The Montreal Canadiens lost to the Ottawa Senators 4-3 on Tuesday night, their third consecutive one-goal defeat in the pre-season.

The long-standing rivalry between the Montreal Canadiens and Ottawa Senators picked up steam during a pre-season contest on Tuesday night.

The Montreal Canadiens will play their final home pre-season game tonight, hosting the Ottawa Senators at the Bell Centre.

It's fun to see Shane Pinto as the 5-on-3 centreman. That will likely be Claude Giroux's spot in the season, but it shows he's earned his coach's trust as a faceoff man. It's also nice to see Josh Norris taking faceoffs at all. That's a sign that they're not taking it easy on his shoulder.

The Ottawa Senators defeated the Montreal Canadiens in their most recent preseason contest, but they are hoping for a different kind of positive news. The Senat

Video: The Ottawa Senators got some positive injury news on a couple of players. The Montreal Canadiens did not.

The Senators take on the Montreal Canadiens in their 5th preseason game tonight. The result doesn't matter in any meaningful sense, but beating these guys is always incredibly satisfying nonetheless. Hopefully the hockey gods make up for the awful breaks the Sens suffered in Sunday's 5-2 loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Ottawa Senators were dealt a tough blow Tuesday night, losing two of their top players, Tim Stützle and Brady Tkachuk, to injuries in a single period during their matchup against the Montreal Canadiens.