Predators vs. Canadiens (Oct 8, 2026)

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Predators NSH

1-1-1

1-1-1 in Last 10

Canadiens MTL

1-1-1

1-1-1 in Last 10

Preview

Predators

Canadiens

Predictions

Notes

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Odds

NSH

MTL

+163

Money

-167

Money

o6.5

+111

u6.5

-117

+1.5

-156

-1.5

+150

o6.0

Open

-182

Open

S. Stamkos Over 0.5 Goals +212 N. Suzuki Over 0.5 Goals +182

Forward Matchup

S. Stamkos

NSH C #91

N. Suzuki

MTL C #14

Goals

Points

Shots on Goal

Defenseman Matchup

R. Josi

NSH D #59

L. Hutson

MTL D #48

Points

Blocks

Hits

Goalie Matchup

J. Saros

NSH G #74

J. Dobes

MTL G #75

Wins

.907

Save Pct

.856

2.95

Goals Against Avg

4.43

NSH

Team Stats

MTL

2.33

Goals per Game

Goals Against per Game

4.67

23.67

Shots per Game

23.00

32.33

Shots Against per Game

30.33

37.5

Power Play Pct

10.0

75.0

Penalty Kill Pct

75.0

.907

Save Pct

.846

NSH

Injuries

MTL

Justus Annunen

Out (Undisclosed)

Oliver Kapanen

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Samuel Montembeault

Day to day (Lower-Body)

Bryce Pickford

Out (Undisclosed)

Ivan Demidov

Out (Lower-body)

Lucas Condotta

Out (Undisclosed)

Kaiden Guhle

Out (Groin)

2026-27 Central Division

NSHMTL

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Mammoth	3	1	0	6	9
Wild	2	0	1	5	4
Jets	2	0	1	5	1
Avalanche	2	0	0	4	9
Predators	1	1	1	3	-2
Stars	1	2	0	2	0
Blues	1	2	0	2	-3
Blackhawks	1	3	0	2	-8

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Panthers	2	0	2	6	0
Senators	2	1	0	4	2
Lightning	2	1	0	4	1
Sabres	2	1	0	4	-1
Maple Leafs	2	2	0	4	0
Bruins	2	2	0	4	-2
Canadiens	1	1	1	3	-2
Red Wings	1	2	0	2	-1

NSH

Last 5

MTL

Tue, Oct 6

Tue, Oct 6

Sat, Oct 3

Sat, Oct 3

Thu, Oct 1

Tue, Sep 29

Game Info

October 8, 2026

ESPN+

Bell Centre

Montreal, Canada

Goals

Line Over Under

A. Carrier 0.5 +1233

A. Edstrom 0.5 +809

A. Kerfoot 0.5 +456

A. Newhook 0.5 +285

A. Texier 0.5 +376

Shots on Goal

Line Over Under

C. Caufield 3.5 +135 -156

C. Kreider 2.5 +163 -203

F. Forsberg 2.5 -144 -108

N. Suzuki 2.5 +113 -144

R. Josi 2.5 -111 -108

Team Leaders

S. Stamkos

F. Forsberg

GWG

N. Hoglander

SV%

.907

J. Saros

Season

Career vs MTL

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	3	3	1	4	-1	0	2	0	0	8	37.5	9	14	64.3	3	1	0	3	19:30
Nils Hoglander N. Hoglander	3	3	0	3	+1	0	1	0	1	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	3	0	1	3	10:56
Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	3	0	3	3	+1	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	2	0.0	4	1	3	3	20:43
Roman Josi R. Josi	3	1	2	3	-1	0	0	2	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	3	4	0	4	25:21
Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	3	0	2	2	-3	0	0	1	0	6	0.0	30	51	58.8	2	2	1	3	21:41
Brady Skjei B. Skjei	3	0	1	1	-1	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	2	3	1	3	20:37
Alexander Kerfoot A. Kerfoot	3	0	1	1	-3	0	0	1	0	3	0.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	2	0	16:11
Jack Ahcan J. Ahcan	2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	6:54
Mavrik Bourque M. Bourque	3	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	7	0.0	14	29	48.3	3	0	0	2	18:15
Adam Wilsby A. Wilsby	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	2	5	1	2	15:14
Matthew Wood M. Wood	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0	10	30	33.3	4	1	0	4	16:47
Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	3	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	2	0.0	2	0	0	4	15:40
Ross Colton R. Colton	3	0	0	0	-1	4	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	11	2	0	3	13:29
Nicolas Hague N. Hague	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	4	5	2	3	18:32
Jack Drury J. Drury	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	0.0	15	34	44.1	3	4	1	0	14:01
Adam Edstrom A. Edstrom	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	1	0.0	14	2	1	1	13:00
William Trudeau W. Trudeau	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	3	2	0	4	11:27
Reid Schaefer R. Schaefer	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	0	11:35
Nick Perbix N. Perbix	3	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	0	8	2	3	19:11

