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Centre Bell | CBJNHL
CBJ
Columbus Blue Jackets
@
Montreal Canadiens
 MTL
39% Win Probability
61% Win Probability
CBJ is expected to score 2.80 goals MTL is expected to score 3.57 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on October 31, 2026 at 3:12 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Columbus Blue Jackets Montreal Canadiens
Record 5-6-0 8-3-2
L10 Record 4-6-0 7-2-1
Pts% 45.45% 69.23%
Division Rank 7 (Metropolitan) 2 (Atlantic)
Conference Rank 15 (Eastern) 3 (Eastern)
Projected Points 84.38 95.19
xGF/G 2.62 ● +0.372.99
xGA/G 3.11 ● +0.172.94
xGF% 45.74% ● +4.7050.44%
L10 xGF 26.47 ● +4.8731.34
L10 xGA 31.34 ● +0.6130.73
L10 xGF% 45.79% ● +4.7050.49%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
MTL Nick Suzuki (C)+ 0.42 5 7 12 9 21:46 3.8 1.2 26 19.2 0.145 4.8 171 92 53.8 0.47 -0.06 0.41
MTL Cole Caufield (R) 0.37 8 4 12 13 18:45 4.8 3.2 42 19.0 0.114 7.6 4 3 75.0 0.13 0.00 0.13
MTL Josh Anderson (R) 0.28 4 2 6 13 14:19 3.7 0.3 28 14.3 0.132 1.1 2 1 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Charlie Coyle (C) 0.27 1 8 9 11 19:18 3.0 -2.0 20 5.0 0.151 -10.1 189 104 55.0 0.21 -0.31 -0.10
CBJ Adam Fantilli (C) 0.27 4 2 6 11 20:39 3.0 1.0 33 12.1 0.091 3.0 184 112 60.9 0.18 -0.16 0.02
MTL Juraj Slafkovský (L) 0.27 2 7 9 13 18:19 3.5 -1.5 32 6.3 0.110 -4.8 11 2 18.2 0.05 -0.01 0.05
CBJ Kent Johnson (C) 0.25 7 4 11 11 17:30 2.8 4.2 24 29.2 0.116 17.6 1 0 0.0 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
CBJ Sean Monahan (C) 0.24 1 3 4 11 16:44 2.7 -1.7 13 7.7 0.206 -12.9 173 91 52.6 0.37 -0.48 -0.12
CBJ Matthew Knies (L) 0.24 2 3 5 11 18:07 2.7 -0.7 19 10.5 0.140 -3.5 5 2 40.0 0.02 0.00 0.02
MTL Zachary Bolduc (R) 0.23 5 2 7 13 13:41 3.0 2.0 22 22.7 0.138 9.0 4 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Alex Newhook (C) 0.20 3 3 6 13 16:23 2.6 0.4 14 21.4 0.186 2.8 145 75 51.7 0.01 -0.14 -0.13
CBJ Cole Sillinger (C) 0.20 3 3 6 11 15:13 2.2 0.8 17 17.6 0.128 4.8 21 13 61.9 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Ivan Demidov (R)+ 0.19 1 1 2 2 15:37 0.4 0.6 4 25.0 0.094 15.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Phillip Danault (C) 0.19 1 4 5 13 16:49 2.4 -2.4 20 5.0 0.121 -7.1 193 104 53.9 0.25 -0.04 0.21
MTL Chris Kreider (L) 0.16 1 4 5 13 14:04 2.1 -1.1 11 9.1 0.190 -9.9 6 2 33.3 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Oliver Kapanen (C) 0.16 0 0 0 6 13:13 0.9 -0.9 8 0.0 0.118 -11.8 49 20 40.8 0.06 0.00 0.06
MTL Alexandre Texier (L) 0.15 1 3 4 13 13:01 1.9 -0.9 16 6.3 0.121 -5.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Mathieu Olivier (R) 0.15 2 1 3 11 15:22 1.6 -0.6 19 10.5 0.084 2.1 3 3 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Valeri Nichushkin (R) 0.15 1 5 6 11 16:19 1.6 -0.6 14 7.1 0.114 -4.3 4 1 25.0 0.01 0.00 0.01
