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Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Tampa Bay Lightning 3 50-26-6
at Nashville Predators 2 38-34-10

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 7 8 9 1 0 25
Nashville Predators 8 14 4 3 0 29

Three stars

  1. B. Katchouk, Tampa Bay Lightning
  2. B. Martin, Nashville Predators (2 goals)
  3. M. Wood, Nashville Predators (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 02:13 Nashville Predators Brady Martin (1) Matthew Wood (3) Even strength TBL 0, NSH 1
2nd 04:42 Nashville Predators Brady Martin (2) Michael Bunting (2), Matthew Wood (4) Power play TBL 0, NSH 2
3rd 09:28 Tampa Bay Lightning Sam O'Reilly (1) Oliver Bjorkstrand (1) Even strength TBL 1, NSH 2
3rd 17:57 Tampa Bay Lightning Jakob Pelletier (1) Grant Spada (1), Steven Santini (1) Even strength TBL 2, NSH 2

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Nashville Predators Steven Stamkos Saved
1 Tampa Bay Lightning Gage Goncalves Saved
2 Nashville Predators Filip Forsberg Saved
2 Tampa Bay Lightning Oliver Bjorkstrand Saved
3 Nashville Predators Jonathan Marchessault Saved
3 Tampa Bay Lightning Boris Katchouk Goal (winner)

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Nashville Predators
Shots on goal 25 29
Power play 0 of 5 1 of 5
Penalty minutes 12 22
Hits 31 27
Blocked shots 12 9
Giveaways 13 5
Takeaways 0 1
Faceoffs won 29/61 (47.5%) 32/61 (52.5%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
6 N. Abruzzese C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 13:27
12 J. Pelletier L 1 0 1 +1 0 5 0 0 0 17:58
13 T. Allard L 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 44.4% 14:25
22 O. Bjorkstrand R 0 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 17:58
23 S. O'Reilly R 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 50% 21:30
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 0 0 +1 0 2 0 0 0 50% 15:04
46 S. Sabourin R 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 12:56
50 C. Flinton L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 11:55
52 M. Groshev D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 0 0 20:51
61 B. Katchouk L 0 0 0 +1 0 0 3 0 0 66.7% 16:02
75 L. Mercuri C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 37.5% 13:01
83 K. Pitre C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:18
93 G. Goncalves C 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 19:16
16 S. Santini D 0 1 1 -1 0 1 5 1 0 19:44
43 D. Raddysh D 0 0 0 +1 0 3 0 1 0 26:57
48 G. Spada D 0 1 1 +1 6 0 1 0 0 11:22
67 D. Carlile D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 1 0 24:57
76 R. Schmidt D 0 0 0 +1 4 0 4 2 0 13:50
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
33 B. Halverson 22 20 2 .909 39:58
70 C. Heil 7 7 0 1.000 25:00 Win

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player
9 F. Forsberg L 0 0 0 +1 0 3 1 0 0 16:44
25 J. Kemell R 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 16:10
36 C. Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 14:09
40 F. Svechkov C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 0 0 42.9% 20:10
44 B. Martin C 2 0 2 +1 0 3 2 2 1 30% 14:19
47 M. McCarron C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 71.4% 15:50
49 R. Schaefer L 0 0 0 -1 2 4 3 0 0 14:47
56 E. Haula L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 4 0 0 53.8% 13:23
58 M. Bunting L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 0 0 0 14:32
71 M. Wood R 0 2 2 +1 0 2 3 0 0 13:50
81 J. Marchessault R 0 0 0 -1 14 1 2 0 0 15:10
91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 1 0 66.7% 20:13
20 J. Barron D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 1 0 15:12
24 S. Stastney D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13:31
48 N. Perbix D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 20:26
59 R. Josi D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 1 0 25:14
76 B. Skjei D 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 2 0 21:48
83 A. Wilsby D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 19:39
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
29 J. Annunen 18 16 2 .889 34:50 OT loss
74 J. Saros 7 7 0 1.000 30:10

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 00:00 Nashville Predators Fedor Svechkov Delaying game face off violation 2
1st 05:51 Tampa Bay Lightning Roman Schmidt Roughing 2
1st 08:58 Nashville Predators Reid Schaefer Hooking 2
2nd 03:11 Tampa Bay Lightning Roman Schmidt Cross checking 2
2nd 04:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Grant Spada Roughing 2
2nd 04:53 Nashville Predators Jonathan Marchessault Roughing 2
2nd 04:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Grant Spada Roughing 2
2nd 04:53 Nashville Predators Jonathan Marchessault Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 04:35 Tampa Bay Lightning Tristan Allard Delaying game puck over glass 2
3rd 09:36 Tampa Bay Lightning Grant Spada Tripping 2
3rd 11:23 Nashville Predators Brady Skjei Slashing 2
3rd 13:59 Nashville Predators Jonathan Marchessault Roughing 2
3rd 14:37 Nashville Predators Erik Haula Roughing 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Nashville Predators head coach
Andrew Brunette
Referees
Dan O'Rourke, Stephen Hiff
Linesmen
Steve Barton, Ryan Jackson
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Ryan McDonagh, Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov, Yanni Gourde, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Jake Guentzel, Nick Paul, Jonas Johansson, Brayden Point, Erik Cernak, Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel, Thomas Miller, Charles-Edouard D'Astous, Pontus Holmberg, Simon Lundmark, Reece Newkirk, Mikhail Shalagin, McKade Webster, Max Crozier, Mitchell Chaffee, Jack Finley, J.J. Moser, Dylan Duke, Niko Huuhtanen, Jack Harvey, Emil Lilleberg, Daniil Pylenkov, Matt Pietroniro, Conor Geekie, Ryan Fanti, Klavs Veinbergs, Dyllan Gill, Connor Kurth, Dominic James, Milo Roelens, Ethan Gauthier, Jayson Shaugabay, Brendan Furry, Chris Harpur, Warren Clark, Ethan Hay, Gabriel Szturc, Marco Mignosa, Harrison Meneghin, Hagen Burrows, Jan Golicic, Joona Saarelainen, Joe Connor, Noah Steen, Spencer Kersten, Ethan Czata, Wojciech Stachowiak, Benjamin Rautiainen, Aiden Foster, Everett Baldwin, Roman Luttsev, Maddox Labre
Nashville Predators scratches
Ryan O'Reilly, Kevin Gravel, Scott Harrington, Jordan Oesterle, Daniel Carr, Andreas Englund, Konstantin Volkov, Dylan Gambrell, Nicolas Hague, Isaac Ratcliffe, Magnus Chrona, Jake Lucchini, Semyon Chystyakov, Isak Walther, Ethan Haider, Navrin Mutter, Zack Hayes, Ryder Rolston, Ozzy Wiesblatt, Ryan Ufko, Zachary L'Heureux, Jack Matier, Kyle Marino, Adam Ingram, Kasper Kulonummi, Nick Blankenburg, Matt Murray, Cole O'Hara, Ben Strinden, Chad Nychuk, Austin Roest, David Edstrom, Andrew Gibson, Kalan Lind, Tanner Molendyk, Felix Nilsson, Joey Willis, Sutter Muzzatti, Aiden Fink, Oasiz Wiesblatt, Miguel Marques, Teddy Stiga, Egor Surin, Viggo Gustafsson, Jakub Milota, Viktor Norringer, Erik Påhlsson, Jacob Rombach, Cameron Reid, Jack Ivankovic, Ryker Lee, T.J. Semptimphelter, Alex Huang, Daniel Nieminen, Alex Kostov, Hayden Barch

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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