NHL · Saturday 31 October · Bridgestone Arena
Nashville Predators – Tampa Bay Lightning 5:4 (after a shoot-out): NHL, 31/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Head to head · 2
wins – draws – wins
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Nashville Predators – Tampa Bay Lightning 5:4 (31 October). Nashville Predators won after a shoot-out. Venue: Bridgestone Arena.
By period: 1:1, 2:2, 1:1, 0:0, 1:0.
Goals: R. Schaefer (Nashville Predators); J. Carlson (Tampa Bay Lightning); J. Guentzel (Tampa Bay Lightning); A. Edstrom (Nashville Predators); V. Hedman (Tampa Bay Lightning); J. Struble (Nashville Predators); C. Geekie (Tampa Bay Lightning); S. Stamkos (Nashville Predators).
Table now: Nashville Predators — 6th, 21 points from 17 matches; Tampa Bay Lightning — 5th, 24 points from 17 matches.
Head to head (2): Nashville Predators — 1 win, Tampa Bay Lightning — 1.
Latvians in this match
Latvian players in this match and their contribution
The data source carries no player nationality, so for club matches we use the desk's list of Latvian players; for national-team matches, every Latvia player.
- 🇱🇻 Zemgus GirgensonsTampa Bay Lightningseason: 1+4=5
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | SO | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 06'pen.
Tripping
- 11'
🏒 R. Schaefer1:0
assist: A. Kerfoot, N. Perbix
- 13'
🏒 J. Carlson1:1
assist: N. Kucherov, C. D'Astous
2nd period
- 00'
🏒 J. Guentzel1:2
assist: J. Carlson, N. Kucherov
- 00'
🏒 A. Edstrom2:2
- 03'
🏒 V. Hedman2:3
assist: N. Kucherov, B. Point
- 13'pen.
Hooking
- 19'
🏒 J. Struble3:3
assist: A. Wilsby, F. Forsberg
3rd period
- 01'pen.
Tripping
- 03'
🏒 C. Geekie3:4
assist: J. Truchon-Viel
- 07'pen.
Hooking
- 07'
🏒 S. Stamkos4:4
assist: F. Forsberg, R. O'Reilly · Power-play
- 11'pen.
Hooking
- 17'pen.
Delay of game
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 13
- 22
- 32
- 42
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Nashville Predators
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. Forsberg | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| N. Perbix | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| A. Edstrom | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Struble | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Schaefer | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Stamkos | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Kerfoot | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| A. Wilsby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| B. Skjei | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. O'Reilly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Drury | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. Kucherov | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| J. Carlson | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| C. Geekie | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Guentzel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| V. Hedman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Point | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| C. D'Astous | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Truchon-Viel | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| I. Mikheyev | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Moser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| S. Sabourin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Nashville Predators
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. Annunen(W) | 26 | 22 | 4 | 84.6% |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Vasilevski | 34 | 29 | 5 | 85.3% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 33Shots on goal26
- 22Saves29
- 84%Save %87%
- 25Faceoffs won24
- 6Penalty minutes6
- 3Penalties3
- 1Power-play goals0
- 33%Power play %0%
- 100%Penalty kill %66%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 21 | LWWWW | |
| 5 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 24 | LWWWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Points (goals + assists)
Goal scorers
Assists
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away
Head to head
Previous meetings between the two teams
Only matches in our data source (usually recent seasons).