NHL · Friday 9 October · Bell Centre
Montreal Canadiens – Nashville Predators 2:5: NHL, 09/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Montreal Canadiens – Nashville Predators 2:5 (9 October). Nashville Predators won. Venue: Bell Centre.
By period: 0:0, 2:2, 0:3.
Goals: N. Suzuki (Montreal Canadiens); A. Newhook (Montreal Canadiens); A. Kerfoot (Nashville Predators); M. Wood (Nashville Predators); R. O'Reilly (Nashville Predators); A. Edstrom (Nashville Predators) ×2.
Table now: Montreal Canadiens — 4th, 25 points from 17 matches; Nashville Predators — 6th, 21 points from 17 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Montreal Canadiens | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Nashville Predators | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 03'pen.
Hooking
- 10'pen.
Tripping
2nd period
- 02'pen.
Delay of game
- 03'pen.
Tripping
- 03'
🏒 N. Suzuki1:0
- 08'
🏒 A. Newhook2:0
assist: J. Anderson
- 15'
🏒 A. Kerfoot2:1
- 18'pen.
Tripping
- 19'
🏒 M. Wood2:2
assist: S. Stamkos, F. Forsberg · Power-play
- 19'pen.
Cross-checking
3rd period
- 04'pen.
Holding
- 15'pen.
Tripping
- 16'
🏒 R. O'Reilly2:3
Power-play
- 17'
🏒 A. Edstrom2:4
assist: B. Skjei, A. Kerfoot · Empty net
- 18'
🏒 A. Edstrom2:5
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Montreal Canadiens
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Newhook | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Anderson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| L. Hutson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Matheson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| N. Dobson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Nashville Predators
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Edstrom | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Kerfoot | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| M. Wood | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| R. O'Reilly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| A. Wilsby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Skjei | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| F. Forsberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Drury | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Colton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Josi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Stamkos | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| N. Hague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 33Shots on goal20
- 15Saves31
- 83%Save %93%
- 28Faceoffs won27
- 20Penalty minutes6
- 6Penalties3
- 0Power-play goals2
- 0%Power play %33%
- 66%Penalty kill %100%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 25 | WWLWW | |
| 6 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 21 | LWWWW |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away