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Nashville Predators at Montréal Canadiens

Oct 8, 2026 · Centre Bell

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 5 20
Montréal Canadiens 2 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
03:12 MTL Nick Suzuki (3) Unassisted 0 - 1
08:50 MTL Alex Newhook (1) Josh Anderson (2) 0 - 2
15:06 NSH Alexander Kerfoot (1) Adam Wilsby (2), Ross Colton (1) 1 - 2
19:28 NSH Matthew Wood (1) PP Steven Stamkos (2), Filip Forsberg (4) 2 - 2
3rd Period
16:44 NSH Ryan O'Reilly (1) PP Roman Josi (3), Steven Stamkos (3) 3 - 2
17:23 NSH Adam Edstrom (1) Brady Skjei (2), Alexander Kerfoot (2) 4 - 2
18:34 NSH Adam Edstrom (2) Roman Josi (4), Jack Drury (1) 5 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
03:11 NSH Ryan O'Reilly Hooking 2
10:46 MTL Lane Hutson Tripping 2
2nd Period
02:40 MTL Josh Anderson Broken stick 2
03:06 NSH Matthew Wood Tripping 2
18:00 MTL Noah Dobson Tripping 2
19:28 MTL Josh Anderson Cross checking 2
19:28 MTL Arber Xhekaj Misconduct 10
3rd Period
04:55 NSH Nicolas Hague Holding 2
15:45 MTL Mike Matheson Tripping 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 44 35 20 5 3.2 32.6
Montréal Canadiens 67 50 34 2 3.8 67.4

How the game went

05101520Start2nd3rdMontréal Canadiens aheadNashville Predators ahead

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: 3.2 expected, 5 scored · Montréal Canadiens: 3.8 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 15:06 of 2nd, a 7% chanceNSH goal, 19:28 of 2nd, a 30% chanceNSH goal, 16:44 of 3rd, a 9% chanceNSH goal, 17:23 of 3rd, a 78% chanceNSH goal, 18:34 of 3rd, a 54% chanceMTL goal, 3:12 of 2nd, a 11% chanceMTL goal, 8:50 of 2nd, a 22% chanceMTL 3.8NSH 3.2

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 lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ross Colton · Jack Drury · Adam Edstrom5:2740.044.20-0
Steven Stamkos · Ryan O'Reilly · Jonathan Marchessault4:350.00.00-0
Filip Forsberg · Nils Hoglander · Matthew Wood3:4362.540.10-0
Steven Stamkos · Ryan O'Reilly · Alexander Kerfoot3:0733.317.20-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Roman Josi · Nicolas Hague10:1828.614.70-0
Brady Skjei · Nick Perbix10:0927.315.30-0
Roman Josi · Adam Wilsby5:549.13.80-0

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
84 Adam Edstrom C 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 10:19 0.09 6-13 0.18-0.60
14 Alexander Kerfoot C 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 14:46 0.07 9-14 0.33-0.92
59 Roman Josi D 0 2 2 1 0 2 1 27:49 0.13 10-28 0.17-1.45
91 Steven Stamkos C 0 2 2 -1 0 2 2 20:46 0.27 2-14 0.01-0.69
71 Matthew Wood R 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 13:29 0.30 8-12 0.09-0.77
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 1 0 1 -2 2 2 1 23:04 0.19 5-23 0.13-1.46
2 Adam Wilsby D 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 20:41 9-21 0.36-1.56
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 1 1 2 0 3 1 19:48 0.18 9-14 0.11-0.55
18 Jack Drury C 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 16:41 0.11 8-15 0.30-0.73
76 Brady Skjei D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 21:29 0.01 10-21 0.42-1.21
79 Ross Colton C 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 12:15 0.15 10-15 0.40-1.09
21 Nils Hoglander L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 12:48 0.06 9-19 0.10-0.67
22 Mavrik Bourque C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 08:15 0.05 4-7 0.06-0.49
41 Nicolas Hague D 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 18:42 0.03 14-20 0.25-0.78
48 Nick Perbix D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 20:47 0.11 13-19 0.43-0.94
49 Reid Schaefer L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:36 0.06 7-14 0.37-0.88
81 Jonathan Marchessault R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:06 0.06 5-14 0.16-0.84
85 William Trudeau D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 04:39 2-7 0.01-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
74 Juuse Saros W 34 32 2 60:00 3.73 +1.73

Montréal Canadiens

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Nick Suzuki · Cole Caufield · Juraj Slafkovský11:1674.185.10-0
Phillip Danault · Alexandre Texier · Zachary Bolduc10:1758.883.70-0
Chris Kreider · Josh Anderson · Alex Newhook8:2081.396.71-0
Jake Evans · Kirby Dach · Florian Xhekaj4:2937.553.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Noah Dobson · Lane Hutson14:0676.579.30-1
Mike Matheson · Alexandre Carrier13:1241.238.50-0
Arber Xhekaj · Adam Engstrom8:2466.782.31-0

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
14 Nick Suzuki C 1 0 1 -1 0 1 0 21:01 0.32 21-10 1.33-0.33
15 Alex Newhook C 1 0 1 -2 0 1 4 17:02 0.35 18-5 0.84-0.19
17 Josh Anderson R 0 1 1 1 4 4 3 14:24 0.63 20-5 1.12-0.06
8 Mike Matheson D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 23:42 12-14 0.16-0.19
13 Cole Caufield R 0 0 0 -1 0 6 0 18:00 0.76 21-8 1.33-0.22
20 Juraj Slafkovský L 0 0 0 -2 0 5 0 17:24 0.45 20-8 1.28-0.32
22 Chris Kreider L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 14:59 0.17 13-5 0.65-0.19
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:38 0.08 16-9 0.89-0.12
42 Adam Engstrom D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11:49 12-7 0.80-0.22
45 Alexandre Carrier D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 21:57 0.04 11-11 0.17-0.11
48 Lane Hutson D 0 0 0 -2 2 4 0 24:43 0.06 36-9 2.28-0.43
53 Noah Dobson D 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 20:44 0.11 27-10 1.71-0.44
63 Florian Xhekaj L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 06:24 0.01 4-7 0.30-0.32
71 Jake Evans C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:38 0.26 8-7 0.49-0.18
72 Arber Xhekaj D 0 0 0 1 10 2 2 11:59 0.13 19-5 1.37-0.16
76 Zachary Bolduc R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 15:51 0.35 15-8 0.63-0.18
77 Kirby Dach C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:42 0.05 4-5 0.30-0.15
85 Alexandre Texier L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:43 0.04 13-7 0.50-0.08
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Jacob Fowler L 18 15 3 58:53 1.84 -1.16