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Montreal Canadiens vs Nashville Predators · NHL

Montreal Canadiens

1-2-1

2 – 5

Final

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Nashville Predators

2-1-1

Bell Centre · Montreal · Canada

Summary

Nashville Predators beat Montreal Canadiens heavily, 5-2 at Bell Centre (crowd 20,962). The referee: Cody Beach.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 11:00 PM UTC · Oct 8
Event: NHL USA
Ground: Bell Centre · Montreal · Canada
Crowd: 20,962
Match officials: Cody Beach (Referee), Kendrick Nicholson (Referee), Caleb Apperson (Linesman), Jonathan Deschamps (Linesman)

On TV

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

USESPN+Streaming · National
USScripps SportsStreaming · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	T
Canadiens	0	2	0	2
Predators	0	2	3	5

Player stats

Side by side

9Blocked Shots16

15Hits18

3Takeaways5

33Shots20

0Power Play Goals2

3Power Play Opportunities5

0.0Power Play Percentage40.0

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

28Faceoffs Won27

50.9Faceoff Win Percent49.1

14Giveaways21

6Total Penalties3

20Penalty Minutes6

Montreal Canadiens leaders

GoalsNick Suzuki1

AssistsJosh Anderson1

PointsNick Suzuki1

Nashville Predators leaders

GoalsAdam Edstrom2

AssistsRoman Josi2

PointsAdam Edstrom2

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	3	0	1	14:24	0:08	1:12	13:04	20	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0.0	0	2	4
Zack Bolduc RW	1	0	0	0	15:51	1:12	0:00	14:39	16	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole Caufield RW	0	0	0	-1	18:00	3:10	0:00	14:50	20	0	2	0	6	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Kirby Dach C	0	0	0	0	7:42	1:05	0:00	6:37	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Phillip Danault C	0	1	0	0	18:38	0:05	4:48	13:45	23	0	0	0	2	0	6	7	46.2	1	0	0
Jake Evans C	1	0	0	0	12:38	0:00	4:44	7:54	19	0	0	0	1	1	6	4	60.0	1	0	0
Chris Kreider LW	1	2	0	-2	14:59	2:51	0:00	12:08	16	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Alex Newhook C	0	4	1	-2	17:02	1:11	2:03	13:48	21	1	1	0	1	2	6	4	60.0	1	0	0
Juraj Slafkovsky LW	0	0	0	-2	17:24	3:00	0:00	14:24	18	0	1	0	5	1	0	1	0.0	2	0	0
Nick Suzuki C	1	0	0	-1	21:01	3:12	0:57	16:52	21	1	3	0	1	3	10	11	47.6	3	0	0
Alexandre Texier LW	0	1	0	0	13:43	1:14	0:00	12:29	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Florian Xhekaj LW	1	0	0	-1	6:24	0:00	0:00	6:24	9	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Alexandre Carrier D	1	2	0	0	21:57	0:06	4:33	17:18	26	1	1	0	0	0	0
Noah Dobson D	1	0	1	0	20:44	1:27	2:38	16:39	23	0	2	1	1	1	2
Adam Engstrom D	0	0	0	1	11:49	0:00	0:43	11:06	19	0	0	0	2	0	0
Lane Hutson D	0	0	0	-2	24:43	3:11	0:00	21:32	25	0	4	0	0	1	2
Mike Matheson D	1	0	1	0	23:42	0:18	4:47	18:37	28	0	0	0	1	1	2
Arber Xhekaj D	1	2	0	1	11:59	0:00	1:07	10:52	15	0	2	0	0	1	10

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Jacob Fowler G	3	18	0	0	15	.833	9	6	0	58:53	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
Mavrik Bourque C	0	0	0	0	8:15	0:41	0:00	7:34	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0.0	0	0	0
Ross Colton C	1	2	0	0	12:15	0:10	0:00	12:05	17	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Jack Drury C	1	0	1	1	16:41	0:10	3:06	13:25	22	0	0	1	2	1	8	9	47.1	2	0	0
Adam Edstrom C	2	2	0	2	10:19	0:08	0:00	10:11	14	2	2	0	2	1	1	0	100.0	0	0	0
Filip Forsberg LW	1	1	1	2	19:48	6:02	0:04	13:42	23	0	0	1	3	3	0	0	0.0	5	0	0
Nils Hoglander LW	1	2	0	0	12:48	0:40	0:00	12:08	15	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Alexander Kerfoot C	0	0	1	2	14:46	1:05	2:27	11:14	19	1	1	1	1	0	3	1	75.0	1	0	0
Jonathan Marchessault RW	0	2	0	0	18:06	4:34	0:00	13:32	20	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Ryan O'Reilly C	2	1	0	-2	23:04	5:35	0:44	16:45	23	1	1	0	2	0	9	10	47.4	0	1	2
Reid Schaefer LW	1	1	0	0	9:36	0:00	0:33	9:03	14	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Steven Stamkos C	0	2	0	-1	20:46	6:01	0:00	14:45	19	0	3	2	2	0	3	3	50.0	1	0	0
Matthew Wood RW	0	2	0	0	13:29	2:07	1:55	9:27	16	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	66.7	2	1	2

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Nicolas Hague D	1	1	1	1	18:42	0:00	0:22	18:20	24	0	0	0	2	0	1	2
Roman Josi D	2	1	0	1	27:49	6:05	1:52	19:52	26	1	2	2	2	2	0	0
Nick Perbix D	2	0	0	0	20:47	0:13	2:12	18:22	23	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Brady Skjei D	0	0	1	0	21:29	0:54	2:12	18:23	25	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
William Trudeau D	0	0	0	0	4:39	0:00	0:00	4:39	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Adam Wilsby D	2	1	0	0	20:41	0:00	2:17	18:24	23	0	1	0	0	4	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Juuse Saros G	2	33	0	0	31	.939	29	1	1	60:00	0	0

Standings

2026-27 Central Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Utah	7	3	14
2	Minnesota	6	2	14
3	Dallas	5	3	11
4	Colorado	5	4	11
5	Winnipeg	4	3	10
6	Nashville	3	2	9
7	St. Louis	4	4	9
8	Chicago	3	6	6

2026-27 Atlantic Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Boston	7	2	15
2	Tampa Bay	7	2	14
3	Ottawa	7	3	14
4	Florida	5	3	12
5	Toronto	5	4	12
6	Montreal	4	3	10
7	Buffalo	4	4	10
8	Detroit	3	3	9

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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