🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 12-16-4 before this game
1–3
Final
🏛️ Home Senators 16-11-2 before this game
Scoring 1st2nd3rdF
MTL 1001
OTT 0123

Canadiens at Senators

Senators beat Canadiens 3–1 at Canadian Tire Centre on December 23, 1998.

🗓 Wed, Dec 23, 1998 · 18:30 CST 📍 Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa 🏒 1998-99 🔁 Senators lead the season series 2–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🏛️ OTT
Alexei Yashin
1 G
5 shots · 22:46 TOI · +2
2nd star 🏛️ OTT
Shawn McEachern
1 G
4 shots · 17:23 TOI · +1
3rd star 🏛️ OTT
Magnus Arvedson
1 G
2 shots · 18:39 TOI · +2

🚨 Scoring

4 goals · in order
1st period
🇨🇦 Martin Rucinsky PP Go-ahead 1st · 18:53
Assists: Vincent Damphousse, Mark Recchi
1–0
2nd period
🏛️ Shawn McEachern Tying 2nd · 11:44
Assists: Andreas Dackell
1–1
3rd period
🏛️ Magnus Arvedson Go-ahead 3rd · 16:55
Assists: Bruce Gardiner, Marian Hossa
1–2
🏛️ Alexei Yashin Empty net 3rd · 19:54
Unassisted
1–3

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL OTT🏛️
25 Shots on goal 30
1/4 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
27 Hits 40
13 Blocked shots 17
4 Takeaways 9
19 Giveaways 20
22 Penalty minutes 12
MTL shooting 4.0% (1/25) OTT shooting 10.0% (3/30)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jeff Hackett
27/29
.931 SV% · 2 GA · 59:03 TOI
🏛️Senators
Ron Tugnutt
24/25
.960 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Canadiens
Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.
Senators
Senators: no games found in this situation this year.
After 2nd — 1–1
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 12-16-4 (38% win rate, 32 games)
Senators
Senators — tied after 2nd: 16-11-2 (55% win rate, 29 games)

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Corson · Damphousse · Koivu 19:37
L2 Brunet · Rucinsky · Recchi 17:53
L3 Hoglund · Stevenson · Dawe 14:48
L4 Poulin · Zholtok · Higgins 4:10
D1 Malakhov · Brisebois 22:40
D2 Quintal · Weinrich 19:46
D3 Ulanov · Rivet 16:08
🏛️Senators
L1 Arvedson · Yashin · Alfredsson 20:25
L2 McEachern · Dackell · Gardiner 16:28
L3 Johansson · Prospal · Hossa 14:02
L4 Bonk · Martins · Murray 7:09
D1 York · Kravchuk 25:10
D2 Salo · Phillips 21:36
D3 Traverse · Laukkanen 13:30

⚔️ Last meetings

Senators lead the season series 2–1 Full head-to-head →
Oct 31, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
1–5 · Senators won
Oct 21, 1998
🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–3 · Canadiens won
Apr 16, 1998
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
2–0 · Canadiens won
Jan 31, 1998
🏛️OTT @ 🇨🇦MTL
4–3 · Senators won
Dec 23, 1997
🇨🇦MTL @ 🏛️OTT
3–4 (OT) · Senators won

❓ MTL vs OTT, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Senators on December 23, 1998?

Senators won 3–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Senators?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Senators 3.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Martin Rucinsky.

Who scored for Senators?

Alexei Yashin, Magnus Arvedson, Shawn McEachern.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jeff Hackett made 27 saves on 29 shots (.931 save percentage).

How did the Senators goalie play?

Ron Tugnutt made 24 saves on 25 shots (.960 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Senators played?

At Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, the Senators home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Senators season series?

Senators lead the season series 2–1 after 3 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it
🇨🇦Canadiens
Previous game · Dec 21
⭐DAL @ 🇨🇦MTL
2–2 · DAL won
Next game · Dec 26
🇨🇦MTL @ 🍁TOR
2–1 · MTL won
🏛️Senators
Previous game · Dec 20
⭐DAL @ 🏛️OTT
3–2 · DAL won
Next game · Dec 26
🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT
1–2 · PIT won
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0–2 final
🔔PHI @ 🐻BOS
2–1 final
⭐DAL @ 🍁TOR
5–1 final
🎵STL @ 😈NJD
2–4 final
🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR
1–0 final
🦅WSH @ 🐆FLA
4–0 final
🐙DET @ 🐯NSH
3–5 final
🌵PHX @ 🪶CHI
3–4 final
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