Nashville Predators 5, Montreal Canadiens 2: final score and stats
Nashville Predators beat Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators 5 to Montreal Canadiens 2, on Thursday, October 8, 2026 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 8, 2026
DateOct 8, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueBell Centre, Montreal, QC
TVESPN+
Attendance20,962
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Nashville PredatorsMontreal Canadiens
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
2-1-1Record1-2-1
4th in Central DivisionStanding2nd in Atlantic Division
2-4Road record / home record5-4
WWWWLLast 5WWLWW
W4StreakW2
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 ReserveMike Matheson D · Lower Body
OutSam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mavrik Bourque | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:15 | 0:41 | 0:00 | 7:34 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ross Colton | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:15 | 0:10 | 0:00 | 12:05 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Drury | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:41 | 0:10 | 3:06 | 13:25 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 9 | 47.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Edstrom | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10:19 | 0:08 | 0:00 | 10:11 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Forsberg | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 19:48 | 6:02 | 0:04 | 13:42 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Nils Hoglander | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:48 | 0:40 | 0:00 | 12:08 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexander Kerfoot | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 14:46 | 1:05 | 2:27 | 11:14 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 75.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:06 | 4:34 | 0:00 | 13:32 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 2 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 23:04 | 5:35 | 0:44 | 16:45 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 47.4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Reid Schaefer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:36 | 0:00 | 0:33 | 9:03 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 20:46 | 6:01 | 0:00 | 14:45 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13:29 | 2:07 | 1:55 | 9:27 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Nashville Predators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolas Hague | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:42 | 0:00 | 0:22 | 18:20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Roman Josi | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 27:49 | 6:05 | 1:52 | 19:52 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:47 | 0:13 | 2:12 | 18:22 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21:29 | 0:54 | 2:12 | 18:23 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| William Trudeau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4:39 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:39 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Wilsby | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:41 | 0:00 | 2:17 | 18:24 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juuse Saros | 2 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 31 | .939 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 60:00 | 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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 14:24 | 0:08 | 1:12 | 13:04 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Zack Bolduc | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:51 | 1:12 | 0:00 | 14:39 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Caufield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:00 | 3:10 | 0:00 | 14:50 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirby Dach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7:42 | 1:05 | 0:00 | 6:37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Phillip Danault | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:38 | 0:05 | 4:48 | 13:45 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 46.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Evans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:38 | 0:00 | 4:44 | 7:54 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kreider | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 14:59 | 2:51 | 0:00 | 12:08 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Newhook | 0 | 4 | 1 | -2 | 17:02 | 1:11 | 2:03 | 13:48 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Juraj Slafkovsky | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:24 | 3:00 | 0:00 | 14:24 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 21:01 | 3:12 | 0:57 | 16:52 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 11 | 47.6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Alexandre Texier | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:43 | 1:14 | 0:00 | 12:29 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florian Xhekaj | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 6:24 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:24 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 21:57 | 0:06 | 4:33 | 17:18 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Noah Dobson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:44 | 1:27 | 2:38 | 16:39 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Engstrom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:49 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 11:06 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lane Hutson | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 24:43 | 3:11 | 0:00 | 21:32 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Mike Matheson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:42 | 0:18 | 4:47 | 18:37 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Arber Xhekaj | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11:59 | 0:00 | 1:07 | 10:52 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
Montreal Canadiens Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacob Fowler | 3 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .833 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 58:53 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Nashville Predators vs Montreal Canadiens?
Nashville Predators won, 5-2, on Thursday, October 8, 2026.
What was the final score of Nashville Predators vs Montreal Canadiens?
Nashville Predators 5, Montreal Canadiens 2.
Who were the top performers?
Nashville Predators: Adam Edstrom (2 goals). Montreal Canadiens: Nick Suzuki (1 goals).
Where is Nashville Predators vs Montreal Canadiens played?
Bell Centre, Montreal, QC.
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