Game

Predators at Canadiens

Predators 5, Canadiens 2 · first star Juuse Saros (0 GA, .941 SV%).

2026-27 regular season · 2026-27 regular season, updated nightly. Data as of October 24, 2026, source NHL.

Nashville Predators 5 at Montreal Canadiens 2

Predators NSH

5 FINAL 2

Canadiens MTL

Thursday, October 8, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Centre Bell, Montreal

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Predators	0	2	3	5	20
Canadiens	0	2	0	2	34

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Predators attack left, Canadiens attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 2 empty-net goals are drawn as diamonds. Boxscore shots on goal: NSH 20, MTL 34.

NSH in red MTL in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Predators 20 shots on goal (5 goals, 15 missed, 10 blocked) attacking left; Canadiens 34 shots on goal (2 goals, 16 missed, 16 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT
1st	5	0	14	11	0	24
2nd	8	2	16	14	2	21
3rd	7	3	15	9	0	21
Total	20	5	45	34	2	66

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NSH SOG	NSH G	MTL SOG	MTL G
Even strength	12	3	32	2
Power play	8	2	1	0
Short-handed	0	0	1	0
Into an empty net	2	2	0	0

Attempt share by period

Canadiens took 59.5% of the shot attempts, and 66.3% of the 86 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Canadiens and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Predators hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Predators at Canadiens
Period	MTL CF%	MTL FF%
1st	63.2	65.5
2nd	56.8	61.3
3rd	58.3	48.0
Game	59.5	58.8

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

2nd period

03:12 Nick Suzuki (3) Unassisted · backhand 0–1
08:50 Alex Newhook (1) Josh Anderson (2) · snap 0–2
15:06 Alexander Kerfoot (1) Adam Wilsby (2), Ross Colton (1) · tip-in 1–2
19:28 Matthew Wood (1) PP Steven Stamkos (2), Filip Forsberg (4) · snap 2–2

3rd period

16:44 Ryan O'Reilly (1) PP Roman Josi (3), Steven Stamkos (3) · tip-in 3–2
17:23 Adam Edstrom (1) EN Brady Skjei (2), Alexander Kerfoot (2) · snap 4–2
18:34 Adam Edstrom (2) EN Roman Josi (4), Jack Drury (1) · snap 5–2

Three stars

Juuse Saros NSH · G #74 · 0 GA, .941 SV%
Ryan O'Reilly NSH · C #90 · 1 G, 0 A
Josh Anderson MTL · R #17 · 0 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:11	NSH	Ryan O'Reilly	hooking	2	Juraj Slafkovský
1st	10:46	MTL	Lane Hutson	tripping	2	Steven Stamkos
2nd	02:40	MTL	Josh Anderson	broken stick	2	—
2nd	03:06	NSH	Matthew Wood	tripping	2	Jake Evans
2nd	18:00	MTL	Noah Dobson	tripping	2	Filip Forsberg
2nd	19:28	MTL	Josh Anderson	cross checking	2	Steven Stamkos
2nd	19:28	MTL	Arber Xhekaj	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	04:55	NSH	Nicolas Hague	holding	2	Josh Anderson
3rd	15:45	MTL	Mike Matheson	tripping	2	Steven Stamkos

Boxscore

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Adam Edstrom #84	C	2	0	2	+2	2	2	2	0	100.0	10:19
Alexander Kerfoot #14	C	1	1	2	+2	1	0	0	0	75.0	14:46
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	2	2	-1	2	2	0	0	50.0	20:46
Roman Josi #59	D	0	2	2	+1	2	1	2	0	0.0	27:49
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	1	0	1	-2	2	1	2	2	47.4	23:04
Matthew Wood #71	R	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	66.7	13:29
Jack Drury #18	C	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	47.1	16:41
Ross Colton #79	C	0	1	1	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	12:15
Filip Forsberg #9	L	0	1	1	+2	3	1	1	0	0.0	19:48
Adam Wilsby #2	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	20:41
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	21:29
Mavrik Bourque #22	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	08:15
Nils Hoglander #21	L	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	12:48
Reid Schaefer #49	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	100.0	09:36
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	18:06
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	20:47
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	0.0	18:42
William Trudeau #85	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	04:39

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Juuse Saros #74	W	34	32	2	.941	30/32	1/1	60:00

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex Newhook #15	C	1	0	1	-2	1	4	0	0	60.0	17:02
Nick Suzuki #14	C	1	0	1	-1	1	0	1	0	47.6	21:01
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	1	1	+1	4	3	0	4	0.0	14:24
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	60.0	12:38
Kirby Dach #77	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	07:42
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	46.2	18:38
Alexandre Texier #85	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	13:43
Chris Kreider #22	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	0.0	14:59
Florian Xhekaj #63	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	06:24
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	0	0	-2	5	0	0	0	0.0	17:24
Cole Caufield #13	R	0	0	0	-1	6	0	0	0	0.0	18:00
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	15:51
Adam Engstrom #42	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0.0	11:49
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0.0	21:57
Arber Xhekaj #72	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	10	0.0	11:59
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	2	0.0	24:43
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.0	23:42
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	2	0.0	20:44

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Fowler #32	L	18	15	3	.833	9/10	6/8	58:53

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-10-24.