Columbus Blue Jackets vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Blue Jackets

38-23-11, 87 PTS

1-2

Final

Canadiens

40-21-10, 90 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

CBJ shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
CBJ	13	6	7	26
MTL	6	8	6	20

In net

Jet Greaves18/20 SV, .900

Jakub Dobes25/26 SV, .962

Team	1	2	3	T
CBJ	1	0	0	1
MTL	1	0	1	2

Who won: Canadiens 2-1

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Thursday, March 26, 2026 at Bell Centre. The series is tied 1-1. Zack Bolduc led the Canadiens in goals (1). Damon Severson led the Blue Jackets in goals (1).

CBJ

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	0	3	2	16:12	0:07	0:59	15:06	21	0	13	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Zack BolducRW	1	3	2	13:51	0:52	0:00	12:59	17	1	11	1	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole CaufieldRW	0	1	0	17:48	3:01	0:06	14:41	19	0	44	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Phillip DanaultC	0	1	-1	9:40	0:00	0:48	8:52	15	0	5	0	1	0	3	3	50.0	0	0	0
Ivan DemidovRW	0	1	0	17:15	3:01	0:00	14:14	18	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Jake EvansC	1	2	2	18:56	0:07	0:56	17:53	22	0	11	1	0	0	6	7	46.2	1	1	2
Brendan GallagherRW	0	1	-1	8:15	0:52	0:00	7:23	11	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Oliver KapanenC	0	0	0	15:22	0:52	1:00	13:30	18	0	21	0	1	0	1	3	25.0	0	0	0
Alex NewhookC	0	1	0	16:32	0:59	0:00	15:33	19	0	10	0	2	0	5	5	50.0	0	0	0
Juraj SlafkovskyLW	1	1	0	19:24	3:01	0:00	16:23	22	0	28	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Nick SuzukiC	0	0	0	19:38	3:01	0:12	16:25	21	0	24	0	1	1	9	5	64.3	0	0	0
Joe VelenoC	0	3	-1	7:00	0:00	0:00	7:00	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Alexandre CarrierD	1	1	1	0	17:18	0:00	1:00	16:18	21	0	7	0	0	0	1
Noah DobsonD	3	1	0	0	24:45	0:59	0:57	22:49	27	0	12	0	1	2	1
Kaiden GuhleD	3	3	1	0	20:50	0:00	0:59	19:51	24	0	2	0	0	2	1
Lane HutsonD	3	0	0	0	19:45	3:01	0:00	16:44	19	0	11	1	3	0	2
Mike MathesonD	4	0	0	1	21:24	0:07	1:03	20:14	24	0	6	1	3	2	1
Jayden StrubleD	0	2	1	1	12:05	0:00	0:00	12:05	15	1	1	0	2	0	0