Blue Jackets Beat Canadiens To Keep Playoff Hopes Alive
The Blue Jackets' record is now 40-28-12 with 92 points. They currently sit two points out of third in the Metro behind Philadelphia.
Boone Jenner (12), C harlie Coyle (19,20-PPG), Kirill Marchenko (27-GWG), and Sean Monahan (13) powered the Blue Jackets' offense in a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night. Jet Greaves stopped 20 of 22 Montreal shots, including 4 of 5 on the power play, to pick up his 26th win of the season. Canadien Cole Caufield scored his 51st goal of the season, but it wasn't enough to beat the desperate Blue Jackets.
Captain Boone Jenner got the scoring started when he scored just 1:13 into the game. Jenner has been criticized in the last few games due to some bad penalties, but on Saturday night, he was amazing. He had a goal, 3 shots, and won 73.
3% of his faceoffs to lead the Jackets. Charlie Coyle was also huge in this game. He scored two goals and won 68.
4% of his faceoffs. Columbus was in dire need of their vets to lead them to a win, and they did just that. The Blue Jackets had a goal called back due to goalie interference, which seemed to be a bad call.