Nashville Predators @ Tampa Bay Lightning

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Predators

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Saros	0	1	0	0	2.06	.909

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	1	0	0	0	1.01	.923

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, December 29, 2026

Tampa, FL

NSH

Points

Brady MartinC #44

1PTS

Ilya MikheyevRW #95

1PTS

Goals

Brady MartinC #44

0PPG

Conor GeekieC #14

0PPG

Assists

Reid SchaeferLW #49

0PPA

0+/-

John CarlsonD #74

0PPA

1+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Dominic James C	OUT	Oct 13
Yanni Gourde C	OUT	Dec 2

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
NSH	1.00	2.00	13.0	22.0	34	0	0.0	0	100.0	0	0
TB	2.00	1.00	22.0	13.0	36	0	0.0	0	100.0	0	0

Predators Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/20/26	@TB	L2-1
4/16/26	vsANA	L5-4
4/13/26	vsSJ	L3-2
4/11/26	vsMIN	W2-1
4/9/26	@UTA	L4-1

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
9/20/26	vsNSH	W2-1
5/3/26	vsMTL	L2-1
5/1/26	@MTL	W1-0 OT
4/29/26	vsMTL	L3-2
4/26/26	@MTL	W3-2

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 10/31

Lightning
Predators

Game 1

10/31

Predators
Lightning

Game 2

12/29

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	1	0	0	2
Dallas	1	0	0	2
Minnesota	1	0	0	2
Chicago	0	0	1	1
St. Louis	0	1	0	0
Nashville	0	1	0	0
Utah	0	1	0	0
Winnipeg	0	1	0	0

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Montreal	2	0	0	4
Florida	1	0	0	2
Tampa Bay	1	0	0	2
Boston	1	0	0	2
Toronto	0	1	1	1
Detroit	0	0	0	0
Buffalo	0	0	0	0
Ottawa	0	0	0	0

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Stars sign forward Sam Steel to $14.8M, 4-year extension

The Stars have signed forward Sam Steel to a $14.8 million, four-year contract extension that will begin next season and go through 2030-31.

Capitals' Alex Ovechkin day-to-day with a lower-body injury

Alex Ovechkin is day to day with a lower-body injury, less than two weeks before the Washington Capitals' season opener.

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Nashville Predators @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Brady MartinC #44

Ilya MikheyevRW #95

Brady MartinC #44

Conor GeekieC #14

Reid SchaeferLW #49

John CarlsonD #74

Injury Report

Team Stats

Get hyped for the NHL's return with an Opening Night tripleheader

Stars sign forward Sam Steel to $14.8M, 4-year extension

Capitals' Alex Ovechkin day-to-day with a lower-body injury