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2015-16 regular season

Predators at Canadiens

🗓 📍 Bell Centre, Montréal 🔁 Predators lead the season series 2–0

Predators beat Canadiens 2–1 in a shootout at Bell Centre on February 22, 2016.

NSH – MTL
30–29
Shots on goal
29–37
Hits
17–8
Blocked shots
1–10
Takeaways
⚔️ Head-to-head

The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🐯 NSH
Viktor Arvidsson
1 G
3 shots · 13:27 TOI
2nd star 🐯 NSH
James Neal
1 A
4 shots · 21:34 TOI
3rd star 🐯 NSH
Colin Wilson
1 A
1 shots · 16:18 TOI

Scoring

3 goals · in order
1st period
🐯 Viktor Arvidsson Go-ahead 1st · 03:16
Assists: James Neal, Colin Wilson · beat Mike Condon
1–0
🇨🇦 Brendan Gallagher Tying 1st · 18:43
Assists: Andrei Markov, Tomas Plekanec · beat Pekka Rinne
1–1
Shootout
🐯 Craig Smith Go-ahead SO · 00:00
Unassisted
2–1

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🐯Predators
L1 Neal · Ribeiro · Johansen 18:50
L2 Forsberg · Fisher · Jarnkrok 17:25
L3 Arvidsson · Wilson · Smith 16:17
L4 Watson · Gaustad · Salomaki 9:32
D1 Weber · Josi 28:28
D2 Ellis · Ekholm 22:58
D3 Bitetto · Granberg 12:05
🇨🇦Canadiens
L1 Plekanec · Eller · Gallagher 18:58
L2 Pacioretty · Fleischmann · Galchenyuk 17:45
L3 de la Rose · Byron · Andrighetto 15:46
L4 Lessio · Mitchell · Smith-Pelly 9:42
D1 Subban · Markov 28:16
D2 Beaulieu · Emelin 20:54
D3 Barberio · Pateryn 13:20

Team stats

Away left · home right
🐯NSH MTL🇨🇦
30 Shots on goal 29
29 Hits 37
17 Blocked shots 8
1 Takeaways 10
13 Giveaways 15
2 Penalty minutes 2
NSH shooting 6.7% (2/30) MTL shooting 3.4% (1/29)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🐯Predators
Pekka Rinne
28/29
.966 SV% · 1 GA · 64:41 TOI
🇨🇦Canadiens
Mike Condon
29/30
.967 SV% · 1 GA · 65:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

2 of 3 goals located
Viktor Arvidsson · 1st 03:16 · 1–0 Brendan Gallagher · 1st 18:43 · 1–1
NSH MTL
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–1
Predators
Predators — tied after 1st: 7-5-6 (39% win rate, 18 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 1st: 5-8-2 (33% win rate, 15 games)
After 2nd — 1–1
Predators
Predators — tied after 2nd: 6-4-5 (40% win rate, 15 games)
Canadiens
Canadiens — tied after 2nd: 7-5-2 (50% win rate, 14 games)

Last meetings

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Predators lead the season series 2–0
Dec 212015 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐯NSH 1–5 Mar 242015 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐯NSH 2–3 OT Jan 202015 🐯NSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 1–2 OT Dec 212013 🇨🇦MTL @ 🐯NSH 4–3 OT Oct 192013 🐯NSH @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–1
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Who won Predators vs Canadiens on February 22, 2016?

Predators won 2–1 in a shootout. The final score was Predators 2, Canadiens 1.

Who scored for Predators?

Viktor Arvidsson.

Who scored for Canadiens?

Brendan Gallagher.

How did the Predators goalie play?

Pekka Rinne made 28 saves on 29 shots (.966 save percentage).

How did the Canadiens goalie play?

Mike Condon made 29 saves on 30 shots (.967 save percentage).

Where is Predators vs Canadiens played?

At Bell Centre in Montréal, the Canadiens home rink.

What is the Predators vs Canadiens season series?

Predators lead the season series 2–0 after 2 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🐯 Predators
BeforeFeb 20 👑LAK @ 🐯NSH 2–1 AfterFeb 23 🐯NSH @ 🍁TOR 3–2
🇨🇦 Canadiens
BeforeFeb 19 🔔PHI @ 🇨🇦MTL 2–3 AfterFeb 24 🇨🇦MTL @ 🦅WSH 4–3
Also on February 22
🧥CBJ 6–4 🐻BOS 🌵ARI 2–3 🦅WSH 🦈SJS 6–3 🎵STL
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