Montreal Canadians @ Columbus Blue Jackets: 2022-23 NHL Season Game 18 Recap

I don't know about you, but hearing Avril Lavigne and Britney Spears blaring on the radio during the breaks in play tonight, to celebrate the first Reverse Retro evening at Nationwide Arena, was great.  What else was great tonight?  The goaltending.  For that reason, we're going to skip all the way to Period 3, because no one could score on Joonas Korpisalo of the Columbus Blue Jackets or Sam Montembeault for the Montreal Canadians.  

Mathieu Olivier would get the scoring started in the final period of regulation, his goal coming at 1:08, marking his second of this season.  No assists on this goal.  The next two goals would come from the Canadian's, first from A. Xhekaj at 2:38 and the second from former Blue Jacket David Savard, coming at 3:35.  At this point the score was a single Canadians goal lead, at 2-1.  With little time left to close the deficit, Johnson would come in for six total skaters on the ice, while Korpisalo would leave the net.  This didn't go as planned, S. Monahan would score at 18:07.  This would take this game to a 3-1 game, not impossible but definitely a challenge for sure.  The Blue Jackets would get a Power Play chance with just over 1:00 left in the game.  This would result in no goal however and time would expire tonight on the Blue Jackets.  Tough break for the team as they head into the Thanksgiving Holiday, but no worries we won't have long to dwell on this loss, Game 19 of this season will be on Friday (Black Friday) at 8:00 PM.  Take note of that time folks, it's an hour later than our normal stat time of 7:00 PM.  The opponent will be the 12-8-0 New York Islanders, a capable foe that will give us a good game, no doubt.  

Mathieu Olivier would gain the Third Star of tonight's game, even with the loss, due to his early goal in period 3, which was the first goal of the whole game.  

Until then, if any updates come between now and then, I'll pass them on to you though my social media pages.  Just a note, I do work all day Friday, so I will do my best!  I wish you all a very happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Go CBJ!          

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