The Senators turn the tide against the Canadian

The Canadian spent a second preparatory match in a row being held accountable and it cost him the victory.

The Ottawa Senators scored four times on the power play and beat the Montreal team 4-3 on Tuesday night at the Bell Centre.

A dangerous check from Ridly Greig against Kirby Dach made the Canadian players’ blood boil in the first period. Arber

Dach returned to the game, while Stützle and Brady Tkachuk, who came to his defense by throwing down the gloves in front of Xhekaj, saw their evening of work come to an end. Both were cut on the face.

Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot did not finish the game, as a preventative measure.

Greig and Dach came to blows in the third period and both players were sent to the locker room for the rest of the evening.

Oliver Kapanen, Jake Evans and Dach scored for the Canadian. Cayden Primeau made 12 saves.

Alex Barré-Boulet had a strong game for the Habs, even if he didn’t darken the scoresheet.

Carter Yakemchuk and Adam Gaudette each had a goal and an assist, while Michael Amadio and Greig also scored for the Senators. Linus Ullmark stopped 29 shots.

Before the meeting, the Canadian had recalled attackers Lucas Condotta and Luke Tuch from the Laval Rocket.

The Canadian will train at the CN Sports Complex early Wednesday morning. He will then head to Mont-Tremblant for a few days before completing his preparatory schedule by visiting the Senators on Saturday evening.

Senators Advantage

Barré-Boulet stood out during his first appearances on the ice, causing two turnovers in neutral territory to launch counter-attacks.

He also attempted a pass to Christian Dvorak, at the mouth of the net, but the veteran center player was unable to complete the maneuver.

The Canadian opened the scoring at 13:05 of the first period. Evans intercepted a Yakemchuk punt at the Senators blue line, advanced into the faceoff circle and beat Ullmark on the glove side.

Emil Heineman also had a great opportunity to score for the Habs. He got past defenseman Jake Sanderson and rushed to the net. His backhand shot, however, hit the post.

It was then that things started to get worse. Greig attempted a check against Dach, who had gotten rid of the puck. The Canadian forward never saw his rival arrive and remained lying on the ice for a moment, before retreating towards the locker room under his own power.

Greig received a minor penalty for obstruction on the sequence.

Dach returned to the game for the start of the second period, but the two teams had already started exchanging pleasantries.

Michael Pezzetta first tried to attack Greig, then Jayden Struble applied a severe check against the Senators forward. This led players from both teams to observe each other for a long time near the red line before finally retreating to the locker room.

The Canadian doubled their lead at 4:01, when a pass from Dach to Joel Armia deflected off the stick of Senators forward Matthew Highmore before sliding under Ullmark and into the goal.

The match turned upside down when Xhekaj attempted a shot against Stützle in a manner similar to that of Greig against Dach. However, Xhekaj appeared to hit his rival in the head.

Tkachuk immediately came to his teammate’s defense.

Xhekaj received a major penalty and a game misconduct.

The Senators took advantage of this numerical advantage to score three times.

Amadio first scored on a putback at 11:16, Gaudette then tied the game 2-2 with a precise shot from the glove side at 14:02, then Greig gave the Senators the lead by completing a nice passing game at 14:50.

The Canadian briefly thought he had responded before the end of the second period, but the restart confirmed that Struble’s shot had crossed the goal line with no time left on the clock.

The Senators instead made it 4-2 in their favor after 1:51 of play in the third period. Yakemchuk beat Primeau with a powerful one-timer while Armia was in the penalty box.

After a few face-offs, Dach and Greig finally dropped the gloves midway through the third period. Dach did himself justice by landing a few good rights to his rival.

The spectators chanted the name of the Canadian forward as he headed towards the locker room.

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Kapanen got the Canadian back on the scoreboard, taking advantage of a comeback at 13:55 after a charge from Joshua Roy towards the net.

The Habs made one last push after replacing Primeau with an additional attacker. Ullmark saved the match with his glove at the expense of Evans with 1:20 left on the clock.