Game

Canucks at Predators

Predators 2, Canucks 1 · first star Cole Smith (1 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Vancouver Canucks 1 at Nashville Predators 2

Canucks VAN

1 FINAL 2

Predators NSH

Thursday, October 23, 2025 · 8:00 PM ET · Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canucks	0	1	0	1	22
Predators	0	1	1	2	35

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canucks attack left, Predators attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so a mark in a team's own end would be an attempt logged from there (none in this game). Boxscore shots on goal: VAN 22, NSH 35.

VAN in red NSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canucks 22 shots on goal (1 goal, 10 missed, 19 blocked) attacking left; Predators 35 shots on goal (2 goals, 3 missed, 25 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VAN SOG	VAN G	VAN ATT	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT
1st	5	0	18	12	0	16
2nd	10	1	16	12	1	30
3rd	7	0	17	11	1	17
Total	22	1	51	35	2	63

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VAN SOG	VAN G	NSH SOG	NSH G
Even strength	16	1	30	1
Power play	4	0	3	0
Short-handed	2	0	2	1

Attempt share by period

Predators took 55.3% of the shot attempts, and 61.8% of the 89 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Predators and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Canucks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canucks at Predators
Period	NSH CF%	NSH FF%
1st	47.1	52.2
2nd	65.2	57.7
3rd	50.0	52.4
Game	55.3	54.3

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

2nd period

09:01 Ryan O'Reilly (3) SH Spencer Stastney (2) · wrist 0–1
11:49 Max Sasson (3) Linus Karlsson (2) · wrist 1–1

3rd period

05:09 Cole Smith (2) Michael McCarron (2), Justin Barron (2) · tip-in 1–2

Three stars

Cole Smith NSH · R #36 · 1 G, 0 A
Juuse Saros NSH · G #74 · 0 GA, .955 SV%
Ryan O'Reilly NSH · C #90 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	01:15	NSH	Nick Perbix	interference	2	Evander Kane
1st	10:04	VAN	Tyler Myers	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
1st	12:40	NSH	Erik Haula	high sticking	2	Brock Boeser
1st	17:48	NSH	Luke Evangelista	high sticking	2	Quinn Hughes
1st	18:18	NSH	Brady Skjei	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
2nd	01:23	VAN	Marcus Pettersson	high sticking	2	Matthew Wood
2nd	07:32	NSH	Erik Haula	tripping	2	Elias Pettersson
3rd	10:23	VAN	Marcus Pettersson	roughing	2	Tyson Jost

Boxscore

Vancouver Canucks

Canucks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Max Sasson #63	C	1	0	1	+1	1	0	2	0	16.7	12:08
Linus Karlsson #94	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	09:51
Aatu Räty #54	C	0	0	0	-1	1	5	0	0	60.0	14:47
Elias Pettersson #40	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	0	50.0	20:45
Nils Aman #88	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	06:47
Arshdeep Bains #13	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	0.0	08:55
Drew O'Connor #18	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	13:03
Evander Kane #91	L	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0.0	19:29
Jake DeBrusk #74	L	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	14:21
Kiefer Sherwood #44	L	0	0	0	-2	1	4	0	0	0.0	18:16
Brock Boeser #6	R	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	100.0	21:09
Conor Garland #8	R	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	23:31
Elias Pettersson #25	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	0.0	11:51
Filip Hronek #17	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0.0	25:00
Marcus Pettersson #29	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	4	0.0	16:25
Pierre-Olivier Joseph #7	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	10:14
Quinn Hughes #43	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	29:26
Tyler Myers #57	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2	0.0	20:20

Canucks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Thatcher Demko #35	L	35	33	2	.943	29/30	3/3	57:42

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	1	0	1	0	2	1	3	0	52.9	17:57
Cole Smith #36	R	1	0	1	+1	2	3	0	0	0.0	15:55
Michael McCarron #47	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	53.8	16:22
Justin Barron #20	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	14:16
Spencer Stastney #24	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	0	0.0	14:38
Fedor Svechkov #40	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	13:13
Ozzy Wiesblatt #89	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	0	0.0	09:47
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	50.0	15:08
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	100.0	12:30
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	81.8	14:21
Filip Forsberg #9	L	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	16:05
Michael Bunting #58	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	12:37
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	0.0	14:21
Matthew Wood #71	R	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	100.0	14:28
Adam Wilsby #83	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	19:44
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	2	0.0	24:45
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	2	0.0	25:44
Roman Josi #59	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0.0	18:09

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Juuse Saros #74	W	22	21	1	.955	15/16	4/4	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.