Columbus Blue Jackets at Montréal Canadiens

Thu, Oct 26, 2023 · Centre Bell · 2023–24 Regular Season

Columbus Blue Jackets

3 – 4

Final/OT

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4–3 in overtime on Thu, Oct 26, 2023 at Centre Bell. Emil Bemstrom scored twice. Samuel Montembeault made 33 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–29.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
CBJ	2	1	0	0	3	36
MTL	0	2	1	1	4	29

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:46	CBJ	EV	Jack Roslovic (2) · snap	Johnny Gaudreau (4), Zach Werenski (3)	1–0
1st	17:21	CBJ	PP	Emil Bemstrom (2) · slap	Ivan Provorov (6), Jack Roslovic (3)	2–0
2nd	00:27	MTL	EV	Nick Suzuki (1) · wrist	Unassisted	2–1
2nd	13:34	CBJ	PP	Emil Bemstrom (3) · wrist	Jack Roslovic (4), Dmitri Voronkov (1)	3–1
2nd	19:43	MTL	PP	Mike Matheson (2) · snap	Nick Suzuki (4), Cole Caufield (4)	3–2
3rd	07:48	MTL	PP	Sean Monahan (3) · tip-in	Cole Caufield (5), Mike Matheson (3)	3–3
OT	04:17	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (4) · wrist	Nick Suzuki (5), Jordan Harris (1)	3–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	04:39	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	roughing	2
1st	04:39	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	boarding	2
1st	04:39	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	fighting	5
1st	04:39	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	fighting	5
1st	06:50	MTL	Tanner Pearson	roughing	2
1st	06:50	CBJ	Cole Sillinger	boarding	2
1st	11:46	CBJ	David Jiricek	holding	2
1st	15:38	MTL	Justin Barron	tripping	2
2nd	06:11	CBJ	Jake Bean	hooking	2
2nd	09:11	CBJ	Dmitri Voronkov	illegal check to head	2
2nd	11:44	MTL	Jordan Harris	hooking	2
2nd	18:48	CBJ	Damon Severson	interference	2
3rd	04:58	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	tripping	2
3rd	06:55	CBJ	Adam Fantilli	interference	2
3rd	19:05	MTL	Brendan Gallagher	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: CBJ 3.45 · MTL 4.01 · xG% CBJ 46.3

Columbus Blue Jackets

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
96	Jack Roslovic	C	1	2	3	-1	0	4	1	2		20:23	25
52	Emil Bemstrom	C	2	0	2	0	0	4	0	0		13:50	19
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0		26:19	28
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	2		23:11	25
13	Johnny Gaudreau	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0		20:54	23
10	Dmitri Voronkov	L	0	1	1	0	9	0	1	0		8:21	12
78	Damon Severson	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	3		22:19	26
38	Boone Jenner	C	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	3	73.7	22:07	27
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3		21:30	22
42	Alexandre Texier	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		18:35	21
11	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	2	46.2	17:54	21
17	Justin Danforth	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	1		15:55	20
22	Jake Bean	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		15:21	17
7	Sean Kuraly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	40.0	13:36	17
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	4	55.6	13:13	18
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:37	16
55	David Jiricek	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2		11:14	15
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		8:20	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
90	Elvis Merzlikins	OTL	29	25	4	.862	64:17

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
14	Nick Suzuki	C	1	2	3	+1	0	5	1	0	33.3	20:31	24
22	Cole Caufield	R	1	2	3	+1	0	8	0	0		20:21	24
8	Mike Matheson	D	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	5		28:03	27
54	Jordan Harris	D	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2		22:49	27
91	Sean Monahan	C	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	1	56.0	21:09	25
26	Johnathan Kovacevic	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		22:52	26
52	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	3		20:24	23
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		17:44	17
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	1		16:08	21
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2		15:32	23
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	42.9	15:07	18
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		13:48	19
49	Rafael Harvey-Pinard	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		13:26	19
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	7	0	2	2		13:24	17
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45.5	12:37	17
56	Jesse Ylonen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4		12:26	16
27	Gustav Lindstrom	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		11:55	15
55	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0		7:38	10

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Samuel Montembeault	W	36	33	3	.917	64:17