CBJ Danton Heinen (L) 0.14 0 0 0 8 10:37 1.1 -1.1 7 0.0 0.160 -16.0 35 17 48.6 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Jake Evans (C) 0.14 2 2 4 13 14:35 1.8 0.2 11 18.2 0.163 1.8 168 88 52.4 0.19 -0.35 -0.16
MTL Florian Xhekaj (L) 0.12 1 0 1 5 7:44 0.6 0.4 6 16.7 0.097 7.0 3 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Ryan Lomberg (L) 0.11 0 0 0 11 8:53 1.3 -1.3 16 0.0 0.079 -7.9 2 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Conor Garland (R) 0.11 0 0 0 11 13:09 1.2 -1.2 11 0.0 0.112 -11.2 2 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Dmitri Voronkov (L) 0.10 0 2 2 8 10:36 0.8 -0.8 8 0.0 0.099 -9.9 1 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Kirby Dach (C) 0.08 0 3 3 13 10:45 1.1 -1.1 8 0.0 0.133 -13.3 15 7 46.7 0.00 -0.03 -0.03
MTL Owen Beck (C) 0.04 0 1 1 3 8:23 0.1 -0.1 4 0.0 0.033 -3.3 1 1 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Luca Del Bel Belluz (C) 0.02 0 0 0 6 8:04 0.1 -0.1 2 0.0 0.063 -6.3 30 11 36.7 0.08 0.00 0.08
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
CBJ Zach Werenski (D) 0.17 0 9 9 11 28:54 1.9 -1.9 30 0.0 0.062 -6.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Lane Hutson (D) 0.14 3 8 11 13 24:59 1.8 1.2 24 12.5 0.075 5.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Denton Mateychuk (D) 0.14 4 1 5 11 22:58 1.5 2.5 23 17.4 0.065 10.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Noah Dobson (D) 0.13 0 5 5 13 21:01 1.6 -1.6 30 0.0 0.054 -5.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Damon Severson (D) 0.07 1 3 4 9 23:27 0.7 0.3 6 16.7 0.110 5.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Adam Engstrom (D) 0.07 0 1 1 7 11:09 0.5 -0.5 5 0.0 0.102 -10.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Kaiden Guhle (D) 0.07 2 2 4 9 22:40 0.6 1.4 12 16.7 0.053 11.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Mike Matheson (D)+ 0.06 1 3 4 8 23:45 0.5 -0.5 14 7.1 0.033 3.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Alexandre Carrier (D) 0.05 1 5 6 13 20:14 0.6 0.4 12 8.3 0.052 3.2 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
MTL Arber Xhekaj (D) 0.04 0 0 0 12 11:45 0.4 -0.4 7 0.0 0.063 -6.3 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Erik Gudbranson (D) 0.03 0 1 1 11 16:31 0.3 -0.3 8 0.0 0.039 -3.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Jake Christiansen (D) 0.03 1 2 3 10 14:03 0.3 0.7 6 16.7 0.042 12.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Dante Fabbro (D) 0.02 0 0 0 2 14:12 0.0 0.0 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
CBJ Emil Andrae (D) 0.01 0 2 2 5 10:33 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.031 -3.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
MTL Jacob Fowler (G) +5.28% 10.1 1.54 0.942 6 7 1 85.7 2 11 191 180 21.1
CBJ Cam Talbot (G) +0.78% 1.1 2.83 0.894 3 6 2 50.0 0 15 141 126 16.1
CBJ Jet Greaves (G) -0.54% -0.9 3.29 0.884 2 7 4 28.6 1 19 164 145 18.1
MTL Jakub Dobes (G) -4.21% -6.9 4.05 0.853 2 6 2 33.3 0 24 163 139 17.1