Blue Jackets' top weapons awaken, cruise to desperately needed win in Montreal

It couldn’t have waited another day. The Columbus Blue Jackets desperately needed a win over the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday at the Bell Centre, and to get it, they sorely needed their veteran players and a few slumping forwards to lead the way.Veteran center Charlie Coyle and Boone Jenner did so, and the Blue Jackets enjoyed their highest-scoring game in three weeks, beating the Canadiens 5-2 before a crowd of 20,962 and keeping their hopes alive for the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.Advertisement