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Montreal Canadiens vs Nashville Predators · NHL

Montreal Canadiens

4-1-0

3 – 2

Final/OT

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Nashville Predators

2-1-2

Bell Centre · Montreal · Canada

Summary

Extra time was needed before Montreal Canadiens saw out a 3-2 win over Nashville Predators at Bell Centre (crowd 20,962). Cody Beach was in charge.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 11:00 PM UTC · Oct 16
Event: NHL USA
Ground: Bell Centre · Montreal · Canada
Crowd: 20,962
Match officials: Scott Cherrey (Linesman), Cody Beach (Referee), David Brisebois (Linesman), Peter MacDougall (Referee)

On TV

Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.

USESPN+Streaming · National
USFanDuel SN SouthTV · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	OT	T
Canadiens	0	0	2	1	3
Predators	0	1	1	0	2

Player stats

Side by side

17Blocked Shots12

13Hits16

5Takeaways4

30Shots19

0Power Play Goals1

3Power Play Opportunities2

0.0Power Play Percentage50.0

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

21Faceoffs Won26

44.7Faceoff Win Percent55.3

12Giveaways16

2Total Penalties3

4Penalty Minutes6

Montreal Canadiens leaders

GoalsCole Caufield2

AssistsLane Hutson2

PointsCole Caufield2

Nashville Predators leaders

GoalsSteven Stamkos1

AssistsRoman Josi1

PointsSteven Stamkos1

Montreal Canadiens

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh Anderson RW	0	1	0	-1	14:43	0:00	2:45	11:58	18	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Zack Bolduc RW	2	3	0	0	15:49	3:44	0:00	12:05	17	0	3	0	2	0	1	0	100.0	0	1	2
Cole Caufield RW	1	1	0	2	20:54	3:46	0:00	17:08	22	2	5	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Kirby Dach C	1	1	1	0	16:03	2:06	0:00	13:57	20	0	1	0	2	0	3	2	60.0	0	0	0
Ivan Demidov RW	0	0	0	2	17:13	2:12	0:00	15:01	20	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	1	1	2
Jake Evans C	1	1	0	-1	13:58	0:03	2:51	11:04	19	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	41.7	0	0	0
Brendan Gallagher RW	0	0	0	0	13:49	2:16	0:00	11:33	18	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Oliver Kapanen C	1	0	0	1	11:59	0:00	0:31	11:28	15	1	3	0	3	0	4	1	80.0	0	0	0
Patrik Laine RW	0	1	0	-1	12:10	2:13	0:00	9:57	13	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Alex Newhook C	0	0	0	1	14:27	0:05	0:46	13:36	19	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0
Juraj Slafkovsky LW	0	1	1	1	19:39	3:43	0:00	15:56	20	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	0.0	2	0	0
Nick Suzuki C	1	0	0	2	22:54	3:46	0:09	18:59	23	0	0	1	4	4	7	10	41.2	1	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Alexandre Carrier D	3	0	0	0	16:22	0:00	1:12	15:10	20	1	0	0	0	1
Noah Dobson D	0	0	1	0	21:37	1:56	2:19	17:22	25	0	0	2	2	0
Kaiden Guhle D	0	1	2	1	16:10	0:00	0:18	15:52	17	1	1	0	0	3
Lane Hutson D	2	1	0	2	24:42	4:04	0:00	20:38	23	0	2	1	0	1
Mike Matheson D	4	2	0	0	26:21	0:06	3:13	23:02	26	1	1	2	1	0
Jayden Struble D	1	0	0	0	13:52	0:00	0:00	13:52	15	0	0	0	1	1

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jakub Dobes G	2	19	0	0	17	.895	14	2	1	63:35	0	0

Nashville Predators

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Michael Bunting LW	2	0	0	0	14:35	1:31	0:00	13:04	19	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Luke Evangelista RW	2	0	0	-1	14:51	0:43	0:00	14:08	16	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Filip Forsberg LW	0	3	1	0	19:09	3:06	0:02	16:01	21	0	1	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Erik Haula LW	0	2	0	0	17:05	0:25	2:18	14:22	24	0	2	0	1	1	5	5	50.0	1	0	0
Tyson Jost C	0	1	0	-1	14:31	0:00	1:39	12:52	18	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	100.0	0	1	2
Jonathan Marchessault RW	0	1	0	-2	17:26	2:48	0:00	14:38	21	0	2	0	2	1	1	0	100.0	4	0	0
Michael McCarron C	2	4	1	1	14:45	0:00	2:06	12:39	23	0	1	1	1	2	5	4	55.6	1	1	2
Ryan O'Reilly C	0	0	0	-1	20:04	2:00	3:11	14:53	25	0	2	0	0	2	6	6	50.0	1	0	0
Cole Smith RW	0	2	0	0	14:11	0:00	2:42	11:29	21	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0.0	0	1	2
Steven Stamkos C	1	1	0	-1	18:14	3:06	0:00	15:08	22	1	1	0	2	0	5	1	83.3	2	0	0
Fedor Svechkov C	1	0	0	-1	12:15	0:00	0:00	12:15	15	0	0	0	1	1	2	4	33.3	0	0	0
Ozzy Wiesblatt C	0	2	0	1	10:11	0:00	0:00	10:11	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Justin Barron D	1	0	0	14:14	0:00	0:07	14:07	19	0	0	0	0	0	0
Roman Josi D	0	0	-1	28:13	3:31	2:57	21:45	31	0	1	1	2	0	2
Nick Perbix D	1	0	-1	22:00	0:00	2:57	19:03	27	1	2	0	2	1	2
Brady Skjei D	0	1	-1	23:03	0:25	2:54	19:44	28	0	0	0	0	0	0
Spencer Stastney D	0	0	0	13:36	0:00	0:06	13:30	19	0	0	0	1	1	0
Adam Wilsby D	2	1	0	20:55	0:00	3:01	17:54	26	0	0	0	0	0	2

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Juuse Saros G	3	30	0	0	27	.900	24	3	0	64:30	0	0

Standings

2026-27 Central Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Minnesota	9	3	20
2	Utah	8	5	16
3	Dallas	7	4	15
4	Colorado	6	5	13
5	Nashville	4	3	13
6	St. Louis	5	6	11
7	Winnipeg	4	5	11
8	Chicago	4	8	8

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Boston	9	3	19
2	Montreal	7	3	16
3	Ottawa	8	5	16
4	Florida	7	4	16
5	Toronto	7	5	16
6	Tampa Bay	7	3	15
7	Buffalo	5	4	13
8	Detroit	5	4	13

NHL table

#	Team	P	GD	PTS
1	Hurricanes	82	+56	113
2	Sabres	82	+47	109
3	Lightning	82	+59	106
4	Canadiens	82	+27	106
5	Bruins	82	+22	100
6	Senators	82	+32	99
7	Penguins	82	+25	98
8	Flyers	82	+7	98
9	Capitals	82	+19	95
10	Red Wings	82	-17	92

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