Nashville Predators vs Montreal Canadiens

NHL

Predators

2-1-2, 6 PTS

2-3

Final/OT

Canadiens

4-1-0, 8 PTS

Bell Centre

TV: TSN2 / Sportsnet / RDS

On the ice

NSH shoots leftMTL shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T
NSH	6	6	4	3	19
MTL	6	10	11	3	30

In net

Juuse Saros27/30 SV, .900

Jakub Dobes17/19 SV, .895

Team	1	2	3	OT	T
NSH	0	1	1	0	2
MTL	0	0	2	1	3

Who won: Canadiens 3-2

The Montreal Canadiens beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at Bell Centre. The Canadiens lead the series 1-0. Cole Caufield led the Canadiens in goals (2). Steven Stamkos led the Predators in goals (1).

NSH

MTL

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Josh AndersonRW	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 BolducRW	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 CaufieldRW	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 DachC	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 DemidovRW	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 EvansC	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 GallagherRW	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 KapanenC	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 LaineRW	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 NewhookC	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 SlafkovskyLW	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 SuzukiC	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	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Alexandre CarrierD	3	0	0	0	16:22	0:00	1:12	15:10	20	1	0	0	0	1
Noah DobsonD	0	0	1	0	21:37	1:56	2:19	17:22	25	0	0	2	2	0
Kaiden GuhleD	0	1	2	1	16:10	0:00	0:18	15:52	17	1	1	0	0	3
Lane HutsonD	2	1	0	2	24:42	4:04	0:00	20:38	23	0	2	1	0	1
Mike MathesonD	4	2	0	0	26:21	0:06	3:13	23:02	26	1	1	2	1	0
Jayden StrubleD	1	0	0	0	13:52	0:00	0:00	13:52	15	0	0	0	1	1