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Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville Preseason Final/OT

Final score

The Nashville Predators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3–2 in overtime on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at home.

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

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Tampa Bay Lightning 7 11 9 0 27
Nashville Predators 5 9 11 1 26

Three stars

  1. M. Wood, Nashville Predators (2 goals)
  2. F. Nilsson, Nashville Predators (1 goal)
  3. F. Forsberg, Nashville Predators

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 03:44 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeffrey Viel (1) Zemgus Girgensons (1) Even strength TBL 1, NSH 0
3rd 04:54 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeffrey Viel (2) Pontus Holmberg (1), Tomas Kralovic (1) Even strength TBL 2, NSH 0
3rd 13:30 Nashville Predators Matthew Wood (1) Ryan Ufko (1), Roman Josi (1) Even strength TBL 2, NSH 1
3rd 17:41 Nashville Predators Matthew Wood (2) Jack Ahcan (2) Even strength TBL 2, NSH 2
OT 02:33 Nashville Predators Felix Nilsson (1) Unassisted Even strength TBL 2, NSH 3

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

Team stats

Stat Tampa Bay Lightning Nashville Predators
Shots on goal 27 26
Power play 0 of 1 0 of 2
Penalty minutes 6 4
Hits 15 27
Blocked shots 14 11
Giveaways 12 7
Takeaways 3 5
Faceoffs won 27/48 (56.3%) 21/48 (43.8%)

Box score

Tampa Bay Lightning

Tampa Bay Lightning skaters
Player
10 J. Harkins C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 0 66.7% 14:33
22 J. Pelletier L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 13:49
23 S. O'Reilly R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 37.5% 16:29
25 J. Viel L 2 0 2 +1 2 2 3 1 14:29
28 Z. Girgensons C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 1 0 50% 16:43
29 P. Holmberg R 0 1 1 +2 0 2 1 0 14:36
41 B. Rautiainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 14:54
53 D. Duke L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 16:17
67 N. Steen L 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 50% 11:51
80 N. Abruzzese C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 13:30
93 G. Goncalves C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 0 17:26
94 C. Geekie C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 63.6% 16:19
16 S. Santini D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 17:46
51 C. D'Astous D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 0 1 24:28
52 M. Groshev D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 19:14
78 E. Lilleberg D 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 21:48
79 M. Callahan D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 0 2 19:23
82 T. Kralovic D 0 1 1 -1 2 0 1 2 20:37
Tampa Bay Lightning goalies
Goalie
35 D. Hildeby 26 23 3 .885 62:33 OT loss

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters
Player
9 F. Forsberg L 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 1 19:55
21 N. Hoglander L 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 14:37
25 J. Kemell R 0 0 0 +2 0 0 4 0 14:27
38 C. Bradley L 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 11:43
44 B. Martin C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33.3% 11:43
49 R. Schaefer L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 14:13
60 D. Edstrom C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 62.5% 12:18
62 F. Nilsson C 1 0 1 +1 0 2 0 0 25% 13:18
71 M. Wood R 2 0 2 +1 0 6 1 1 42.9% 19:54
89 O. Wiesblatt C 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 14:06
90 R. O'Reilly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 3 53.8% 19:09
91 S. Stamkos C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 16.7% 19:29
12 R. Ufko D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 0 1 21:44
20 J. Barron D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 19:58
47 J. Ahcan D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 17:08
50 T. Molendyk D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 17:10
59 R. Josi D 0 1 1 +2 0 1 1 1 25:54
76 B. Skjei D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 1 19:26
Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie
29 J. Annunen 27 25 2 .926 62:33 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 18:39 Tampa Bay Lightning Tomas Kralovic Holding 2
3rd 00:43 Nashville Predators Chase Bradley Roughing 2
3rd 00:43 Tampa Bay Lightning Emil Lilleberg Roughing 2
3rd 10:17 Nashville Predators Steven Stamkos Hooking 2
3rd 18:40 Tampa Bay Lightning Jeffrey Viel High sticking 2

Game information

Tampa Bay Lightning head coach
Jon Cooper
Nashville Predators head coach
Andrew Brunette
Referees
Furman South, Mike Sullivan
Linesmen
Julien Fournier, Tommy Hughes
Tampa Bay Lightning scratches
Ryan McDonagh, John Carlson, Victor Hedman, Jarred Tinordi, Nikita Kucherov, Luke Glendening, Yanni Gourde, Andrei Vasilevskiy, Scott Sabourin, Jake Guentzel, Jonas Johansson, Brayden Point, Clark Bishop, Erik Cernak, Anthony Cirelli, Brandon Hagel, Kole Lind, Thomas Miller, Mads Sogaard, Simon Lundmark, Ilya Mikheyev, Mikhail Shalagin, McKade Webster, Max Crozier, Zachary Uens, Elliot Desnoyers, Lucas Mercuri, J.J. Moser, Jack Harvey, Shawn Element, Daniil Pylenkov, Cooper Flinton, Matt Pietroniro, Klavs Veinbergs, Dyllan Gill, 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, Aiden Foster, Everett Baldwin, Caleb Heil, Roman Luttsev, Grant Spada, Stepan Shurygin, Oleg Kulebiakin, Morgan Anderberg, Cooper Soller, Max Vilen
Nashville Predators scratches
Kevin Gravel, Jonathan Marchessault, Alexander Kerfoot, Juuse Saros, Tyson Jost, Ross Colton, Konstantin Volkov, Nicolas Hague, Nick Perbix, Jack Drury, Ilya Lyubushkin, Jake Lucchini, John Farinacci, Hunter Skinner, Semyon Chystyakov, Adam Edstrom, Isak Walther, Ethan Haider, Mavrik Bourque, Adam Wilsby, Kyle Marino, Adam Ingram, Matt Murray, Cole O'Hara, Ben Strinden, Oasiz Wiesblatt, Miguel Marques, Teddy Stiga, Egor Surin, Jakub Milota, Viktor Norringer, Erik Påhlsson, Jacob Rombach, Cameron Reid, Jack Ivankovic, Ryker Lee, John Prokop, 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

2026-2027 season series

Matchup Status Details
Nashville Predators 1 at Tampa Bay Lightning 2 Final Preseason Game page
Tampa Bay Lightning 2 at Nashville Predators 3 Final/OT Preseason Game page

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