Nashville Predators 2, Montreal Canadiens 3: final score and stats
Montreal Canadiens beat Nashville Predators, Nashville Predators 2 to Montreal Canadiens 3, on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at Bell Centre, Montreal, QC. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Montreal Canadiens vs Nashville Predators.
NHLThursday, October 16, 2025
DateOct 16, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance20,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Nashville PredatorsMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
2-1-2Record4-1-0
2nd in Central DivisionStanding1st in Atlantic Division
4-4Road record / home record5-5
WWWWWLast 5WLWWL
W6StreakW1
Team stats
Nashville PredatorsMontreal Canadiens
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Nashville Predators
Jonathan Marchessault RW · Lower Body
Day-To-DayMontreal Canadiens
Ivan Demidov RW · Ankle - Fracture
Injured ReserveSam Montembeault G · Lower Body
Injured ReserveBryce Pickford D · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveLucas Condotta LW · Undisclosed
Injured ReserveBox score
Nashville Predators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bunting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:35 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 13:04 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Evangelista | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:51 | 0:43 | 0:00 | 14:08 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Forsberg | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19:09 | 3:06 | 0:02 | 16:01 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 17:05 | 0:25 | 2:18 | 14:22 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Jost | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:31 | 0:00 | 1:39 | 12:52 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:26 | 2:48 | 0:00 | 14:38 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14:45 | 0:00 | 2:06 | 12:39 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 55.6 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 20:04 | 2:00 | 3:11 | 14:53 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14:11 | 0:00 | 2:42 | 11:29 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steven Stamkos | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 18:14 | 3:06 | 0:00 | 15:08 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 12:15 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:15 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzy Wiesblatt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:11 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Barron | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 | 0:00 | 0:07 | 14:07 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 28:13 | 3:31 | 2:57 | 21:45 | 31 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:00 | 0:00 | 2:57 | 19:03 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 23:03 | 0:25 | 2:54 | 19:44 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Stastney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:36 | 0:00 | 0:06 | 13:30 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Wilsby | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:55 | 0:00 | 3:01 | 17:54 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juuse Saros | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .900 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 64:30 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh Anderson | 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 | 0 |
| Zack Bolduc | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15:49 | 3:44 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Cole Caufield | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:54 | 3:46 | 0:00 | 17:08 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16:03 | 2:06 | 0:00 | 13:57 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Demidov | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:13 | 2:12 | 0:00 | 15:01 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:58 | 0:03 | 2:51 | 11:04 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendan Gallagher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:49 | 2:16 | 0:00 | 11:33 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Oliver Kapanen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:59 | 0:00 | 0:31 | 11:28 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrik Laine | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:10 | 2:13 | 0:00 | 9:57 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 | 0:05 | 0:46 | 13:36 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:39 | 3:43 | 0:00 | 15:56 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:54 | 3:46 | 0:09 | 18:59 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandre Carrier | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 | 0:00 | 1:12 | 15:10 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:37 | 1:56 | 2:19 | 17:22 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaiden Guhle | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 16:10 | 0:00 | 0:18 | 15:52 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 24:42 | 4:04 | 0:00 | 20:38 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Matheson | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 26:21 | 0:06 | 3:13 | 23:02 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jayden Struble | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:52 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jakub Dobes | 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 17 | .895 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 63:35 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Nashville Predators vs Montreal Canadiens?
Montreal Canadiens won, 3-2, on Thursday, October 16, 2025.
What was the final score of Nashville Predators vs Montreal Canadiens?
Nashville Predators 2, Montreal Canadiens 3.
Who were the top performers?
Nashville Predators: Steven Stamkos (1 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Cole Caufield (2 goals).
Where is Nashville Predators vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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