nhl Game Recap
Montreal Skates Past Ottawa 2-1 - Recap
Montreal skated to a 2-1 victory over Ottawa on Saturday in NHL action at Canadian Tire Centre.
Montreal was favored by -255 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
Montreal got goals from Josh Anderson, and Jeff Petry in the victory. Petry opened the scoring at 6:10 of the first period.
Jake Allen stopped 34 of 35 Ottawa shots in the victory.
Ottawa got a goal from Colin White in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Ottawa got a 30-stop effort from Matt Murray in the loss.
Montreal scored 1 times on 3 chances on the power play, while Ottawa went 1-for-6 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to Ottawa by a margin of 35-32.
Next game, Montreal takes its act home to face Toronto looking for another win. For Ottawa, they head home to face Edmonton.