Lehkonen helps Canadiens beat Senators 2-1 for 5th straight

Published Feb. 26, 2022 11:10 p.m. ET

Associated Press

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Artturi Lehkonen scored twice and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 2-1 Saturday night for their fifth straight win.

Andrew Hammond stopped 26 shots to for Montreal to improve to 2-0-0 in two starts this season.

Colin White scored for Ottawa, and Matt Murray had 30 saves. The Senators have lost six of their last nine (3-5-1).

Lehkonen got the Canadiens on the scoreboard first for the fifth straight game as he got the rebound of Ben Chiarot's shot from the blue line and tucked it past Murray with 3:13 left in the first period.

White tied it with a power-play goal at 1:23 of the second as he got a pass from Connor Brown in the slot and quickly fired it past Hammond.

Lehkonen regained the lead for Montreal as he beat Murray on the blocker side with a slap shot from the high slot with 5:39 remaining in the middle period.

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Canadiens: At Winnipeg in the second of a five-game trip.

Senators: At Tampa Bay to open a five-game trip.

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