It's never easy, but they keep finding a way.
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0 | 1 | 2 | 0 / 0-1-0 | 3 |
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1 | 2 | 0 | 0 / 1-0-1 | 4 |
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Kirill Marchenko scored the winning shootout goal and had two assists to help the Columbus Blue Jackets over the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 on Monday night at Nationwide Arena.
Zach Werenski and Dmitri Voronkov each scored and had an assist. Adam Fantilli had a goal. Jet Greaves made his fifth straight start, making 29 saves.
Oliver Kapanen and Josh Anderson scored for Montreal. The former Ohio State Buckeye Jakub Dobes made 20 stops.
Werenski briefly left the game in the third period after taking a puck high, but returned shortly after.
Columbus is on a five-game point streak (3-0-2) and concludes their three-game homestand going 2-0-1. Here's how the Blue Jackets picked up two more points:
1st Period:
(6:58 — CBJ Goal): Werenski scored his fifth goal of the season to give Columbus the 1-0 lead. He leads all defensemen in goals. Mathieu Oliveir and Charlie Coyle assisted on the play as Werenski had the space to skate in and unleash his shot.
1-0. CBJ, Zach Werenski (5)
— Joseph (@HockeyJoseph10) November 18, 2025
Takes the chip pass from Mathieu Olivier along the boards, walks right in and snaps a shot past Dobes#GoHabsGo: 0 - #CBJ: 1 pic.twitter.com/xSEMEoc0wv
Montreal was limited to one shot on goal until the 6:22 mark of the first period and ended up within one of the Blue Jackets, 10-8.
2nd Period:
(4:47 — MTL Goal): Oliver Kapanen scored his seventh to tie things up 1-1. Mike Matheson and Ivan Demidov picked up the assists.
De Demidov Matheson Kapanen et le BUT! 1-1.#GoHabsGo c. #CBJ sur RDS pic.twitter.com/ndy4OxP4uT
— RDS (@RDSca) November 18, 2025
For a second, Montreal might have thought they took the lead.
No goal, but Montreal puts the puck in the net with 11:07 left in the second. A dump in goes off the linesman and into the net as Jet Greaves went behind the net to play it. Oh, and it was offside. Nullified on two counts, but certainly bizarre. #CBJ
— Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) November 18, 2025
(9:47 — CBJ Goal): Fantilli stayed hot as his sixth goal gave Columbus a 2-1 lead. He now has seven points (four goals, three assists) in the last six games. Marchenko added the assist to extend his career-best 12-game point streak. Voronkov added an assist.
Adam Fantilli gets his fourth goal in six games here to put the #CBJ in front 2-1. Kirill Marchenko has since added to the scoring; it's 3-1 Blue Jackets.pic.twitter.com/RxgBVfalyt
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) November 18, 2025
(13:32 — CBJ Goal): Voronkov scored the power play goal to extend the 3-1 Jackets lead and give him his ninth of the season. It's his second straight game with a power play goal. Marchenko and Werenski each added their second point of the night.
It's 3-1 #CBJ after two. Dmitri Voronkov with his eighth of the season here to extend the Columbus lead. Dazzling assist from Kirill Marchenko. pic.twitter.com/fJ6t8R0gvf
— 1st Ohio Battery (@1stOhioBattery) November 18, 2025
3rd Period:
(7:57 — MTL Goal): Anderson scored his third to get the game back within one goal. Lane Hutson added the assist.
- Thats the Lane Hutson we know and love.
— /r/Habs (@HabsOnReddit) November 18, 2025
- Josh Anderson gives the Habs some life with that goal.
pic.twitter.com/g9KrkUzdNg
(18:41 — MTL Goal): Hutson's second point of the night came on the game-tying goal, his second of the season, with just over a minute left in the third period. Assists to Noah Dobson and Cole Caufield.
LANE HUTSON TIES IT WITH 1:19 LEFT pic.twitter.com/kej8PBkgMb
— B/R Open Ice (@BR_OpenIce) November 18, 2025
Overtime/Shootout:
Thanks to Greaves, the Blue Jackets made it through overtime and had a chance in the shootout. The goaltender came up huge all night, especially late, as the Canadiens outshot Columbus 6-0 in the overtime period. Then he shut the door in the shootout.
Kent Johnson had a silky smooth deke and a goal on the first shootout attempt to beat Dobes, and then Marchenko won it on the third attempt. Cole Caufield was the only one to beat Greaves.
Kirill Marchenko now a perfect 4-4 in shootouts this season after clinching tonights #CBJ win
— Jeff Svoboda (@JacketsInsider) November 18, 2025
| MTL | GAME STATS | CBJ |
|---|---|---|
| 32 | SHOTS | 23 |
| 59.6% | FACEOFFS | 40.4% |
| 0/0 | POWER PLAY | 1/2 |
| 1/2 | PENALTY KILL | 0/0 |
| 17 | HITS | 15 |
| 16 | GIVEAWAYS | 17 |
| 5 | TAKEAWAYS | 4 |
| 13 | BLOCKED SHOTS | 12 |
| ALL SITUATIONS ADVANCED STATS | ||
| 3.43 | EXPECTED GOALS | 2.06 |
| 59 | SHOT ATTEMPTS | 45 |
| 31 | SCORING CHANCES | 21 |
| 13 | HIGH-DANGER CHANCES | 9 |
| Data via NHL.com & NaturalStatTrick.com | ||
Stat Chat:
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With his goal and assist, Werenski is on a three-game point streak (one goal, three assists) and has 399 career points, which is third all-time on the Blue Jackets franchise point list, trailing Rick Nash (547) and Cam Atkinson (402).
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Werenski is second in the NHL in time on ice (26:48) and has zero penalty minutes.
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Marchenko’s 12-game point streak (three goals, 11 assists) is tied for the second longest in Blue Jackets franchise history with Cam Atkinson (13 goals, seven assists, 2018).
- Columbus has played six straight one-goal games (3-1-2) and 10 in the last 12 games (6-2-2).
Up Next:
The Blue Jackets hit the road for four games, starting with Tuesday's tilt at the Winnipeg Jets at Canada Life Centre. Puck-drop is 7 p.m.
