Nashville Predators vs Montréal Canadiens
Regular season · Thursday, October 16, 2025 · Centre Bell
TSN2 · RDS · FDSNSO
Game summary
The Montréal Canadiens beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 in overtime on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at Centre Bell. The Canadiens outshot the Predators 30-19.
Cole Caufield scored twice. Steven Stamkos, Oliver Kapanen and Nick Perbix also scored.
Jakub Dobes made 17 saves on 19 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 27 of 30.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Steven Stamkos (1)Roman Josi (3), Luke Evangelista (3)1–011:36 NSH · PPG
3rd period
Oliver Kapanen (3)Lane Hutson (3), Kaiden Guhle (1)1–106:02 MTL
Nick Perbix (2)Michael McCarron (1)2–111:21 NSH
Cole Caufield (4)Lane Hutson (4)Perbix 1:46 into shift2–219:40 MTL
OT period
- Cole Caufield (5)Nick Suzuki (7), Mike Matheson (3)Marchessault 1:10 into shift2–304:57 MTL
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–2 · 3rd 19:40 · Caufield. NSH stayed on through an icing. Perbix was 1:46 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 NSH
2nd 11:36 · PP · Stamkos
Evans 0:18
1–1 MTL
3rd 6:02 · Kapanen
Skjei 0:20
2–1 NSH
3rd 11:21 · Perbix
Anderson 0:44
2–2 MTL
3rd 19:40 · Caufield
Stuck out there: Perbix 1:46
2–3 MTL
OT 4:57 · Caufield
Long shift: Marchessault 1:10
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).
30%
of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.
Team stats
Penalties
- 1st 03:27
Tyson Jost · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:46Cole Smith · slashing2 min
- 2nd 10:05
Zachary Bolduc · hooking2 min - 2nd 18:25Ivan Demidov · holding the stick2 min
- 3rd 14:18Michael McCarron · tripping2 min
Season series
Nashville Predators
| 47Michael McCarronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 77Luke EvangelistaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 14:51 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 18:14 |
| 48Nick PerbixD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 22:00 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 28:13 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:09 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:31 |
| 36Cole SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:11 |
| 40Fedor SvechkovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:15 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:05 |
| 58Michael BuntingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:35 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:26 |
| 89Ozzy WiesblattC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 10:11 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:04 |
| 20Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:14 |
| 24Spencer StastneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:36 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 23:03 |
| 83Adam WilsbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:55 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Justus AnnunenG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 74Juuse SarosG | O | 30 | 27 | 3 | .900 | 64:30 |
Montréal Canadiens
| 13Cole CaufieldR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 20:54 |
| 48Lane HutsonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 24:42 |
| 14Nick SuzukiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 22:54 |
| 91Oliver KapanenC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 11:59 |
| 8Mike MathesonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 26:21 |
| 21Kaiden GuhleD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 16:10 |
| 11Brendan GallagherR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13:49 |
| 15Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 17Josh AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 14:43 |
| 20Juraj SlafkovskýL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 19:39 |
| 71Jake EvansC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 13:58 |
| 76Zachary BolducR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:49 |
| 77Kirby DachC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:03 |
| 92Patrik LaineL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:10 |
| 93Ivan DemidovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 17:13 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 47Jayden StrubleD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 |
| 53Noah DobsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:37 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Samuel MontembeaultG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 75Jakub DobesG | W | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 63:35 |