🇨🇦 Away Canadiens 35-27-9 before this game

1–5

Final

🐯 Home Predators 29-34-7 before this game

Scoring	1st	2nd	3rd	F
MTL	0	1	0	1
NSH	3	1	1	5

Canadiens at Predators

Predators beat Canadiens 5–1 at Bridgestone Arena on March 23, 2002.

🗓 Sat, Mar 23, 2002 · 18:00 CST 📍 Bridgestone Arena, Nashville 🏒 2001-02 🔁 Season series tied 1–1 Head-to-head history →

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score

1st star 🐯 NSH

Jukka Hentunen

1 G, 1 A

2 shots · 13:02 TOI · +1

2nd star 🐯 NSH

David Legwand

1 G

2 shots · 13:06 TOI · +1

3rd star 🐯 NSH

Karlis Skrastins

1 G

2 shots · 19:53 TOI · +2

4rd star 🐯 NSH

Mike Dunham

42 saves

0.977 SV% · 1 GA

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order

1st period

🐯 Steve Dubinsky Go-ahead 1st · 00:49

Assists: Jukka Hentunen · beat Jose Theodore

0–1

🐯 Jukka Hentunen 1st · 06:32

Unassisted · beat Jose Theodore

0–2

🐯 David Legwand 1st · 10:58

Assists: Scott Hartnell · beat Jose Theodore

0–3

2nd period

🐯 Reid Simpson 2nd · 03:56

Assists: Nathan Perrott, Andy Delmore · beat Stephane Fiset

0–4

🇨🇦 Shaun Van Allen 2nd · 07:10

Assists: Andreas Dackell, Stephane Quintal · beat Mike Dunham

1–4

3rd period

🐯 Karlis Skrastins 3rd · 01:54

Unassisted · beat Stephane Fiset

1–5

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right

🇨🇦MTL NSH🐯

43 Shots on goal 26

25 Hits 22

8 Blocked shots 7

11 Takeaways 13

6 Giveaways 6

6 Penalty minutes 16

MTL shooting 2.3% (1/43) NSH shooting 19.2% (5/26)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage

🇨🇦Canadiens

Stephane Fiset

17/19

.895 SV% · 2 GA · 49:02 TOI

Jose Theodore

4/7

.571 SV% · 3 GA · 10:58 TOI

🐯Predators

Mike Dunham

42/43

.977 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI

🔮 Period by period

After 1st — 0–3

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Predators

Predators: no games found in this situation this year.

After 2nd — 1–4

Canadiens

Canadiens: no games found in this situation this year.

Predators

Predators: no games found in this situation this year.

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time

🇨🇦Canadiens

L1 Gilmour · Zednik · Petrov 20:37

L2 Lindsay · Berezin · Perreault 15:35

L3 Hossa · Van Allen · Dackell 12:17

L4 Kilger · Bulis 10:04

D1 Rivet · Markov 22:22

D2 Quintal · Brisebois 19:36

D3 Robidas · Dykhuis 14:06

D4 Traverse 13:19

🐯Predators

L1 Hartnell · Johnson · Arkhipov 19:45

L2 Orszagh · Dubinsky · Erat 16:51

L3 Legwand · Hentunen · Tenkrat 13:02

L4 Simpson · Andersson · Perrott 4:10

D1 Karalahti · Houlder 22:52

D2 Timonen · Skrastins 20:50

D3 Hulse · Delmore 17:00

⚔️ Last meetings

Season series tied 1–1 Full head-to-head →

2–2 (OT) · Canadiens won

❓ MTL vs NSH, answered

Who won Canadiens vs Predators on March 23, 2002?

Predators won 5–1.

What was the final score of Canadiens vs Predators?

The final score was Canadiens 1, Predators 5.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Shaun Van Allen.

Who scored for Predators?

David Legwand, Jukka Hentunen, Karlis Skrastins, Reid Simpson, Steve Dubinsky.

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Stephane Fiset made 17 saves on 19 shots (.895 save percentage).

How did the Predators goalie play?

Mike Dunham made 42 saves on 43 shots (.977 save percentage).

Where is Canadiens vs Predators played?

At Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, the Predators home rink.

What is the Canadiens vs Predators season series?

Season series tied 1–1 after 2 games.

Have a different question? Ask the Oracle — it answers from this season's box scores.

🧭 Around this game

Each team's schedule either side of it

🇨🇦Canadiens

Previous game · Mar 22

🐯Predators

Previous game · Mar 21

Also on March 23, 2002

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