Logan Cooley scored three times Thursday at Montreal, and Utah still lost 5-4 in overtime, with Montreal tying it at 4 with 5:06 left in the third period. Two of Cooley's goals came on the power play, part of a 3-for-5 night with the man advantage, and he has seven goals and two assists over his last four games. Nick Schmaltz added a goal and two assists in that game, and Utah has scored 61 goals through 17 games, 3.6 a game. Utah and Ottawa are both 10-6-1 with 21 points. The Senators earned their latest two points Wednesday at Buffalo, where Shane Pinto tied a 1-1 game at 11:33 of the third period, and Michael Amadio won it at 16:51 off a 3-on-2 rush. Samuel Ersson made 23 saves in that 2-1 win. It finished a five-game road trip that Ottawa went 2-2-1 on, and the Senators now play six of their next eight at home. A penalty kill in the mid-70s percent range is the wrong thing to send against Cooley's line, and that is the matchup I want on the moneyline with Utah tonight.
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