Nashville Predators at Montréal Canadiens

Thu, Oct 16, 2025 · Centre Bell · 2025–26 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

2 – 3

Final/OT

Montréal Canadiens

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Nashville Predators 3–2 in overtime on Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at Centre Bell. Cole Caufield scored twice. Jakub Dobes made 17 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 19–30.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
NSH	0	1	1	0	2	19
MTL	0	0	2	1	3	30

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd	11:36	NSH	PP	Steven Stamkos (1) · snap	Roman Josi (3), Luke Evangelista (3)	1–0
3rd	06:02	MTL	EV	Oliver Kapanen (3) · snap	Lane Hutson (3), Kaiden Guhle (1)	1–1
3rd	11:21	NSH	EV	Nick Perbix (2) · snap	Michael McCarron (1)	2–1
3rd	19:40	MTL	PP	Cole Caufield (4) · snap	Lane Hutson (4)	2–2
OT	04:57	MTL	EV	Cole Caufield (5) · snap	Nick Suzuki (7), Mike Matheson (3)	2–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	03:27	NSH	Tyson Jost	hooking	2
2nd	04:46	NSH	Cole Smith	slashing	2
2nd	10:05	MTL	Zachary Bolduc	hooking	2
2nd	18:25	MTL	Ivan Demidov	holding the stick	2
3rd	14:18	NSH	Michael McCarron	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NSH 2.66 · MTL 3.72 · xG% NSH 41.7

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Roman Josi	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	0	0		28:13	31
48	Nick Perbix	D	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	1		22:00	27
91	Steven Stamkos	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	1	1	83.3	18:14	22
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	2		14:51	16
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	4	2	55.6	14:45	23
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		23:03	28
83	Adam Wilsby	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		20:55	26
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	50.0	20:04	25
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		19:09	21
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0	100.0	17:26	21
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	50.0	17:05	24
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		14:35	19
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	100.0	14:31	18
20	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		14:14	19
36	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		14:11	21
24	Spencer Stastney	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		13:36	19
40	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	33.3	12:15	15
89	Ozzy Wiesblatt	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0		10:11	15

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Juuse Saros	OTL	30	27	3	.900	64:30

Montréal Canadiens

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
48	Lane Hutson	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	1	2		24:42	23
13	Cole Caufield	R	2	0	2	+2	0	4	1	1		20:54	22
8	Mike Matheson	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	4		26:21	26
14	Nick Suzuki	C	0	1	1	+2	0	4	0	1	41.2	22:54	23
21	Kaiden Guhle	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0		16:10	17
91	Oliver Kapanen	C	1	0	1	+1	0	3	0	1	80.0	11:59	15
53	Noah Dobson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		21:37	25
20	Juraj Slafkovský	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0		19:39	20
93	Ivan Demidov	R	0	0	0	+2	2	3	0	0		17:13	20
45	Alexandre Carrier	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3		16:22	20
77	Kirby Dach	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	60.0	16:03	20
76	Zachary Bolduc	R	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	100.0	15:49	17
17	Josh Anderson	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0		14:43	18
15	Alex Newhook	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0		14:27	19
71	Jake Evans	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	41.7	13:58	19
47	Jayden Struble	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		13:52	15
11	Brendan Gallagher	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		13:49	18
92	Patrik Laine	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	100.0	12:10	13

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
75	Jakub Dobes	W	19	17	2	.895	63:35