National Hockey League
Nashville 6, Montreal 3
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, January 3, 2023
Where: Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, Tennessee
Referees: Kyle Rehman, Graham Skilliter
Linesmen: Ryan Gibbons, Kilian McNamara
Attendance: 17581

Six different players scored and the Nashville Predators smashed the visiting Montreal Canadiens 6-3 on Tuesday.

The Canadiens have now lost six straight and allowed six goals or more in three straight losses.

Nino Niederreiter had a trio of assists for the Predators, who now have points in six of their last seven games.

Nashville jumped out to a big first-period lead before Montreal momentarily made it close.

Cody Glass opened the scoring at 4:10 of the first period, tipping a power-play shot by Mattias Ekholm. Colton Sissons made it 2-0 at 5:49 when he finished an odd-man break with Filip Forsberg.

Ekholm then pushed the Predators advantage to 3-0 at 10:42 on a slap shot right as a Nashville power play expired.

Cole Caufield ended Nashville's onslaught with his 22nd goal, a slick backhand to cap a breakaway with 50 seconds remaining in the first period to make it 3-1.

Josh Anderson pulled the Canadiens within 3-2 at 6:40 of the second period, but Nashville answered with another three-goal run.

Thomas Novak made it 4-2 at 8:18 of the second period off a pass from Yakov Trenin. Roman Josi pushed the advantage to 5-2 at 17:48 of the period on a dish from Novak.

Matt Duchene added a power-play goal at 4:43 of the third period to give Nashville a 6-2 lead, this time assisted by Josi and Mikael Granlund.

Brendan Gallagher scored for Montreal with 3:01 remaining for the final goal of the game.

Juuse Saros made 24 saves for Nashville in the victory. Sam Montembault gave up all six goals on 34 shots.

Nashville went 2-for-4 on the power play and was perfect on four penalty kills.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
 
Montreal   Nashville
Josh Anderson 1 Points Nino Niederreiter 3
Josh Anderson 1 Goals Mattias Ekholm 1
Jonathan Drouin 1 Assists Nino Niederreiter 3
N/A Power Play Goals Matt Duchene 1
N/A Short Handed Goals N/A
Sam Montembeault .824 Save Percentage Juuse Saros .889
Sam Montembeault 28 Saves Juuse Saros 24
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Shots Goals Power Play Penalty Kill Penalty Mins Face Offs Won
Montreal 27 3 0-4 2-4 10 24
Nashville 34 6 2-4 4-4 10 32
Upcoming Games
  • Nashville will play their next game on the road against Carolina. The Predators have a W/L % of .500 after a win and .400 after a loss.
  • Montreal will play their next game at home against NY Rangers. The Canadiens have a W/L % of .333 after a win and .435 after a loss.