Takeaways: Blue Jackets Game 51

Montreal lost captain Max Pacioretty to injury midway through the second period after he took a P.K. Subban slapshot to the left side of his face. The 26-year-old has 17 goals and 32 points in 50 games this season.

Just a day after Senators winger Bobby Ryan scored a goal and earned a family a new puppy, the Blue Jackets’ Cam Atkinson obliged when another kid asked that he do the same thing. As for tonight though the Habs desperately need to get back in the win column and a sweep at the hands of the last place Blue Jackets would bring their season to a new low.

Canadiens coach Michel Therrien agreed.

“The guys want it so bad”. The young Columbus fan used a sign to ask Atkinson to score a goal on Monday night so she could receive a pup for her birthday.

Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand had power-play goals for the Bruins and goalie Tuukka Rask made 34 saves as the Bruins made it five wins in six to go third in the Atlantic Diviision.

Columbus made Montreal pay for its lack of discipline in the first period, as the visitors converted on both their power plays. Dubinsky made it 3-1 at 10:40, shortly after knocking Subban off the puck behind Montreal’s net.

During the first intermission, the Habs announced forward Daniel Carr would miss three months with a right knee injury, effectively ending his season. LW Jacob De La Rose replaced Carr in the lineup after three games as a scratch. Mike Condon was in net for Monday’s loss and Ben Scrivens could get the start Tuesday after going 0-3-0 with 11 goals allowed in three games since coming over from Edmonton in a trade. Associate head coach Craig Hartsburg, running the bench in the absence of injured head coach John Tortorella, challenged the goal for offside but the call on the ice stood. Montreal D Andrei Markov appeared in his 896th career National Hockey League game, tying him with Patrice Brisebois for 11th on the team’s career games played list….