October 31st, 1982
Nashville Predators (10-4-3) at
Montreal Canadiens (10-8-1)
Montreal will be facing a very good Nashville team at the Bell for their first meeting of the year. Montreal has given up 7 and 6 goals in 2 of their last 3 games and are concerned about being ranked 22nd in the NHL for goals against per game. (2.95) On the plus side Montreal is also scoring 2.95 goals per game and are ranked 6th in the league.
Nashville is led by 33 year old RD
Paul Gourley. Gourley has 5 goals and 5 assists for 10 points along with his 35 PIMs this season in 17 games. An All-Star in 1981, he had 43 points in 78 games that season. He has played in 177 career NHL games and has 22 goals, 90 points and 144 PIMs to his credit.
The Predators have one of the league up-coming Two-way Forwards in 25 year old
Jeremy Longboat. Longboat has 9 goals and 23 points in 17 games this season. In 181 career NHL games all with the Predators he has 68 goals and 160 points with 178 PIMs.
RD
Juan Estrada is a stable stay at home defenseman for the Predators. The 37 year old has 3 goals and 9 points this season but over the past 3 years, he has 16 goals and 70 points in 157 career NHL games. A fractured arm limited him to just 59 games in the 81-82 season.
Nashville will start
Walker Bowman in the net, he has a .925 save % in 11 games this season.
Mike Blackshear will start for Montreal, he has a .884 save % in 16 games.
Montreal 6 Nashville 5 (OT)
It was a terrible period for the Canadiens as they were out shot 8 to 2 and both shots were in the final minute of the period. No shots for 19 minutes to start the game. Montreal was also shorthanded 4 times and did not have a PP in the 1st.
Nashville does open the scoring at 2:42 of the 2nd, RD
Juan Estrada gets his 4th of the year. The Predators make it 2-0 at 4:33 when RW
Lindsay Rice gets his 3rd of the season. Montreal gets one back at 5:43 when C
Chris Hughes collects his 13th of the year. But at 7:49 LW
Tomas Franc with his 2nd makes it 3-1. 3 goals on 3 shots for Nashville so far in the 2nd. Montreal scores on the PP at 11:43 when LW
Batsaikhany Vanoosten gets his 2nd of the year. Montreal ties it on the PP when C
Dave Wright gets his 7th of the year at 15:17. The lead is short lived, Predators C
Denis Winter gets his 4th at 15:42 to make it 4-3. That goal ends
Mike Blackshear's night. Thats how the period ends at Montreal out shoots the Preds 20 to 10 in the 2nd.
Nashville makes it 5-3 just 1:10 into the 3rd when LW
Lindsay Rice gets his 4th of the year. The parade to the scoresheet continues as RW
Al Ladd gets his 4th of the year at 2:03 of the 3rd. Its now 5-4. Montreal ties it up at 10:40 when RD
Yegor Berestnev scores his 3rd of the year on the PP. Montreal gets a chance on the PP with just over a minute left. They are unable to score, but will have 59 seconds remaining in the PP to start the overtime.
Montreal wins it in overtime when LW
Melvin Swiney scores his 4th of the year at 0:42 on the PP makes the home fans go home happy.
Montreal's RW
Al Ladd was named the 1st star with his 1 goal and 2 assists. The 30 year old Ladd now has 4 goals, 14 assists for 18 points in 20 games. Orginally with the Blackhawks, Montreal acquired Ladd in a trade at the deadline in January of 1982. In 173 career NHL games, Ladd has 60 goals, 109 assists for 169 points with 83 PIMs and a +41 rating.
| PER | TEAM | GOAL | # | ASSIST | ASSIST |
| 1st |
| No Scoring |
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| 2nd | NSH | Juan Estrada | 4 | Tomas Franc | Cash Carrick |
| 2nd | NSH | Lindsay Rice | 3 | Jeremy Longboat | Steve Belisle |
| 2nd | MTL | Chris Hughes | 13 | Al Ladd | Lorenzo Bocci |
| 2nd | NSH | Tomas Franc | 2 | Nathan Burke |
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| 2nd | MTL | Batsaikhany Vanoosten (PP) | 2 | Martin Sulc |
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| 2nd | MTL | Dave Wright (PP) | 7 | Al Ladd | Chris Hughes |
| 2nd | NSH | Denis Winter | 4 | Cash Carrick | Tomas Franc |
| 3rd | NSH | Lindsay Rice | 4 | Marc Villeneuve | Jeremy Longboat |
| 3rd | MTL | Al Ladd | 4 | Lorenzo Bocci |
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| 3rd | MTL | Yegor Berestnev (PP) | 3 | Chris Hughes |
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| OT | MTL | Melvin Swiney (PP) | 4 | Jim Rutgers | Clint Arrington |
| TEAM | GOALIE | SA | GA |
| NSH | Walker Bowman | 34 | 6 |
| MTL | Mike Blackshear | 17 | 4 |
| MTL | Steve Burris | 14 | 1 |
Around the league...............
Buffalo Sabres LW
Martin Vondrachek was named the Player of the Month for the NHL. The 24 year old has 15 goals, 17 assists for 32 points in 19 games. Vondrachek was just part of the trade that seen him acquired from the Edmonton Oilers. He has yet to play a game with the Sabres.
New Jersey Devils G
Jeremy Hollowell was named the Goalie of the Month for the NHL. The 19 year old Hollowell is 8-6-0 with 3 SO's, a .3.05 GAA and a .909 save % this season. Hollowell is in his 2nd season in the NHL, he has a career 30-30-6 record with 8 SO's, a 2.68 GAA and .916 save %. Hollowell was the 1st overall pick in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft by the Devils.
Edmonton Oilers C
Lawrence Diamond had 3 goals in a 6-0 win over the Canucks. The 35 year old Diamond now has 14 goals, 14 assists for 28 points with 12 PIMs and +18 rating. The 1981 All-Star has played 174 NHL games, all with the Oilers and has 64 goals, 102 assists for 166 points and a +41 rating.
Nashville Predators C
Jeremy Longboat had 2 goals in a 6-1 win over the Bruins. The 25 year old Longboat now has 11 goals, 16 assists for 27 points with 18 PIMs and +8 rating. In 183 career NHL games, Longboat has 70 goals and 164 points with 186 PIMs.
Buffalo Sabres RW
Wilfred Caldwell had a goal and 3 assists in a 4-1 win over the Blues. The 28 year old Caldwell has 5 goals, 13 assists for 18 points with 8 PIMs and a +7 rating. The 1982 All-Star now has played in 180 NHL career games, all with Buffalo and has 58 goals and 170 points.