Game Thread: Montreal Canadiens (9-10-2) at Columbus Blue Jackets (7-12-4) – 29 Nov 2023 – 7:00PM EST

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# Montreal [](/r/habs) Canadiens (9-10-2) at Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (7-12-4)

#Nationwide Arena

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|12:00AM|##Game Info:

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|TV|RDS, SN, BSOH|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020337) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020337/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020337/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020337/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Kirill Marchenko|[MTL](/r/habs)|Alex Newhook|Nick Suzuki|Brendan Gallagher|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|Adam Fantilli|Patrik Laine|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Christian Dvorak|Juraj Slafkovsky|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Cole Sillinger|Yegor Chinakhov|[MTL](/r/habs)|Tanner Pearson|Sean Monahan|Josh Anderson|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Eric Robinson|Sean Kuraly|Justin Danforth|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jesse Ylonen|Jake Evans|Michael Pezzetta|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Adam Boqvist|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|Justin Barron|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|David Jiricek|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|Gustav Lindstrom|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|Johnathan Kovacevic|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jake Allen|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Spencer Martin|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/columbus-blue-jackets/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/montreal-canadiens/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Damon Severson|19 Nov 2023|Oblique|OUT|Severson is expected to be out of action for approximately six weeks due to an oblique injury.|02 Jan 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jack Roslovic|13 Nov 2023|Ankle|IR|Fracture|14 Dec 2023|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jordan Harris|21 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Not Specified|07 Dec 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|16 Nov 2023|Upper Body|IR|Xhekaj (upper body) was placed on injured reserve Friday.|unknown|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|16 Nov 2023|Lower Body|IR|Not Specified|17 Jan 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|David Savard|24 Oct 2023|Hand|IR|Fracture|07 Dec 2023|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach|14 Oct 2023|Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman|21 Sep 2023|Back|IR|Wideman is out indefinitely because of a back injury.|unknown|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/montreal-canadiens/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|23|7|12|4|18|0.391|2.91|3.39|11.11|89.23|30.57|33.57|47.56|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|21|9|10|2|20|0.476|2.71|3.48|17.95|73.49|28.52|34.48|52.71|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##Team Leaders

|Stat||Player|Value||Player|Value|
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|G|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|11|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Sean Monahan|6|
|A|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|14|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki|11|
|P|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|16|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki|17|
|+/-|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|9|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kaiden Guhle|5|
|PIM|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Sean Kuraly|20|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|47|
|TOI|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|23:24|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|24:50|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=29 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/skater/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”goals”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=8 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

##In-Game Updates

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