MTL
MTL
Montréal Canadiens
48-23-10 · W1 · L10: 8-2-0
W
W
W
L
W
L
L
W
W
W
Final
4—1
2026-03-28 · Bridgestone Arena
NSH
NSH
Nashville Predators
38-32-10 · W1 · L10: 5-4-1
L
W
W
W
W
W
L
SO
W
L
MTL dominated expected goals 2.9 to 1.6

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RD
MTL xG
2.89
ACTUAL
4 — 1
NSH xG
1.63

Scoring Timeline

0.03
LOW xG
MTL1P 11:34Even Strength
Ivan Demidov
93
Ivan Demidov(16)
R · MTL · #93
Nick Suzuki (63)
MTL 1 - 0 NSH
0.12
HIGH xG
MTL2P 3:12Even Strength
Oliver Kapanen
91
Oliver Kapanen(22)
C · MTL · #91
Alex Newhook (11), Lane Hutson (60)
MTL 2 - 0 NSH
0.12
HIGH xG
MTL2P 14:45Even Strength
Cole Caufield
13
Cole Caufield(45)
R · MTL · #13
Nick Suzuki (64)
MTL 3 - 0 NSH
0.07
MED xG
MTL2P 16:23Even Strength
Alex Newhook
15
Alex Newhook(11)
C · MTL · #15
Ivan Demidov (40), Oliver Kapanen (15)
MTL 4 - 0 NSH
0.11
HIGH xG
NSH3P 16:26Even Strength
Zachary L'Heureux
68
Zachary L'Heureux(2)
L · NSH · #68
Ryan Ufko (4), Matthew Wood (11)
MTL 4 - 1 NSH

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Jacob Fowler
Jacob Fowler
G · MTL
23/24 saves, .958 SV%, +0.6 GSAx
★2
Juuse Saros
74
Juuse Saros
G · NSH · #74
28/32 saves, .875 SV%, -1.1 GSAx
★3
Alex Newhook
15
Alex Newhook
C · MTL · #15
1G, 1A, 3 SOG, 1 HIT

Team Stats

MTLNSH
32Shots24
2.52xGF1.56
51.7CF%48.3
50FO%50
0/2PP0/3
20Hits25
16Blocks7
20Giveaways18
5Takeaways3
8PIM16

Period Breakdown

PeriodMTL SOGNSH SOGMTL xGNSH xG
1st830.850.20
2nd11120.990.75
3rd981.050.68
Total28232.891.63

Penalties

8 TOTAL
1P 19:44
NSH
Luke Evangelistainterference-goalkeeper (2 min)
Drawn by Jacob Fowler
2P 3:59
MTL
Jake Evansroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Luke Evangelista
2P 7:46
MTL
Jayden Strubleroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Luke Evangelista
2P 19:35
MTL
Kaiden Guhleroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Reid Schaefer
2P 19:35
NSH
Nicolas Hagueroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Kaiden Guhle
3P 14:24
MTL
Jake Evansslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Zachary L'Heureux
3P 18:05
NSH
Zachary L'Heureuxroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Noah Dobson
3P 18:05
NSH
Zachary L'Heureuxmisconduct (10 min)