Montreal Canadiens at Columbus Blue Jackets
2023-11-30T00:00:00.000Z
Samuel Montembeault
Confirmed
2023-11-27T17:45:41.152Z| W-L-OTL: | 16-15-9 |
| GAA: | 3.14 |
| SV%: | 0.903 |
| SO: | 0 |
Samuel Montembeault will start Wednesday at Columbus. Montembeault has been more than serviceable when called upon this season for a Canadiens team that ranks 30th in the league in terms of shot suppression (34.5 SA / GP). In his last four games (2-1-0), Montembeault has only allowed eight total goals, saving 105 of 133 shots (.929 SV%). Facing the Canadiens on Wednesday are the Columbus Blue Jackets, who are playing their best hockey of the season, winning three of their last four (3-1-0) and outscoring their opposition 16-9. The Canadiens have lost five of their last seven (2-5-0) and, as such, are +112 road underdogs against the suddenly hot Blue Jackets.Source: Eric Engels
Elvis Merzlikins
Confirmed
2023-11-29T16:50:52.514Z| W-L-OTL: | 13-17-8 |
| GAA: | 3.45 |
| SV%: | 0.897 |
| SO: | 1 |
Elvis Merzlikins will start Wednesday vs. Montreal. Merzlikins will start for the fourth time in the last five games for the Blue Jackets and look to build on his best stretch of play this season. After a six-game run of winless hockey for Merzlikins (0-4-1), posting a .891 SV%, he has won two of his last three (2-1-0), registering a tremendous .940 SV%, including a heroic 40-save performance in a 3-2 losing effort to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. The Blue Jackets are -125 home favourites on Wednesday against a Montreal Canadiens team that has lost five of their last seven (2-5-0), being outscored 27-17.Source: Dave Maetzold
