Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning

Friday, September 22, 2017, 7:30 PM ET Amalie Arena, Tampa Preseason Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 3–1 on Friday, September 22, 2017 at home.

Final score, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2017-2018 record
Nashville Predators	1	53-18-11
at Tampa Bay Lightning	3	54-23-5

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	0	1	3

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	12	11	7	30
Tampa Bay Lightning	11	11	7	29

Three stars

A. Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning (goaltender)
S. Stamkos, Tampa Bay Lightning (2 assists)
M. Peca, Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring summary

Every goal, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	00:33	Tampa Bay Lightning	Victor Hedman (1)	Steven Stamkos (1), Nikita Kucherov (1)	Even strength	NSH 0, TBL 1
1st	15:37	Tampa Bay Lightning	Nikita Kucherov (1)	Steven Stamkos (2), Ondrej Palat (1)	Power play	NSH 0, TBL 2
3rd	03:26	Tampa Bay Lightning	Yanni Gourde (1)	Ryan Callahan (1), Alex Killorn (1)	Even strength	NSH 0, TBL 3
3rd	14:05	Nashville Predators	Austin Watson (1)	Emil Pettersson (1), Samuel Girard (1)	Even strength	NSH 1, TBL 3

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	30	29
Power play	0 of 7	1 of 5
Penalty minutes	10	14
Hits	15	20
Blocked shots	4	13
Giveaways	4	11
Takeaways	6	4
Faceoffs won	20/49 (40.8%)	29/49 (59.2%)

Box score

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 C. Sissons	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	0	42.1%	19:03
Number 16 C. Bass	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	20%	09:07
Number 19 C. Jarnkrok	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	37.5%	14:48
Number 20 M. Salomaki	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	75%	21:04
Number 22 K. Fiala	L	0	0	0	-1	2	4	0	0		16:39
Number 42 B. Butler	R	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0		07:21
Number 46 P. Aberg	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		15:17
Number 51 A. Watson	L	1	0	1	+1	2	3	2	0	50%	15:30
Number 65 E. Pettersson	C	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	66.7%	11:10
Number 89 F. Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	40%	17:35
Number 90 A. Richard	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12:00
Number 91 V. Kamenev	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0		13:15
Number 2 A. Bitetto	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0		24:19
Number 7 Y. Weber	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	2		20:55
Number 8 P. Granberg	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		17:25
Number 45 A. Carrier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		20:56
Number 60 J. Lyytinen	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		15:40
Number 94 S. Girard	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1		21:19

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 74 J. Saros	29	26	3	.897	57:57	Loss

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 7 M. Joseph	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	0		11:33
Number 9 T. Johnson	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	45.5%	15:53
Number 14 C. Kunitz	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		11:24
Number 17 A. Killorn	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	0		14:14
Number 18 O. Palat	L	0	1	1	0	0	4	2	0	0	100%	16:01
Number 21 B. Point	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1	0	100%	18:45
Number 24 R. Callahan	R	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	2	0	100%	12:38
Number 37 Y. Gourde	C	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	1	0	54.5%	16:29
Number 38 D. Yan	L	0	0	0	-1	2	2	1	0	0		08:02
Number 63 M. Peca	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0	90%	13:15
Number 86 N. Kucherov	R	1	1	2	+1	0	3	0	0	1		15:59
Number 91 S. Stamkos	C	0	2	2	+1	0	1	0	0	0	50%	19:05
Number 56 B. Thomas	D	0	0	0	0	4	1	3	0	0		20:55
Number 64 M. Spencer	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0		18:06
Number 75 D. Walcott	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0		14:13
Number 77 V. Hedman	D	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	3	0		23:09
Number 81 E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	+1	0	3	2	2	0		16:16
Number 98 M. Sergachev	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		20:03

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy	30	29	1	.967	60:00	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:23	Nashville Predators	Anthony Bitetto	Holding the stick	2
1st	07:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ben Thomas	High sticking	2
1st	12:06	Tampa Bay Lightning	Matthew Spencer	Tripping	2
1st	14:55	Nashville Predators	Kevin Fiala	Slashing	2
1st	15:24	Nashville Predators	Calle Jarnkrok	Slashing	2
1st	17:37	Tampa Bay Lightning	Dennis Yan	Slashing	2
1st	18:29	Tampa Bay Lightning	Yanni Gourde	Slashing	2
2nd	04:33	Tampa Bay Lightning	Alex Killorn	Delaying game puck over glass	2
2nd	11:22	Tampa Bay Lightning	Mathieu Joseph	Slashing	2
2nd	17:06	Nashville Predators	Joonas Lyytinen	Delaying game puck over glass	2
3rd	03:54	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ben Thomas	Slashing	2
3rd	08:10	Nashville Predators	Austin Watson	Slashing	2

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach: Peter Laviolette
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Referees: Kyle Rehman, Francois St-Laurent
Linesmen: Brandon Gawryletz, Tim Nowak
Nashville Predators scratches: Scott Hartnell, Alexei Emelin, Pekka Rinne, Cody McLeod, Trevor Smith, Nick Bonino, P.K. Subban, Pierre-Cedric Labrie, Roman Josi, Anders Lindback, Ryan Ellis, Mattias Ekholm, Craig Smith, Matt Irwin, Ryan Johansen, Filip Forsberg, Andrew O'Brien, Trevor Murphy, Jack Dougherty, Justin Kirkland, Viktor Arvidsson, Tommy Novak, Yakov Trenin, Matthew O'Connor, Karel Vejmelka, Tyler Moy, Frederic Allard, Dante Fabbro, Rem Pitlick, Hardy Haman Aktell, Konstantin Volkov, Patrick Harper, Adam Smith, Eeli Tolvanen, Pavel Koltygin, Jacob Paquette, Grant Mismash, David Farrance, Victor Ejdsell, Tomas Vomacka, T.J. Melancon
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Michael Leighton, Peter Budaj, Vasily Koshechkin, Braydon Coburn, Anton Stralman, Dan Girardi, Jamie McBain, Erik Condra, Nicola Riopel, Kevin Lynch, Gabriel Dumont, Michael Bournival, Tye McGinn, Reid McNeill, Cory Conacher, Vladislav Namestnikov, JT Brown, Slater Koekkoek, Cedric Paquette, Jake Dotchin, Andrej Sustr, Carter Verhaeghe, Adam Erne, Mathew Bodie, Dominik Masin, Johnathan MacLeod, Mitchell Stephens, Anthony Cirelli, Jonne Tammela, Ryan Zuhlsdorf, Kristian Oldham, Alex Gallant, Shane Conacher, Libor Hajek, Brett Howden, Boris Katchouk, Taylor Raddysh, Otto Somppi, Ross Colton, Christopher Paquette, Ryan Lohin, Oleg Sosunov, Cal Foote, Alexey Lipanov, Alexander Volkov, Nick Perbix, Cole Guttman, Sammy Walker

2017-2018 season series

Every Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2017-2018 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Nashville Predators 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning, Fri, Sep 22, 2017
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 at Nashville Predators 2	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators, Sat, Sep 30, 2017

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