Blue Jackets vs Canadiens Live Score, Box Score, Rosters, Stats

Blue Jackets vs Canadiens Live Score (26 Mar, 2026)

Final

Thursday, March 26, 2026

1 : 2

Score by Period

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
CBJ	1	0	0	1
MTL	1	0	1	2

Play-by-Play

3rd Period 20:00

Game End

1–2

3rd Period 20:00

End of 3rd Period

1–2

3rd Period 19:52

Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Charlie Coyle

1–2

3rd Period 19:52

Timeout - Visitor

1–2

3rd Period 19:52

Icing

1–2

3rd Period 19:23

Mason Marchment Snap Shot Wide Right

1–2

3rd Period 19:22

Adam Fantilli Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes

1–2

3rd Period 19:04

Giveaway by Kirill Marchenko

1–2

3rd Period 18:55

Giveaway by Adam Fantilli

1–2

3rd Period 18:16

Takeaway by Zach Werenski

1–2

3rd Period 18:11

Sean Monahan Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes

1–2

3rd Period 18:10

Conor Garland Snap Shot saved by Jakub Dobes

1–2

3rd Period 18:05

Sean Monahan Backhand saved by Jakub Dobes

1–2

3rd Period 17:13

Giveaway by Dante Fabbro

1–2

3rd Period 16:42

Noah Dobson Slap Shot Above Crossbar

1–2

3rd Period 16:37

Jake Evans faceoff won against Adam Fantilli

1–2

3rd Period 16:37

Goalie Stopped

1–2

3rd Period 16:35

Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves

1–2

3rd Period 16:33

Cole Caufield Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves

1–2

3rd Period 16:07

Giveaway by Lane Hutson

1–2

3rd Period 16:03

Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Charlie Coyle

1–2

3rd Period 16:03

Goalie Stopped

1–2

3rd Period 16:01

Lane Hutson Snap Shot saved by Jet Greaves

1–2

3rd Period 15:43

Nick Suzuki faceoff won against Charlie Coyle

1–2

Scoring Summary

1st Period

9:54

Jayden Struble

Assists: Zack Bolduc, Lane Hutson

Jayden Struble Goal (1) Snap Shot, assists: Zachary Bolduc (17), Lane Hutson (59)

0 - 1

12:17

Damon Severson

Assists: Boone Jenner, Isac Lundestrom

Damon Severson Goal (8) Slap Shot, assists: Boone Jenner (23), Isac Lundeström (7)

1 - 1

3rd Period

4:36

Zack Bolduc

Assists: Jake Evans, Mike Matheson

Zachary Bolduc Goal (11) Snap Shot, assists: Jake Evans (11), Mike Matheson (28)

1 - 2

Team Stats

CBJ

MTL

8 Blocked Shots 17

27 Hits 24

5 Takeaways 3

17 Giveaways 8

0 Power Play Goals 0

1 Power Play Opportunities 2

26 Total Shots 20

6 Penalty Minutes 4

0.0 Power Play % 0.0

0 Short Handed Goals 0

0 Shootout Goals 0

23 Faceoffs Won 24

48.9 Faceoff Percent 51.1

3 Penalties 2

Game Leaders

CBJ

MTL

Damon Severson#78 · D

Goals

Zack Bolduc#76 · RW

Isac Lundestrom#21 · C

Assists

Zack Bolduc#76 · RW

Damon Severson#78 · D

Points

Zack Bolduc#76 · RW

Player Box Score

Blue Jackets

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Charlie Coyle#3 · C	0	1	0	-1	15:20	1:27	2:24	11:29	21	17	0	0	2	8	7	53.3	0	0	0
Adam Fantilli#19 · C	0	8	1	0	18:35	1:27	0:07	17:01	20	21	0	4	3	3	5	37.5	1	0	0
Conor Garland#83 · RW	0	1	0	-1	14:43	0:31	0:00	14:12	16	12	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Danton Heinen#43 · LW	0	1	0	-1	12:33	0:00	0:00	12:33	14	5	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Boone Jenner#38 · C	0	3	0	1	13:53	0:33	1:23	11:57	18	10	1	1	1	6	3	66.7	2	1	2
Isac Lundestrom#21 · C	0	0	0	1	12:12	0:00	1:33	10:39	18	4	1	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Kirill Marchenko#86 · RW	1	0	0	0	18:47	1:27	0:00	17:20	19	25	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Mason Marchment#17 · LW	0	2	1	0	18:36	1:29	0:00	17:07	19	17	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Sean Monahan#23 · C	0	0	0	-1	18:45	0:33	2:22	15:50	19	12	0	2	0	6	8	42.9	2	0	0
Mathieu Olivier#24 · RW	0	2	0	-1	12:47	0:00	0:04	12:43	14	15	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Cole Sillinger#4 · C	0	2	1	-1	11:49	0:00	0:05	11:44	15	7	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Miles Wood#11 · LW	1	3	1	1	8:47	0:00	0:00	8:47	14	8	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	2

