Brendan Gallagher has a goal and an assist in the Canadiens' 5-2 victory over the Senators

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Brendan Gallagher had a goal and an assist, Sam Montembeault made 25 saves and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Saturday night.

Cole Caufield, Patrick Laine, Josh Anderson and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens. Nick Suzuki had two assists.

Tim Stutzle extended his points streak to nine games with a goal and an assist for Ottawa. Jake Sanderson had the other goal.

Linus Ullmark started in goal for Ottawa, but was pulled midway through the second period after allowing five goals on 15 shots. He was replaced by Anton Forsberg, who stopped all 10 shots he faced.

Canadiens: The Canadiens snapped a three-game losing streak and extended the Senators’ skid to four.

Senators: The Senators have allowed five goals in each of their last three games and 19 goals overall in the past four.

Nineteen seconds after Stutzle tied it, Laine scored on a power play with 3:47 left in the second period to give Montreal a 3-2 lead.

The Canadiens host Carolina on Tuesday night. The Senators host Winnipeg on Wednesday night.

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Ottawa Senators' Cole Reinhardt (51) and Montreal Canadiens' Mike Matheson (8) collide in front of Montreal Canadiens' goaltender Sam Montembeault (35) during first period NHL hockey action in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

Montreal Canadiens' Brendan Gallagher (11) celebrates his goal with teammate Alexandre Carrier (45) during first period NHL hockey action against the Ottawa Senators in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

Montreal Canadiens' Patrik Laine (92) celebrates his goal with teammate Lane Hutson (48) during first period NHL hockey action against the Ottawa Senators in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ottawa Senators' Adam Gaudette (81) and Montreal Canadiens' Mike Matheson (8) reach for the puck as Montreal Canadiens' goaltender Sam Montembeault (35) and Montreal Canadiens' Alexandre Carrier (45) look on during first period NHL hockey action in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

Montreal Canadiens' Alex Newhook (15) and Ottawa Senators' Claude Giroux (28) jostle in front of Montreal Canadiens' goaltender Sam Montembeault (35)during second period NHL hockey action in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

Ottawa Senators' goaltender Linus Ullmark (35) eyes the puck as Ottawa Senators' Artem Zub (2) and Montreal Canadiens' Nick Suzuki (14) jostle during first period NHL hockey action in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

Montreal Canadiens' Josh Anderson (17) celebrates his goal with teammate Jayden Struble (47) during second period NHL hockey action against the Ottawa Senators in Ottawa on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Shreyas Iyer was provisionally named in India’s squad on Saturday for the home one-day international series against New Zealand starting Jan. 11.

India will host the Black Caps in a white-ball engagement — three ODIs and five T20s — in the build-up to the 2026 T20 World Cup.

Iyer returns to the international fold after sustaining a spleen injury during an ODI against Australia in Sydney last October.

His selection is subject to fitness clearance from BCCI’s medical team and he will return as India’s vice-captain for the three-match series.

Skipper Shubman Gill also returns, after he missed the ODI series against South Africa in December. He had a neck spasm in the test series earlier, and subsequently played in the T20s against the Proteas.

Ruturaj Gaikwad and Tilak Verma missed out. Gaikwad had scored a maiden ODI hundred against South Africa in Visakhapatnam.

Rishabh Pant is retained as second keeper-batter behind Lokesh Rahul, who had stood in as captain against the Proteas.

Star batters Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma had both participated in the domestic List A tournament — Vijay Hazare Trophy — and return to the international stage for the ODIs.

All-rounder Hardik Pandya is fit, but not sufficiently enough to bowl 10 overs in an ODI. Thus, he has been rested further ahead of the 2026 T20 World Cup (in India and Sri Lanka) starting Feb. 7. Nitish Kumar Reddy is included in the squad.

Pacer Mohammed Siraj returns to lead the bowling lineup with Jasprit Bumrah rested again. Siraj had missed the South Africa series because of workload management.

The three ODIs will be played in Vadodara (Jan. 11), Rajkot (Jan. 14) and Indore (Jan. 18), with the five-match T20 series starting Jan. 21.

Squad: Shubman Gill (captain), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer, Washington Sundar, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Siraj, Harshit Rana, Prasidh Krishna, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Arshdeep Singh, Yashasvi Jaiswal.

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FILE - Captain of Punjab Kings Shreyas Iyer addresses a news conference on the eve of the final match of Indian Premier League at Narendra Modi stadium in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, June 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki, File)