With the Columbus Blue Jackets in town, and Torrey Mitchell and Artturi Lehkonen out (flu and lower-body injury, respectively), the Montreal Canadiens iced seven defencemen (Victor Mete playing wing). Charlie Lindgren once again got the start as the Habs looked to finally edge over the .500 mark with a win.
The Blue Jackets scored first when the Habs were hopeless in front of Lindgren a couple of minutes into the period.
A few shifts later, Mete almost set Jacob de la Rose up with a goal in his second shift as a forward.