Nashville Predators vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2003 · Centre Bell

NashvillePredatorsAway

4–5

Final/OT

SOG 22–36

MontréalCanadiensHome

Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Nashville Predators 5-4 in overtime on Thursday, December 18, 2003 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Predators 36-22.

Sheldon Souray scored a hat trick. Jason York, Scott Walker, Jeremy Stevenson, Richard Zednik, Rem Murray and Saku Koivu also scored.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
NSH	2	1	1	0	4	22
MTL	1	1	2	1	5	36

Scoring

1st period

Jason York (1)Vladimir Orszagh (9), Martin Erat (13)1–001:34 NSH
Sheldon Souray (9)Richard Zednik (6), Mike Ribeiro (15)1–107:09 MTL · PPG
Scott Walker (8)David Legwand (13), Andrew Hutchinson (1)2–118:27 NSH

2nd period

Sheldon Souray (10)Pierre Dagenais (4), Mike Ribeiro (16)2–205:18 MTL · PPG
Jeremy Stevenson (1)Dan Hamhuis (7)3–211:55 NSH

3rd period

Richard Zednik (11)Mike Ribeiro (17), Michael Ryder (12)3–301:33 MTL · PPG
Rem Murray (7)Andrew Hutchinson (2)4–302:45 NSH
Saku Koivu (5)Mike Ribeiro (18), Sheldon Souray (9)4–414:52 MTL · PPG

OT period

Sheldon Souray (11)Jan Bulis (6), Saku Koivu (10)4–500:35 MTL

Team stats

NSHMTL

22Shots on goal36

31%Faceoff %69%

0/4Power play4/5

10Penalty minutes8

14Hits22

13Blocked shots11

14Giveaways19

11Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 06:29Dan Hamhuis · slashing2 min
1st 12:08Darren Langdon · roughing2 min
2nd 01:46Vladimir Orszagh · high sticking2 min
2nd 01:46Vladimir Orszagh · high sticking2 min
2nd 16:37Mike Komisarek · high sticking2 min
2nd 16:37Mike Komisarek · high sticking2 min
3rd 01:01Greg Johnson · high sticking2 min
3rd 04:09Saku Koivu · slashing2 min
3rd 14:31Mark Eaton · interference2 min