Nashville Predators vs Montréal Canadiens

Regular season · Thursday, January 12, 2023 · Centre Bell

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3–4

Final

SOG 42–35

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Nashville Predators 4-3 on Thursday, January 12, 2023 at Centre Bell. The Predators outshot the Canadiens 42-35.

Cole Caufield scored twice. Nino Niederreiter, Jake Evans, Kirby Dach, Filip Forsberg and Juuso Parssinen also scored.

Samuel Montembeault made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Yaroslav Askarov stopped 31 of 35.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	1	1	1	3	42
MTL	2	1	1	4	35

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nino Niederreiter (13)Roman Josi (23)1–010:35 NSH
Jake Evans (2)David Savard (8), Joel Edmundson (5)1–113:30 MTL
Kirby Dach (7)Jesse Ylonen (1), Jonathan Drouin (9)1–215:08 MTL

2nd period

Filip Forsberg (18)Matt Duchene (21), Juuso Parssinen (12)2–200:12 NSH
Cole Caufield (24)Nick Suzuki (20), Jonathan Drouin (10)2–310:03 MTL · PPG

3rd period

Cole Caufield (25)Kirby Dach (19), Jonathan Drouin (11)2–406:15 MTL · PPG
Juuso Parssinen (4)Mattias Ekholm (11), Cody Glass (8)3–418:31 NSH

Team stats

NSHMTL

42Shots on goal35

45%Faceoff %55%

0/3Power play2/3

15Penalty minutes15

29Hits23

17Blocked shots26

6Giveaways17

0Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 08:06Kirby Dach · hooking2 min
1st 12:48Christian Dvorak · slashing2 min
1st 12:48Ryan Johansen · interference2 min
1st 13:56Mattias Ekholm · interference2 min
1st 13:56Justin Barron · embellishment2 min
2nd 00:21Alexandre Carrier · delaying game puck over glass2 min
2nd 09:48Colton Sissons · high sticking2 min
2nd 15:13Arber Xhekaj · fighting5 min
2nd 15:13Tanner Jeannot · fighting5 min
2nd 19:52Evgenii Dadonov · tripping2 min
3rd 03:32Chris Wideman · high sticking2 min
3rd 04:44Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

75Juuso ParssinenC	1	1	2	+2	2	2	0	0	50	16:38
8Cody GlassC	0	1	1	0	2	3	0	0	40	10:53
9Filip ForsbergL	1	0	1	-1	6	3	0	0	–	19:12
22Nino NiederreiterR	1	0	1	+1	6	3	2	0	–	14:42
95Matt DucheneC	0	1	1	+2	3	1	0	0	33	19:03
14Mattias EkholmD	0	1	1	+2	2	0	0	2	–	21:51
59Roman JosiD	0	1	1	-1	5	0	4	0	–	29:11
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	+2	0	0	3	2	–	14:39
13Yakov TreninC	0	0	0	-1	5	1	0	0	100	14:33
36Cole SmithL	0	0	0	0	4	5	1	0	–	13:36
64Mikael GranlundC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50	16:14
82Tommy NovakC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	63	13:23
84Tanner JeannotL	0	0	0	+1	0	5	0	5	–	11:58
92Ryan JohansenC	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	2	42	20:01
3Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	–	13:11
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	20:09
45Alexandre CarrierD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	–	12:23
57Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	–	14:50

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG	L	35	31	4	.886	57:50
74Juuse SarosG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Montréal Canadiens

Montréal Canadiens skaters

27Jonathan DrouinL	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	67	10:26
22Cole CaufieldR	2	0	2	-1	4	1	0	0	–	17:57
77Kirby DachC	1	1	2	+1	2	2	0	2	–	17:47
14Nick SuzukiC	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	67	22:12
56Jesse YlonenR	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	–	08:21
71Jake EvansC	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	44	19:13
44Joel EdmundsonD	0	1	1	-1	5	4	6	0	–	23:51
58David SavardD	0	1	1	0	3	0	5	0	–	21:59
17Josh AndersonR	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	17:25
20Juraj SlafkovskýL	0	0	0	-2	2	3	2	0	100	16:03
28Christian DvorakC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	2	63	17:27
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	16:33
63Evgenii DadonovR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	2	–	12:49
6Chris WidemanD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	08:09
26Johnathan KovacevicD	0	0	0	-1	3	1	3	0	–	12:27
52Justin BarronD	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	2	–	12:43
54Jordan HarrisD	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	–	21:23
72Arber XhekajD	0	0	0	0	0	7	2	5	–	15:15

Montréal Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Cayden PrimeauG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Samuel MontembeaultG	W	42	39	3	.929	60:00