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Juuse Saros J. Saros	3	3	1	1	1	97	88	.907	9	2.95	0	183

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Steven Stamkos S. Stamkos	55	27	25	52	+14	31	10	9	0	2	0	179	15.1	341	658	51.8	53	39	18	34	19:25
Ryan O'Reilly R. O'Reilly	33	6	21	27	-5	4	2	7	1	1	0	65	9.2	359	617	58.2	13	18	16	18	19:35
Jonathan Marchessault J. Marchessault	23	8	9	17	-7	11	2	2	0	0	0	59	13.6	23	53	43.4	28	3	11	26	16:45
Filip Forsberg F. Forsberg	20	8	8	16	-4	6	4	3	0	3	2	61	13.1	0	1	0.0	37	8	21	15	18:12
Roman Josi R. Josi	21	2	13	15	-6	6	1	6	0	1	0	60	3.3	0	0	0	15	45	4	15	26:03
Brady Skjei B. Skjei	25	6	7	13	-2	18	0	0	2	2	0	43	14.0	0	0	0	38	25	9	31	20:32
Alexander Kerfoot A. Kerfoot	29	4	5	9	-6	8	0	1	0	0	0	43	9.3	76	164	46.3	26	18	13	12	14:48
Nils Hoglander N. Hoglander	17	3	4	7	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	18	16.7	0	0	0	16	6	6	5	13:35
Ross Colton R. Colton	13	3	3	6	-2	6	1	0	0	0	0	27	11.1	23	43	53.5	27	12	8	3	13:34
Nicolas Hague N. Hague	8	1	3	4	+3	8	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	8	9	1	10	17:07
Jack Drury J. Drury	7	0	4	4	+3	2	0	1	0	0	0	12	0.0	51	75	68.0	3	5	2	5	14:12
Mavrik Bourque M. Bourque	4	1	2	3	+2	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	14.3	8	16	50.0	1	3	1	3	15:03
Nick Perbix N. Perbix	10	1	2	3	-3	6	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	7	10	4	6	17:07
Ilya Lyubushkin I. Lyubushkin	18	0	2	2	-5	19	0	0	0	0	0	21	0.0	0	0	0	51	29	6	10	16:27
Adam Edstrom A. Edstrom	5	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	8	3	0	3	10:05
Matthew Wood M. Wood	2	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	8	25.0	1	1	1	1	13:57
Adam Wilsby A. Wilsby	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	2	2	6	17:11
Reid Schaefer R. Schaefer	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	12:09

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Juuse Saros J. Saros	10	10	5	3	2	277	249	.899	28	2.91	0	577
	Justus Annunen J. Annunen	2	2	0	2	0	56	52	.929	4	2.04	0	117

Team Leaders

Z. Bolduc

N. Suzuki

GWG

A. Carrier

SV%

.856

J. Dobes

Season

Career vs NSH

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	GWG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	3	2	4	6	+4	2	0	0	0	8	25.0	26	54	48.1	8	1	2	4	21:05
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	3	0	4	4	+2	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	0	3	2	5	27:31
Chris Kreider C. Kreider	3	1	3	4	+2	0	0	0	0	3	33.3	0	1	0.0	7	1	1	0	14:36
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	3	3	0	3	+2	0	1	0	0	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	4	1	0	3	12:14
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	3	1	1	2	+3	2	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	0	0	1	3	1	1	16:12
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	11:06
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	3	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	6	16.7	1	1	100.0	7	0	1	2	12:31
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	2	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	15:37
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	3	2	0	2	+2	4	0	0	0	7	28.6	1	2	50.0	5	1	1	3	20:10
Phillip Danault P. Danault	3	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	18	31	58.1	1	0	0	2	13:37
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	3	0	1	1	-3	4	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	2	7	1	3	24:41
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	3	0	1	1	-2	6	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	4	4	1	8	23:06
Kirby Dach K. Dach	3	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	6	4	0	3	10:48
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	3	0	1	1	-1	2	0	1	0	3	0.0	20	31	64.5	3	3	0	3	16:11
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	3	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	5	20.0	1	3	33.3	3	1	2	3	18:36
Jake Evans J. Evans	3	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	27	49	55.1	5	3	1	0	14:35
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	3	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	1	1	11:45
Florian Xhekaj F. Xhekaj	1	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0	3	0	0	1	8:48
Jayden Struble J. Struble	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	2	1	12:05

