NHL pre-season roundup: Canadiens’ power play helps to sink Senators 5-0
QUÉBEC — Patrik Laine and Alexandre Carrier scored second-period goals two minutes and 41 seconds apart to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 5-0 NHL pre-season victory over the Ottawa Senators at the Videotron Centre on Tuesday night.
Oliver Kapanen, Lane Hutson and Kirby Dach also scored for the Canadiens, who led 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 heading into the third. Brendan Gallagher chipped in with three assists, while Alex Newhook and Ivan Demidov added two helpers apiece.
Jakub Dobes made 16 saves to post the shutout for the Canadiens, who went 3-for-10 on the power play. The Senators, who took 102 minutes in penalties, went 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
Leevi Merilainen stopped 18 of the 23 shots directed at the Senators’ net.
Elsewhere in the NHL on Tuesday:
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WILD 3 JETS 2
SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Marcus Foligno’s short-handed goal at 14:29 of the second period snapped a 2-2 deadlock and lifted the Minnesota Wild to a 3-2 win over the visiting Winnipeg Jets at Grand Casino Arena.
Matt Boldy and Kirill Kaprizov (power play) also scored for the Wild, who were tied 1-1 after the first period and took a 3-2 lead into the third.
Cole Koepke and Vladislav Namestnikov scored for the Jets.
Earlier in the day the Wild signed Kaprizov to the richest contract in NHL history at US$136 million over eight years. It will kick in after this season.
Wild netminder Jesper Wallstedt stopped 26 of 28 shot to post the victory. Connor Hellebuyck stopped 16 of 19 shots in the Jets’ net.
The Wild went 1-for-2 on the power play, while the Jets were 0-for-4.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 30, 2025.
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