The Habs Are Back At Home To Take On The Sens
The Montreal Canadiens (13-8-3) are back at home for tonight’s game at 7:00 pm ET against the Ottawa Senators (12-9-4), after they took 4 out of a possible 6 points on a tough Midwestern road trip last week. However, the Habs are coming off a 7-2 thrashing that they suffered at the hands of the Colorado Avalanche on Saturday, and therefore they will be looking to stay on the right track by putting that game behind them. Meanwhile, the Senators are coming off a bad performance on their own, after losing 6-1 to the Dallas Stars on Sunday. Tonight’s game should be another rough and tough matchup between the Canadian rivals as they both hope to stay on the right track.
Canadiens lines vs Senators:
Caufield – Suzuki – Bolduc
Slafkovsky -Kapanen – Demidov
Texier -Evans -Anderson
F Xhekaj – Veleno – GallagherMatheson – Dobson
Struble – Hutson
A Xhekaj – CarrierMontembeault
DobesInjured: Laine, Guhle, Newhook, Dach
Scratched: Davidson,…— 32 Hockey Updates (@32HockeyUpdates) December 2, 2025
The Habs won the first meeting against the Senators earlier this season in a 5-4 overtime thriller. They will be looking for a similar result, but with the Senators’ captain Brady Tkachuk back from injury this time around, it will likely be a tougher test for the Canadiens to get the win. Luckily, goaltending has started to come around slowly for the Habs, and therefore, the issues that almost made them lose to the Senators in November shouldn’t happen again.
Montembeault will be getting the start in nets and will need to prove that what he did last Friday against the Vegas Golden Knights can be the norm going forward. Hopefully he can carry the momentum from the 4-1 victory, where he stopped 30 of 31 shots. The most encouraging thing was that he actually looked more confident in his net than at any other point in the season so far in that game.
As for the Senators, it is confirmed that Linus Ullmark will be getting the start for them. After a bad start to the season himself, Ullmark’s game had started to improve a lot over the last little while. Last game against the Stars really hurt his save percentage, as he had a .917 save percentage in his previous 4 starts. Ullmark has been very hot and cold in nets for the Sens this season, as he has a .874 save percentage throughout the entire season. We will see if the Habs will play against the Ullmark from the Stars game and the beginning of the season, or if they get the one that was playing great hockey prior to Sunday.
Jayden Struble will take part in #Habs pregame warmup tonight after which head coach Martin St. Louis will decide if he will play against Senators after dealing with upper-body injury.
— Stu Cowan (@StuCowan1) December 2, 2025
As for the rest of the lineup, Jayden Struble will take part in the pregame warmups tonight and is listed as a game-time decision ahead of tonight’s game. Struble missed Saturday’s game, as well as practice on Monday, with an upper-body injury.
As for my bets for tonight’s game, the Over is still looking like a good bet even if the Habs’ streak ended on Friday, as both Montembeault and Ullmark are hard to predict on whether they will have a good game, considering they are the two worst starting/tandem goaltenders in terms of save percentage so far this season. Therefore, taking the Over on the 6.5 goals could turn out to be a good bet. However, as mentioned earlier, Montembeault’s body language looked far better against the Golden Knights, so beware of this if you are a total bettor. The Canadiens are -105 home underdogs against the Senators by a slim margin, but given recent history, the Habs have won 4 of the last 5 meetings dating back to last season. This could be a somewhat valuable bet to take the Habs to win tonight.
#Habs Nick Suzuki no-look pass to Juraj Slafkovsky for PP goal vs #Senators
Assists: Suzuki, Caufield#GoHabsGo #NHL #Hockey @RocketSports pic.twitter.com/HvF7tpleY9
— Chris G (@ChrisHabs360) November 1, 2025
If there is one player that you should bet on to produce for the Habs tonight, it should be Nick Suzuki, who has registered 3 goals and 8 assists in his last 10 games against the Senators. His odds to get an assist are -140, while putting up 2+ points is listed at +175. Combine the Over, Habs to win, and a Suzuki assist to boost your odds up to +375 with the 3-leg parlay.
Tonight’s game should be a close, hard-fought game as usual between these two teams, where hopefully the Habs come out on top.
What are your predictions for tonight’s game?
