Montreal Canadiens at Columbus Blue Jackets
February 26, 2015 – 7:00 pm EST
Nationwide Arena – Columbus, Ohio
Radio – WWCD 102.5 FM – TV – Fox Sports Ohio
Opponent’s Blog: Eyes On The Prize
Oh, hey, there’s a game tonight!
I can’t even get up for this one, to be honest. Tuesday’s game was so gross. I just hope it’s not a beat down.
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
(26-29-4, 56 Points; 7th division, 13th conference)
| Alexander Wennberg | Ryan Johansen | Nick Foligno |
| Matt Calvert | Brandon Dubinsky | Cam Atkinson |
| Scott Hartnell | Artem Anisimov | Marko Dano |
| Corey Tropp | Mark Letestu | Jared Boll |
| Jack Johnson | David Savard |
| Jordan Leopold | James Wisniewski |
| Fedor Tyutin | Cody Goloubef |
| Curtis McElhinney |
| Oscar Dansk |
Montreal Canadiens
(39-16-5, 79 Points; 1st Division,1st Conference)
| Max Pacioretty | David Desharnais | Brendan Gallagher |
| Lars Eller | Tomas Plekanec | Alex Galchenyuk |
| Brandon Prust | Jacob De La Rose | Dale Weise |
| Michael Bournival | Manny Malhotra | Devante Smith-Pelly |
| Andrei Markov | P.K. Subban |
| Nathan Beaulieu | Tom Gilbert |
| Jarred Tinordi | Greg Pateryn |
| Carey Price |
| Dustin Tokarski |
Season Series
MON – 2-0-0
CBJ – 0-2-001/14/15 – Montreal 3 at Columbus 2
02/21/15 – Columbus 1 at Montreal 3
02/26/15 – Montreal at Columbus
Head to Head Stats
| Montreal | Columbus | |
| 2.60 (21) | GPG | 2.56 (23) |
| 2.18 (1) | GAPG | 3.08 (26) |
| 17.0% (24) | PP% | 20.7% (6) |
| 85.6% (5) | PK% | 80.8% (17) |
| Max Pacioretty, 29 | G leader | Nick Foligno, 23 |
| P.K. Subban, 33 | A leader | Nick Foligno / Ryan Johansen, 32 |
| Max Pacioretty, 52 | Pts leader | Nick Foligno, 55 |
| Brandon Prust, 102 | PIM leader | Scott Hartnell, 82 |
| 18-9-1 | Road/Home | 12-15-2 |
| 7-1-2 | Last 10 | 5-4-1 |
| 2/24 @ St. Louis, W 5-2 | Last Game | 2/24 vs. Buffalo, L 4-2 |