Canadiens

Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh Anderson#17 · RW	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 Bolduc#76 · RW	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 Caufield#13 · RW	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 Danault#24 · C	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 Demidov#93 · RW	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 Evans#71 · C	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 Gallagher#11 · RW	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 Kapanen#91 · C	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 Newhook#15 · C	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 Slafkovsky#20 · LW	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 Suzuki#14 · C	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 Veleno#90 · C	0	3	-1	7:00	0:00	0:00	7:00	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

Blue Jackets

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Dante Fabbro#15 · D	1	1	0	-2	15:04	0:00	0:13	14:51	20	0	5	0	0	1	0	0
Erik Gudbranson#44 · D	0	3	0	1	20:36	0:00	3:49	16:47	19	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
Denton Mateychuk#5 · D	1	0	0	0	12:37	0:00	0:00	12:37	13	0	11	1	0	0	0	0
Ivan Provorov#9 · D	3	0	0	-2	21:34	0:28	3:48	17:18	22	0	8	2	0	1	0	0
Damon Severson#78 · D	0	0	0	1	21:23	0:33	0:05	20:45	21	1	8	2	1	0	0	0
Zach Werenski#8 · D	1	0	1	0	27:21	1:32	0:07	25:42	25	0	21	1	3	2	1	2

Canadiens

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Alexandre Carrier#45 · D	1	1	1	0	17:18	0:00	1:00	16:18	21	0	7	0	0	0	1
Noah Dobson#53 · D	3	1	0	0	24:45	0:59	0:57	22:49	27	0	12	0	1	2	1
Kaiden Guhle#21 · D	3	3	1	0	20:50	0:00	0:59	19:51	24	0	2	0	0	2	1
Lane Hutson#48 · D	3	0	0	0	19:45	3:01	0:00	16:44	19	0	11	1	3	0	2
Mike Matheson#8 · D	4	0	0	1	21:24	0:07	1:03	20:14	24	0	6	1	3	2	1
Jayden Struble#47 · D	0	2	1	1	12:05	0:00	0:00	12:05	15	1	1	0	2	0	0

Blue Jackets

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jet Greaves#73 · G	2	20	0	0	18	.900	14	4	0	58:38	0	0

Canadiens

Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jakub Dobes#75 · G	1	26	0	0	25	.962	24	1	0	60:00	0	0

Injury Report

Blue Jackets

#90 · G · Array

#21 · C · Array

RW · Array

#78 · D · Array

#7 · D · Array

#10 · LW · Array

Head-to-Head

CBJ

Last 5 Games

MTL

4◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Nov 17, 2025

5◂

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Dec 23, 2024

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Nov 27, 2024

▸4

NHL Regular Season

FINAL

Nov 16, 2024

▸5

Last 5 Games

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/14/26	vs WSH	L1-2	NHL Regular Season
4/12/26	vs BOS	L2-3	NHL Regular Season
4/11/26	@ MTL	W5-2	NHL Regular Season
4/9/26	@ BUF	L0-5	NHL Regular Season
4/7/26	@ DET	W4-3	NHL Regular Season

Date	Opponent	Result	Competition
4/14/26	@ PHI	L2-4	NHL Regular Season
4/12/26	@ NYI	W4-1	NHL Regular Season
4/11/26	vs CBJ	L2-5	NHL Regular Season
4/9/26	vs TB	W2-1	NHL Regular Season
4/7/26	vs FLA	W4-3	NHL Regular Season

Division Standings

Eastern Conference — Atlantic Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Sabres	82	50	23	9	—	109	+47	L1
Lightning	82	50	26	6	—	106	+59	L1
Canadiens	82	48	24	10	—	106	+27	L1
Bruins	82	45	27	10	—	100	+22	W2
Senators	82	44	27	11	—	99	+32	W1
Red Wings	82	41	31	10	—	92	-17	L3
Panthers	82	40	38	4	—	84	-25	W3
Maple Leafs	82	32	36	14	—	78	-46	L7

Eastern Conference — Metropolitan Division

Team	GP	W	L	OT	Pct	PTS	DIFF	Strk
Hurricanes	82	53	22	7	—	113	+56	W1
Penguins	82	41	25	16	—	98	+25	L3
Flyers	82	43	27	12	—	98	+7	W3
Capitals	82	43	30	9	—	95	+19	W4
Blue Jackets	82	40	30	12	—	92	0	L2
Islanders	82	43	34	5	—	91	-8	L3
Devils	82	42	37	3	—	87	-24	L1
Rangers	82	34	39	9	—	77	-12	W1

Game Information

Stage Regular Season

Season 2026

Puck Drop Thu, Mar 26, 7:00 PM

Venue Bell Centre

Location Montreal, Canada

Broadcast ESPN+

Attendance 20,962

Officials Graham Skilliter · Referee, Jake Brenk · Referee, Tyson Baker · Linesman, Kyle Flemington · Linesman

About the Game

Columbus Blue Jackets and Montreal Canadiens have completed their game on March 26, 2026 at 7:00 PM EDT at Bell Centre in Montreal, QC. The final score is Columbus Blue Jackets 1, Montreal Canadiens 2.

