NSH @ MTL Gameday Thread
NSH @ MTL
Venue: Bell Centre
Puck drop: Thu Oct 8, 2026 7:00pm EDT
Use this thread to talk about the game before, during, and after.
Game Preview
NSH
- Record 4-4-2
- Streak L1
- GF/GP · GA/GP 2.9 · 2.7
- Power play 10/28 (35.7%)
- Last game OTL vs TOR (4–5)
MTL
- Record 5-4-1
- Streak L2
- GF/GP · GA/GP 3 · 3.4
- Power play 5/39 (12.8%)
- Last game L vs CAR (4–6)
Recent meetings:
- 2026-03-28 MTL 4 @ NSH 1
- 2025-10-16 NSH 2 @ MTL 3 OT/SO
Players to watch (last 5 team games):
NSH
- Steven Stamkos 7 pts · 5 G · 20 SOG
- Filip Forsberg 5 pts · 2 G · 13 SOG
- Luke Evangelista 4 pts · 2 G · 6 SOG
- Roman Josi 4 pts · 1 G · 6 SOG
MTL
- Nick Suzuki 8 pts · 3 G · 13 SOG
- Lane Hutson 6 pts · 0 G · 5 SOG
- Zachary Bolduc 5 pts · 4 G · 7 SOG
- Chris Kreider 4 pts · 1 G · 3 SOG
Prediction:
Expected goals: NSH 3.13 · MTL 3.01 · Win odds: NSH 51.9% · MTL 48.1% · OT/SO chance: 16.1%
- 2-3 35.1%
- 3-2 32.8%
- 3-3 32.1%
Box Score
NSH 5
Final
MTL 2
2026-10-08
| Stat | NSH | MTL |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 5 | 2 |
| Shots | 20 | 33 |
| Power Play | 2/5 (40.0%) | 0/3 (0.0%) |
| PIM | 6 | 20 |
| Faceoffs | 27 / 28 | 28 / 27 |
| Blocks | 16 | 9 |
| Saves | 31 | 15 |
| NSH Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Adam Edstrom | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Alexander Kerfoot | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Matthew Wood | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Roman Josi | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Adam Wilsby | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Brady Skjei | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Filip Forsberg | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Jack Drury | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Ross Colton | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| MTL Scorers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| G | A | PTS | |
| Alex Newhook | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nick Suzuki | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Josh Anderson | 0 | 1 | 1 |