MONTREAL — Samuel Montembeault had every reason to feel dejected coming back to the Montreal Canadiens’ dressing room directly after a goal initially called back for interference stood for the Ottawa Senators and tied the game 2-2.

Claude Giroux entered Montembeault’s crease of his own volition, had a golden opportunity to exit after making contact with Montembeault twice, but he stayed there long enough to hinder Montembeault, who got part of his leg on Michael Amadio’s redirection but couldn’t get all of it on the ricochet off Canadiens defenceman Mike Matheson.

The officials deemed Montembeault had enough time to reset on the play, so he just had to swallow it with 11 seconds remaining in the second period — not even 10 minutes after a horrible turn of fortune gave Drake Batherson a g

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