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Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning

Benchmark International Arena, Tampa Preseason Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 4–1 on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Nashville Predators 1 38-34-10
at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 50-26-6

Goals by period

Team Total
Nashville Predators 0 1 0 1
Tampa Bay Lightning 1 1 2 4

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Nashville Predators 6 14 9 29
Tampa Bay Lightning 7 6 4 17

Three stars

  1. M. Chaffee, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)
  2. D. Raddysh, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. G. Goncalves, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal, 1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:34 Tampa Bay Lightning Darren Raddysh (1) Tristan Allard (1), Scott Sabourin (1) Even strength NSH 0, TBL 1
2nd 04:27 Tampa Bay Lightning Mitchell Chaffee (2) Anthony Cirelli (1), Brandon Hagel (1) Power play NSH 0, TBL 2
2nd 11:48 Nashville Predators Ozzy Wiesblatt (1) Fedor Svechkov (1), Michael Bunting (3) Even strength NSH 1, TBL 2
3rd 17:02 Tampa Bay Lightning Brandon Hagel (1) Gage Goncalves (1), Darren Raddysh (1) Power play NSH 1, TBL 3
3rd 19:03 Tampa Bay Lightning Gage Goncalves (1) Anthony Cirelli (2) Even strength, Empty net NSH 1, TBL 4

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

Team stats

Stat Nashville Predators Tampa Bay Lightning
Shots on goal 29 17
Power play 0 of 5 2 of 7
Penalty minutes 18 14
Hits 21 32
Blocked shots 8 11
Giveaways 13 6
Takeaways 1 1
Faceoffs won 24/52 (46.2%) 28/52 (53.8%)

Box score

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player
9 F. Forsberg L 0 0 0 -1 0 5 1 0 0 21:18
25 J. Kemell R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 0 0 15:44
40 F. Svechkov C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 0 28.6% 15:43
44 B. Martin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15:25
47 M. McCarron C 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 72.7% 13:27
56 E. Haula L 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 1 0 42.9% 15:38
58 M. Bunting L 0 1 1 -1 4 3 1 0 0 15:02
68 Z. L'Heureux L 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 0 15:01
81 J. Marchessault R 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 0 0 100% 19:15
89 O. Wiesblatt C 1 0 1 0 2 1 4 0 0 12:50
90 R. O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 0 0 38.9% 21:04
8 A. Englund D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 1 0 11:04
48 N. Perbix D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15:11
50 T. Molendyk D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 12:51
59 R. Josi D 0 0 0 -1 0 5 0 2 0 23:45
76 B. Skjei D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 20:57
82 J. Oesterle D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 10:17
83 A. Wilsby D 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 15:13
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
32 M. Murray 3 2 1 .667 18:18
74 J. Saros 13 11 2 .846 39:34 Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
13 T. Allard L 0 1 1 +1 0 0 2 0 0 100% 12:11
14 C. Geekie C 0 0 0 0 4 1 4 0 0 15:18
17 D. James C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 2 0 0 33.3% 14:50
37 Y. Gourde C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 44.4% 16:46
38 B. Hagel L 1 1 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 20:48
41 M. Chaffee R 1 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 1 16:29
46 S. Sabourin R 0 1 1 +1 4 1 3 0 0 100% 11:08
50 C. Flinton L 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 09:37
62 J. Finley C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 50% 16:46
71 A. Cirelli C 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 62.5% 20:02
75 L. Mercuri C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 7 0 0 100% 10:26
93 G. Goncalves C 1 1 2 +1 0 2 0 0 0 13:38
24 M. Crozier D 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 20:49
27 R. McDonagh D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 18:04
43 D. Raddysh D 1 1 2 +2 0 1 0 0 0 22:20
51 C. D'Astous D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 3 1 0 17:32
67 D. Carlile D 0 0 0 +1 2 3 2 0 0 16:53
81 E. Cernak D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 4 0 16:23
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
32 R. Fanti 9 9 0 1.000 20:00
33 B. Halverson 20 19 1 .950 40:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 16:17 Nashville Predators Adam Wilsby High sticking 2
1st 19:04 Nashville Predators Ryan O'Reilly Tripping 2
2nd 03:10 Nashville Predators Michael Bunting Interference 2
2nd 03:10 Tampa Bay Lightning Declan Carlile Roughing 2
2nd 03:10 Nashville Predators Michael Bunting Roughing 2
2nd 06:06 Tampa Bay Lightning Scott Sabourin Hooking 2
2nd 13:03 Tampa Bay Lightning Conor Geekie Tripping 2
2nd 15:56 Nashville Predators Adam Wilsby Tripping 2
2nd 16:53 Tampa Bay Lightning Mitchell Chaffee Cross checking 2
2nd 16:53 Nashville Predators Joakim Kemell Roughing 2
3rd 02:11 Nashville Predators Andreas Englund Boarding 2
3rd 05:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Lucas Mercuri Interference 2
3rd 09:06 Nashville Predators Ozzy Wiesblatt Cross checking 2
3rd 10:45 Tampa Bay Lightning Conor Geekie Holding 2
3rd 14:26 Tampa Bay Lightning Scott Sabourin Interference goalkeeper 2
3rd 15:56 Nashville Predators Erik Haula Tripping 2

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach
Andrew Brunette
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Referees
Jake Brenk, Liam Maaskant
Linesmen
CJ Murray, Tyson Baker
Nashville Predators scratches
Steven Stamkos, Kevin Gravel, Scott Harrington, Daniel Carr, Konstantin Volkov, Dylan Gambrell, Nicolas Hague, Isaac Ratcliffe, Magnus Chrona, Justus Annunen, Spencer Stastney, Jake Lucchini, Semyon Chystyakov, Isak Walther, Ethan Haider, Navrin Mutter, Zack Hayes, Cole Smith, Ryder Rolston, Justin Barron, Ryan Ufko, Jack Matier, Kyle Marino, Adam Ingram, Kasper Kulonummi, Reid Schaefer, Nick Blankenburg, Cole O'Hara, Ben Strinden, Chad Nychuk, Austin Roest, David Edstrom, Andrew Gibson, Kalan Lind, Felix Nilsson, Matthew Wood, 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
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Victor Hedman, Nikita Kucherov, Zemgus Girgensons, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Jake Guentzel, Oliver Bjorkstrand, Nick Paul, Steven Santini, Jonas Johansson, Brayden Point, Boris Katchouk, Thomas Miller, Pontus Holmberg, Simon Lundmark, Jakob Pelletier, Reece Newkirk, Mikhail Shalagin, McKade Webster, Nick Abruzzese, Maxim Groshev, J.J. Moser, Dylan Duke, Roman Schmidt, Niko Huuhtanen, Jack Harvey, Emil Lilleberg, Daniil Pylenkov, Matt Pietroniro, Klavs Veinbergs, Dyllan Gill, Connor Kurth, 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, Kaden Pitre, Joe Connor, Noah Steen, Spencer Kersten, Wojciech Stachowiak, Benjamin Rautiainen, Aiden Foster, Everett Baldwin, Caleb Heil, Roman Luttsev, Grant Spada

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
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Nashville Predators 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Preseason Game page

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