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Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville Preseason Final

Final score

The Nashville Predators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 5–2 on Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at home.

Team Goals 2015-2016 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 46-31-5
at Nashville Predators 5 41-27-14

Goals by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 0 2 0 2
Nashville Predators 3 1 1 5

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 10 9 13 32
Nashville Predators 16 9 5 30

Three stars

  1. C. Smith, Nashville Predators (2 goals)
  2. R. Josi, Nashville Predators (2 assists)
  3. P. Rinne, Nashville Predators (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 07:47 Nashville Predators James Neal (1) Roman Josi (2), Kevin Fiala (2) Even strength TBL 0, NSH 1
1st 08:40 Nashville Predators Shea Weber (1) Mike Ribeiro (1), Colin Wilson (1) Power play TBL 0, NSH 2
1st 16:14 Nashville Predators Craig Smith (1) Roman Josi (3), Victor Bartley (1) Even strength TBL 0, NSH 3
2nd 04:31 Nashville Predators Craig Smith (2) Colin Wilson (2), Mike Ribeiro (2) Even strength TBL 0, NSH 4
2nd 06:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Vladislav Namestnikov (1) Mike Blunden (1), Matthew Peca (1) Power play TBL 1, NSH 4
2nd 10:14 Tampa Bay Lightning JT Brown (1) Jeff Tambellini (1) Even strength TBL 2, NSH 4
3rd 17:47 Nashville Predators Colton Sissons (2) Viktor Arvidsson (2), Steve Moses (1) Power play TBL 2, NSH 5

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Nashville Predators
Shots on goal 32 30
Power play 1 of 4 2 of 5
Penalty minutes 21 29
Hits 21 29
Blocked shots 10 17
Giveaways 5 7
Takeaways 7 8
Faceoffs won 26/59 (44.1%) 33/59 (55.9%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
9 T. Johnson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17:11
16 J. Tambellini L 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 13:24
18 O. Palat L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 17:11
23 J. Brown R 1 0 1 -1 2 3 1 2 13:24
38 T. Richard C 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 14:56
42 J. Marchessault R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 15:07
43 P. Paradis C 0 0 0 -1 2 3 3 1 10:12
44 T. McGinn L 0 0 0 +1 4 1 4 0 12:57
46 M. Blunden R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 11:51
63 M. Peca C 0 1 1 -1 0 2 1 0 15:02
86 N. Kucherov R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 16:16
90 V. Namestnikov C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 1 17:35
53 L. Witkowski D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 19:48
59 J. Dotchin D 0 0 0 0 5 3 1 1 18:33
62 A. Sustr D 0 0 0 -3 2 2 1 2 18:25
74 D. Masin D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 1 17:45
75 D. Walcott L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 18:23
89 N. Nesterov D 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 21:05
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
32 A. Wilcox 21 17 4 .810 29:46 Loss

