Montréal Canadiens at Nashville Predators

Apr 6, 2025 · Bridgestone Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Montréal Canadiens	2	17
Nashville Predators	1	37

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
04:19	NSH	Steven Stamkos (25)	Filip Forsberg (41)	0 - 1
2nd Period
01:40	MTL	Cole Caufield (36)	Nick Suzuki (57)	1 - 1
05:47	MTL	Patrik Laine (20)	Lane Hutson (58), Alex Newhook (11)	2 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
10:13	MTL	Michael Pezzetta	Fighting	5
10:13	NSH	Andreas Englund	Fighting	5
10:33	NSH	Spencer Stastney	Slashing	2
16:21	MTL	Jayden Struble	Hooking	2
2nd Period
08:07	MTL	Juraj Slafkovský	Roughing	2
08:07	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
08:07	NSH	Marc Del Gaizo	Roughing	2
18:10	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	Holding	2
3rd Period
07:47	MTL	Michael Pezzetta	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Montréal Canadiens	38	26	17	2	1.9	40.0
Nashville Predators	81	57	37	1	3.6	60.0

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Montréal Canadiens had.

Expected goals

Montréal Canadiens: 1.9 expected, 2 scored · Nashville Predators: 3.6 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Montréal Canadiens

Nashville Predators

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brendan Gallagher · Josh Anderson · Christian Dvorak	11:01	43.5	22.0	0-1
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský	10:56	42.9	39.6	1-0
Patrik Laine · Alex Newhook · Oliver Kapanen	7:20	36.8	55.0	1-0
Joel Armia · Jake Evans · Michael Pezzetta	3:56	50.0	34.8	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier	13:31	39.1	15.4	0-1
Kaiden Guhle · Lane Hutson	11:02	44.0	29.3	0-0
Jayden Struble · Lane Hutson	5:33	81.8	82.8	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
13	Cole Caufield	R	1	0	1	1	0	3	1	14:34	0.16	9-15	0.32-0.57
92	Patrik Laine	L	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	11:28	0.16	8-15	0.42-0.33
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	18:39	0.11	9-17	0.32-0.75
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	14:49	0.11	11-16	0.57-0.40
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	21:33		25-18	1.10-0.87
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	14:22	0.03	11-18	0.27-0.98
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	31:46	0.02	11-25	0.29-1.03
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	17:59	0.16	10-16	0.23-0.87
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	15:04	0.04	11-14	0.44-0.53
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	19:08	0.02	12-21	0.42-0.88
22	Christian Dvorak	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	19:57	0.08	12-18	0.36-0.88
40	Joel Armia	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17:37		7-8	0.32-0.31
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25:56		10-20	0.22-0.92
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	11:13	0.09	10-10	0.34-0.29
61	Michael Pezzetta	L	0	0	0	0	7	1	2	04:39	0.02	5-5	0.11-0.20
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	16:07	0.31	8-7	0.33-0.30
72	Arber Xhekaj	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	09:33		4-15	0.30-0.39
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	07:36	0.05	7-12	0.31-0.25

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
75	Jakub Dobes	W	37	36	1	60:00	3.62	+2.62

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Steven Stamkos · Filip Forsberg · Zachary L'Heureux	9:58	42.1	49.8	1-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Michael Bunting · Luke Evangelista	8:56	55.0	66.4	0-1
Michael McCarron · Cole Smith · Matthew Wood	6:41	70.0	90.8	0-0
Kieffer Bellows · Fedor Svechkov · Matthew Wood	2:12	20.0	0.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brady Skjei · Nick Blankenburg	15:06	75.9	88.1	0-1
Marc Del Gaizo · Justin Barron	11:03	57.9	46.5	0-1
Jordan Oesterle · Spencer Stastney	4:53	25.0	4.6	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
91	Steven Stamkos	C	1	0	1	1	0	5	0	23:25	0.43	14-16	0.52-0.39
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	1	1	0	0	3	4	24:26	0.34	18-17	0.53-0.45
7	Marc Del Gaizo	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	14:37	0.06	14-11	0.45-0.29
9	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12:27	0.09	7-6	0.10-0.41
22	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	13:14	0.08	13-4	0.85-0.09
24	Andreas Englund	D	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	08:13		6-8	0.19-0.41
24	Spencer Stastney	D	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	13:19	0.12	7-11	0.15-0.56
26	Kieffer Bellows	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	09:11	0.12	11-4	0.23-0.30
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	23:24	0.26	26-7	1.31-0.17
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	15:14	0.40	17-6	0.96-0.14
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	20:28	0.33	22-11	0.74-0.50
68	Zachary L'Heureux	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	15:55	0.11	15-15	0.67-0.66
71	Matthew Wood	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:14	0.34	9-8	0.56-0.39
72	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	18:27	0.03	17-12	0.42-0.41
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	4	2	22:59	0.17	29-11	1.62-0.37
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	20:20	0.15	18-9	0.67-0.27
82	Jordan Oesterle	D	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	09:36		9-12	0.17-0.45
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	22:01	0.56	18-12	0.65-0.40

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Juuse Saros	L	17	15	2	57:30	1.36	-0.64