🧥 🇨🇦
2007-08 regular season

Blue Jackets at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0

Blue Jackets beat Canadiens 3–0 at Bell Centre on February 23, 2008.

CBJ – MTL
22–31
Shots on goal
16–25
Hits
11–8
Blocked shots
3–7
Takeaways
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🧥 CBJ
Manny Malhotra
1 G, 1 A
4 shots · 14:36 TOI
2nd star 🧥 CBJ
Rick Nash
1 G
3 shots · 21:22 TOI
3rd star 🧥 CBJ
Pascal Leclaire
31 saves
1.000 SV% · 0 GA

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🧥 Rick Nash Go-ahead 1st · 06:24
Assists: Michael Peca, Freddy Modin · beat Carey Price
1–0
🧥 Andrew Murray 1st · 10:01
Assists: Manny Malhotra, David Vyborny · beat Carey Price
2–0
3rd period
🧥 Manny Malhotra 3rd · 16:42
Unassisted · beat Carey Price
3–0

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🧥Blue Jackets
L1 Nash · Modin · Peca 20:53
L2 Chimera · Novotny · Zherdev 17:06
L3 Malhotra · Murray · Boll 10:45
L4 Fedorov · Brule · Vyborny 6:33
D1 Foote · Hejda 26:56
D2 Klesla · Hainsey 21:10
D3 Tarnstrom · Russell 12:04
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Kostitsyn · Koivu · Kovalev 20:41
L2 Higgins · Kostitsyn · Plekanec 18:46
L3 Lapierre · Smolinski · Ryder 11:08
L4 Begin · Kostopoulos 6:22
D1 Hamrlik · Markov 22:28
D2 Bouillon · Gorges 18:04
D3 Streit · Komisarek 15:39
D4 O'Byrne 13:45

Team stats

Away left · home right
🧥CBJ MTL🇨🇦
22 Shots on goal 31
16 Hits 25
11 Blocked shots 8
3 Takeaways 7
11 Giveaways 8
21 Penalty minutes 15
CBJ shooting 13.6% (3/22) MTL shooting 0.0% (0/31)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🧥Blue Jackets
Pascal Leclaire Shutout
31/31
1.000 SV% · 0 GA · 59:08 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Carey Price
19/22
.864 SV% · 3 GA · 59:53 TOI

Period by period

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After 1st — 2–0
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 4-0-1 (80% win rate, 5 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 0-6 (0% win rate, 6 games)
After 2nd — 2–0
Blue Jackets
Blue Jackets — leading by 2 goals after 2nd: 8-0 (100% win rate, 8 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — trailing by 2 goals after 2nd: 1-7 (12% win rate, 8 games)

Last meetings

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Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0
Feb 182007 🇨🇦MTL @ 🧥CBJ 3–2 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
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Who won Blue Jackets vs Canadiens on February 23, 2008?

Blue Jackets won 3–0. The final score was Blue Jackets 3, Canadiens 0.

Who scored for Blue Jackets?

Andrew Murray, Manny Malhotra, Rick Nash.

How did the Blue Jackets goalie play?

Pascal Leclaire made 31 saves on 31 shots (1.000 save percentage) for a shutout.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Carey Price made 19 saves on 22 shots (.864 save percentage).

Where is Blue Jackets vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Blue Jackets vs Canadiens season series?

Blue Jackets lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🧥 Blue Jackets
BeforeFeb 21 🧥CBJ @ 🏛️OTT 3–2 AfterFeb 27 🦈SJS @ 🧥CBJ 4–2
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeFeb 21 🐧PIT @ 🇨🇦MTL 5–4 AfterFeb 26 🐦ATL @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–5
Also on February 23
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