OTTAWA | The Canadian had a miserable night as he allowed three goals on six power plays against the Senators, who came from behind four times in the game and won 5-4 in the shootout.

Worse still, the goal that allowed Thomas Chabot to make the score 4-4 with 65 seconds left was scored 6-5. That means the Senators scored every one of their goals while having one more player on the ice.

“We gave them four goals with one man less and the goalie has to be the best player when they're shorthanded, so that's not pleasant,” said Cayden Primeau, who is a little hard on himself since he blocked everything similarly and 40 targets has.

It's important to remember that the game didn't start that way for the penalty unit, as Mike Matheson opened the scoring midway through the first period with a man down. The defender added an assist.

That's a 42^e Game that this season will be decided by a goal from the Canadian. The team has a record of 17 wins and 25 losses, including overtime losses.

Summit for Caufield

Cole Caufield is currently on a roll, having scored at least one point in eight straight games.

He scored two goals against the Sens. He has scored seven goals in this series. And he could have scored another goal in the second period when the puck danced on the red line before being cleared by a Senators player. And in the penalty shootout he failed to get a shot on Joonas Korpisalo as the puck eluded him.

“I just lost the puck, I let my team down,” he stammered in a bad mood.

Caufield achieved a new personal record with his 27th goal^e Net of the season, which didn't seem to excite him as much after the game. At least Martin St-Louis was a little more enthusiastic than him.

“It's fun for the player, it's something he enjoys doing when he scores goals.” This year his progress in all aspects apart from scoring goals has been excellent.

The Senators' Secret

For the second time in a row, the Canadian was beaten by the Senators, who have now recorded nine consecutive wins against the Habs. The last win against Ottawa was on March 20, 2022.

“They have some of our strengths, they play fast and smart,” said Alex Newhook, who had a goal and an assist.

We might add that the Senators had too much space in front of Cayden Primeau when playing with the man advantage.

Brady Tkachuk, who finished the night with two goals and an assist, had a blast in front of Primeau and at the Montreal goal. We could have ruined his life a little more.

Anderson melee

On the shelves of things to be repaired, we are obliged to indicate the name Josh Anderson. The big attacker is shuffled like a deck of cards.

On offense, he only scored one point in his last 18 games. But it's his entire game that suffers. He lost all orientation.

It was even more noticeable in this encounter where he missed certain insights into the game and missed offensive opportunities. He also got into the path of his teammates, particularly Rafaël Harvey-Pinard, who collided with him in the defensive zone.

At the end of the second period he also committed a sin by being penalized for obstruction, a penalty that seemed to come from frustration. This allowed the Senators to tie the game at 3-3 at the start of the third period.

Watch Martin St-Louis' post-match press conference in the main video.