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2006-07 regular season

Canadiens at Blue Jackets

🗓 📍 Nationwide Arena, Columbus 🔁 Canadiens lead the season series 1–0

Canadiens beat Blue Jackets 3–2 at Nationwide Arena on February 18, 2007.

MTL – CBJ
28–33
Shots on goal
2/7–0/4
Power play
11–13
Hits
20–15
Blocked shots
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The game

The stars, every goal, the box score and the recap
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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🇨🇦 MTL
Saku Koivu
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 16:17 TOI
2nd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Michael Ryder
1 G, 1 A
2 shots · 15:28 TOI
3rd star 🇨🇦 MTL
Jaroslav Halak
31 saves
0.939 SV% · 2 GA

Scoring

5 goals · in order
2nd period
🇨🇦 Michael Ryder PP Go-ahead 2nd · 00:18
Assists: Saku Koivu, Sheldon Souray · beat Pascal Leclaire
1–0
🇨🇦 Saku Koivu 2nd · 06:02
Assists: Michael Ryder, Chris Higgins · beat Pascal Leclaire
2–0
🇨🇦 Francis Bouillon PP 2nd · 08:37
Unassisted · beat Pascal Leclaire
3–0
3rd period
🧥 Nikolay Zherdev 3rd · 08:05
Assists: Alexander Svitov, Ron Hainsey · beat Jaroslav Halak
3–1
🧥 Gilbert Brule 3rd · 11:08
Assists: Sergei Fedorov, Dan Fritsche · beat Jaroslav Halak
3–2

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Higgins · Johnson · Perezhogin 17:56
L2 Koivu · Plekanec · Dandenault 16:17
L3 Latendresse · Bonk · Ryder 15:28
L4 Samsonov · Lapierre · Milroy 12:55
L5 Begin 3:54
D1 Markov · Bouillon 24:12
D2 Souray · Komisarek 19:24
D3 Streit 15:58
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Nash · Fedorov · Vyborny 18:40
L2 Modin · Chimera · Fritsche 17:02
L3 Svitov · Brule · Zherdev 13:05
L4 Shelley · Malhotra · Carter 6:40
D1 Hainsey · Foote 23:10
D2 Klesla · Eriksson 20:17
D3 Tollefsen · Berard 16:52

Team stats

Away left · home right
🇨🇦MTL CBJ🧥
28 Shots on goal 33
2/7 Power play (goals / chances) 0/4
11 Hits 13
20 Blocked shots 15
3 Takeaways 7
3 Giveaways 3
8 Penalty minutes 14
MTL shooting 10.7% (3/28) CBJ shooting 6.1% (2/33)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🇨🇦Canadiens
Jaroslav Halak
31/33
.939 SV% · 2 GA · 59:51 TOI
🧥Blue Jackets
Pascal Leclaire
25/28
.893 SV% · 3 GA · 58:48 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 11-7-1 (58% win rate, 19 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — tied after 1st: 10-8-3 (48% win rate, 21 games)
After 2nd — 3–0
Canadiens
Canadiens — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-8 (0% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Canadiens lead the season series 1–0
Nov 112003 🧥CBJ @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–1 OT Feb 132003 🧥CBJ @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–1 OT Apr 62002 🧥CBJ @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–4 Oct 122001 🇨🇦MTL @ 🧥CBJ 3–1 Dec 182000 🧥CBJ @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–0
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Who won Canadiens vs Blue Jackets on February 18, 2007?

Canadiens won 3–2. The final score was Canadiens 3, Blue Jackets 2.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Francis Bouillon, Michael Ryder, Saku Koivu.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Gilbert Brule, Nikolay Zherdev.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Jaroslav Halak made 31 saves on 33 shots (.939 save percentage).

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Pascal Leclaire made 25 saves on 28 shots (.893 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Blue Jackets played?

At Nationwide Arena in Columbus, the Blue Jackets home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Blue Jackets season series?

Canadiens lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeFeb 17 🌪️CAR @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–3 AfterFeb 20 🦅WSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 3–5
🧥 Blue Jackets
BeforeFeb 16 🦈SJS @ 🧥CBJ 0–3 AfterFeb 20 🧥CBJ @ 🎵STL 4–5
Also on February 18
🪶CHI 1–2 🗽NYR 🦅WSH 2–3 🐧PIT 🦈SJS 2–5 ⭐DAL 🌲MIN 3–5 🎵STL 👑LAK 4–3 🦆ANA 🏔️COL 4–5 🐋VAN
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