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Recap - Senators Defeat Montreal 3-2

The Senators earned a 3-2 victory over Montreal on Thursday behind a 36-save performance from Matt Murray at Bell Centre.

Ottawa won as a +266 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.

Ottawa got goals from Connor Brown, Thomas Chabot, and Tim Stuetzle in the victory. Chabot opened the scoring at 19:21 of the first period.

Matt Murray stopped 36 of 38 Montreal shots in the victory.

Montreal got goals from Brendan Gallagher, and Josh Anderson in the loss, but it wasn't enough.

Carey Price stopped 19 of 22 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.

Ottawa scored 1 times on 4 chances on the power play, while Montreal went 0-for-4 with the man advantage.

Montreal outshot Ottawa 38-22 in the game.