Overview
- Ottawa beat Utah 4-2 as Nick Cousins netted the winner and Leevi Merilainen made 30 saves, with a potential Mammoth equalizer early in the third waved off for incidental contact.
- Cole Caufield scored twice and Alex Newhook had a goal and an assist in Montreal’s 6-2 win, part of five unanswered goals backed by Sam Montembeault’s 25 saves and a six-game Canadiens point streak.
- Utah’s record stands at 9-7-0 and the team is 1-6-0 since a seven-game win streak ended, with several losses turning on one decisive period.
- Recent power-play woes have persisted, with a reported 0-for-12 stretch over five games preceding Ottawa, as lineup tweaks such as swapping Logan Cooley and Barrett Hayton and adding Kevin Stenlund to the unit have not produced a turnaround.
- Coach André Tourigny cited Montreal’s opportunism and Lawson Crouse said the game “snowballed,” as the Mammoth return home to face the Sabres on Wednesday.