Blue Jackets set franchise record with 10-goal destruction of Canadiens

Someone check on the cannon.

The Columbus Blue Jackets established a new franchise mark for goals in a game Friday night in a 10-0 dismantling of the Montreal Canadiens.

Scott Hartnell's second of the game made it 9-0 for the Blue Jackets midway through the third period, breaking the club's previous record of eight goals in a single contest.

Josh Anderson's second gave Columbus a 10-0 lead less than three minutes later.

The Blue Jackets also tied a franchise record for goals in a period with five in the second frame, a feat they last achieved against the Minnesota Wild in 2003, according to Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch.

Columbus scored eight goals in a game three other times in franchise history, most recently in an 8-1 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Nov. 10, 2010.

Hartnell, Anderson, Cam Atkinson, and Nick Foligno all scored two goals apiece in the victory.

Canadiens backup goaltender Al Montoya allowed all 10 Blue Jackets markers, starting in place of Carey Price on the first night of a back-to-back.

Columbus handed Montreal its first regulation loss of the season and dropped them to 9-1-1 while improving to 5-3-1.