Columbus Blue Jackets (90 pts) vs. Montréal Canadiens (104 pts) Game Preview

The Columbus Blue Jackets take on the Montréal Canadiens tonight at 7 PM.

Montréal Canadiens – 47-22-10 – 104 Points – 9-1-0 in the last 10 – Won 2 – 2nd in the Atlantic

Columbus Blue Jackets – 39-28-12 – 90 Points – 2-7-1 in the last 10 – Lost 1 – 5th in the Metro

Team Notes Per CBJ PR

Columbus split the first two games of its three-game road trip with a 4-3 SO win at Detroit on Tuesday and 5-0 loss at

Buffalo on Thursday. The club concludes its road portion of the regular season at Montreal on Saturday.

CBJ play their 16th and final back-to-back set of the season (18-7-5, .683) on Saturday (at Montreal) and Sunday (vs. Boston).

The team has earned points in 11 of its last 16 road games, ranking sixth-T in the NHL in points pct. since Jan. 11 (10-5-1, .656).

The Jackets have also earned points in 26 of their past 35 contests overall since Jan. 11 (21-9-5, 47 pts.).

The Blue Jackets play all four of their games this week against the Atlantic Division (1-1-0). The club has earned points in 19 of its last 24 games against the division dating back to Apr. 8, 2025 (14-5-5).

Columbus leads the NHL with a franchise-record 58 goals scored by defensemen in 2025-26 (58-135-193, 79 GP).

Player Notes Per CBJ PR

Charlie Coyle has tied his single-season career high in assists and tied for the second-most points of his 14-year NHL career with 18-38-56 in 79 games this season.

Adam Fantilli has set single-season career highs in assists and points with 23-33-56 in 79 contests this season.

Jet Greaves has earned points in 16 of his last 21 starts since Jan. 11 (13-5-3, 2.44 GAA, .910 SV% in 22 GP), ranking eighth among NHL goaltenders in GAA and ninth-T in SV% over that stretch (min. 6 GP).

Kirill Marchenko has posted assists in four of the past six games (1-5-6) and is the fifth player in Blue Jackets history with 25-plus goals in consecutive seasons (31 in 2024-25; 26 in 2025-26).

Mason Marchment has collected assists in four of his past five contests (1-5-6) and has 2-6-8 in his last eight games. He ranks second on the team in goals since making his CBJ debut on Dec. 20, 2025 (14-15-29 in 36 GP).

Zach Werenski set a new single-season franchise record with his 26th multi-point effort on Tuesday (1-1-2). He has recorded 22-58-80 in 72 games in 2025-26 and is the third American-born defenseman in NHL history with consecutive 80-point campaigns (Brian Leetch, 1990-91 – 1991-92 with NYR; Phil Housley, 1991-92 – 1992-93 with WPG).

Blue Jackets Stats

Power Play – 19.2% – 22nd in the NHL
Penalty Kill – 76.2% – 28th in the NHL
Goals For – 238 – 17th in the NHL
Goals Against – 244 – 22nd in the NHL

Canadiens Stats

Power Play – 23.2% – 11th in the NHL
Penalty Kill – 78.1% – 20th in the NHL
Goals For – 271 – 7th in the NHL
Goals Against – 241 – 17th in the NHL

Series History vs. The Canadiens

Columbus is 22-18-1-5 all-time, and 10-11-1-3 all-time in Montréal.
CBJ have recorded points in three of the last four meetings (2-1-1) and 12 of the past 18 since Mar. 28, 2019 (9-6-3).
Montreal has won the last five home games in the series (CBJ; 0-4-1) since a three-game road win streak for Columbus from Feb. 2, 2020-Feb. 12, 2022.
Each of the last four games have been decided by a single goal. Prior to that, seven-of-eight from Apr. 13, 2022-Nov.16, 2024, were decided by multiple goals.
The winning team has scored four-plus goals in 11 of the past 16 games since Nov. 19, 2019 (including SO goals).
The teams have combined for six or more goals in four out of the last five meetings and nine of the past 12.
CBJ have scored a power play goal in two out of the last three games of the series (2-of-6; 33.3 pct.).
The teams have combined for 60 shots or less in seven of the past ten meetings (57.0 avg.).

Who To Watch For The Canadiens

Tage Thompson leads the Sabres with 38 goals and 78 points.
Rasmus Dahlin leads Buffalo with 52 assists.
Goalie Alex Lyon is 20-10-4 with a SV% of .907.

CBJ Player Notes vs Canadiens

Boone Jenner has 15 points in 26 games vs. the Sabres.

Zach Werenski has 19 points in 21 games.
Charlie Coyle has 24 points in his career against Buffalo.

Injured Reserve & Other Injuries

Brendan Smith – Lower Body – Missed 41 Games IR – OUT FOR THE SEASON
Damon Severson – Missed 7 Games – Upper Body – OUT FOR THE SEASON
Dmitri Voronkov – Missed 6 Games – Upper Body – OUT FOR THE SEASON
Mathieu Olivier – Missed 5 Games – Upper Body – OUT FOR THE SEASON

TOTAL MAN GAMES LOST: 206

How to Watch & Listen: Tonight’s game will be on FanDuel Sports Network. The radio broadcast will be on 97.1 The Fan, with Bob McElligott behind the mic doing the play-by-play.

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