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Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (23-41-7) at Montreal Canadiens (28-38-6) – 25 Mar 2023 – 07:00PM EDT



#Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (23-41-7) at Montreal [](/r/habs) Canadiens (28-38-6)

#Centre Bell

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|04:00PM|05:00PM|06:00PM|07:00PM|08:00PM|##Watch, Listen and Talk:

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|:–:|:–:|
|TV|BSOH|
|Listen|[CBJ](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-000999129) – [MTL](https://www.nhl.com/video/c-00099918)|
|Other-Away|[Preview](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021158) – [Boxscore](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021158) – [Recap](http://BlueJackets.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021158)|
|Other-Home|[Preview](http://Canadiens.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/preview?id=2022021158) – [Boxscore](http://Canadiens.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/boxscore?id=2022021158) – [Recap](http://Canadiens.nhl.com/gamecenter/en/recap?id=2022021158)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2022021158)|

###Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|Nick Suzuki|Mike Hoffman|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Kirill Marchenko|
|[](/r/habs)|Jonathan Drouin|Kirby Dach|Denis Gurianov|[](/r/bluejackets)|Liam Foudy|Jack Roslovic|Kent Johnson|
|[](/r/habs)|Rem Pitlick|Jake Evans|Brendan Gallagher|[](/r/bluejackets)|Eric Robinson|Sean Kuraly|Lane Pederson|
|[](/r/habs)|Michael Pezzetta|Chris Tierney|Alex Belzile|[](/r/bluejackets)|Hunter McKown|Emil Bemstrom||

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|David Savard|[](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Boqvist|Erik Gudbranson|
|[](/r/habs)|Joel Edmundson|Justin Barron|[](/r/bluejackets)|Tim Berni|Andrew Peeke|
|[](/r/habs)|Johnathan Kovacevic|Chris Wideman|[](/r/bluejackets)|Gavin Bayreuther|Nick Blankenburg|

||Goalies||Goalies|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|[](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|
|[](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|[](/r/bluejackets)|Michael Hutchinson|

###Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Josh Anderson|21 Mar 2023|Ankle|OUT|Sprain|15 Sep 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|18 Mar 2023|Ankle|OUT|Sprain|15 Sep 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak|09 Mar 2023|Knee|OUT|Dvorak underwent knee surgery Wednesday and will miss the remainder of the season.|01 Jul 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|09 Mar 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Harris (lower body) will not be an option for Thursday’s matchup with Boston, Arpon Basu of The Athletic reports.|unknown|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Joel Armia|21 Feb 2023|Illness|DTD|Armia (illness) isn’t expected to play Thursday versus Florida.|unknown|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Juraj Slafkovský||Lower Body|IR||18 Apr 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|18 Feb 2023|Shoulder|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield||Shoulder|IR||15 Sep 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Sean Monahan|25 Feb 2023|Lower Body|IR-LT|Monahan (lower body) will not travel with the Montreal Canadiens on their upcoming road trip, Eric Engels of Sportsnet.ca reports.|27 Mar 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Paul Byron||Hip|IR-LT|Not Specified|06 Apr 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|24 Mar 2023|Upper Body|OUT|Gudbranson (upper body) will not return to Friday’s game against the New York Islanders, Aaron Portzline of The Athletic reports.|01 Apr 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Nick Blankenburg|24 Mar 2023|Lower Body|DTD|Blankenburg left Friday’s game against the New York Islanders because of a lower-body injury, per Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site.|unknown|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|24 Mar 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Olivier suffered a lower-body injury and won’t return to Friday’s game versus the New York Islanders.|28 Mar 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine|24 Mar 2023|Triceps|OUT|Laine suffered a triceps strain at practice Thursday and is expected to miss 2-4 weeks, as reports.|08 Apr 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth||Shoulder|IR|Surgery|01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier||Personal|OUT||01 Jul 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean||Shoulder|IR||01 May 2023|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|03 Mar 2023|Shoulder|IR-LT|Not Specified|15 Sep 2023|

###Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|G/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|S/G|SA/G|FO%|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[Canadiens](/r/habs)|72|28|38|6|62|43.0|2.76388|3.69444|17.0|72.6|27.375|33.90277|48.7|
|[Blue Jackets](/r/bluejackets)|71|23|41|7|53|37.3|2.7183|3.88732|19.6|75.9|29.83098|35.28169|48.1|

###Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|G|[](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|26|[](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|25|
|A|[](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|35|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|49|
|P|[](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|57|[](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|67|
|+/-|[](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|6|[](/r/bluejackets)|Hunter McKown|1|
|PIM|[](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|101|[](/r/bluejackets)|Mathieu Olivier|81|
|TOI|[](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|24:16|[](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:35|

#In-Game Updates

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by HockeyMod

8 Comments

  1. NontransferableApe

    I have come to terms we will be finishing third or fourth and draft 5th or 6th and hate this whole season and draft when we draft will smith.

  2. JunesDepartmentStore

    Canadians certainly have the injury part of the tank down

  3. JawnWickinThe3rd

    Lose 6-5 in regulation you dingle berries

  4. MegaUltraJoe

    Tank Commander’s back! Now we’re back on track.

  5. Ah, there’s that mile long injury list I know and loathe again. Hello old friend, I missed you.

    (I did not actually miss you.)

    But speaking of injuries, holy shit, BJA’s out *again*? Did that poor dude just take the Blue Jackets curse with him when we traded him?

  6. orangepineapplesoda

    Please lose tonight. We want Bedard.

  7. w_d_roll_RIP

    this team consistently finds new ways to disappoint me

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