8-4-5, 2-1-3 Away

11-4-2, 8-0-0 Home

Nashville Predators @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Predators

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
J. Saros	5	3	4	0	2.62	.911
J. Annunen	3	1	0	0	3.40	.874

Lightning

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
A. Vasilevskiy	8	4	1	0	2.85	.883
D. Hildeby	3	0	1	0	2.95	.880

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7:00 PM, December 29, 2026

Tampa, FL

NSH

Points

Filip ForsbergLW #9

20PTS

15A

Nikita KucherovRW #86

22PTS

17A

Goals

Steven StamkosC #91

10G

6PPG

44S

Jake GuentzelC #59

10G

3PPG

47S

Assists

Roman JosiD #59

18A

11PPA

4+/-

Nikita KucherovRW #86

17A

6PPA

6+/-

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
NSH	3.00	2.82	26.0	28.9	118	17	29.8	6	88.5	2	0
TB	3.71	3.06	29.9	24.7	140	12	19.4	13	72.9	0	0

Nashville Predators

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Jonathan Marchessault RW	Day-To-Day	Nov 10

Tampa Bay Lightning

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Brayden Point C	IR	Dec 2

Predators Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/7/26	vsSTL	W3-1
11/5/26	@COL	W3-2 OT
11/3/26	vsCAR	W4-1
10/31/26	vsTB	W5-4 SO
10/29/26	vsWSH	L4-3

Lightning Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/8/26	@WPG	L4-3
11/7/26	@MIN	W4-3 OT
11/5/26	vsCHI	W4-1
11/3/26	vsDET	W4-2
10/31/26	@NSH	L5-4 SO

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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	12	3	4	28
Dallas	10	5	2	22
Colorado	10	6	2	22
Nashville	8	4	5	21
Utah	10	7	1	21
Winnipeg	7	8	3	17
St. Louis	7	8	2	16
Chicago	4	13	1	9

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	13	4	1	27
Montreal	11	3	3	25
Tampa Bay	11	4	2	24
Ottawa	11	6	1	23
Florida	9	7	2	20
Buffalo	8	6	3	19
Toronto	8	9	2	18
Detroit	7	8	3	17

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Nashville Predators @ Tampa Bay Lightning

Scoring Leaders

Filip ForsbergLW #9

Nikita KucherovRW #86

Steven StamkosC #91

Jake GuentzelC #59

Roman JosiD #59

Nikita KucherovRW #86

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