Five things you should know as Columbus comes to town Tuesday (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN-690 Radio), by Pat Hickey.

1 Good time Charlie: Carey Price is still out, which means the Canadiens will continue to ride rookie Charlie Lindgren, who will be making his fifth consecutive start. Lindgren, who is coming off a 2-1 overtime victory against the Buffalo Sabres Saturday, has posted a 3-1-0 record with a 1.24 goals-against average and a .964 save percentage. Those numbers would lead the NHL if Lindgren had played one more game. A goaltender must have played at least one-third of his team’s games to qualify. The official leader is St. Louis’ Carter Hutton, who has played five games with a 1.71 GAA and a .943 save percentage.

2 Medical updates: Price’s minor lower-body injury has caused him to miss five games and the chances of his returning before the weekend remain slim. He worked out for 20 minutes Monday with goaltending coach Stéphane Waite, but there won’t be any talk of a return to game action until after he participates in a full practice with his teammates. The same applies to defenceman David Schlemko, who has not played one minute in a Canadiens uniform. He is recovering from hand surgery and hasn’t hit a full practice. He was skating with strength coach Pierre Allard Monday. Backup goalie Al Montoya is out indefinitely with a concussion.

3 Pacioretty finds his groove: Scorers tend to be streaky and captain Max Pacioretty has been on a good kind of streak over the past two weeks. Pacioretty scored the overtime winner against Buffalo and he has picked up at least one point in seven of the last eight games. He has five goals and five assists in that run. There seems to be a debate among the twits in the Twittersphere over the timeliness of Pacioretty’s goals, but it should be noted three of his seven goals this season have been game-winners and two others were game-tying goals. Pacioretty is on pace to reach 30 goals for a fifth consecutive season.

4 Jackets pose tough test: Columbus enjoys an 11-9-3 record against the Canadiens since joining the NHL as an expansion team in 2000 and the Blue Jackets are 6-5-2 at Bell Centre. Columbus is 4-0-1 against the Canadiens in their last five meetings and that includes an embarrassing 10-0 decision last season at Nationwide Arena on Nov. 4, 2016. Columbus has the worst power play in the NHL with a success rate of 9.6 per cent, but they are 7-for-14 in their last four games against Montreal. And you don’t want to take your chances in overtime against the Blue Jackets, an NHL-best 5-0-1 after regulation.

5 Bob holds the fort: Sergei Bobrovsky, the 2017 Vezina Trophy winner, has enjoyed a 7-4-1 record against the Canadiens and it would have been better if he hadn’t been on the wrong end of a 1-0 overtime game on Feb. 28 this year. Bobrovsky has a 2.05 GAA and a .933 save percentage against Montreal. He’s off to a good start this season, posting a 9-4-1 mark with a 2.24 GAA and .925 save percentage. Boone Jenner, who is bouncing back from an early season injury, has three goals and seven points in eight games against the Canadiens. Josh Anderson is the Blue Jackets’ top goal-scorer this season with six.