The Canadiens were able to stop the bleeding and at least pick up a point Monday night with a 4-3 shootout loss to the Blue Jackets in Columbus.

It was a fourth straight loss for the Canadiens (0-3-1), but they should be happy to get a point after losing 3-1 heading into the third period. Oliver Kapanen, Josh Anderson and Lane Hutson scored for the Canadiens. Hutson’s goal came with 1:29 left in the third period and goalie Jakub Dobes on the bench for an extra attacker.

Cole Caufield scored in the shootout, but Nick Suzuki and Ivan Demidov were stopped by Columbus goalie Jet Greaves. Kent Johnson and Kirill Marchenko scored for the Blue Jackets in the shootout.

The Canadiens now have a 10-6-3 record and are in third place in the Atlantic Division behind the Boston Bruins (12-9-0) and De

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