Game Preview #60 - Which Team Is Showing Up?
With three games to go before the deadline amidst interesting rumors swirling, which Jackets club takes the ice tonight? The competent almosts, or the losers to Buffalo?
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 |