Montreal Canadiens vs. Columbus Blue Jackets
How to watch
Start time: 7:00 PM EDT / 4:00 PM PDT
In Canada: CityTV, Sportsnet East (English), TVA Sports (French)
In the Blue Jackets region: Bally Sports Ohio
Streaming: ESPN+, Sportsnet Now
As expected, Jordan Harris is ready to re-enter the lineup this evening, spelling Chris Wideman and reuniting a pairing with Johnny Kovacevic that has proven to be an effective duo all season long.
Jesse Ylönen is also back in after being a healthy scratch versus the Boston Bruins. That was a bit of an odd decision from Martin St-Louis considering that Ylönen has three goals in the last four games he’s played, but that will give the winger a bit more reason to get involved in the offence tonight, and he’ll be doing so against one of the worst defences in the NHL.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #49 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#68 Mike Hoffman |
| #25 Denis Gurianov |
#77 Kirby Dach |
#27 Jonathan Drouin |
| #56 Jesse Ylönen |
#71 Jake Evans |
#11 Brendan Gallagher |
| #55 Michael Pezzetta |
#67 Chris Tierney |
#60 Alex Belzile |
Defencemen
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| #8 Mike Matheson |
#58 David Savard |
| #44 Joel Edmundson |
#52 Justin Barron |
| $54 Jordan Harris |
#26 Johnny Kovacevic |
Goaltenders
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault |
#34 Jake Allen |
Scratched: Rem Pitlick, Chris Wideman
Injured/Ill: Josh Anderson, Joel Armia, Paul Byron, Cole Caufield, Christian Dvorak, Kaiden Guhle, Jordan Harris, Sean Monahan, Juraj Slafkovský, Arber Xhekaj
Columbus Blue Jackets projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Johnny Gaudreau |
Boone Jenner |
Kirill Marchenko |
| Liam Foudy |
Jack Roslovic |
Kent Johnson |
| Eric Robinson |
Sean Kuraly |
Lane Pederson |
| Emil Bemstrom |
Hunter McKown |
Trey Fix-Wolansky |
Defencemen
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Tim Berni |
Andrew Peeke |
| Adam Boqvist |
Nick Blankenburg |
| Gavin Bayreuther |
Jake Christiansen |
Goaltenders
| Starter |
Backup |
| Elvis Merzlikins |
Michael Hutchinson |
