NHL Game Preview: Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens 10/12/2024

Inside The Rink Game Day Preview

Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens
Date: Saturday, October 12
Bell Centre – Montreal, Quebec
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: ESPN+

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Ottawa -1.5 ML -162
Montreal +1.5 ML +136
O/U 6

Ottawa Senators Notes:

The Senators have won nine of the last ten meetings with the Canadiens, with the last Montreal win coming on March 19, 2022. The Senators are 3-0-0 against Canadiens starting goaltender Sam Montembeault, who has a 4.13 goals-against average versus Ottawa.

Montreal Canadiens Notes:

The Canadiens are coming off a 6-4 loss to the rival Boston Bruins on Thursday night in Boston. The Senators have become the latest hated opponent of Montreal and tonight’s game should see some bad blood.

Ottawa Senators Lineup:

Tkachuk-Stutzle-Giroux
Gregor-Norris-Batherson
Perron-Pinto-Amadio
Cousins-Greig-MacEwen

Sanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Hamonic

Ullmark
Forsberg

Montreal Canadiens Lineup:

Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovsky
Newhook-Dach-Armia
Anderson-Evans-Gallagher
Heineman-Dvorak-Kapanen

Matheson-Guhle
Hutson-Savard
Xhekaj-Barron

Montembeault
Primeau

Players To Watch:

Ottawa – Tim Stutzle scored two goals in the season-opening victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers. Shane Pinto scored in the opener as well and Linus Ullmark made 31 saves in his Senators’ debut.

Montreal Canadiens – Brendan Gallagher scored two goals against Boston on Thursday night and Cole Caulfield has scored in each of the first two games for Montreal. Montembeault is back in the net tonight after his 48-save shutout against Toronto.

Injuries:

Ottawa – Highmore (Upper Body – IR)
Montreal – Harvey-Pinard (Leg – LTIR), Laine (Knee -IR), Reinbacher (Knee -LTIR)

Next game:

Ottawa – October 14 vs Los Angeles at 1 pm EST.
Montreal – October 14 vs Pittsburgh at 7:30 PM EST.

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