NHL pre-season: Senators sink Canadiens 3-1, Red Wings rally to beat Leafs 6-5 in OT

MONTREAL — The Ottawa Senators, hoping for a strong start to the NHL regular season next week, finished their pre-season schedule with a spirited 3-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday at the Bell Centre.

Shane Pinto, David Perron and Lars Eller scored, and netminder Linus Ullmark made 20 saves on 21 shots.

Cole Caufield scored at 15:36 of the third period for the Canadiens to make it 2-1, but Eller ended the Habs’ comeback bid with an empty-net goal with 44 seconds left in the contest.

Sam Montembeault stopped 25 of 28 shots.

The Senators were 0-for-2 on the power play, while the Canadiens went 0-for-3.

Montreal outhit Ottawa 32-19.

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RED WINGS 6 MAPLE LEAFS 5 (OT)

DETROIT, Mich. — The Toronto Maple Leafs, leading 5-3 with under three minutes left in the third period, gave up a power-play goal to Dylan Larkin, then Albert Johansson scored the equalizer with 31 seconds left to force overtime in the final pre-season game for both clubs.

Larkin scored his second of the game, a power-play marker at 3:23 of overtime, to give the Red Wings a 6-5 come-from-behind victory.

Michael Brandsegg-Nygard scored twice for the Red Wings, while Patrick Kane added a single and two assists.

Logan Shaw, Nicholas Robertson, Michael Pezzetta, Alex Nylander and Cedric Pare scored for the Leafs, who led 2-1 after the first period and 4-2 heading into the third.

The Red Wings outshot the visitors 42-25 and went 3-for-6 on the power play, while the Leafs were 0-for-5 with the man advantage.

The NHL regular season starts on Tuesday.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 4, 2025.