Blue Jackets Lose To Montréal Despite Strong Outing By Jet Greaves
The Blue Jackets' record is now 38-23-11 with 87 points. They're now third in the Metro and one point behind the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Columbus Blue Jackets got goalied by Jakub Dobeš, but what else is new? Damon Severson (8) scored the only goal for Columbus in a 2-1 loss to the Montréal Canadiens on Thursday night. Jet Greaves was phenomenal in the loss, though, stopping 18 of 20 shots, including 4 of 4 on the power play.
The CBJ had plenty of scoring chances. In fact, they dominated chances by a 2:1 ratio and had 13 high danger chances to the Habs 4. Yeah, they got goalied by Dobeš.
Including regulation and OT, and excluding the Panthers OT loss, the Blue Jackets have lost 7 games since Rick Bowness took over. The losses include Ottawa, Boston, NYIx2, Utah, LA, and Montreal. All of those teams are battling for playoff spots, and nothing is guaranteed for any of those teams.
The CBJ have had some very good wins since Bowness took over, but the losses to the desperate teams are a bit concerning. If they can't beat the teams who are grinding for a playoff spot, how can they beat the actual playoff teams when it counts? The schedule doesn't get any easier the rest of the way, so if they want to make the postseason, they're going to need to dig deep and win some big games.
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