Three Things: Road Trends Continue, Monahan And Harris Return, Fabbro Scores First

By Will Chase on November 17, 2024 at 8:15 am
Columbus Blue Jackets right wing Mathieu Olivier (24) and Montreal Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj (72) fight during the second period at Bell Centre.
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That one got out of hand fast.

The Montreal Canadiens scored three third-period goals to come away with a 5-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday night from Bell Centre.

Sam Montembeault made 25 saves and Nick Suzuki scored his seventh goal of the season. Cole Caufield had two assists.


Road Trends Continue

Columbus broke a six-game losing streak on Friday against the Pittsburgh Penguins but on Saturday their road losing streak stretched to seven games.

With a 2-1 lead heading into the final frame, Montreal got goals from Lucas Condotta, Jake Evans, and former Blue Jacket Josh Anderson. Conduit's tally at 11:04 was the first of the season and second of his career.

"We were playing the right way," head coach Dean Evason said about his team's play through 40 minutes. "We weren't having success as far as shooting the puck and for whatever reason we wanted to try to make plays that weren't there."

"We just didn't stay with the game plan and went rogue a little bit. They capitalized on a few mistakes and the game was over."

In addition to the loss, the continued a streak of six straight road games with two or fewer goals.

Despite the wheels falling off over the final 20 minutes, the Jackets continued another trend of holding 5v5 advantages in shot attempts (42-37) and expected goals (2.14-2.1) per Natural Stat Trick.

Little consolation, of course, as the Jackets have dropped another game and fall to 0-3-0 in the second of back-to-backs this season.


Monahan And Harris Return

On the night the Canadiens honored recent Hall of Fame inductee, Shea Weber, it was a welcome-back reunion for Sean Monahan and Jordan Harris.


Fabbro Scores First

Dante Fabbro scored the lone Blue Jackets goal — his first as a Blue Jacket — at 7:40 of the second period to tie the game at 1-1. Zach Werenski and Kevin Labanc each picked up their ninth assists of the year.


Bear Of A Matchup

The Blue Jackets travel to Boston to play the Bruins fromTD Garden on Monday, Nov. 18 at 7:00 p.m. ET.

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