Tonight, the Canadiens play the last game of their pre-season schedule against the Ottawa Senators. We're talking about a duel that's got everyone talking… because the two clubs got into it pretty bad on Tuesday night.The question, then, is what to expect tonight. According
to @jkamckenzie, Brady Tkachuk, Ridly Greig, Tim Stützle, Carter Yakemchuk, Jordan Spence, Nick Cousins and Jan Jenik won't be in uniform tonight.
#CH #Habs #Canadiens https://t.co/XpBLIRcr4r –Marc-Olivier Beaudoin (@MOBeaudoin1) October 4, 2025
But what's clear is that Martin St-Louis hopes the two clubs will play a clean game. That said, if things get rough, his club will be ready:
I hope to play a clean game of hockey, but we'll be ready for anything.
–
Martin St-Louis
He talks about it around the 9-minute mark, for those interested
Listen to the team's pregame media ops ahead of tonight's game against Ottawa
Tune in now to live pregame media ops ahead of tonight's game against the Senators#GoHabsGo https://t.co/1FtLOrr9nw– Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 4, 2025
It's worth remembering that, while some of the Senators players who set the world alight on Tuesday won't be there tonight, the club still has some guys who are capable of stirring things up. In particular, we're expecting to see hard-nosed Kurtis MacDermid, acquired yesterday, play tonight,so it could still be a bumpy ride, even if the Habs coach hopes it won't be.It's also important to note that, according to St-Louis, there have been no discussions between Habs and Senators officials about tonight's game. We know that sometimes, when there's this much commotion between two teams, the directors try to talk things over to calm things down (or, at least, to find out what the other team's intentions are for the next game), but that didn't happen here.So we'll see what happens tonight.
'Overtime'
– Too badRafaël Harvey-Pinard didn't make the cut for the big club!
By the way, Québécois Samuel Poulin and Bokondji Imama will also go through the waivers. Full details: https: //t.co/WfpdQ2qe24 pic.twitter. com/DhopWfTDvy– RDS (@RDSca) October 4, 2025
– I like this.
Leon Draisaitl and Thomas Müller linked up for a jersey swap after last night's Oilers game in Vancouver
(HT @EdmontonOilers) pic.twitter.com/cMfoeuTtyN– BarDown (@BarDown) October 4, 2025
– He had a big first game yesterday.
Could Justin Carbonneau's choice to stay in the #QMJHL influence the next youngsters in his situation? The @StLouisBlues prospect hit the ground running yesterday in his first outing of the 25-26 season with @ArmadaBLB https://t.co/kmKUpcgZij –
Stephane Leroux (@StephRDSJunior) October 4, 2025