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player
12 M. Fisher C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 1 14:33
15 C. Smith C 2 0 2 +2 2 4 0 0 17:01
18 J. Neal L 1 0 1 +1 2 1 0 0 09:05
21 S. Moses R 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 13:13
24 E. Nystrom L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 3 0 14:21
28 P. Gaustad C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 5 0 14:41
33 C. Wilson C 0 2 2 +1 0 1 0 1 16:49
38 V. Arvidsson L 0 1 1 +1 0 2 1 0 14:17
51 A. Watson L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 15:07
56 K. Fiala L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 0 2 11:41
63 M. Ribeiro C 0 2 2 +2 10 0 0 1 16:21
84 C. Sissons C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 1 14:33
2 A. Bitetto D 0 0 0 0 9 1 3 4 19:46
6 S. Weber D 1 0 1 +1 0 3 2 0 19:23
7 C. Allen D 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 0 19:27
59 R. Josi D 0 2 2 +3 0 3 0 3 21:52
64 V. Bartley D 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 18:37
71 T. Aronson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17:15
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
35 P. Rinne 32 30 2 .938 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 08:02 Tampa Bay Lightning Tye McGinn Tripping 2
2nd 02:30 Tampa Bay Lightning Andrej Sustr High sticking 2
2nd 04:41 Nashville Predators Anthony Bitetto Fighting (major) 5
2nd 04:41 Tampa Bay Lightning Jake Dotchin Fighting (major) 5
2nd 04:41 Nashville Predators Anthony Bitetto Roughing 2
2nd 11:02 Tampa Bay Lightning Tye McGinn Slashing 2
2nd 11:02 Nashville Predators James Neal Slashing 2
2nd 11:16 Tampa Bay Lightning Nikita Nesterov Kneeing 2
2nd 20:00 Tampa Bay Lightning Tanner Richard High sticking double minor 4
2nd 20:00 Nashville Predators Conor Allen Slashing 2
3rd 03:17 Nashville Predators Anthony Bitetto Roughing 2
3rd 03:17 Tampa Bay Lightning Philippe Paradis Roughing 2
3rd 08:08 Nashville Predators Paul Gaustad Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
3rd 08:08 Nashville Predators Mike Ribeiro Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 10:41 Nashville Predators Craig Smith High sticking 2
3rd 12:15 Nashville Predators Conor Allen Slashing 2
3rd 15:53 Tampa Bay Lightning JT Brown Slashing 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Nashville Predators head coach
Peter Laviolette
Referees
Thomas John Luxmore, Dean Morton
Linesmen
Derek Amell, David Brisebois
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Mattias Ohlund, Anton But, Pavel Sedov, Alexander Polushin, Ray Emery, Dimitri Bezrukov, Vitali Smolyninov, Ilya Solarev, Valtteri Filppula, Vasily Koshechkin, Dimitri Kazionov, Alexei Glukhov, Braydon Coburn, Brian Boyle, Matt Carle, Albert Vishnyakov, Ryan Callahan, Ben Bishop, Anton Stralman, Mike Angelidis, Denis Kazionov, Erik Condra, Alex Killorn, Jason Garrison, Steven Stamkos, Matt Taormina, Victor Hedman, Ryan Martindale, James Mullin, David Broll, Chalrie Dodero, Yanni Gourde, Dylan Blujus, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Slater Koekkoek, Brian Hart, Cedric Paquette, Nikita Gusev, Saku Salminen, Joel Vermin, Kristers Gudlevskis, Henri Ikonen, Adam Erne, Jonathan Drouin, Philippe Cadorette, Tony DeAngelo, Johnathan MacLeod, Brayden Point, Ben Thomas, Cristiano Digiacinto, Cameron Darcy, Bokondji Imama, Matthew Spencer, Dennis Yan, Mathieu Joseph, Mitchell Stephens, Anthony Cirelli, Jonne Tammela, Ryan Zuhlsdorf, Kristian Oldham, Kevin Gibson
Nashville Predators scratches
Barret Jackman, Sergei Soin, Anton Lavrentiev, Konstantin Glazachev, Grigory Shafigulin, Rustam Sidikov, Denis Kulyash, Cody Bass, Cody Hodgson, Ryan Ellis, Jamie Devane, Mattias Ekholm, Gabriel Bourque, Carter Hutton, Calle Jarnkrok, Max Reinhart, Garrett Noonan, Miikka Salomaki, Jimmy Oligny, Pontus Aberg, Filip Forsberg, Jimmy Vesey, Mikko Vainonen, Zach Stepan, Marek Mazanec, Max Gortz, Jaynen Rissling, Brandon Whitney, Felix Girard, Wade Murphy, Janne Juvonen, Saku Maenalanen, Teemu Kivihalme, Emil Pettersson, Jonathan-Ismael Diaby, Seth Jones, Trevor Murphy, Joseph Pendenza, Frederick Gaudreau, Johan Alm, Vladislav Kamenev, Jack Dougherty, Justin Kirkland, Joonas Lyytinen, Aaron Irving, Eric Robinson, Anthony Richard, Tommy Novak, Yakov Trenin, Kristian Nakyva, Alexandre Carrier, Karel Vejmelka, Tyler Moy, Evan Smith

2015-2016 season series

Matchup Status Details
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