The Columbus Blue Jackets got one day of rest, with a home battle tonight against the Montreal Canadiens. Writing this during warmups so it’ll be quick from me.
This is the second meeting of the year, Montreal won in overtime in October. This was the last game Emil Bemstrom scored for the team. The one where he had two powerplay goals. Where Cole Caufield scored late in overtime almost forcing a shootout. Simpler times.
Both teams are dealing with injuries - Columbus remains without Damon Severson; Jack Roslovic; and Daniil Tarasov. Montreal is without Kirby Dach and David Savard for most the of rest of the season; plus Arber Xhekaj; Rafael Harvey-Pinard, and Jordan Harris.
Alexandre Texier has jumped to the second line; Dmitri Vokornov is now on the third with Yegor Chinakov. Mathieu Olivier and Andrew Peeke remain the spares. Elvis v Montembault.
Projected Lineups
Montreal Canadiens
Alex Newhook—Nick Suzuki—Brendan Gallagher
Juraj Slafkovsky—Sean Monahan—Cole Caufield
Joel Armia—Christian Dvorak—Josh Anderson
Tanner Pearson—Jake Evans—Jesse Ylonen
Mike Matheson—Justin Barron
Kaiden Guhle—Gustav Lindstrom
Jayden Struble—Jonathan Kovacevic
Samuel Montembault
Jake Allen
Columbus Blue Jackets
Johnny Gaudreau—Boone Jenner—Kirill Marchenko
Alexandre Texier—Adam Fantilli—Patrik Laine
Dmitri Vokornov—Cole Sillinger—Yegor Chinakov
Eric Robinson—Sean Kuraly—Justin Danforth
Zach Werenski—Adam Boqvist
Ivan Provorov—David Jiricek
Jake Bean—Erik Gudbranson
Elvis Merzlikins
Spencer Martin
Players to Watch
Montreal — Josh Anderson — we all know how former Blue Jackets do against Columbus. 2 assists in 21 games is his least productive year ever.
Columbus — Dmitri Vokornov — after contributing to NHL history, who will the Russian rookie continue his excellent start.
Predicted Final Score
MTL - 2
CBJ - 3
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