5-4-5, 1-1-3 Away

8-3-2, 6-0-0 Home

Nashville Predators @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Predators

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Saros	3	3	4	0	2.94	.902
J. Annunen	2	1	0	0	3.90	.846

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	6	3	1	0	3.00	.877
D. Hildeby	2	0	1	0	2.98	.885

Benchmark International Arena

7:00 PM, December 29, 2026

Tampa, FL

NSH

Points

Filip ForsbergLW #9

17PTS

12A

Nikita KucherovRW #86

18PTS

14A

Goals

Steven StamkosC #91

4PPG

33S

Brandon HagelLW #38

1PPG

58S

Assists

Roman JosiD #59

14A

9PPA

3+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

14A

4PPA

5+/-

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Zemgus Girgensons C	Day-To-Day	Nov 3
Erik Cernak D	Day-To-Day	Nov 3
Yanni Gourde C	IR-NR	Dec 2

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
NSH	2.93	3.14	26.2	28.9	102	15	31.9	5	88.9	2	0
TB	3.69	3.23	30.1	24.9	102	7	15.2	8	77.1	0	0

Predators Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/31/26	vsTB	W5-4 SO
10/29/26	vsWSH	L4-3
10/27/26	vsNYI	L4-3 SO
10/25/26	vsCOL	W6-2
10/24/26	@PIT	L3-2 OT

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
10/31/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO
10/29/26	vsWPG	W6-4
10/24/26	@UTA	L5-4 OT
10/23/26	@COL	L6-3
10/20/26	@VGK	W6-2

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Regular Season Series

NSH leads 1-0

Lightning
4
Predators
5

Game 1

10/31

Predators
Lightning

Game 2

12/29

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Minnesota	9	3	3	21
Utah	9	5	0	18
Colorado	8	5	1	17
Dallas	8	5	1	17
St. Louis	7	6	1	15
Nashville	5	4	5	15
Winnipeg	4	7	3	11
Chicago	4	9	1	9

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	10	4	1	21
Montreal	9	3	2	20
Ottawa	9	5	1	19
Tampa Bay	8	3	2	18
Florida	8	4	2	18
Toronto	8	6	2	18
Buffalo	7	4	3	17
Detroit	6	5	3	15

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Nashville Predators @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Filip ForsbergLW #9

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Steven StamkosC #91

Brandon HagelLW #38

Roman JosiD #59

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Injury Report

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