Kapanen is the primary shooter on the Canadiens’ second line, with Ivan Demidov and Juraj Slafkovsky showing no hesitation in feeding the 22-year-old. He’s firmly established himself as a shoot-first option.

Cole Caufield scored his second goal of the game, a slapshot off an assist from Lane Hutson, 33 seconds into overtime, to give the Montreal Canadiens a 6-5 victory over the host Ottawa Senators.

Cole Caufield scored 33 seconds into overtime, and the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a two-goal deficit late in the third period to defeat the Ottawa Senators 6-5 at Canadian Tire Centre on Saturday.

Recently, Antoine Roussel highlighted this issue, suggesting that fatigue is beginning to affect the Canadiens' performance. In this article, we will explore Roussel's observations, the implications of player fatigue,

On Thursday night, Montreal should have taken advantage of a weary team playing its second game in 24 hours. But for the second consecutive game, it was the Canadiens who were victimized in the third period, allowing two unanswered goals — one into an empty net — in this 5-3 loss at KeyBank Center.

BOTTOM LINE: The Montreal Canadiens host the Florida Panthers looking to extend a three-game home winning streak. Montreal is 24-13-6 overall with a 7-4-1 record in Atlantic Division games. The Canadiens have gone 21-4-6 when scoring three or more goals.

MONTREAL -- Alexandre Carrier scored twice for his first multigoal NHL game, and the Montreal Canadiens handed the Vancouver Canucks their seventh straight loss with a 6-3 win at Bell Centre on Monday. The 29-year-old defenseman had one goal in 45 games this season and 14 in 341 NHL games.

Mike Matheson and Juraj Slafkovsky scored goals 37 seconds apart to start the third period, propelling the Montreal Canadiens to a 6-3 win over the last-place Vancouver Canucks on Monday night.

Our Canadiens vs. Sabres predictions expect Habs second-liner Oliver Kapanen to keep shooting in a friendly matchup.

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