Columbus Blue Jackets vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Saturday, March 25, 2023 · Centre Bell
SNE · TVAS · CITY · BSOH
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 8-2 on Saturday, March 25, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Blue Jackets 32-23.
Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored a hat trick. Lane Pederson, Mike Hoffman, Jesse Ylonen, Kirill Marchenko, Brendan Gallagher, Alex Belzile and Nick Suzuki also scored.
Samuel Montembeault made 21 saves on 23 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 18 of 24.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Lane Pederson (3)Kent Johnson (23), Jack Roslovic (32)1–001:32 CBJ
Mike Hoffman (13)Mike Matheson (18), Nick Suzuki (36)1–103:39 MTL
Jesse Ylonen (6)Brendan Gallagher (6), Joel Edmundson (9)1–209:43 MTL
Kirill Marchenko (19)Andrew Peeke (6), Gavin Bayreuther (10)2–218:00 CBJ
2nd period
Rafael Harvey-Pinard (10)Mike Matheson (19), Nick Suzuki (37)2–300:13 MTL- Rafael Harvey-Pinard (11)Mike Hoffman (18), Nick Suzuki (38)2–407:13 MTL
Brendan Gallagher (5)Jake Evans (10), Jesse Ylonen (8)2–513:08 MTL- Rafael Harvey-Pinard (12)Mike Hoffman (19), Mike Matheson (20)2–616:42 MTL · PPG
3rd period
Alex Belzile (5)Chris Tierney (6), Johnathan Kovacevic (11)2–711:48 MTL
Nick Suzuki (23)Johnathan Kovacevic (12), Jordan Harris (13)2–813:49 MTL
Team stats
CBJMTL
23Shots on goal32
62%Faceoff %38%
0/4Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes8
18Hits13
17Blocked shots14
13Giveaways15
3Takeaways5
Penalties
- 1st 10:46
Mike Hoffman · slashing2 min - 2nd 01:13David Savard · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 2nd 02:36
Hunter McKown · slashing2 min - 2nd 15:10Adam Boqvist · tripping2 min
- 2nd 17:02Jonathan Drouin · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 14:18Jordan Harris · high sticking2 min
- 3rd 17:48Gavin Bayreuther · high sticking2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 18Lane PedersonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 14:30 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 4 | 16:58 |
| 91Kent JohnsonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 15:18 |
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 17:24 |
| 2Andrew PeekeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 | 21:13 |
| 15Gavin BayreutherD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 | 17:29 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:22 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:18 |
| 19Liam FoudyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 41Hunter McKownC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:58 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 12:01 |
| 52Emil BemstromR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:05 |
| 64Trey Fix-WolanskyR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 23Jake ChristiansenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:05 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:03 |
| 75Tim BerniD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:57 |
| 77Nick BlankenburgD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:40 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Michael HutchinsonG | 8 | 6 | 2 | .750 | 22:58 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 24 | 18 | 6 | .750 | 37:02 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 3 | 15:59 |
| 49Rafael Harvey-PinardL | 3 | 0 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 14:55 |
| 68Mike HoffmanL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 22:15 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 12:58 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 11:17 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 3 | 17:53 |
| 60Alex BelzileR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:13 |
| 67Chris TierneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:28 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 17:02 |
| 44Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 20:26 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 17:45 |
| 25Denis GurianovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:02 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:03 |
| 77Kirby DachC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:12 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:00 |
| 58David SavardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 20:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | W | 23 | 21 | 2 | .913 | 60:00 |