COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Led by team captain Nick Foligno's three-point night, the Columbus Blue Jackets embarrassed the Montreal Canadiens 10-0, handing them their first regular season loss in front of 14,436 at Nationwide Arena on Friday.

The 10 goals scored by the Blue Jackets are the most scored in team history, and matches the worst defeat in Canadiens history. Montreal is now 9-1-1 on the season.

Sergei Bobrovsky earned his third shutout of the young season with the victory, pushing the Blue Jackets record to 5-3-1.

"We've been on the other side where everything is not going good," said Foligno. "It just seemed to be the case tonight where we were getting every bounce.

"But, we were earning it, too. I'm not going to take away from our game, we were doing a lot of good things."

The Blue Jackets took a 3-0 lead through the first period of play.

Cam Atkinson opened the floodgates for Columbus midway through the first period with a power-play goal. It was set-up beautifully with a pass from Alexander Wennberg to Foligno behind the net.

In one smooth motion, Foligno passed the puck to Atkinson at the bottom of the circle, as the diminutive winger one-timed the puck past Canadiens goaltender Al Montoya.

Both of Atkinson's goals came on the power play.

Columbus, wasting no time and not letting the Canadiens catch their collective breath, tallied another goal less than one minute later.

Blue Jackets forward Josh Anderson passed the puck from behind the net to an open Seth Jones, one-timing to make it 2-0.

David Savard would make it 3-0 for Columbus later in the first period.

All but one forward (Lukas Sedlak) and one defenseman (Ryan Murray) would earn a point for Columbus in the lopsided victory.

Montoya made 30 saves, unmercifully going the distance.

"We'll enjoy it (the win) tonight," said Anderson, "but get ready to focus on tomorrow night. We all knew their record coming in. They're a very good team, very talented. We just wanted to play our game, get pucks deep and find a way to win."

The Blue Jackets added five more goals in the second frame.

Atkinson scored his second power-play goal early in the second, while Foligno and Scott Hartnell added a pair of power-play goals when Montreal's Brendan Gallagher was given a double-minor for high-sticking Wennberg.

Foligno would get his second goal of the night late in the second, with Anderson scoring the first of his two goals before 40 minutes elapsed.

Columbus took an 8-0 lead over the Canadiens into the second intermission.

"That was definitely the outcome we deserved tonight," said Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty. "It's tough to shake it off when you get scored on that many times, but we'll see what happens when we lace them up tomorrow."

Montreal couldn't sustain any pressure on the Blue Jackets, while at the same time Columbus continued to explode up the ice in transition. It was a game that Montreal would like to soon forget.

"It's a tough, tough game," said Canadiens coach Michel Therrien. "The coaching staff... we saw it coming like a big curveball. I don't remember being part of a game like this.

"The only positive thing (from this loss) is that we play tomorrow night at home."

Hartnell notched his second goal of the night almost midway through the third period, as the team kept the pressure on the Canadiens.

Anderson would close out the scoring for Columbus at 10:45 of the final period with a backhand shot from distance that found its way past Montoya.

"I just tried to cut through the middle and look for a play," Anderson said, "then I saw (Brendan) Gallagher coming right at me. I thought he was going to hit me, so I just tried to throw it on net. I guess I got lucky."

Although the 10 goals scored set a record in franchise history, after the game the team was all business as it set about getting ready to fly to St. Louis to take on the Blues on Saturday night.

"All it is, is a tick in the win column," said Blue Jackets head coach John Tortorella. "That's all it is, is a check. My biggest concern (now) is getting ready to play for tomorrow night."

NOTES: Blue Jackets recalled LW Sonny Milano from AHL Cleveland Monsters ... Columbus G Sergei Bobrovsky (4-3-1) made his ninth consecutive start Friday. ... Blue Jackets D Dalton Prout, D Scott Harrington and Milano were healthy scratches. ... This is the first game of back-to-back games for both teams. ... LW Daniel Carr and D Joel Hanley were the Canadiens healthy scratches.