Blue Jackets Defeat Montreal Canadiens 4-3 Behind a Two-Goal Effort from Pierre-Luc Dubois

By Max Steele on February 2, 2020 at 4:34 pm
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A day after an afternoon overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres, the Columbus Blue Jackets traveled to Canada's Quebec province for a Groundhog Day bout with the Montreal Canadiens.

Despite a late Canadiens surge, the Blue Jackets were able to pull off the Sunday afternoon victory in their second game post-all-star break.

  1 2 3 F
BLUE JACKETS 1 2 1 4
CANADIENS 0 1 2 3

The Blue Jackets were first on the board 13 minutes into the afternoon contest thanks to a Vladislav Gavrikov goal.  The score resulted from an impressive one-on-four play from Nick Foligno who fought off a slew of Canadiens and retained the puck through a long change.  The goal is Gavrikov's 5th of the season.

In the second period, Quebec native, Pierre-Luc Dubois, extended the Blue Jacket lead to 2-0.  Dubois, using both his speed and strength, burst up the left side of the ice, cut in toward the goal, and sent a backhand past the shoulder of Carey Price.

Dubois added a second tally to his afternoon to extend the score to 3-1.  The unassisted goal was an impressive play in which Dubois gathered a rebound off the pads of Price and scored on a wraparound backhand.

Despite a late push from Montreal to make it 4-3 after a Gustav Nyquist empty-net goal, the Blue Jackets were able to squeak out the victory.

Injury Update

Alexander Wennberg left the game in the third period with an upper-body injury.

Next Up

The Blue Jackets return home to face the Florida Panthers this Tuesday.  Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 PM.

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