Nashville Predators vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Saturday, January 5, 2019 · Centre Bell

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4–1

32–28

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Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Montréal Canadiens 4–1 on Saturday, January 5, 2019 at Centre Bell. The Predators outshot the Canadiens 32–28.

Craig Smith scored twice. Mattias Ekholm, Shea Weber and Viktor Arvidsson also scored.

Juuse Saros made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Carey Price stopped 28 of 31.

Goals
NSH	2	1	1	4	32
MTL	0	1	0	1	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Craig Smith (13)P.K. Subban (11), Mattias Ekholm (24)1–010:44 NSH
Mattias Ekholm (4)Rocco Grimaldi (4), Calle Jarnkrok (7)2–019:24 NSH

2nd period

Shea Weber (6)Jesperi Kotkaniemi (16)2–112:47 MTL
Craig Smith (14)P.K. Subban (12), Kevin Fiala (16)3–113:05 NSH

3rd period

Viktor Arvidsson (12)Unassisted4–119:15 NSH ·

Team stats

NSHMTL

3228

53%47%

0/20/1

24

2632

1812

1318

46

Penalties

6:42 into the second periodMichael Chaput · interference2 min
15:06 into the second periodBench · too many men on the ice2 min
3:53 into the third periodPaul Byron · tripping2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

15Craig SmithC	2	0	2	+2	3	0	1	0	–	0	0	19	11:36
14Mattias EkholmD	1	1	2	+2	2	2	1	0	–	3	1	26	23:54
76P.K. SubbanD	0	2	2	+1	1	3	1	0	–	1	0	23	14:45
19Calle JarnkrokC	0	1	1	+1	3	1	0	0	50	0	0	28	16:02
22Kevin FialaL	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	–	0	0	19	12:23
23Rocco GrimaldiC	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	100	0	1	21	14:13
33Viktor ArvidssonL	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	28	17:12
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	53	0	1	23	14:29
13Nick BoninoC	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	67	0	0	24	16:37
16Phillip Di GiuseppeL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	0	0	19	12:58
38Ryan HartmanR	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	–	0	0	20	15:42
51Austin WatsonL	0	0	0	0	1	3	2	0	100	1	0	22	17:06
89Frederick GaudreauC	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	33	1	0	19	13:00
92Ryan JohansenC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	47	0	0	30	17:05
4Ryan EllisD	0	0	0	+2	5	1	2	0	–	2	0	27	24:37
5Dan HamhuisD	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	–	1	0	23	19:49
52Matt IrwinD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	2	1	18	12:14
59Roman JosiD	0	0	0	+1	4	0	5	0	–	1	0	27	24:41

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
35Pekka RinneG		0	0	0	–	00:00
74Juuse SarosG	W	28	27	1	.964	59:44

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

15Jesperi KotkaniemiC	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	33	0	1	20	14:21
6Shea WeberD	1	0	1	+1	2	4	1	0	–	0	0	31	24:52
11Brendan GallagherR	0	0	0	−1	4	1	0	0	–	1	0	24	15:51
13Max DomiC	0	0	0	−3	1	2	0	0	31	0	0	22	16:21
20Nicolas DeslauriersL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	0	0	13	11:15
24Phillip DanaultL	0	0	0	−1	1	3	3	0	57	1	0	29	19:24
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	1	1	21	15:50
41Paul ByronL	0	0	0	−2	2	3	0	2	–	0	1	24	16:22
43Michael ChaputC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	75	1	1	14	10:30
47Kenny AgostinoL	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	–	2	0	13	11:11
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	–	0	0	21	13:41
90Tomas TatarL	0	0	0	−1	5	0	0	0	–	3	1	24	18:37
92Jonathan DrouinL	0	0	0	−3	2	1	0	0	100	0	0	22	18:21
8Jordie BennD	0	0	0	−1	1	1	1	0	–	2	0	21	15:53
17Brett KulakD	0	0	0	−1	2	4	1	0	–	1	0	20	15:26
26Jeff PetryD	0	0	0	−3	2	2	2	0	–	3	1	27	21:07
28Mike ReillyD	0	0	0	−2	1	0	2	0	–	1	0	23	17:24
53Victor MeteD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	1	0	31	21:49

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie
31Carey PriceG	L	31	28	3	.903	57:45
37Antti NiemiG		0	0	0	–	00:00