CBJ@MTL: Game recap

MONTREAL – The Canadiens dropped an 5-2 decision to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday at the Bell Centre. 

In the loss, Nick Suzuki earned his 99th point of the season with an assist on Cole Caufield’s 51st goal. 

For more stats, check out the NHL’s Gamecenter summary here.

The team announced at the start of the third period that Noah Dobson would not return to play.

Montreal goals  

P1 11:48 1-[2] Anderson (Evans, Hutson)

P3 03:58 4-[2] Caufield (Suzuki, Slafkovsky) - PP

Columbus goals  

P1 01:13 [1]-0 Boone (Werenski, Heinen) 

P1 05:42 [2]-0 Coyle (Christiansen, Marchment) 

P2 01:24 [3]-1 Marchenko (Provorov, Fantilli) 

P2 10:36 [4]-1 Monahan (Johnson) 

P3 09:59 [5]-1 Coyle (Marchenko, Fantilli) - PPG

What’s next  

The Canadiens are hitting the road for the final two games of the regular season, returning to action on Sunday night against the New York Islanders at UBS Arena. Game time is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. ET.