicted

MTL 45%55% OTT

Probable score

3 - 4

Regulation win (home)

46%

OT / shootout probability

15%

Elo home / away

1500 / 1485

Likely goal scorers

4/6 correct

Cole Caufield0.31 goal · 26%2

Brady Tkachuk0.29 goal · 25%1

Tim Stützle0.26 goal · 23%1

Drake Batherson0.26 goal · 23%0

Juraj Slafkovský0.20 goal · 18%2

Nick Suzuki0.19 goal · 17%0

Likely goal scorers

4/6 correct

Cole Caufield0.31 goal · 26%2

Brady Tkachuk0.29 goal · 25%1

Tim Stützle0.26 goal · 23%1

Drake Batherson0.26 goal · 23%0

Juraj Slafkovský0.20 goal · 18%2

Nick Suzuki0.19 goal · 17%0

Likely assists

5/6 correct

Lane Hutson0.32 assist · 27%3

Tim Stützle0.26 assist · 23%1

Jake Sanderson0.25 assist · 22%3

Nick Suzuki0.24 assist · 21%2

Brady Tkachuk0.21 assist · 19%0

Ivan Demidov0.21 assist · 19%1

Likely point getters

5/6 correct

Tim Stützle0.52 point · 41%2

Brady Tkachuk0.51 point · 40%1

Cole Caufield0.47 point · 37%3

Drake Batherson0.44 point · 36%0

Nick Suzuki0.43 point · 35%2

Lane Hutson0.41 point · 34%3

Tonight's matchup

Nick Suzuki

MTL · C · 82 GP

vs

Tim Stützle

OTT · C · 80 GP

MTL	Stat	OTT
29	G	34
72	A	49
101	PTS	83
15.8%	S%	17.5%
20.8	TOI	20.3

MTL 4 – 5 OTT · goal diff (home) 0.44

Dec 2OTT5–2MTL2025-26 Nov 1OTT3–4MTLOT2025-26 Apr 11MTL2–5OTT2024-25 Mar 18OTT3–6MTL2024-25 Feb 22MTL5–2OTT2024-25 Oct 12OTT1–4MTL2024-25 Apr 13MTL4–5OTTSO2023-24 Jan 23OTT4–1MTL2023-24

Result

Three stars

1

C. Caufield

R · MTL

2G · 1A · 3P

2

J. Slafkovský

L · MTL

2G · 0A · 2P

3

J. Sanderson

D · OTT

1G · 3A · 4P

Scoring summary

1st period

03:06
MTLJ. Slafkovský(18)PP
C. Caufield (24), N. Suzuki (38)
MTL 1–0 OTT
17:50
MTLC. Caufield(23)PP
N. Suzuki (39), L. Hutson (40)
MTL 2–0 OTT

2nd period

00:42
OTTB. Tkachuk(10)PP
C. Giroux (24), J. Sanderson (27)
MTL 2–1 OTT
03:07
OTTT. Stützle(21)TYING
N. Cousins (7), L. Eller (5)
MTL 2–2 OTT
04:26
MTLJ. Anderson(11)
M. Matheson (17), N. Dobson (22)
MTL 3–2 OTT
15:31
OTTD. Cozens(14)TYINGPP
T. Stützle (28), J. Sanderson (28)
MTL 3–3 OTT
18:24
OTTD. Perron(10)
A. Zub (12), J. Sanderson (29)
MTL 3–4 OTT

3rd period

07:55
OTTJ. Sanderson(10)
R. Greig (14)
MTL 3–5 OTT
15:36
MTLJ. Slafkovský(19)
L. Hutson (41), P. Danault (10)
MTL 4–5 OTT
16:41
MTLA. Carrier(4)TYING
I. Demidov (30), J. Anderson (5)
MTL 5–5 OTT

Overtime 1

00:33
MTLC. Caufield(24)
L. Hutson (42)
MTL 6–5 OTT

Team comparison

MTL	Stat	OTT
19	Shots	34
2	Power play	2
28	Hits	26
24	Blocked shots	15
8	PIM	12

Actual result

Goal scorers(9)

Retroactive prediction

Likely goal scorers

Likely goal scorers

Likely assists

Likely point getters

Tonight's matchup

Result

Three stars

Scoring summary

Team comparison

Actual result

Goal scorers(9)

Goal scorers(9)

Assists(15)

Points(20)