Overview
- Montreal erased a 3-1 deficit in the third period on goals from Josh Anderson and Lane Hutson, who tied it with 1:19 left.
- Columbus prevailed in the shootout as Kent Johnson scored, Kirill Marchenko delivered the decider, and Greaves stopped Ivan Demidov after Montreal outshot the Jackets 6-0 in overtime.
- Greaves made 29 saves for Columbus, while Jakub Dobeš stopped 20 for Montreal in a matchup of emerging starters.
- The result pushes Columbus to a five-game point streak (3-0-2) as Montreal's slide reaches four straight losses and six in seven.
- Montreal dressed recent recalls Joshua Roy and Marc Del Gaizo with Kirby Dach sidelined by a broken foot expected to keep him out 4–6 weeks.