The game was broadcast on ESPN+. This page tracks the score by period, team statistics, game leaders, penalties and play-by-play.

Follow Blue Jackets vs Canadiens from puck drop through the final result. NHL scores and schedule page contains other live scores, recent results and upcoming games.

Blue Jackets

5th in Metropolitan Division

Canadiens

2nd in Atlantic Division

Goaltenders

Pheonix Copley G 34 6' 4" 205 lbs

#73

Jet Greaves G 25 6' 0" 179 lbs

#90

Elvis Merzlikins G 32 6' 3" 190 lbs

Defensemen

Jake Christiansen D 26 6' 0" 197 lbs

#15

Dante Fabbro D 28 6' 0" 189 lbs

#44

Erik Gudbranson D 34 6' 5" 222 lbs

Denton Mateychuk D 22 5' 11" 185 lbs

Ivan Provorov D 29 6' 1" 213 lbs

#78

Damon Severson D 32 6' 2" 204 lbs

Brendan Smith D 37 6' 2" 200 lbs

Zach Werenski D 29 6' 2" 211 lbs

Egor Zamula D 26 6' 3" 200 lbs

Left Wings

#43

Danton Heinen LW 31 6' 2" 195 lbs

Ryan Lomberg LW 31 5' 9" 184 lbs

#10

Dmitri Voronkov LW 25 6' 5" 227 lbs

#11

Miles Wood LW 30 6' 2" 195 lbs

Centers

Charlie Coyle C 34 6' 3" 215 lbs

#19

Adam Fantilli C 21 6' 2" 199 lbs

#91

Kent Johnson C 23 6' 0" 180 lbs

#21

Isac Lundestrom C 26 6' 0" 191 lbs

#23

Sean Monahan C 31 6' 2" 197 lbs

Cole Sillinger C 23 6' 1" 202 lbs

Owen Sillinger C 28 5' 10" 178 lbs

Right Wings

Riley Bezeau RW 24 6' 0" 185 lbs

#83

Conor Garland RW 30 5' 10" 165 lbs

#86

Kirill Marchenko RW 26 6' 3" 197 lbs

Valeri Nichushkin RW 31 6' 4" 210 lbs

#24

Mathieu Olivier RW 29 6' 1" 226 lbs

Goaltenders

#75

Jakub Dobes G 25 6' 4" 215 lbs

#32

Jacob Fowler G 21 6' 2" 225 lbs

#34

Kaapo Kahkonen G 30 6' 2" 216 lbs

#35

Sam Montembeault G 29 6' 3" 218 lbs

Defensemen

#45

Alexandre Carrier D 29 5' 11" 174 lbs

#53

Noah Dobson D 26 6' 4" 200 lbs

#42

Adam Engstrom D 22 6' 2" 192 lbs

#21

Kaiden Guhle D 24 6' 3" 202 lbs

#48

Lane Hutson D 22 5' 9" 162 lbs

Mike Matheson D 32 6' 2" 196 lbs

#68

Owen Protz D 20 6' 1" 213 lbs

#64

David Reinbacher D 21 6' 2" 194 lbs

Ethan Samson D 23 6' 1" 180 lbs

#47

Jayden Struble D 24 6' 0" 207 lbs

#55

Maksymilian Szuber D 24 6' 3" 190 lbs

#72

Arber Xhekaj D 25 6' 4" 240 lbs

Left Wings

Brett Berard LW 23 5' 9" 175 lbs

#20

Juraj Slafkovsky LW 22 6' 3" 225 lbs

#85

Alexandre Texier LW 26 6' 1" 201 lbs

#63

Florian Xhekaj LW 22 6' 3" 188 lbs

Centers

#62

Owen Beck C 22 5' 11" 187 lbs

#77

Kirby Dach C 25 6' 4" 221 lbs

#24

Phillip Danault C 33 6' 1" 200 lbs

#49

Jared Davidson C 24 6' 0" 183 lbs

#71

Jake Evans C 30 6' 0" 190 lbs

#91

Oliver Kapanen C 23 5' 11" 166 lbs

#15

Alex Newhook C 25 5' 11" 200 lbs

#14

Nick Suzuki C 27 5' 11" 207 lbs

Right Wings

#17

Josh Anderson RW 32 6' 3" 226 lbs

#60

Alex Belzile RW 35 6' 0" 195 lbs

#76

Zack Bolduc RW 23 6' 0" 187 lbs

#13

Cole Caufield RW 25 5' 8" 175 lbs

#93

Ivan Demidov RW 20 6' 0" 192 lbs

#92

Patrik Laine RW 28 6' 4" 208 lbs

Sam Poulin RW 25 6' 1" 208 lbs

Blue Jackets

5th in Metropolitan Division

Canadiens

2nd in Atlantic Division

Season Overview

Games Played

Wins

Losses

OT Losses

Points

106