Canadiens score four in third to beat Senators 5-2 for third time in 12 days
MONTREAL — A controversial no-goal call in the third period helped spark the Canadiens’ come-from-behind victory over Ottawa.
Montreal scored four goals in the third to beat the Senators 5-2 on Saturday night for its fifth win in six games despite having another one disallowed earlier in the period.
With the game tied 2-2, it appeared the Canadiens had taken the lead when Phillip Danault redirected the puck behind goalie Mike McKenna, but the goal was waived off when the referees called an embellishment penalty on Artturi Lehkonen, who passed the puck to Danault while falling to the ice on a hook by Thomas Chabot.
Both Lehkonen and Chabot went to the box and the game stayed tied.