NSH
NSH
Nashville Predators
38-32-10 · W1 · L10: 5-4-1
L
W
OT
W
W
L
L
W
W
L
Final/OT
2—3
2025-10-16 · Bell Centre
MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
W
W
W
L
W
SO
OT
L
W
W
MTL dominated expected goals 3.4 to 3.4 · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RDOT
NSH xG
3.37
ACTUAL
2 — 3
MTL xG
3.38

Scoring Timeline

1.04
HIGH xG
NSH2P 11:36Power Play
Steven Stamkos
91
Steven Stamkos(1)
C · NSH · #91
Roman Josi (3), Luke Evangelista (3)
NSH 1 - 0 MTL
0.14
HIGH xG
MTL3P 06:02Even Strength
Oliver Kapanen
91
Oliver Kapanen(3)
C · MTL · #91
Lane Hutson (3), Kaiden Guhle (1)
NSH 1 - 1 MTL
0.07
MED xG
NSH3P 11:21Even Strength
Nick Perbix
48
Nick Perbix(2)
D · NSH · #48
Michael McCarron (1)
NSH 2 - 1 MTL
0.13
HIGH xG
MTL3P 19:40Power Play
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(4)
R · MTL · #13
Lane Hutson (4)
NSH 2 - 2 MTL
0.25
HIGH xG
MTLOT 04:573 on 3
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(5)
R · MTL · #13
Nick Suzuki (7), Mike Matheson (3)
NSH 2 - 3 MTL

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Juuse Saros
74
Juuse Saros
G · NSH · #74
27/30 saves, .900 SV%, +1.3 GSAx
★2
Jakub Dobes
75
Jakub Dobes
G · MTL · #75
17/19 saves, .894 SV%, +1.5 GSAx
★3
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield
R · MTL · #13
2G, 4 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

NSHMTL
19Shots30
3.37xGF3.38
48.7CF%51.3
55.3FO%44.7
1/2PP0/3
16Hits13
12Blocks17
16Giveaways12
4Takeaways5
6PIM4

Period Breakdown

PeriodNSH SOGMTL SOGNSH xGMTL xG
1st660.540.45
2nd5101.850.60
3rd390.491.34
OT320.490.99
Total17273.373.38

Penalties

5 TOTAL
1P 03:27
NSH
Tyson Josthooking (2 min)
Drawn by Patrik Laine
2P 04:46
NSH
Cole Smithslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Mike Matheson
2P 10:05
MTL
Zack Bolduchooking (2 min)
Drawn by Tyson Jost
2P 18:25
MTL
Ivan Demidovholding-the-stick (2 min)
Drawn by Spencer Stastney
3P 14:18
NSH
Michael McCarrontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Kirby Dach