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	3	3	1	1	1	90	77	.856	13	4.43	0	176

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Chris Kreider C. Kreider	22	7	4	11	+12	8	2	0	0	1	0	48	14.6	4	13	30.8	42	4	10	10	17:21
Cole Caufield C. Caufield	10	7	4	11	+2	0	2	1	0	2	1	39	17.9	1	3	33.3	6	3	4	5	17:00
Nick Suzuki N. Suzuki	11	2	8	10	+3	2	1	2	0	1	1	23	8.7	92	177	52.0	5	6	7	8	20:03
Jake Evans J. Evans	11	3	4	7	+2	6	0	0	1	1	0	15	20.0	72	143	50.3	9	8	5	7	15:21
Josh Anderson J. Anderson	16	2	4	6	-4	16	0	0	0	0	0	24	8.3	2	8	25.0	24	7	5	6	14:22
Alexandre Texier A. Texier	13	5	1	6	-3	8	1	0	0	1	0	24	20.8	12	42	28.6	11	4	7	5	14:23
Kirby Dach K. Dach	17	2	4	6	-5	12	0	1	0	0	0	32	6.3	46	117	39.3	14	11	12	6	17:40
Phillip Danault P. Danault	23	0	5	5	-6	4	0	1	0	0	0	37	0.0	183	367	49.9	27	17	6	15	17:42
Lane Hutson L. Hutson	4	0	5	5	+6	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	1	6	1	4	21:03
Alex Newhook A. Newhook	12	2	2	4	+4	2	0	0	0	1	0	14	14.3	27	73	37.0	11	3	3	3	14:03
Noah Dobson N. Dobson	11	2	1	3	-4	4	0	0	0	1	0	28	7.1	0	0	0	4	23	2	17	21:38
Oliver Kapanen O. Kapanen	3	2	1	3	+5	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	33.3	4	9	44.4	0	1	0	3	11:53
Mike Matheson M. Matheson	16	0	2	2	+2	9	0	0	0	0	0	36	0.0	0	0	0	13	28	17	16	23:20
Zachary Bolduc Z. Bolduc	7	1	1	2	+5	17	0	1	0	0	0	9	11.1	1	2	50.0	15	9	2	7	13:02
Ivan Demidov I. Demidov	2	1	1	2	+5	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	20.0	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	16:42
Kaiden Guhle K. Guhle	5	0	1	1	+2	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	8	9	2	7	18:37
Arber Xhekaj A. Xhekaj	5	0	1	1	+4	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0	19	9	2	2	16:17
Alexandre Carrier A. Carrier	3	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	0	3	20:31
Juraj Slafkovský J. Slafkovský	8	0	0	0	-3	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	2	6	33.3	17	4	2	6	16:23
Jayden Struble J. Struble	6	0	0	0	+1	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	0	0	0	11	2	2	6	14:09

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Samuel Montembeault S. Montembeault	5	5	4	1	0	168	154	.917	14	2.76	1	305
	Jakub Dobes J. Dobes	2	2	2	0	0	56	53	.946	3	1.46	0	124

Canadiens play the Predators after Bolduc's 2-goal performance

The Associated Press

Oct 7, 2026

Nashville Predators (1-1-1, in the Central Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (1-1-1, in the Atlantic Division)

Montreal, Quebec; Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The Montreal Canadiens host the Nashville Predators after Zachary Bolduc's two-goal game against the Carolina Hurricanes in the Canadiens' 6-4 loss.

Montreal had a 48-24-10 record overall and a 26-19-4 record at home last season. The Canadiens had a 23.1% power play success rate last season, scoring 56 goals on 242 chances.

Nashville had a 38-34-10 record overall and a 17-17-7 record on the road last season. The Predators scored 242 total goals a season ago, averaging 3.0 per game on 27.8 shots per game.

INJURIES: Canadiens: Oliver Kapanen: day to day (lower-body), Kaiden Guhle: out (groin), Ivan Demidov: out (lower-body), Lucas Condotta: out (undisclosed), Bryce Pickford: out (undisclosed).

Predators: Justus Annunen: out (undisclosed).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

Predators NSH

Canadiens MTL

Odds

Forward Matchup

Defenseman Matchup

Goalie Matchup

Team Stats

Injuries

2026-27 Central Division

Last 5

Game Info

Goals

Shots on Goal

Canadiens play the Predators after Bolduc's 2-goal performance

Players Mentioned

Justus Annunen

Kaiden Guhle

Zachary Bolduc

Lucas Condotta