After Ottawa won the battle against Montreal

Montreal Canadiens (30-36-13, eighth in Atlantic Division) vs. Ottawa Senators (35-40-4, seventh in Atlantic Division)

Ottawa, Ontario; Saturday, 7:00 p.m. EDT

Bottom Line: The Montreal Canadiens travel to the Ottawa Senators after the Senators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2.

Ottawa is 35-40-4 overall and 13-9-2 against the Atlantic Division. The Senators have allowed 272 goals while scoring 243 goals for a -29 point differential.

Montreal is 5-13-5 against the Atlantic Division and 30-36-13 overall. The Canadiens are fourth in league games with 341 total penalties (an average of 4.3 per game).

The teams will play for the third time this season on Saturday. In the last match, Senators won 4:1.

TOP PERFORMERS: Tim Stutzl had 18 goals and 52 assists for the Senators. Jakob Chychrun has four goals and four assists in his last 10 games.

Cole Caufield had 25 goals and 37 assists for the Canadians. Michael Matheson has one goal and 12 assists in his last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Senators: 6-4-0, averaging 2.6 goals, 4.4 assists, 4.4 penalties and 9.7 penalty minutes, giving up 2.6 goals per game.

Canadiens: 5-4-1, averaging 3.5 goals, six assists, 4.6 penalties and 10.8 penalty minutes, giving up 2.8 goals per game.

INJURIES: Senators: Angus Cruikshank: day-to-day (lower body), Josh Norris: season-to-season (upper body), Matthew Highmore: out (upper body), Tim Stutzl: day-to-day (upper body), Travis Hamonic: day-to-day (lower body ).

Canadiens: Joshua Roy: out (upper body), Kaiden Goulet: day-to-day (upper body), Kirby Dach: out for the season (knee), Arber Hekage: out for the season (shoulder).

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The Associated Press produced this story using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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