Columbus Blue Jackets at Montréal Canadiens

Mar 26, 2026 · Centre Bell

Team	Goals	Shots
Columbus Blue Jackets	1	26
Montréal Canadiens	2	20

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
09:54	MTL	Jayden Struble (1)	Zachary Bolduc (17), Lane Hutson (59)	0 - 1
12:17	CBJ	Damon Severson (8)	Boone Jenner (23), Isac Lundeström (7)	1 - 1
3rd Period
04:36	MTL	Zachary Bolduc (11)	Jake Evans (11), Mike Matheson (28)	1 - 2

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
04:18	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	Holding	2
2nd Period
07:41	MTL	Jake Evans	Roughing	2
07:41	CBJ	Miles Wood	Roughing	2
14:36	CBJ	Zach Werenski	Interference	2
3rd Period
14:44	CBJ	Boone Jenner	Interference goalkeeper	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Columbus Blue Jackets	63	44	26	1	3.2	63.6
Montréal Canadiens	40	31	20	2	2.2	36.4

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Columbus Blue Jackets had.

Expected goals

Columbus Blue Jackets: 3.2 expected, 1 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 2.2 expected, 2 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Columbus Blue Jackets

Montréal Canadiens

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Columbus Blue Jackets

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mason Marchment · Kirill Marchenko · Adam Fantilli	11:50	73.1	81.9	0-0
Sean Monahan · Danton Heinen · Conor Garland	10:41	57.1	30.1	0-1
Charlie Coyle · Mathieu Olivier · Cole Sillinger	8:07	44.4	18.4	0-1
Boone Jenner · Miles Wood · Isac Lundeström	7:46	33.3	63.8	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Damon Severson · Zach Werenski	16:42	53.8	64.3	0-0
Ivan Provorov · Dante Fabbro	10:37	45.5	47.7	0-2
Erik Gudbranson · Denton Mateychuk	10:32	78.6	76.4	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
78	Damon Severson	D	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	21:23	0.47	19-13	1.30-0.36
21	Isac Lundeström	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	12:12		10-10	0.58-0.31
22	Boone Jenner	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	3	13:53	0.19	9-12	0.63-0.37
3	Charlie Coyle	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	15:20	0.19	4-6	0.05-0.23
4	Cole Sillinger	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	11:49	0.00	12-6	0.59-0.28
5	Denton Mateychuk	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:37	0.01	14-3	0.35-0.07
8	Zach Werenski	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	27:21	0.16	21-16	1.06-0.44
9	Ivan Provorov	D	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	21:34	0.08	23-12	1.13-0.63
11	Miles Wood	L	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	08:47	0.19	6-11	0.55-0.31
15	Dante Fabbro	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	15:04		12-14	0.58-0.71
19	Adam Fantilli	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	18:35	0.44	25-7	1.73-0.23
23	Sean Monahan	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	18:45	0.15	17-8	0.42-0.33
24	Mathieu Olivier	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	12:47	0.30	15-7	0.79-0.29
27	Mason Marchment	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	18:36	0.37	24-8	1.39-0.23
44	Erik Gudbranson	D	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	20:36	0.08	23-6	1.14-0.09
58	Danton Heinen	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	12:33	0.05	11-7	0.16-0.33
83	Conor Garland	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	14:43	0.08	13-6	0.39-0.32
86	Kirill Marchenko	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:47	0.48	22-8	1.05-0.23

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
73	Jet Greaves	L	20	18	2	58:38	2.10	+0.10

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský	11:50	43.3	30.9	0-0
Alex Newhook · Oliver Kapanen · Ivan Demidov	11:14	41.2	21.0	0-0
Josh Anderson · Jake Evans · Zachary Bolduc	10:59	35.7	65.4	2-0
Brendan Gallagher · Phillip Danault · Joseph Veleno	5:58	55.6	27.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson	16:48	31.4	19.3	0-0
Alexandre Carrier · Kaiden Guhle	11:31	58.3	46.7	0-0
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson	9:43	50.0	39.7	1-1

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	1	1	2	2	0	2	3	13:51	0.19	5-13	0.41-0.31
47	Jayden Struble	D	1	0	1	1	0	2	2	12:05	0.17	11-12	0.52-0.59
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	21:24	0.05	12-28	0.44-1.49
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	19:45	0.18	12-19	0.40-0.92
71	Jake Evans	C	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	18:56		6-23	0.43-1.00
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	08:15	0.02	6-7	0.11-0.56
13	Cole Caufield	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	17:48	0.93	13-20	0.41-0.94
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	19:38	0.07	14-17	0.47-0.92
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:32	0.18	8-15	0.22-0.89
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	16:12	0.13	5-11	0.41-0.42
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	19:24	0.09	13-23	0.41-1.18
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	20:50	0.02	9-11	0.31-0.51
24	Phillip Danault	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	09:40	0.06	5-9	0.09-0.61
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:18		7-13	0.30-0.57
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	24:45	0.08	13-29	0.33-1.48
90	Joseph Veleno	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	3	07:00		6-5	0.11-0.27
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15:22	0.01	7-13	0.16-0.62
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:15		8-14	0.22-0.63

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
75	Jakub Dobes	W	26	25	1	60:00	3.11	+2.11