Overview
- Ivan Demidov scored the third‑period winner and reached an NHL‑rookie‑leading 51 points, with Juraj Slafkovsky and Alexandre Texier providing the other goals.
- Recalled the morning of the game, Jacob Fowler started on short notice and made 32 saves, including key stops in the final minute to seal the result.
- Montreal completed a back‑to‑back sweep after beating Toronto the night before and moved level with idle Tampa Bay for second in the Atlantic, per game reports.
- Cole Caufield missed the Senators game with an illness that the team indicated was short term, and Texier stepped in and tied the game late in the second period.
- Coach Martin St‑Louis framed starting Fowler as the best call “for tonight” and pushed back on repeated questions, intensifying focus on Samuel Montembeault’s role after recent struggles.