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Montreal Canadiens @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Canadiens

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Fowler	8	1	1	2	2.16	.925
J. Dobes	3	2	2	0	4.04	.847

Blue Jackets

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Greaves	2	6	0	1	3.36	.880
C. Talbot	5	2	0	0	2.44	.911

Nationwide Arena

7:00 PM, December 22, 2026

Columbus, OH

MTL

CBJ

Points

Lane HutsonD #48

17PTS

14A

Kent JohnsonC #91

16PTS

Goals

Cole CaufieldRW #13

11G

2PPG

57S

Kent JohnsonC #91

1PPG

34S

Assists

Lane HutsonD #48

14A

4PPA

8+/-

Zach WerenskiD #8

12A

3PPA

6+/-

Montreal Canadiens

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jake Evans C	Day-To-Day	Nov 10
Ivan Demidov RW	IR	Nov 14
Mike Matheson D	OUT	Nov 14
Sam Montembeault G	IR	Nov 12
Bryce Pickford D	IR-NR	Nov 30

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
MTL	3.47	3.12	27.6	28.3	200	8	15.4	15	78.3	1	0
CBJ	2.53	3.13	25.8	28.1	126	7	17.5	11	75.6	0	0

Canadiens Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/7/26	@TOR	W4-2
11/5/26	vsUTA	W5-4 OT
11/3/26	vsWPG	L5-4 OT
10/31/26	vsPIT	W5-4
10/29/26	@DAL	W5-2

Blue Jackets Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/6/26	@BUF	L5-2
11/5/26	vsDAL	W2-1 SO
11/3/26	vsCOL	W7-2
10/31/26	@DAL	L3-1
10/29/26	@CAR	L3-2

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 12/12

Canadiens
Blue Jackets

Game 1

12/12

Canadiens
Blue Jackets

Game 2

12/22

Blue Jackets
Canadiens

Game 3

12/29

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	14	3	2	30
New Jersey	13	5	0	26
NY Rangers	10	8	1	21
Washington	9	6	0	18
NY Islanders	7	6	4	18
Philadelphia	5	10	5	15
Columbus	7	8	0	14
Pittsburgh	6	10	2	14

Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say

Kevin Fiala is expected to make his season debut this week, sources told ESPN's Emily Kaplan, with the Kings also slated to get Mats Zuccarello back Tuesday night.

Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

Connor Hellebuyck talks a little bit about why he wanted out of Winnipeg.

Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds

Alex Ovechkin didn't weigh in on CAS' decision to allow Russian players back in hockey worlds, but said they just want to represent their country.

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Montreal Canadiens @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Scoring Leaders

Lane HutsonD #48

Kent JohnsonC #91

Cole CaufieldRW #13

Kent JohnsonC #91

Lane HutsonD #48

Zach WerenskiD #8

Injury Report

Team Stats

Kings expect to get Kevin Fiala back this week, sources say

Connor Hellebuyck discusses why he wanted out of Winnipeg

Ovechkin says Russians want to play for country, doesn't weigh in on worlds