Columbus Blue Jackets vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, October 26, 2023 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · RDS · BSOH
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, October 26, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Blue Jackets outshot the Canadiens 36-29.
Emil Bemstrom scored twice. Jack Roslovic, Nick Suzuki, Mike Matheson, Sean Monahan and Cole Caufield also scored.
Samuel Montembeault made 33 saves on 36 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 25 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Jack Roslovic (2)Johnny Gaudreau (4), Zach Werenski (3)1–002:46 CBJ
Emil Bemstrom (2)Ivan Provorov (6), Jack Roslovic (3)2–017:21 CBJ · PPG
2nd period
Nick Suzuki (1)Unassisted2–100:27 MTL- Emil Bemstrom (3)Jack Roslovic (4), Dmitri Voronkov (1)3–113:34 CBJ · PPG
Mike Matheson (2)Nick Suzuki (4), Cole Caufield (4)3–219:43 MTL · PPG
3rd period
Sean Monahan (3)Cole Caufield (5), Mike Matheson (3)3–307:48 MTL · PPG
OT period
Cole Caufield (4)Nick Suzuki (5), Jordan Harris (1)3–404:17 MTL
Team stats
CBJMTL
36Shots on goal29
54%Faceoff %46%
2/4Power play2/5
19Penalty minutes17
18Hits25
23Blocked shots24
10Giveaways13
6Takeaways3
Penalties
- 1st 04:39
Arber Xhekaj · roughing2 min - 1st 04:39
Dmitri Voronkov · boarding2 min - 1st 04:39Arber Xhekaj · fighting5 min
- 1st 04:39Dmitri Voronkov · fighting5 min
- 1st 06:50Tanner Pearson · roughing2 min
- 1st 06:50Cole Sillinger · boarding2 min
- 1st 11:46David Jiricek · holding2 min
- 1st 15:38Justin Barron · tripping2 min
- 2nd 06:11Jake Bean · hooking2 min
- 2nd 09:11Dmitri Voronkov · illegal check to head2 min
- 2nd 11:44Jordan Harris · hooking2 min
- 2nd 18:48Damon Severson · interference2 min
- 3rd 04:58Brendan Gallagher · tripping2 min
- 3rd 06:55Adam Fantilli · interference2 min
- 3rd 19:05Brendan Gallagher · high sticking2 min
Season series
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 96Jack RoslovicC | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4 | 20:23 |
| 52Emil BemstromR | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 13:50 |
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 08:21 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:54 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 26:19 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 23:11 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:13 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 11Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 17:54 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:55 |
| 24Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:20 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 22:07 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:35 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:37 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:21 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:30 |
| 55David JiricekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:14 |
| 78Damon SeversonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:19 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer MartinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | O | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 64:17 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 20:31 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 8 | 20:21 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 28:03 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21:09 |
| 54Jordan HarrisD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 22:49 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:08 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:07 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:44 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:48 |
| 49Rafael Harvey-PinardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:26 |
| 55Michael PezzettaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:38 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:26 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:37 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:52 |
| 27Gustav LindstromD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:55 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:24 |
| 72Arber XhekajD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | W | 36 | 33 | 3 | .917 | 64:17 |