Montréal Canadiens vs Columbus Blue Jackets
Regular season · Wednesday, November 29, 2023 · Nationwide Arena
SN · RDS · BSOH
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Wednesday, November 29, 2023 at Nationwide Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Blue Jackets 31-28.
Goals came from Patrik Laine, Alex Newhook, Egor Chinakhov, Cole Caufield, Joel Armia and Gustav Lindstrom.
Samuel Montembeault made 26 saves on 28 shots for the win; Elvis Merzlikins stopped 27 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Patrik Laine (4)Unassisted0–103:40 CBJ
Alex Newhook (7)Kaiden Guhle (6), Nick Suzuki (12)1–107:36 MTL
Egor Chinakhov (3)Dmitri Voronkov (7), Zach Werenski (15)1–209:47 CBJ
Cole Caufield (7)Christian Dvorak (3), Juraj Slafkovský (5)2–214:08 MTL
3rd period
Joel Armia (2)Mike Matheson (11), Justin Barron (3)3–217:03 MTL
Gustav Lindstrom (2)Mike Matheson (12)4–219:03 MTL · EN
Team stats
MTLCBJ
31Shots on goal28
51%Faceoff %49%
0/0Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes2
21Hits25
12Blocked shots18
4Giveaways5
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 2nd 02:45
Sean Kuraly · slashing2 min - 2nd 02:45
Johnathan Kovacevic · roughing2 min - 3rd 08:18Gustav Lindstrom · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Montréal Canadiens
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 23:17 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 16:27 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:52 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:16 |
| 22Cole CaufieldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 14:37 |
| 28Christian DvorakC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:30 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 16:26 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 24:51 |
| 27Gustav LindstromD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 19:02 |
| 52Justin BarronD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 22:29 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:06 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 56Jesse YlonenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:27 |
| 70Tanner PearsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:00 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:18 |
| 91Sean MonahanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:50 |
| 26Johnathan KovacevicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:52 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jake AllenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | W | 28 | 26 | 2 | .929 | 60:00 |
Columbus Blue Jackets
| 10Dmitri VoronkovL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:37 |
| 29Patrik LaineL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 2 | 13:03 |
| 59Egor ChinakhovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 15:04 |
| 8Zach WerenskiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 23:07 |
| 4Cole SillingerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:42 |
| 7Sean KuralyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:11 |
| 11Adam FantilliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 13Johnny GaudreauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 21:23 |
| 17Justin DanforthR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:10 |
| 38Boone JennerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:38 |
| 42Alexandre TexierC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 11:50 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:10 |
| 86Kirill MarchenkoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:14 |
| 9Ivan ProvorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 19:34 |
| 22Jake BeanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 17:16 |
| 27Adam BoqvistD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:51 |
| 44Erik GudbransonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 19:36 |
| 55David JiricekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:08 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer MartinG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 90Elvis MerzlikinsG | L | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 58:56 |