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Montréal Canadiens vs Nashville Predators

Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 2026 · Bridgestone Arena

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4–1

Final

SOG 32–24

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Game summary

The Montréal Canadiens beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Saturday, March 28, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena. The Canadiens outshot the Predators 32-24.

Goals came from Ivan Demidov, Oliver Kapanen, Cole Caufield, Alex Newhook and Zachary L'Heureux.

Jacob Fowler made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 28 of 32.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Montréal CanadiensMTL130432
Nashville PredatorsNSH001124

Three stars

  1. ★1st starIvan DemidovMTL · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starJacob FowlerMTL · .958 SV%
  3. ★3rd starJuraj SlafkovskýMTL · 0G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:25

3–0 · 2nd 14:45 · Caufield. NSH stayed on through an icing. Marchessault was 1:25 into his shift when it went in.

GoalMTL on iceNSH on ice

1–0 MTL

1st 11:34 · Demidov

O'Reilly 0:57

2–0 MTL

2nd 3:12 · Kapanen

Long shift: Hague 1:23

3–0 MTL

2nd 14:45 · Caufield

Long shift: Marchessault 1:25

4–0 MTL

2nd 16:23 · Newhook

Josi 0:40

4–1 NSH

3rd 16:26 · L'Heureux

Danault 0:40

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

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

MTLNSH
32Shots on goal24
50%Faceoff %50%
0/2Power play0/3
8Penalty minutes16
20Hits25
16Blocked shots7
20Giveaways18
5Takeaways3

Penalties

  • 1st 19:44Luke Evangelista · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 2nd 03:59Jake Evans · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 07:46Jayden Struble · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 19:35Kaiden Guhle · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 19:35Nicolas Hague · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 14:24Jake Evans · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 18:05Zachary L'Heureux · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 18:05Zachary L'Heureux · misconduct10 min

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