Predators vs Lightning Game (Sep 20, 2026)

Final · September 20, 2026 at 5:00 p.m.

Nashville Predators1

Tampa Bay Lightning2

Shots on goal : NSH 13 — TBL 22 · Benchmark International Arena

Three stars

1★S. O'ReillyTBL · R · 0B 1A
2★I. MikheyevTBL · R · 1B 0A
3★A. VasilevskiyTBL · G · 92.3 %

NSH

Game stats

TBL

13Shots on goal22
35 %Faceoff win %65 %
0/6Power play0/4
34Penalty minutes36
21Hits17
18Blocked shots7
11Giveaways8
6Takeaways6

Shots by period

	P1	P2	P3	Total
NSH	4	4	5	13
TBL	11	7	4	22

Season series NSH 0 – 0 TBL

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot

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NSH 1 / 13 / 222 / 22 / 36 TBL

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Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

Ilya MikheyevTBL · 01:33Assists : John Carlson, Brayden Point0 – 1▶ Watch
Brady MartinNSH · 07:39Assists : Reid Schaefer, Jack Ahcan1 – 1▶ Watch
Conor GeekieTBL · 15:31Assists : Sam O'Reilly1 – 2▶ Watch

Penalties

1st period

16:36TBLErik Cernak — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Oasiz Wiesblatt
19:40NSHOasiz Wiesblatt — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Brayden Point

2nd period

06:45NSHAndrew Gibson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Sam O'Reilly
10:07TBLVictor Hedman — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Joakim Kemell
14:35TBLErik Cernak — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Andrew Gibson
14:35NSHJuuse Saros — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Scott Sabourin
14:35NSHAndrew Gibson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Erik Cernak
14:35TBLScott Sabourin — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Juuse Saros
14:35TBLScott Sabourin — Interference goalkeeper (2 min) · drawn by Juuse Saros
17:11TBLConor Geekie — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Viggo Gustafsson
18:58NSHFelix Nilsson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Max Crozier

3rd period

04:34TBLOleg Kulebiakin — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Tanner Molendyk
08:15NSHDavid Edstrom — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Benjamin Rautiainen
12:49NSHViggo Gustafsson — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Brandon Hagel
12:49TBLBrandon Hagel — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Viggo Gustafsson
12:49TBLBrandon Hagel — Misconduct (10 min)
12:49NSHViggo Gustafsson — Misconduct (10 min)
16:45TBLScott Sabourin — Misconduct (10 min)
16:45NSHOasiz Wiesblatt — Misconduct (10 min)

Box score

Nashville Predators

Player	G	A	+/-	SOG	HIT	TOI
A. FinkR	0	0	0	2	0	11:44
T. JostC	0	0	-1	1	0	18:42
C. O'HaraR	0	0	0	0	0	13:03
J. KemellR	0	0	-1	0	2	20:03
J. LucchiniC	0	0	0	0	0	12:51
C. BradleyL	0	0	0	1	2	11:18
B. MartinC	1	0	-1	2	0	17:33
R. SchaeferL	0	1	0	1	3	20:10
D. EdstromC	0	0	0	0	1	14:58
F. NilssonC	0	0	0	1	1	15:19
O. WiesblattC	0	0	0	1	0	15:21
O. WiesblattC	0	0	0	0	2	09:47
V. GustafssonD	0	0	-1	0	0	13:42
J. AhcanD	0	1	-2	4	3	23:28
N. PerbixD	0	0	1	0	0	19:20
T. MolendykD	0	0	1	0	0	20:41
H. SkinnerD	0	0	0	0	4	19:41
A. GibsonD	0	0	-1	0	3	14:11

Goalie	Saves	SV%	TOI
M. Murray	0/0	0.0 %	00:00
J. Saros(L)	20/22	90.9 %	58:08

Tampa Bay Lightning

Player	G	A	+/-	SOG	HIT	TOI
B. PointC	0	1	0	1	0	17:30
S. O'ReillyR	0	1	1	2	1	15:11
B. HagelL	0	0	0	3	0	17:57
B. RautiainenC	0	0	1	0	0	13:00
E. CzataC	0	0	0	1	1	10:10
S. SabourinR	0	0	0	0	3	09:37
O. KulebiakinR	0	0	0	1	0	09:34
J. GuentzelC	0	0	0	1	0	19:35
A. CirelliC	0	0	0	1	0	14:28
N. KucherovR	0	0	0	2	0	19:28
C. GeekieC	1	0	1	2	1	16:15
I. MikheyevR	1	0	0	2	0	13:32
M. CrozierD	0	0	-1	3	4	18:40
R. McDonaghD	0	0	1	0	1	17:55
J. CarlsonD	0	1	1	2	1	21:56
V. HedmanD	0	0	0	0	3	19:13
E. CernakD	0	0	1	1	2	16:17
J. MoserD	0	0	0	0	0	18:26

Goalie	Saves	SV%	TOI
M. Sogaard	0/0	0.0 %	00:00
A. Vasilevskiy(W)	12/13	92.3 %	59:16

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About this game

Who won Predators vs Lightning?

Lightning won 2-1 over Predators on Sunday, September 20, 2026.

When was Predators vs Lightning played?

On Sunday, September 20, 2026, at 5:00 PM ET at Benchmark International Arena.

Where was Predators vs Lightning played?

At Benchmark International Arena, in Tampa.

Have the Predators and Lightning played this season?

No, this is their first meeting of the season.

Total

NSH

TBL

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot

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NSH 1 / 13 / 222 / 22 / 36 TBL

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Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Penalties

1st period

16:36TBLErik Cernak — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Oasiz Wiesblatt
19:40NSHOasiz Wiesblatt — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Brayden Point

2nd period

06:45NSHAndrew Gibson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Sam O'Reilly
10:07TBLVictor Hedman — Holding (2 min) · drawn by Joakim Kemell
14:35TBLErik Cernak — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Andrew Gibson
14:35NSHJuuse Saros — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Scott Sabourin
14:35NSHAndrew Gibson — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Erik Cernak
14:35TBLScott Sabourin — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Juuse Saros
14:35TBLScott Sabourin — Interference goalkeeper (2 min) · drawn by Juuse Saros
17:11TBLConor Geekie — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Viggo Gustafsson
18:58NSHFelix Nilsson — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Max Crozier

3rd period

04:34TBLOleg Kulebiakin — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Tanner Molendyk
08:15NSHDavid Edstrom — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Benjamin Rautiainen
12:49NSHViggo Gustafsson — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Brandon Hagel
12:49TBLBrandon Hagel — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Viggo Gustafsson
12:49TBLBrandon Hagel — Misconduct (10 min)
12:49NSHViggo Gustafsson — Misconduct (10 min)
16:45TBLScott Sabourin — Misconduct (10 min)
16:45NSHOasiz Wiesblatt — Misconduct (10 min)

Player

+/-

SOG

HIT

TOI

A. FinkR