Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Montreal Canadiens 2: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Blue Jackets 1 to Montreal Canadiens 2, on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Columbus Blue Jackets.
NHLThursday, March 26, 2026
DateMar 26, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance20,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Columbus Blue JacketsMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
38-23-11Record40-21-10
7th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
1-5Road record / home record5-5
LLWWLLast 5LWWLW
L2StreakL1
Team stats
Columbus Blue JacketsMontreal Canadiens
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Columbus Blue Jackets
Montreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Coyle | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:20 | 1:27 | 2:24 | 11:29 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 53.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 18:35 | 1:27 | 0:07 | 17:01 | 20 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Conor Garland | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:43 | 0:31 | 0:00 | 14:12 | 16 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danton Heinen | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:33 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:33 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13:53 | 0:33 | 1:23 | 11:57 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Isac Lundestrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:12 | 0:00 | 1:33 | 10:39 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:47 | 1:27 | 0:00 | 17:20 | 19 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mason Marchment | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18:36 | 1:29 | 0:00 | 17:07 | 19 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:45 | 0:33 | 2:22 | 15:50 | 19 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 42.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:47 | 0:00 | 0:04 | 12:43 | 14 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 0 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 11:49 | 0:00 | 0:05 | 11:44 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Miles Wood | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8:47 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:47 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Fabbro | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 15:04 | 0:00 | 0:13 | 14:51 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 | 0:00 | 3:49 | 16:47 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:37 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 3 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 21:34 | 0:28 | 3:48 | 17:18 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Damon Severson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:23 | 0:33 | 0:05 | 20:45 | 21 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Werenski | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27:21 | 1:32 | 0:07 | 25:42 | 25 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Greaves | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .900 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 58:38 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16:12 | 0:07 | 0:59 | 15:06 | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13:51 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 12:59 | 17 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:48 | 3:01 | 0:06 | 14:41 | 19 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 9:40 | 0:00 | 0:48 | 8:52 | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:15 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 14:14 | 18 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:56 | 0:07 | 0:56 | 17:53 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 8:15 | 0:52 | 0:00 | 7:23 | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:22 | 0:52 | 1:00 | 13:30 | 18 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:32 | 0:59 | 0:00 | 15:33 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:24 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 16:23 | 22 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nick Suzuki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:38 | 3:01 | 0:12 | 16:25 | 21 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 64.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Veleno | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 7:00 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:00 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:18 | 0:00 | 1:00 | 16:18 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:45 | 0:59 | 0:57 | 22:49 | 27 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 20:50 | 0:00 | 0:59 | 19:51 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:45 | 3:01 | 0:00 | 16:44 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:24 | 0:07 | 1:03 | 20:14 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .962 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 1-1
Apr 11, 2026CBJ 5, MTL 2
Mar 26, 2026CBJ 1, MTL 2
Nov 17, 2025MTL 3, CBJ 4
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Columbus Blue Jackets vs Montreal Canadiens?
Montreal Canadiens won, 2-1, on Thursday, March 26, 2026.
What was the final score of Columbus Blue Jackets vs Montreal Canadiens?
Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Montreal Canadiens 2.
Who were the top performers?
Columbus Blue Jackets: Damon Severson (1 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Zack Bolduc (1 goals).
Where is Columbus Blue Jackets vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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