Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning

Sunday, September 20, 2026, 5:00 PM ET Benchmark International Arena, Tampa Preseason Final

Final score

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 2–1 on Sunday, September 20, 2026 at home.

Final score, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning
Team	Goals	2026-2027 record
Nashville Predators	1	2-2-3
at Tampa Bay Lightning	2	5-2-0

Goals by period

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

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	4	4	5	13
Tampa Bay Lightning	11	7	4	22

Three stars

S. O'Reilly, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 assist)
I. Mikheyev, Tampa Bay Lightning (1 goal)
A. Vasilevskiy, Tampa Bay Lightning (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Every goal, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
1st	01:33	Tampa Bay Lightning	Ilya Mikheyev (1)	John Carlson (1), Brayden Point (1)	Even strength	NSH 0, TBL 1
1st	07:39	Nashville Predators	Brady Martin (1)	Reid Schaefer (1), Jack Ahcan (1)	Even strength	NSH 1, TBL 1
1st	15:31	Tampa Bay Lightning	Conor Geekie (1)	Sam O'Reilly (1)	Even strength	NSH 1, TBL 2

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	13	22
Power play	0 of 6	0 of 4
Penalty minutes	34	36
Hits	21	17
Blocked shots	18	7
Giveaways	11	8
Takeaways	6	6
Faceoffs won	14/40 (35%)	26/40 (65%)

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 11 A. Fink	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1		11:44
Number 17 T. Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	16.7%	18:42
Number 19 C. O'Hara	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:03
Number 25 J. Kemell	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	2	0		20:03
Number 27 J. Lucchini	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	12:51
Number 38 C. Bradley	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		11:18
Number 44 B. Martin	C	1	0	1	-1	0	2	0	0	27.3%	17:33
Number 49 R. Schaefer	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	3	1		20:10
Number 60 D. Edstrom	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	66.7%	14:58
Number 62 F. Nilsson	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	37.5%	15:19
Number 89 O. Wiesblatt	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		15:21
Number 97 O. Wiesblatt	C	0	0	0	0	12	0	2	0	33.3%	09:47
Number 40 V. Gustafsson	D	0	0	0	-1	12	0	0	0		13:42
Number 47 J. Ahcan	D	0	1	1	-2	0	4	3	2		23:28
Number 48 N. Perbix	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		19:20
Number 50 T. Molendyk	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2		20:41
Number 57 H. Skinner	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0		19:41
Number 92 A. Gibson	D	0	0	0	-1	4	0	3	6		14:11

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 74 J. Saros	22	20	2	.909	58:08	Loss

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 21 B. Point	C	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	70%	17:30
Number 23 S. O'Reilly	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0	75%	15:11
Number 38 B. Hagel	L	0	0	0	0	12	3	0	1		17:57
Number 41 B. Rautiainen	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0		13:00
Number 45 E. Czata	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	50%	10:10
Number 49 S. Sabourin	R	0	0	0	0	14	0	3	1	100%	09:37
Number 58 O. Kulebiakin	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		09:34
Number 59 J. Guentzel	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	33.3%	19:35
Number 71 A. Cirelli	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	72.7%	14:28
Number 86 N. Kucherov	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		19:28
Number 94 C. Geekie	C	1	0	1	+1	2	2	1	0		16:15
Number 95 I. Mikheyev	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0		13:32
Number 24 M. Crozier	D	0	0	0	-1	0	3	4	1		18:40
Number 27 R. McDonagh	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0		17:55
Number 74 J. Carlson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		21:56
Number 77 V. Hedman	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0		19:13
Number 81 E. Cernak	D	0	0	0	+1	4	1	2	1		16:17
Number 90 J. Moser	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:26

Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 88 A. Vasilevskiy	13	12	1	.923	59:16	Win

Penalties

Penalties, Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	16:36	Tampa Bay Lightning	Erik Cernak	Roughing	2
1st	19:40	Nashville Predators	Oasiz Wiesblatt	Hooking	2
2nd	06:45	Nashville Predators	Andrew Gibson	Hooking	2
2nd	10:07	Tampa Bay Lightning	Victor Hedman	Holding	2
2nd	14:35	Tampa Bay Lightning	Erik Cernak	Roughing	2
2nd	14:35	Nashville Predators	Juuse Saros	Roughing	2
2nd	14:35	Nashville Predators	Andrew Gibson	Roughing	2
2nd	14:35	Tampa Bay Lightning	Scott Sabourin	Roughing	2
2nd	14:35	Tampa Bay Lightning	Scott Sabourin	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	17:11	Tampa Bay Lightning	Conor Geekie	Roughing	2
2nd	18:58	Nashville Predators	Felix Nilsson	Hooking	2
3rd	04:34	Tampa Bay Lightning	Oleg Kulebiakin	High sticking	2
3rd	08:15	Nashville Predators	David Edstrom	Tripping	2
3rd	12:49	Nashville Predators	Viggo Gustafsson	Cross checking	2
3rd	12:49	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brandon Hagel	Roughing	2
3rd	12:49	Tampa Bay Lightning	Brandon Hagel	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	12:49	Nashville Predators	Viggo Gustafsson	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	16:45	Tampa Bay Lightning	Scott Sabourin	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	16:45	Nashville Predators	Oasiz Wiesblatt	Misconduct (misconduct)	10

