The Canadiens unable to’ officiate their spot in playoffs

For the first time since 2016-2017, the Habs could qualify for the playoffs in front of a packed house.
Before, they had to beat the Senators in regular time.
Here are the lineups :
Tonight’s formation
Tonight’s lineup#GoHabsGo pic.twitter.com/S7o246v7wU
— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) April 11, 2025
Sens lines from the warmup at the CTC.
Perron-Stützle-Batherson
Giroux-Cozens-Zetterlund
Greig-Pinto-Amadio
Highmore-Gaudette-HodgsonSanderson-Zub
Chabot-Jensen
Kleven-Matinpalo— TSN 1200 Ottawa (@TSN1200) April 11, 2025
Like the last games, Montreal had a bad start.
But this time, the team did not give up one goal, but two goals.
First, Shane Pinto broke the ice.
Pinto opens the score for the Senators after just 28 seconds.
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— RDS (@RDSca) April 11, 2025
And Dylan Cozens doubled the lead a few moments later.
Dylan Cozens jumps on a return, it’s 2-0 Sens! pic.twitter.com/iTN103n4Di
— RDS (@RDSca) April 11, 2025
After one period, Ottawa led 14-5 in shots on goal.
What’s new?
The second period was not much better…
In fact, the start of the period was not better. From the first seconds of the second engagement, the Sens gave themselves a three-goal lead.
Ridly Greig brings the score to 3-0 for the Sens. pic.twitter.com/el4iTkJVxi
— RDS (@RDSca) April 12, 2025
But a few moments later, Christian Dvorak scored a big goal to bring his team back into the game.
Christian Dvorak escapes and gives hope back to the Habs!
pic.twitter.com/Tk80tvnP3t
— RDS (@RDSca) April 12, 2025
But before the end of the period, Drake Batherson took advantage of a generous rebound to score the fourth goal of the game for his team.
Drake Batherson has 26 points in 28 career games vs the Habs (11 G, 15 A); his most against any opponent in his career.#GoSensGo pic.twitter.com/enHeoqBurc
— Sportsnet Stats (@SNstats) April 12, 2025
The Habs did not say their last word, however.
In a seventh consecutive game, Nick Suzuki scored.
After 40 minutes of play, it was 4-2 Sens.
Nick Suzuki stays hot
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— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) April 12, 2025
In the third period, the game tightened and that smiled on the Sens.
Final score: 5-2 Ottawa, who added a goal in an empty net.
Montreal may not have officially secured a playoff spot tonight, but the team will have the opportunity to do so as early as tomorrow, in Toronto.
Ottawa also ended a sequence of six wins of the Habs.
Overtime
– Here are the scenarios.
The game is postponed until tomorrow for the Habs to qualify for the playoffs. Here are the different scenarios depending on how the Blue Jackets will perform against the Capitals pic.twitter.com/lf7Lp2hC
— Guillaume Villemaire (@GVillemaire13) April 12, 2025
– Josh Anderson awakened the crowd of the Canadian Tire Centre.
Josh Anderson avenges Brendan Gallagher and takes care of Tim Stützle!
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— RDS (@RDSca) April 11, 2025
– Poor Gally.
Gallagher has to shave his head. Such an easy target for guys to rip on. #Kingpin
— Matthew Barnaby (@MattBarnaby3636) April 11, 2025
– Yeah of course.
Garry Galley just called Lane Hutson “the rookie of the year hands down”
— /r/Habs (@HabsOn”Reddit) April 12, 2025
– Wow.
Lane Hutson magician, but hits the post squarely! pic.twitter.com/v3BZgRu4N7
— RDS (@RDSca) April 12, 2025
Dub for Pezzetta over Hodgson. Let that fire you up, Habs. pic.twitter.com/W5jXnvJZeh
— Matt Drake (@DrakeMT) April 12, 2025