Game Thread: Columbus Blue Jackets (22-32-10) at Montreal Canadiens (24-30-10) – 12 Mar 2024 – 7:00PM EDT

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# Columbus [](/r/bluejackets) Blue Jackets (22-32-10) at Montreal [](/r/habs) Canadiens (24-30-10)

#Centre Bell

##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|4:00PM|5:00PM|6:00PM|7:00PM|8:00PM|11:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|RDS, TSN2, BSOH|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021033) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021033/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021033/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023021033/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
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|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cole Caufield|Nick Suzuki|Juraj Slafkovsky|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|Boone Jenner|Yegor Chinakhov|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Joshua Roy|Alex Newhook|Joel Armia|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Trey Fix-Wolansky|Dmitri Voronkov|Kirill Marchenko|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Brendan Gallagher|Jake Evans|Josh Anderson|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Alexandre Texier|Cole Sillinger|Alex Nylander|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Pezzetta|Tanner Pearson|Rafael Harvey-Pinard|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Carson Meyer|Sean Kuraly|Mathieu Olivier|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[MTL](/r/habs)|Michael Matheson|Kaiden Guhle|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|Adam Boqvist|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|David Savard|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Ivan Provorov|Damon Severson|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Jayden Struble|Jordan Harris|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jake Bean|Erik Gudbranson|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[MTL](/r/habs)|Cayden Primeau|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Elvis Merzlikins|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Samuel Montembeault|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Daniil Tarasov|

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

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[MTL](/r/habs)|Colin White|05 Mar 2024|Upper Body|IR|White (upper body) has been designated for injured reserve, per the NHL media site.|unknown|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Kirby Dach||Knee|IR|Surgery|15 Sep 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Christian Dvorak||Pectoral|IR|Surgery|16 Sep 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Chris Wideman||Back|IR||30 Mar 2024|
|[MTL](/r/habs)|Carey Price||Knee|IR-LT||01 Jul 2024|
|–|–|–|–|–|–|–|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Justin Danforth|09 Mar 2024|Concussion|OUT|Danforth is out indefinitely after being diagnosed with a concussion, Jeff Svoboda of the Columbus Blue Jackets’ official site reports.|19 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Kent Johnson|29 Feb 2024|Shoulder|IR|Johnson will be out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, the Columbus Blue Jackets announced Thursday.|16 Sep 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Adam Fantilli||Laceration|OUT|Laceration|27 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Jordan Dumais||Abdomen|OUT||22 Mar 2024|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Patrik Laine||Personal|IR-NR|Fracture|19 Mar 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/montreal-canadiens/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/columbus-blue-jackets/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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|[MTL](/r/habs)|64|24|30|10|58|0.453|2.75|3.48|18.75|75.12|28.36|33.22|52.04|
|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|64|22|32|10|54|0.422|2.97|3.61|14.20|76.63|30.28|33.58|46.72|

[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|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|25|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Boone Jenner|19|
|A|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|37|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|35|
|P|[MTL](/r/habs)|Nick Suzuki|61|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Johnny Gaudreau|45|
|+/-|[MTL](/r/habs)|Johnathan Kovacevic|9|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Dmitri Voronkov|6|
|PIM|[MTL](/r/habs)|Arber Xhekaj|67|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Erik Gudbranson|59|
|TOI|[MTL](/r/habs)|Mike Matheson|25:30|[CBJ](/r/bluejackets)|Zach Werenski|24:15|

[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), [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)

##In-Game Updates

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