MTL @ OTT Gameday Thread
MTL @ OTT
Venue: Canadian Tire Centre
Puck drop: Wed Mar 11, 2026 7:30pm EDT
Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.
Game Preview
MTL
- Record 6-1-3
- Streak W2
- GF/GP · GA/GP 4.5 · 3.2
- Power play 9/26 (34.6%)
- Last game W vs TOR (3–1)
OTT
- Record 7-1-2
- Streak W3
- GF/GP · GA/GP 3.5 · 2.2
- Power play 8/30 (26.7%)
- Last game W vs VAN (2–0)
Recent meetings:
- 2026-01-17 MTL 6 @ OTT 5 OT/SO
- 2025-12-02 OTT 5 @ MTL 2
- 2025-11-01 OTT 3 @ MTL 4 OT/SO
Players to watch (last 5 team games):
MTL
- Nick Suzuki 9 pts · 3 G · 14 SOG
- Cole Caufield 6 pts · 4 G · 16 SOG
- Jake Evans 6 pts · 3 G · 7 SOG
- Juraj Slafkovsky 6 pts · 2 G · 15 SOG
OTT
- Dylan Cozens 6 pts · 5 G · 15 SOG
- Drake Batherson 6 pts · 4 G · 15 SOG
- Tim Stützle 6 pts · 2 G · 11 SOG
- Thomas Chabot 6 pts · 1 G · 11 SOG
Prediction:
Expected goals: MTL 3.47 · OTT 3.53 · Win odds: MTL 48.3% · OTT 51.7% · OT/SO chance: 15.2%
- 3-3 35.7%
- 3-4 32.4%
- 2-3 32%
Box Score
MTL 3
Final
OTT 2
2026-03-11
| Stat | MTL | OTT |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 3 | 2 |
| Shots | 23 | 34 |
| Power Play | 1/2 (50.0%) | 1/3 (33.3%) |
| PIM | 8 | 6 |
| Faceoffs | 26 / 27 | 27 / 26 |
| Blocks | 24 | 11 |
| Saves | 32 | 20 |
| MTL Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Ivan Demidov | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Alexandre Texier | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jake Evans | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lane Hutson | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| OTT Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Drake Batherson | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Tim Stützle | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Brady Tkachuk | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Claude Giroux | 0 | 1 | 1 |