Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue Jackets - December 29, 2026

CBJ

Dec 29 @ 08:00pmon ESPN+

MTL

Preview

Standings

Bell CentreMontreal, QC

Injuries

C. MacDonaldD

Lower-Body

OUT

D. FabbroD

Upper-Body

OUT

I. LundestromC

Achilles

OUT

I. ProvorovD

Lower-Body

OUT

Injuries

M. MathesonD

Lower-body

DTD

B. PickfordD

Undisclosed

OUT

F. XhekajLW

Lower-Body

OUT

I. DemidovRW

Lower-body

OUT

L. CondottaLW

Undisclosed

OUT

S. MontembeaultG

Lower-Body

OUT

Team Comparison

CBJ

MTL

3-5-0

SEASON RECORD

4-3-2

L2

TEAM STREAK

L1

League Rankings

CBJ

MTL

28th(2.5)

GF/G

10th(3.3)

25th(3.4)

GA/G

27th(3.4)

27th(-0.9)

DIFF

20th(-0.1)

32nd(8.7%)

PP%

26th(13.8%)

27th(70.0%)

PK%

21st(78.4%)

25th(11.3)

PIM/G

28th(11.8)

26th(.862)

SV%

29th(.851)

2nd(54.8%)

FO%

7th(52.7%)

Season Leaders

CBJ

MTL

K. Johnson4 G

GOALS

C. Caufield7 G

C. Coyle8 A

ASSISTS

L. Hutson9 A

Z. Werenski+8

+/-

N. Suzuki+8

A. Fantilli59.3%

FACEOFF WIN %

A. Newhook47.9%

M. Olivier27 PIM

PENALTY MINUTES

A. Xhekaj20 PIM

M. Olivier36 HITS

HITS

J. Anderson19 HITS

J. Greaves.910 SV%

SAVE %

S. Montembeault1.000 SV%