Game information

Nashville Predators head coach: Andrew Brunette
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach: Jon Cooper
Referees: Jean Hebert, Michael Sullivan
Linesmen: Tommy Hughes, Jonny Murray
Nashville Predators scratches: Steven Stamkos, Roman Josi, Ryan O'Reilly, Kevin Gravel, Jonathan Marchessault, Brady Skjei, Filip Forsberg, Alexander Kerfoot, Ross Colton, Konstantin Volkov, Nicolas Hague, Jack Drury, Ilya Lyubushkin, Justus Annunen, Nils Hoglander, John Farinacci, Semyon Chystyakov, Adam Edstrom, Isak Walther, Ethan Haider, Justin Barron, Mavrik Bourque, Adam Wilsby, Ryan Ufko, Kyle Marino, Adam Ingram, Ben Strinden, Austin Roest, Kalan Lind, Matthew Wood, Joey Willis, Miguel Marques, Teddy Stiga, Egor Surin, Hiroki Gojsic, Jakub Milota, Viktor Norringer, Erik Påhlsson, Jacob Rombach, Cameron Reid, Jack Ivankovic, Ryker Lee, John Prokop, Isak Posch, T.J. Semptimphelter, Alex Huang, Daniel Nieminen, Ben Hrebik, Tommy Bleyl, Wyatt Cullen, Dmitri Borichev, William Gilson, Vitali Pinchuk, Jakub Floris, Justin Graf, Philip Hemmyr, Benjamin Cossette Ayotte, Charlie Puglisi, Michel Myloserdnyy, Owen Murray
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches: Jarred Tinordi, Luke Glendening, Yanni Gourde, Zemgus Girgensons, Steven Santini, Jonas Johansson, Clark Bishop, Jansen Harkins, Jeffrey Viel, Kole Lind, Thomas Miller, Charle-Edouard D'Astous, Michael Callahan, Olivier Rodrigue, Pontus Holmberg, Simon Lundmark, Jakob Pelletier, Mikhail Shalagin, McKade Webster, Nick Abruzzese, Zachary Uens, Maxim Groshev, Gage Goncalves, Elliot Desnoyers, Lucas Mercuri, Dylan Duke, Jack Harvey, Shawn Element, Emil Lilleberg, Daniil Pylenkov, Cooper Flinton, Matt Pietroniro, Klavs Veinbergs, Dyllan Gill, Dennis Hildeby, Connor Kurth, Dominic James, Milo Roelens, Ethan Gauthier, Jayson Shaugabay, Brendan Furry, Tristan Allard, Warren Clark, Ethan Hay, Gabriel Szturc, Marco Mignosa, Harrison Meneghin, Hagen Burrows, Jack Pridham, Jan Golicic, Joona Saarelainen, Joe Connor, Noah Steen, Aiden Foster, Everett Baldwin, Caleb Heil, Roman Luttsev, Grant Spada, Stepan Shurygin, Tomas Kralovic, Morgan Anderberg, Cooper Soller, Max Vilen

2026-2027 season series

Every Nashville Predators and Tampa Bay Lightning game in the 2026-2027 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Nashville Predators 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Nashville Predators at Tampa Bay Lightning, Sun, Sep 20, 2026
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Nashville Predators 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators, Tue, Sep 22, 2026

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San Jose Sharks 2 at Anaheim Ducks 6	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Anaheim Ducks, Sun, Sep 20, 2026
Washington Capitals 2 at Boston Bruins 3	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Washington Capitals at Boston Bruins, Sun, Sep 20, 2026
Carolina Hurricanes 3 at Florida Panthers 6	Final Preseason	Game page: Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers, Sun, Sep 20, 2026
Utah Mammoth 1 at Colorado Avalanche 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Utah Mammoth at Colorado Avalanche, Sun, Sep 20, 2026
Seattle Kraken 4 at Calgary Flames 2	Final Preseason	Game page: Seattle Kraken at Calgary Flames, Sun, Sep 20, 2026