Montreal Canadiens vs. Nashville PredatorsApr 6, 2025

FinalSunday, Apr 6, 2025· Bridgestone Arena

away

home

Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
MTL	0	2	0	2		MTL	4	8	5	17
NSH	1	0	0	1		NSH	8	15	14	37

: MTL 36NSH 83
: MTL 1.90NSH 3.66
PP goals: MTL 0NSH 0
Hits: MTL 16NSH 19
Blocks: MTL 24NSH 10
PIM: MTL 15NSH 9
: MTL 49%NSH 51%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Montreal Canadiens edge Nashville Predators 2–1

Montreal Canadiens beat Nashville Predators 2–1 at NSH. Steven Stamkos (NSH) led the scoring with 1G 0A. NSH scored 1 goal on 3.66 expected goals (83 attempts), well short of its chances.

Luck
NSH scored 1 goal on 3.66 expected goals (83 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Filip Forsberg (NSH) played 24:26, +5:53 up on his 18:33 season average over 81 games.Forsberg
Goalie
Jakub Dobes (MTL) faced 37 shots and stopped 36 (.973), +10 against a season average of 27.5; the win.Dobes
Usage
Jordan Oesterle (NSH) played 9:36, −7:46 down on his 17:22 season average over 36 games.Oesterle
Usage
Steven Stamkos (NSH) played 23:25, +5:29 up on his 17:56 season average over 81 games.Stamkos
New line
New look for MTL: Laine–Newhook–Kapanen skated 7:20 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (36.8% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Laine Newhook Kapanen
New line
New look for NSH: McCarron–Smith–Wood skated 6:41 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (80% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.McCarron Smith Wood
Usage
Mike Matheson (MTL) played 31:46, +6:46 up on his 25:00 season average over 79 games.Matheson

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← MTL attacks left (bottom on phones)NSH attacks right (top on phones) →

NSH
MTL
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 119 of 119 attempts · NSH 83 · MTL 36

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

NSH
MTL
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

NSH pressure
MTL pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: MTL 14% of the game, NSH 50%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

NSH

MTL

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	MTL	NSH
	41	67
	1.69	2.51
	1.64	2.34
	4	13
	1	4
	19	22
	−0.010	+0.010
	14%	50%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Montreal Canadiens

L1Gallagher – Anderson – Dvorak
11:0139% CF
L2Suzuki – Caufield – Slafkovský
10:5638% CF
L3Laine – Newhook – Kapanen
7:2037% CF
L4Armia – Evans – Pezzetta
3:5650% CF
D1Matheson – Carrier
13:4635% CF
D2Guhle – Hutson
11:0844% CF
D3Struble – Xhekaj
1:0833% CF

PP1Laine – Suzuki – Caufield – Hutson – Slafkovský
1:42
PP2Matheson – Laine – Suzuki – Newhook – Slafkovský
0:17
PK1FArmia – Evans
3:37
PK2FAnderson – Dvorak
3:35
PK1DMatheson – Carrier
6:22
PK2DGuhle – Xhekaj
0:00

Current MTL line combinations →

Nashville Predators

L1Stamkos – Forsberg – L'Heureux
9:5842% CF
L2O'Reilly – Bunting – Evangelista
8:5660% CF
L3McCarron – Smith – Wood
6:4180% CF
D1Skjei – Blankenburg
15:0979% CF
D2Del Gaizo – Barron
11:0458% CF
D3Oesterle – Stastney
4:5338% CF

PP1Stamkos – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista – Blankenburg
5:13100% CF
PP2Skjei – Bunting – Bellows – Svechkov – Wood
2:00100% CF
PK1FMcCarron – Smith
1:00
PK2FL'Heureux – Svechkov
0:44
PK1DSkjei – Blankenburg
1:13
PK2DDel Gaizo – Barron
0:44

Current NSH line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

1st period

4:19
NSHSteven Stamkos (Filip Forsberg)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Gallagher, Matheson, Anderson, Dvorak, CarrierNSH: Stamkos, Forsberg, Oesterle, Del Gaizo, L'Heureux
MTL 0 – 1 NSH

