Harvey-Pinard 得点する／非難する／２０s 3, Canadiens （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Blue Jackets 8-2
MONTREAL (AP) - Rafael Harvey-Pinard 得点する／非難する／２０d three goals for his first career hat trick and the Montreal Canadiens （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 the Columbus Blue Jackets 8-2 Saturday night.
Nick Suzuki had a goal and three 補助装置s, マイク Hoffman had a goal and two 補助装置s, Brendan Gallagher and 足緒 Ylonen each 追加するd a goal and an 補助装置, and Alex Belzile also 得点する／非難する／２０d for Montreal. マイク Matheson had three 補助装置s and Johnathan Kovacevic had two.
Harvey-Pinard, a Quebec native received a standing ovation に引き続いて his third goal and another one after 存在 指名するd the first 星／主役にする of the game. In the dressing room, a player had covered up part of his 指名する plate. It read: "R. Hatty-Pinard."
"Honestly, it´s 堅い to 述べる," Harvey-Pinard said. "I had 冷気／寒がらせるs. I was just 審理，公聴会 the （人が）群がる, it was so loud. That was a good moment. I was enjoying it at 100%."
Gallagher had a few words of encourage for his young チーム仲間.
"I was trying to get him to stand up and salute the （人が）群がる," Gallagher said with a grin. "He´s a little smarter than that, he didn´t 落ちる for it. It was fun to see him smiling."
Columbus Blue Jackets 右翼 Kirill Marchenko (86) tries to 除去する Montreal Canadiens 左翼 Rafael Harvey-Pinard (49) from in 前線 of Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins (90) during second-period NHL ホッケー game 活動／戦闘 in Montreal, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Peter McCabe/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Sam Montembault stopped 21 発射s to help Montreal 勝利，勝つ for the third time in 13 games (3-8-2).
"I think we gave a good show tonight and our fans deserve it," said Canadiens coach ツバメ St. Louis said. "I´ve been here for 15 months and I´ve always felt them behind us. Of course we´d like to be in a better 位置／汚点／見つけ出す to give them プレーオフ ホッケー but to have that support is fantastic and we don´t take that for 認めるd."
小道／航路 Pederson and Kirill Marchenko 得点する／非難する／２０d for the Blue Jackets, who snapped a two-game 勝利，勝つ streak and lost for the fourth time in six games. Elvis Merzlikins was pulled late in the second period after giving up six goals on 24 発射s. Michael Hutchinson （機の）カム on and finished with seven saves.
"I don´t even know if it was an energy thing, it´s more that we 発射 ourselves in the foot time and time again," Pederson said. "明白に, a 失望させるing second period and we´re chasing the 残り／休憩（する） of the game."
Harvey-Pinard 得点する／非難する／２０d 13 seconds into the second period as he knocked in a loose puck after Merz likins stopped Matheson's 運動ing backhander to put Montreal up 3-2.
Harvey-Pinard then got his second of the night seven minutes later as he （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Merzlikins from the left circle.
Gallagher 得点する／非難する／２０d in 前線 off a pass from Jake Evans to 押し進める the lead to 5-2 with 6:52 remaining in the second period.
Harvey-Pinard then 完全にするd his hat trick as he redirected a 料金d from Hoffman on a 力／強力にする play with 3:18 left in the middle period to make it 6-2. It was his 12th of the season.
"The second period killed us, that´s what it was," Columbus coach Brad Larsen said. "We didn´t skate enough, we didn´t manage the puck at all."
Merzlikins left with about three minutes remaining in the second. The Latvian appeared to have 苦しむd the 傷害 while 試みる／企てるing to make a save on Harvey-Pinard´s hat trick goal.
Belzile and Suzuki 得点する／非難する／２０d いっそう少なく than two minutes apart to give the Canadiens a six-goal lead with 6:11 remaining in the third.
Pederson got Columbus on the scoreboard first, quickly redirecting a pass from Kent Johnson in the left circle 1:32 into the game. It was his third.
Hoffman tied it a little more than two minutes later with his 13th and Ylonen gave the Canadiens a 2-1 lead 近づく the midpoint of the 開始 period.
Marchenko tied it for Columbus with two minutes left in the first as he 得点する／非難する／２０d high from a sharp angle from the 権利 味方する for his 19th.
UP NEXT
Blue Jackets: At New York 特別奇襲隊員s on Tuesday night in the second of a three-game trip.
Canadiens: At Buffalo on Monday night to open a two-game trip.
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Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Adam Boqvist (27) takes 負かす／撃墜する Montreal Canadiens 右翼 Denis Gurianov (25) as they 戦う／戦い for the puck during second-period NHL ホッケー game 活動／戦闘 in Montreal, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Peter McCabe/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Montreal Canadiens defenseman Justin Barron (52) tries to slow Columbus Blue Jackets 中心 Liam Foudy (19) during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Montreal. (Peter McCabe/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault (35) stops a goal 試みる／企てる by Columbus Blue Jackets 中心 Boone Jenner (38) during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game in Montreal, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Peter McCabe/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Columbus Blue Jackets 右翼 Emil Bemstrom (52) 支配（する）／統制するs the puck in 前線 of Montreal Canadiens goaltender Sam Montembeault (35) during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Montreal. (Peter McCabe/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Montreal Canadiens defenseman マイク Matheson (8) and Columbus Blue Jackets defenseman Tim Berni (75) 争う for the puck during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game Saturday, March 25, 2023, in Montreal. (Peter McCabe/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Columbus Blue Jackets Boone Jenner 反応するs to a no goal call by the 審判（をする） during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game against the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Peter McCabe/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins (90) leaves the ice with two minutes left in the second period with an 傷害 during NHL ホッケー game 活動／戦闘 against the Montreal Canadiens in Montreal, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Peter McCabe/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
Montreal Canadiens 右翼 足緒 Ylonen, not shown, 得点する／非難する／２０s on Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Elvis Merzlikins (90) as Canadiens 右翼 Brendan Gallagher (11) and 中心 Jake Evans (71) 審査する the 発射 in 前線 of Blue Jackets defenseman Gavin Bayreuther (15) during the first period of an NHL ホッケー game in Montreal, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Peter McCabe/The Canadian 圧力（をかける） 経由で AP)
