National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Montreal 8, Columbus 2
Saturday, March 25, 2023 7:00 PM
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 TOI
Michael Hutchinson G 0 0 0 0 0 22:58
Elvis Merzlikins G 0 0 0 0 0 37:02
Andrew Peeke D 0 1 1 -4 0 1 21:13
Sean Kuraly C 0 0 0 -3 0 1 13:22
Johnny Gaudreau LW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 18:18
Gavin Bayreuther D 0 1 1 -4 2 1 17:29
Lane Pederson C 1 0 1 -2 0 3 14:30
Liam Foudy RW 0 0 0 E 0 0 12:41
Jake Christiansen D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 19:05
Adam Boqvist D 0 0 0 E 2 2 20:03
Boone Jenner C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 19:07
Hunter McKown C 0 0 0 E 2 1 14:58
Eric Robinson LW 0 0 0 -3 0 1 12:01
Emil Bemstrom RW 0 0 0 E 0 3 14:05
Trey Fix-Wolansky RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13:19
Tim Berni D 0 0 0 E 0 0 14:57
Nick Blankenburg D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 19:40
Kirill Marchenko RW 1 0 1 -2 0 4 16:58
Kent Johnson C 0 1 1 -1 0 0 15:18
Jack Roslovic C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 17:24
Montreal Canadiens
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Jake Allen G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Sam Montembeault G 0 0 0 0 0 60:00
Mike Matheson D 0 3 3 +3 0 3 22:15
Brendan Gallagher RW 1 1 2 +2 0 2 12:58
Nick Suzuki C 1 3 4 +3 0 3 15:59
Denis Gurianov RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 13:52
Johnathan Kovacevic D 0 2 2 +3 0 3 17:53
Jonathan Drouin LW 0 0 0 -1 2 1 13:02
Joel Edmundson D 0 1 1 -1 0 0 20:26
Rafael Harvey-Pinard LW 3 0 3 +3 0 3 14:55
Justin Barron D 0 0 0 E 0 3 19:00
Jordan Harris D 0 1 1 +3 2 1 17:45
Michael Pezzetta LW 0 0 0 +1 0 1 15:03
Jesse Ylonen RW 1 1 2 +2 0 4 11:17
David Savard D 0 0 0 +2 2 3 20:19
Alex Belzile RW 1 0 1 +1 0 1 14:13
Chris Tierney C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 14:28
Mike Hoffman LW 1 2 3 +3 2 2 14:21
Jake Evans C 0 1 1 +2 0 1 17:02
Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 17:12
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