The bright spots were few and far between on Thursday night when the Montreal Canadiens lost to the Ottawa Senators 3-2 at the Bell Centre.
In many ways, it was a fitting return to last year’s Canadiens on Reverse Retro night. The power play struggled, they lost to the team in last place in the division, and the line of Phillip Danault, Tomas Tatar, and Brendan Gallagher led the way.
In just over 12 minutes at five-on-five, the line controlled over 75% of shot attempts, almost 79% of shots on goal, and had 15 scoring chances while allowing only three (83.