Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (3-2-1) at Montreal Canadiens (3-2-1) – 26 Oct 2023 – 7:00PM EDT

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1. HockeyMod 11 months ago

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   ##Projected Lineups

   ||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Josh Anderson|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Jack Roslovic|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|Alex Newhook|Juraj Slafkovsky|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Adam Fantilli|Emil Bemstrom|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|Sean Monahan|Brendan Gallagher|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kirill Marchenko|Cole Sillinger|Justin Danforth|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jesse Ylonen|Jake Evans|Michael Pezzetta|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|

   ||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|Justin Barron|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Damon Severson|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|Johnathan Kovacevic|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|David Jiricek|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|Gustav Lindstrom|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|

   ||Goalies||Goalies|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|

   [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/)

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   ##Injuries

   ||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|David Savard|24 Oct 2023|Hand|IR|Fracture|07 Dec 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|17 Oct 2023|Upper Body|DTD|Guhle (upper body) is not expected to play Tuesday against the New Jersey Devils, per Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette.|unknown|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach|14 Oct 2023|Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman|21 Sep 2023|Back|IR|Wideman is out indefinitely because of a back injury.|30 Oct 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak|20 Sep 2023|Knee|IR-LT|Dvorak (knee) won’t be available before November, per Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports.|04 Nov 2023|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|20 Oct 2023|Upper Body|IR|Not Specified|28 Oct 2023|

   [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/montreal-canadiens/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries)

   ##Team Stats

   |Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|6|3|2|1|7|0.583|3.00|3.33|16.67|75.76|28.67|35.17|54.15|
   |[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|6|3|2|1|7|0.583|2.83|3.17|14.29|85.00|32.83|33.17|48.53|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ##Team Leaders

   |Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |G|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield, Tanner Pearson, Alex Newhook|3|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|4|
   |A|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield, Sean Monahan, Nick Suzuki|3|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|5|
   |P|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|6|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner, Ivan Provorov|5|
   |+/-|[MTL](/r/habs)|Sean Monahan, Kaiden Guhle|4|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth, Damon Severson|3|
   |PIM|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|25|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|9|
   |TOI|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|25:39|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|23:55|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

   ## Goalie Breakdown

   ||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
   |:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|3|3|2|0|1|0|2.58|0.929|
   |[MTL](/r/habs)|Sam Montembeault|2|2|1|1|0|0|3.55|0.892|
   |–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
   |[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|4|4|2|1|1|0|2.69|0.913|
   |[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|3|2|1|1|0|0|3.02|0.915|

   [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=%5B{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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2. poopkid69 11 months ago

   Fuck ’em up boys.

3. LamBEASTMARTY 11 months ago

   Grosse game à souère, el’gros.

4. The_Cheezman 11 months ago

   Tbh if they wont put Slaf, put Ylonen on the first. I am curious to see how he does

5. GroundInfinite4111 11 months ago

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