Senators hold off Canadiens’ late surge to earn 3-2 victory

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators survived a late push from the Montreal Canadiens to pick up their third straight win, 3-2 on Wednesday night.
Shane Pinto, Drake Batherson and Brady Tkachuk each scored for Ottawa (13-14-2), while Alex DeBrincat had three assists. Cam Talbot made 23 saves.
The Canadiens (14-13-2) rallied to make it a game with a pair of third-period goals from Kirby Dach and Christian Dvorak, but were unable to score the equalizer. Sam Montembeault stopped 28 shots.
Trailing 3-