2nd period

1:40
MTLCole Caufield (Nick Suzuki)wrist0.11 xG
MTL: Matheson, Suzuki, Caufield, Hutson, SlafkovskýNSH: O'Reilly, Skjei, Bunting, Evangelista, Blankenburg
MTL 1 – 1 NSH
5:47
MTLPatrik Laine (Lane Hutson, Alex Newhook)snap0.13 xG
MTL: Carrier, Laine, Newhook, Kapanen, HutsonNSH: Forsberg, McCarron, Del Gaizo, Barron, L'Heureux
MTL 2 – 1 NSH

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Montreal Canadiens

MTL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Christian Dvorak C	L1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:57	—	—	37	21
Josh Anderson R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	0	1	0	17:59	—	—	35	14
Brendan Gallagher R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	1	0	0	14:22	—	—	35	15
Nick Suzuki C	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.14	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	31	37
Juraj Slafkovský L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.03	1	0	2	15:04	—	—	40	58
Cole Caufield R	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.20	1	1	0	14:34	—	—	33	43
Alex Newhook C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.23	2	0	0	14:49	—	—	41	68
Patrik Laine L	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.19	0	1	0	11:28	—	—	35	66
Oliver Kapanen C	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	0	0	0	7:36	—	—	37	63
Joel Armia R	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.48	1	1	0	17:37	—	—	47	40
Jake Evans C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.22	0	0	0	16:07	—	—	53	41
Michael Pezzetta L	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	7	4:39	—	—	50	22
Mike Matheson D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.01	0	7	0	31:46	—	—	28	22
Alexandre Carrier D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	7	0	25:56	—	—	30	20
Lane Hutson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	0	1	0	21:33	—	—	56	56
Kaiden Guhle D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.02	2	2	4	19:08	—	—	36	30
Jayden Struble D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.13	0	0	2	11:13	—	—	45	51
Arber Xhekaj D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	9:33	—	—	21	55

MTL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jakub Dobes(start)	W	37	36	1	.973	3.66	60:00

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Filip Forsberg L	L1	0	1	1	0	3	0.43	4	2	0	24:26	—	—	51	51
Steven Stamkos C	L1	1	0	1	+1	5	0.43	0	3	0	23:25	—	—	47	59
Zachary L'Heureux L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	4	0	0	15:55	—	—	50	47
Ryan O'Reilly C	L2	0	0	0	-1	5	0.49	0	1	0	22:01	—	—	63	53
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.25	0	1	0	20:28	—	—	70	52
Luke Evangelista R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	0	0	0	20:20	—	—	70	58
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.48	1	0	0	15:14	—	—	78	85
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.06	1	0	0	13:14	—	—	82	92
Matthew Wood R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.34	0	0	0	13:14	—	—	59	66
Nick Blankenburg D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.40	1	0	0	23:24	—	—	82	89
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.16	2	2	0	22:59	—	—	75	78
Justin Barron D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	18:27	—	—	59	45
Marc Del Gaizo D	D2	0	0	0	0	3	0.03	1	1	2	14:37	—	—	56	55
Spencer Stastney D	D3	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	2	13:19	—	—	44	19
Jordan Oesterle D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	9:36	—	—	48	27
Fedor Svechkov C	—	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	12:27	—	—	54	24
Kieffer Bellows L	—	0	0	0	0	3	0.11	4	0	0	9:11	—	—	73	47
Andreas Englund D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	5	8:13	—	—	43	21

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Juuse Saros(start)	L	17	15	2	.882	1.42	57:30

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Steven Stamkos (NSH) 1st 4:19 · assists Filip Forsberg · Forecheck turnover · passed in · 36.0 mph shot · 8.8 s from entry to goal.

Steven Stamkos · 1st 4:19 · NSH

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 36.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 8.8 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Cole Caufield · 2nd 1:40 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 1
Shot: 60.2 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Patrik Laine · 2nd 5:47 · MTL

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 43.9 mph
Distance: 34 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

Watch on NHL.com → · Tracking-derived via NHL EDGE

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.