National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 8, Columbus 2
When: 7:00 PM ET, Saturday, March 25, 2023
Where: Bell Centre, Montreal, Quebec
Referees: Garrett Rank, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen: Devin Berg, Dan Kelly
Attendance: 21105
Final Scoring Summary
 
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Columbus 2002
Montreal 2428
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
1:32 - Blue Jackets Lane Pederson (EV) Assists: Kent Johnson , Jack Roslovic
3:39 - Canadiens Mike Hoffman (EV) Assists: Mike Matheson , Nick Suzuki
9:43 - Canadiens Jesse Ylonen (EV) Assists: Brendan Gallagher , Joel Edmundson
18:00 - Blue Jackets Kirill Marchenko (EV) Assists: Andrew Peeke , Gavin Bayreuther
Penalties
10:46 - Canadiens Mike Hoffman (2) Slashing
2nd Period
Scoring
0:13 - Canadiens Rafael Harvey-Pinard (EV) Assists: Mike Matheson , Nick Suzuki
7:13 - Canadiens Rafael Harvey-Pinard (EV) Assists: Mike Hoffman , Nick Suzuki
13:08 - Canadiens Brendan Gallagher (EV) Assists: Jake Evans , Jesse Ylonen
16:42 - Canadiens Rafael Harvey-Pinard (PP) Assists: Mike Hoffman , Mike Matheson
Penalties
1:13 - Canadiens David Savard (2) Delay of game
 2:36 - Blue Jackets Hunter McKown (2) Slashing
 15:10 - Blue Jackets Adam Boqvist (2) Tripping
 17:02 - Canadiens Jonathan Drouin (2) Holding the stick
3rd Period
Scoring
11:48 - Canadiens Alex Belzile (EV) Assists: Chris Tierney , Johnathan Kovacevic
13:49 - Canadiens Nick Suzuki (EV) Assists: Johnathan Kovacevic , Jordan Harris
Penalties
14:18 - Canadiens Jordan Harris (2) High sticking
 17:48 - Blue Jackets Gavin Bayreuther (2) High sticking
Columbus Blue Jackets
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Michael Hutchinson G 0 0 0 0 0 22:58 16:58 4:00 2:00 0 0 - - - - -
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 37:02 30:44 3:23 2:55 0 0 - - - - -
Andrew Peeke D 0 1 1 -4 0 1 23 21:13 17:22 0:15 3:36 0 0 - 3 - - -
Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 16 13:22 11:05 0:00 2:17 0 0 5 - 6 5 55
Johnny Gaudreau LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 18:18 14:25 3:53 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Gavin Bayreuther D 0 1 1 -4 2 1 24 17:29 17:29 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 - - -
Lane Pederson C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 16 14:30 11:22 2:53 0:15 0 0 3 - 0 1 0
Liam Foudy RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 15 12:41 11:15 0:00 1:26 0 0 2 - - - -
Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 24 19:05 18:02 0:00 1:03 0 0 1 2 - - -
Adam Boqvist D 0 0 0 E 2 2 26 20:03 16:04 3:35 0:24 0 0 1 1 - - -
Boone Jenner C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19 19:07 13:41 4:30 0:56 0 0 - - 7 5 58
Hunter McKown C 0 0 0 E 2 1 17 14:58 11:28 3:30 0:00 0 0 1 1 11 3 79
Eric Robinson LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 15 12:01 9:42 0:00 2:19 0 0 1 - - - -
Emil Bemstrom RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 15 14:05 10:43 3:22 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Trey Fix-Wolansky RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 15 13:19 13:19 0:00 0:00 0 0 2 1 - - -
Tim Berni D 0 0 0 E 0 0 22 14:57 13:05 0:01 1:51 0 0 - 4 - - -
Nick Blankenburg D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 23 19:40 13:11 3:33 2:56 0 0 1 2 - - -
Kirill Marchenko RW 1 0 1 -2 0 4 19 16:58 12:43 4:01 0:14 0 0 1 1 1 0 100
Kent Johnson C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 18 15:18 11:49 3:29 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jack Roslovic C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 19 17:24 11:08 3:53 2:23 0 0 - 1 6 5 55
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG SHF TOI EV PP SH PP SH HT BS FW FL FO%
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00 47:42 4:55 7:23 0 0 - - - - -
Mike Matheson D 0 3 3 +3 0 3 20 22:15 17:41 2:55 1:39 0 0 - 1 - - -
Brendan Gallagher RW 1 1 2 +2 0 2 16 12:58 11:39 1:18 0:01 0 0 - - - - -
Nick Suzuki C 1 3 4 +3 0 3 16 15:59 11:17 2:44 1:58 0 0 - - 5 8 38
Denis Gurianov RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18 13:52 13:52 0:00 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 2 2 +3 0 3 21 17:53 13:48 0:41 3:24 0 0 - - - - -
Jonathan Drouin LW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 19 13:02 13:02 0:00 0:00 0 0 - 1 3 3 50
Joel Edmundson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 22 20:26 15:51 1:07 3:28 0 0 4 3 - - -
Rafael Harvey-Pinard LW 3 0 3 +3 0 3 16 14:55 11:12 1:48 1:55 1 0 2 - 0 1 0
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 E 0 3 21 19:00 17:41 0:23 0:56 0 0 3 - - - -
Jordan Harris D 0 1 1 +3 2 1 21 17:45 14:57 0:47 2:01 0 0 - 1 - - -
Michael Pezzetta LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 14 15:03 11:07 1:44 2:12 0 0 1 1 0 1 0
Jesse Ylonen RW 1 1 2 +2 0 4 15 11:17 11:03 0:14 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
David Savard D 0 0 0 +2 2 3 22 20:19 15:42 1:18 3:19 0 0 - 6 - - -
Alex Belzile RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 17 14:13 12:11 0:22 1:40 0 0 1 - 2 5 29
Chris Tierney C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 15 14:28 10:51 1:38 1:59 0 0 - - 3 2 60
Mike Hoffman LW 1 2 3 +3 2 2 16 14:21 11:26 2:55 0:00 0 0 - - - - -
Jake Evans C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 19 17:02 11:40 1:47 3:35 0 0 - 1 6 7 46
Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 18 17:12 12:53 2:54 1:25 0 0 2 - 0 4 0
Goaltending
Columbus
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Elvis Merzlikins L (7-18-2) 24 18 6 .750 0 37:02
Michael Hutchinson 8 6 2 .750 0 22:58
Montreal
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Sam Montembeault W (16-19-3) 23 21 2 .913 0 60:00