Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning

Thursday, September 19, 2013, 7:30 PM ET Tampa Bay Times Forum, Tampa Preseason Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 5–1 on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at home.

Final score, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2013-2014 record
Nashville Predators	1	38-32-12
at Tampa Bay Lightning	5	46-27-9

Goals by period

Goals by period, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Nashville Predators	0	0	1	1
Tampa Bay Lightning	2	2	1	5

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
Nashville Predators	11	8	13	32
Tampa Bay Lightning	8	9	4	21

Three stars

B. Connolly, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 goals)
S. Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)
V. Hedman, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	05:41	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brett Connolly (1)	Victor Hedman (1)	Even strength	NSH 0, TBL 1
1st	06:51	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ondrej Palat (1)	Unassisted	Even strength	NSH 0, TBL 2
2nd	06:44	Tampa Bay Lightning	Steven Stamkos (1)	Ryan Malone (1), Luke Witkowski (1)	Even strength	NSH 0, TBL 3
2nd	18:41	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brett Connolly (2)	Victor Hedman (2), Andrej Sustr (1)	Even strength	NSH 0, TBL 4
3rd	00:46	Nashville Predators	Matt Cullen (1)	Unassisted	Shorthanded	NSH 1, TBL 4
3rd	02:03	Tampa Bay Lightning	Richard Panik (1)	Nikita Kucherov (1), Matt Taormina (1)	Power play	NSH 1, TBL 5

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning
Stat	Nashville Predators	Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal	32	21
Power play	0 of 4	1 of 2
Penalty minutes	6	10
Hits	14	29
Blocked shots	10	9
Giveaways	4	14
Takeaways	11	9
Faceoffs won	24/52 (46.2%)	28/52 (53.8%)

Box score

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 M. Cullen	C	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	25%	15:39
Number 9 F. Forsberg	L	0	0	-1	0	5	1	0		15:15
Number 12 M. Fisher	C	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	58.8%	18:37
Number 18 K. Henderson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		09:50
Number 21 S. Moser	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		14:07
Number 24 E. Nystrom	L	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		18:26
Number 25 V. Stalberg	L	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0		15:49
Number 29 M. Van Guilder	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	50%	12:34
Number 33 C. Wilson	C	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		15:33
Number 41 T. Beck	L	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0		15:10
Number 52 A. Watson	L	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	46.2%	13:00
Number 76 Z. Budish	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1		12:09
Number 3 S. Jones	D	0	0	-1	0	2	2	1		21:31
Number 6 S. Weber	D	0	0	-1	4	2	2	2		20:49
Number 8 K. Klein	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	0		21:20
Number 42 M. Ekholm	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		24:31
Number 46 J. Jarvinen	D	0	0	-2	0	1	1	2		14:01
Number 83 A. Bitetto	D	0	0	-2	0	2	1	0		16:07

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 30 C. Hutton	17	13	4	.765	40:00	Loss
Number 39 M. Mazanec	4	3	1	.750	20:00

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 T. Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	58.3%	15:40
Number 12 R. Malone	L	0	1	1	+2	0	3	4	1	0		17:22
Number 14 B. Connolly	R	2	0	2	+3	0	2	1	1	0		14:57
Number 27 J. Drouin	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	25%	12:23
Number 38 T. Richard	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	50%	11:00
Number 56 N. Kucherov	R	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0		11:45
Number 58 G. Walker	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	100%	13:12
Number 65 V. Namestnikov	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:20
Number 71 R. Panik	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	1	1	1		15:04
Number 74 O. Palat	L	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	1	0		14:49
Number 76 P. Labrie	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	100%	13:00
Number 91 S. Stamkos	C	1	0	1	+2	0	3	4	0	0	61.9%	21:16
Number 3 K. Aulie	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	3	1	0		16:42
Number 53 L. Witkowski	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	2	0	0		18:37
Number 55 M. Taormina	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	0		20:13
Number 60 J. COTE	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	5	1	0		17:38
Number 62 A. Sustr	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	1	0		20:37
Number 77 V. Hedman	D	0	2	2	+2	0	1	0	1	0		23:42

