Game

Canadiens at Predators

Canadiens 4, Predators 1 · first star Ivan Demidov (1 G, 1 A).

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

Montreal Canadiens 4 at Nashville Predators 1

Canadiens MTL

4 FINAL 1

Predators NSH

Saturday, March 28, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Bridgestone Arena, Nashville · TV SNE · TVAS · CITY

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Canadiens	1	3	0	4	32
Predators	0	0	1	1	24

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Canadiens attack left, Predators attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: MTL 32, NSH 24.

MTL in red NSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Canadiens 32 shots on goal (4 goals, 16 missed, 9 blocked) attacking left; Predators 24 shots on goal (1 goal, 13 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	MTL SOG	MTL G	MTL ATT	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT
1st	9	1	22	3	0	13
2nd	14	3	21	12	0	21
3rd	9	0	14	9	1	20
Total	32	4	57	24	1	54

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	MTL SOG	MTL G	NSH SOG	NSH G
Even strength	26	4	19	1
Power play	3	0	5	0
Short-handed	3	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Canadiens took 51.4% of the shot attempts, and 51.7% 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 Canadiens hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Canadiens at Predators
Period	NSH CF%	NSH FF%
1st	37.1	26.1
2nd	50.0	47.2
3rd	58.8	53.9
Game	48.6	43.5

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

Scoring summary

1st period

11:34 Ivan Demidov (16) Nick Suzuki (63) · wrist 1–0

2nd period

03:12 Oliver Kapanen (22) Alex Newhook (11), Lane Hutson (60) · wrist 2–0
14:45 Cole Caufield (45) Nick Suzuki (64) · wrist 3–0
16:23 Alex Newhook (11) Ivan Demidov (40), Oliver Kapanen (15) · wrist 4–0

3rd period

16:26 Zachary L'Heureux (2) Ryan Ufko (4), Matthew Wood (11) · wrist 4–1

Three stars

Ivan Demidov MTL · R #93 · 1 G, 1 A
Jacob Fowler MTL · G #32 · 0 GA, .958 SV%
Juraj Slafkovský MTL · L #20 · 0 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	19:44	NSH	Luke Evangelista	interference goalkeeper	2	Jacob Fowler
2nd	03:59	MTL	Jake Evans	roughing	2	Luke Evangelista
2nd	07:46	MTL	Jayden Struble	roughing	2	Luke Evangelista
2nd	19:35	MTL	Kaiden Guhle	roughing	2	Reid Schaefer
2nd	19:35	NSH	Nicolas Hague	roughing	2	Kaiden Guhle
3rd	14:24	MTL	Jake Evans	slashing	2	Zachary L'Heureux
3rd	18:05	NSH	Zachary L'Heureux	roughing	2	Noah Dobson
3rd	18:05	NSH	Zachary L'Heureux	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—

Boxscore

Montreal Canadiens

Canadiens skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex Newhook #15	C	1	1	2	+3	3	1	1	0	28.6	15:11
Oliver Kapanen #91	C	1	1	2	+3	3	0	0	0	0.0	16:05
Ivan Demidov #93	R	1	1	2	+3	2	2	0	0	0.0	16:11
Nick Suzuki #14	C	0	2	2	+1	4	0	0	0	61.1	18:53
Cole Caufield #13	R	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0.0	16:28
Lane Hutson #48	D	0	1	1	+2	3	0	2	0	0.0	21:19
Jake Evans #71	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	4	64.3	12:59
Joe Veleno #90	C	0	0	0	-1	1	4	1	0	33.3	13:44
Phillip Danault #24	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0	50.0	16:18
Juraj Slafkovský #20	L	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	0.0	16:45
Brendan Gallagher #11	R	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0.0	13:15
Josh Anderson #17	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	04:53
Zachary Bolduc #76	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0.0	14:47
Alexandre Carrier #45	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	0.0	19:15
Jayden Struble #47	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	2	0.0	16:13
Kaiden Guhle #21	D	0	0	0	+3	1	0	1	2	0.0	17:23
Mike Matheson #8	D	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0	0.0	20:47
Noah Dobson #53	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0.0	21:34

Canadiens goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jacob Fowler #32	W	24	23	1	.958	18/19	5/5	60:00

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Zachary L'Heureux #68	L	1	0	1	0	2	5	0	12	0.0	13:45
Matthew Wood #71	R	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	25.0	14:40
Ryan Ufko #85	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0.0	10:15
Fedor Svechkov #40	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	42.9	14:16
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	38.5	17:41
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50.0	16:35
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0.0	19:11
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	0	78.6	16:23
Filip Forsberg #9	L	0	0	0	-1	3	1	0	0	0.0	18:24
Reid Schaefer #49	L	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0.0	12:09
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	100.0	17:07
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	2	0.0	19:26
Adam Wilsby #83	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	14:31
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	20:02
Justin Barron #20	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	0.0	14:10
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	12:00
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	2	0.0	20:00
Roman Josi #59	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	23:30

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Juuse Saros #74	L	32	28	4	.875	22/26	3/3	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.