Nashville Predators at Montréal Canadiens

Oct 16, 2025 · Centre Bell

Team	Goals	Shots
Nashville Predators	2	19
Montréal Canadiens	3	30

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
11:36	NSH	Steven Stamkos (1) PP	Roman Josi (3), Luke Evangelista (3)	1 - 0
3rd Period
06:02	MTL	Oliver Kapanen (3)	Lane Hutson (3), Kaiden Guhle (1)	1 - 1
11:21	NSH	Nick Perbix (2)	Michael McCarron (1)	2 - 1
19:40	MTL	Cole Caufield (4)	Lane Hutson (4)	2 - 2
Overtime
04:57	MTL	Cole Caufield (5)	Nick Suzuki (7), Mike Matheson (3)	2 - 3

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
03:27	NSH	Tyson Jost	Hooking	2
2nd Period
04:46	NSH	Cole Smith	Slashing	2
10:05	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	Hooking	2
18:25	MTL	Ivan Demidov	Holding the stick	2
3rd Period
14:18	NSH	Michael McCarron	Tripping	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators	52	34	19	2	2.7	46.1
Montréal Canadiens	58	44	30	3	4.3	53.9

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 Montréal Canadiens had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 2.7 expected, 2 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 4.3 expected, 3 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

Nashville Predators

Montréal Canadiens

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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Steven Stamkos · Ryan O'Reilly · Filip Forsberg	10:09	40.0	54.1	0-0
Tyson Jost · Luke Evangelista · Fedor Svechkov	10:01	58.8	46.5	0-1
Erik Haula · Jonathan Marchessault · Michael Bunting	9:04	36.4	15.9	0-0
Michael McCarron · Cole Smith · Ozzy Wiesblatt	8:10	66.7	61.0	1-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Roman Josi · Adam Wilsby	16:47	54.5	38.5	0-0
Brady Skjei · Nick Perbix	16:15	30.3	28.6	1-1
Spencer Stastney · Justin Barron	12:53	58.8	63.2	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
48	Nick Perbix	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	22:00	0.17	10-24	0.59-1.48
91	Steven Stamkos	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	18:14	0.25	6-10	0.52-0.51
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	1	1	1	2	1	4	14:45	0.05	10-6	0.57-0.38
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	28:13	0.23	13-11	0.38-0.60
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	14:51	0.20	11-9	0.49-0.68
2	Adam Wilsby	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:55		14-10	0.41-0.60
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	19:09	0.46	6-11	0.52-0.49
9	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	12:15	0.13	10-8	0.49-0.68
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	14:31	0.21	12-8	0.55-0.69
22	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	14:11	0.26	8-7	0.52-0.51
24	Spencer Stastney	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	13:36	0.12	10-7	0.70-0.41
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:05	0.07	9-16	0.13-0.79
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14:35	0.04	9-16	0.13-0.79
72	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14:14		12-7	0.73-0.41
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	23:03		11-23	0.60-1.48
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	17:26	0.19	8-15	0.13-0.81
89	Ozzy Wiesblatt	C	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10:11		10-6	0.57-0.50
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	20:04	0.32	6-11	0.52-0.63

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
74	Juuse Saros	OTL	30	27	3	64:30	4.15	+1.15

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský	11:35	68.4	86.8	0-0
Alex Newhook · Oliver Kapanen · Ivan Demidov	9:01	64.3	67.4	1-0
Brendan Gallagher · Kirby Dach · Zachary Bolduc	8:14	45.0	47.8	0-0
Josh Anderson · Jake Evans · Patrik Laine	7:25	55.6	72.7	0-1

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Mike Matheson · Noah Dobson	13:09	48.0	58.5	0-1
Kaiden Guhle · Lane Hutson	7:53	64.3	79.1	1-0
Alexandre Carrier · Jayden Struble	6:27	71.4	96.2	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
13	Cole Caufield	R	2	0	2	2	0	4	1	20:54	0.63	13-8	0.44-0.10
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	2	2	2	0	1	1	24:42	0.03	17-10	1.07-0.51
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	1	0	1	1	0	3	0	11:59	0.55	9-7	0.68-0.44
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	26:21	0.36	18-18	1.13-1.01
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	2	0	4	0	22:54	0.87	15-8	0.44-0.13
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	16:10		14-15	0.91-0.79
7	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	13:49	0.62	10-12	0.55-0.71
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	14:27	0.20	11-8	0.90-0.58
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	14:43	0.28	6-7	0.62-0.43
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	19:39	0.13	15-7	0.44-0.08
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:22		12-8	0.58-0.38
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13:52	0.02	8-6	0.45-0.13
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	21:37	0.06	13-13	0.83-0.59
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	13:58		6-5	0.62-0.33
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	15:49	0.26	12-12	0.55-0.61
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	16:03	0.02	11-15	0.75-0.81
92	Patrik Laine	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	12:10	0.02	5-9	0.59-0.53
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	17:13	0.25	10-7	0.88-0.39

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
75	Jakub Dobes	W	19	17	2	63:35	2.61	+0.61