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 31 C. Desjardins	17	16	1	.941	29:00
Number 35 R. Helenius	15	15	0	1.000	30:43	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	15:44	Tampa Bay Lightning	Luke Witkowski	High sticking	2
2nd	11:00	Nashville Predators	Shea Weber	Tripping	2
2nd	16:50	Nashville Predators	Shea Weber	Hooking	2
2nd	16:50	Tampa Bay Lightning	Tanner Richard	High sticking	2
3rd	00:31	Nashville Predators	Mike Fisher	Tripping	2
3rd	05:52	Tampa Bay Lightning	JP COTE	Elbowing	2
3rd	09:23	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nikita Kucherov	Holding	2
3rd	11:38	Tampa Bay Lightning	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach: Barry Trotz
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Referees: Francois St-Laurent, Jon McIsaac
Linesmen: Pierre Racicot, Jonny Murray
Nashville Predators scratches: David Legwand, Sergei Soin, Matt Hendricks, Paul Gaustad, Anton Lavrentiev, Konstantin Glazachev, Grigory Shafigulin, Rustam Sidikov, Bryan Rodney, Scott Ford, Denis Kulyash, Pekka Rinne, Rich Clune, Patric Hornqvist, Victor Bartley, Joe Piskula, Theo Ruth, Allen York, Nick Spaling, Roman Josi, Vinny Saponari, Mathieu Tousignant, Paul Crowder, Ryan Ellis, Charles-Olivier Roussel, Craig Smith, Gabriel Bourque, Nick Oliver, Scott Valentine, Mike Liambas, Taylor Aronson, Patrick Cehlin, Joonas Rask, Josh Shalla, Chase Balisy, Garrett Noonan, Magnus Hellberg, Miikka Salomaki, Barry Almeida, Pontus Aberg, Brendan Leipsic, Jimmy Vesey, Colton Sissons, Mikko Vainonen, Zach Stepan, Max Gortz, Simon Fernholm, Felix Girard, Cody Reichard, Eric Levine, Tommy Veilleux, Wade Murphy, Janne Juvonen, Saku Maenalanen, Teemu Kivihalme, Emil Pettersson, Juuse Saros, Jonathan-Ismael Diaby, Kayle Doetzel, Sebastian Geoffrion, Michael Moffat
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Mattias Ohlund, Sami Salo, Eric Brewer, Martin St. Louis, Anton But, Pavel Sedov, Alexander Polushin, Dimitri Bezrukov, Vitali Smolyninov, Ilya Solarev, Valtteri Filppula, Vasily Koshechkin, Dimitri Kazionov, Alexei Glukhov, Matt Carle, B.J. Crombeen, Nate Thompson, Albert Vishnyakov, Brian Lee, Ben Bishop, Tom Pyatt, Mike Angelidis, Denis Kazionov, Teddy Purcell, Alex Killorn, Dana Tyrell, Drew Olson, Mark Barberio, Anders Lindback, Philippe Paradis, Radko Gudas, James Mullin, Brendan O'Donnell, Charles Landry, Matthew Peca, Nikita Nesterov, Adam Wilcox, Dan Milan, Danick Gauthier, Artem Sergeev, JT Brown, Dylan Blujus, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Slater Koekkoek, Brian Hart, Cedric Paquette, Jake Dotchin, Nikita Gusev, Dmitry Korobov, Saku Salminen, Joel Vermin, Kristers Gudlevskis, Henri Ikonen, Adam Erne, Brady Brassart

2013-2014 season series

Every Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2013-2014 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Nashville Predators 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning, Thu, Sep 19, 2013
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 at Nashville Predators 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators, Tue, Sep 24, 2013

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