Montréal Canadiens vs Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular season · Monday, December 23, 2024 · Nationwide Arena

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4–5

Final

SOG 31–32

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Game summary

The Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Montréal Canadiens 5-4 on Monday, December 23, 2024 at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets outshot the Canadiens 32-31.

Dmitri Voronkov scored twice. Kent Johnson, David Savard, Jordan Harris, Lane Hutson, Jake Evans, Joel Armia and Kirill Marchenko also scored.

Jet Greaves made 27 saves on 31 shots for the win; Samuel Montembeault stopped 27 of 32.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
MTL	0	3	1	4	31
CBJ	2	1	2	5	32

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dmitri Voronkov (9)Sean Monahan (18)0–112:03 CBJ
Kent Johnson (10)Zach Werenski (22), Mathieu Olivier (6)0–218:45 CBJ

2nd period

David Savard (1)Cole Caufield (14), Nick Suzuki (24)Werenski 1:34 into shift1–202:03 MTL
Jordan Harris (1)Sean Monahan (19), Kirill Marchenko (23)1–303:34 CBJ
Lane Hutson (2)Juraj Slafkovský (15), Cole Caufield (15)2–307:03 MTL
Jake Evans (8)Emil Heineman (6), David Savard (8)van Riemsdyk 1:11 into shift3–314:26 MTL

3rd period

Joel Armia (6)Jake Evans (13), Alexandre Carrier (8)4–300:20 MTL
Dmitri Voronkov (10)Kirill Marchenko (24), Zach Werenski (23)4–403:24 CBJ · PPG
Kirill Marchenko (13)Sean Monahan (20), Zach Werenski (24)4–517:48 CBJ

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:34

1–2 · 2nd 2:03 · Savard. Werenski was 1:34 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceCBJ on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 CBJ

1st 12:03 · Voronkov

Matheson 0:13

Fresh legsMatheson 0:13

0–2 CBJ

1st 18:45 · Johnson

Guhle 0:40

NormalGuhle 0:40

1–2 MTL

2nd 2:03 · Savard

Stuck out there: Werenski 1:34

Stuck out thereWerenski 1:34

1–3 CBJ

2nd 3:34 · Harris

Armia 0:45

NormalArmia 0:45

2–3 MTL

2nd 7:03 · Hutson

Johnson 0:37

Fresh legsJohnson 0:37

3–3 MTL

2nd 14:26 · Evans

Long shift: van Riemsdyk 1:11

Long shiftvan Riemsdyk 1:11

4–3 MTL

3rd 0:20 · Armia

Monahan 0:20

Fresh legsMonahan 0:20

4–4 CBJ

3rd 3:24 · PP · Voronkov

Savard 0:26

Fresh legsSavard 0:26

4–5 CBJ

3rd 17:48 · Marchenko

Guhle 0:56

NormalGuhle 0:56

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

MTLCBJ

31Shots on goal32

53%Faceoff %47%

0/2Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes4

15Hits18

15Blocked shots15

17Giveaways14

7Takeaways5

Penalties

2nd 04:58Dmitri Voronkov · high sticking2 min
2nd 15:44Brendan Gallagher · slashing2 min
2nd 15:44Brendan Gallagher · abuse of officials2 min
2nd 18:00Ivan Provorov · tripping2 min
3rd 03:09Cole Caufield · hooking2 min

Season series

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

13Cole CaufieldR	0	2	2	-1	4	4	0	2	–	18:27
71Jake EvansC	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	0	88	14:43
58David SavardD	1	1	2	+2	3	1	4	0	–	17:15
14Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	-1	1	0	2	0	31	21:22
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0	100	17:46
40Joel ArmiaR	1	0	1	+2	2	0	0	0	–	12:46
51Emil HeinemanL	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	11:43
45Alexandre CarrierD	0	1	1	-1	2	1	1	0	–	16:39
48Lane HutsonD	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	–	24:31
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	–	14:35
15Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	36	15:37
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100	14:41
28Christian DvorakC	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	60	15:31
77Kirby DachC	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	33	15:48
92Patrik LaineL	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	06:15
8Mike MathesonD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	26:15
21Kaiden GuhleD	0	0	0	-2	5	0	4	0	–	18:00
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	15:26

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cayden PrimeauG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Samuel MontembeaultG	L	32	27	5	.844	58:25

Columbus Blue Jackets

Columbus Blue Jackets skaters

23Sean MonahanC	0	3	3	+2	5	2	2	0	41	22:37
86Kirill MarchenkoR	1	2	3	+2	4	0	0	0	–	23:17
8Zach WerenskiD	0	3	3	+1	7	0	3	0	–	28:44
10Dmitri VoronkovL	2	0	2	+1	4	1	1	2	–	20:43
24Mathieu OlivierR	0	1	1	0	1	2	2	0	–	17:25
91Kent JohnsonC	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	–	15:41
22Jordan HarrisD	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	06:26
4Cole SillingerC	0	0	0	+1	4	2	0	0	68	20:00
7Sean KuralyC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	40	08:43
19Adam FantilliC	0	0	0	-2	2	3	1	0	36	14:20
21James van RiemsdykL	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	11:54
27Zachary Aston-ReeseC	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	–	11:55
82Mikael PyyhtiaL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	10:55
2Jake ChristiansenD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	–	06:33
3Jack JohnsonD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	–	09:53
5Denton MateychukD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	18:36
9Ivan ProvorovD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	2	–	25:01
15Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	0	–	23:28

Columbus Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40Daniil TarasovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
73Jet GreavesG	W	31	27	4	.871	59:49