3-3-1, 1-1-1 Away

2-3-0, 2-2-0 Home

Montreal Canadiens @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Dobes	1	2	1	0	4.63	.841
J. Fowler	2	1	0	1	1.91	.908

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	1	2	0	0	3.42	.874
C. Talbot	1	1	0	0	4.43	.822

Nationwide Arena

1:00 PM, December 12, 2026

Columbus, OH

MTL

CBJ

Points

Nick SuzukiC #14

9PTS

Cole SillingerC #4

5PTS

Goals

Nick SuzukiC #14

1PPG

20S

Cole SillingerC #4

0PPG

Assists

Lane HutsonD #48

1PPA

1+/-

Charlie CoyleC #3

1PPA

1+/-

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Florian Xhekaj LW	Day-To-Day	Oct 17
Mike Matheson D	Day-To-Day	Oct 17
Sam Montembeault G	IR	Oct 20
Oliver Kapanen C	IR	Oct 17
Ivan Demidov RW	IR	Oct 31

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
MTL	3.00	3.86	28.6	25.9	86	3	13.6	6	80.0	0	0
CBJ	3.00	4.20	27.8	26.8	61	2	16.7	7	61.1	0	0

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/14/26	@WSH	L5-4
10/13/26	vsBUF	W4-3 SO
10/10/26	vsDET	W1-0 SO
10/8/26	vsNSH	L5-2
10/6/26	vsCAR	L6-4

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/13/26	vsFLA	L7-3
10/10/26	@STL	L5-3
10/9/26	vsPIT	W3-2 SO
10/3/26	vsUTA	L4-1
10/1/26	vsBUF	W6-3

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/12

Canadiens
Blue Jackets

Game 1

12/12

Canadiens
Blue Jackets

Game 2

12/22

Blue Jackets
Canadiens

Game 3

12/29

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Ottawa	6	2	0	12
Boston	5	2	0	10
Tampa Bay	5	2	0	10
Florida	4	2	2	10
Buffalo	4	3	1	9
Toronto	3	3	2	8
Montreal	3	3	1	7
Detroit	2	3	2	6

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	6	1	1	13
NY Rangers	6	3	0	12
Washington	4	3	0	8
New Jersey	4	3	0	8
NY Islanders	3	3	1	7
Pittsburgh	3	3	1	7
Columbus	2	3	0	4
Philadelphia	0	6	3	3

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Montreal Canadiens @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring Leaders

Nick SuzukiC #14

Cole SillingerC #4

Nick SuzukiC #14

Cole SillingerC #4

Lane HutsonD #48

Charlie CoyleC #3

Injury Report

Team Stats

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