Columbus Blue Jackets (3-2-1, fourth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (3-2-1, fifth in the Atlantic Division)
Montreal, Quebec; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: The Montreal Canadiens and the Columbus Blue Jackets take the ice in Eastern Conference action.
Montreal went 31-45-6 overall and 17-21-3 in home games a season ago. The Canadiens scored 227 total goals last season, with 38 power-play goals and eight shorthanded goals.
Columbus had a 25-48-9 record overall and a 9-25-7 record on the road last season. The Blue Jackets averaged 2.7 power-play chances per game last season, and converted on 18.3% (41 total power-play goals).
INJURIES: Canadiens: Kaiden Guhle: day to day (upper-body), Kirby Dach: out for season (knee), Chris Wideman: out (back), Carey Price: out (knee), David Savard: out (upper body), Christian Dvorak: out (knee).
Blue Jackets: Patrik Laine: out (upper body), Daniil Tarasov: out (undisclosed), Yegor Chinakhov: out (undisclosed).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
