Nashville Predators vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Preseason · Thursday, September 30, 2021 · Amalie Arena
Game summary
The Nashville Predators beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6–2 on Thursday, September 30, 2021 at Amalie Arena. The Predators outshot the Lightning 31–24.
Filip Forsberg scored twice and Egor Afanasyev scored twice. Matt Duchene, Anthony Cirelli, Tommy Novak and Fredrik Claesson also scored.
David Rittich made 6 saves on 7 shots for the win; Brian Elliott stopped 11 of 14.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Matt Duchene (1)Ben Harpur (1), Filip Forsberg (1)1–003:38 NSH
Anthony Cirelli (1)Steven Stamkos (1), Ryan McDonagh (1)1–116:27 TBL · 
Filip Forsberg (1)Ryan Johansen (1), Ben Harpur (2)2–119:31 NSH
2nd period
Egor Afanasyev (2)David Farrance (1), Rem Pitlick (1)3–109:28 NSH- Egor Afanasyev (3)Anthony Richard (2), Tommy Novak (1)4–110:31 NSH
3rd period
- Filip Forsberg (2)Alexandre Carrier (1), Mathieu Olivier (1)5–103:07 NSH
Tommy Novak (1)Egor Afanasyev (1), Yakov Trenin (2)6–108:25 NSH
Fredrik Claesson (1)Unassisted6–219:33 TBL
Team stats
NSHTBL
3124
37%63%
0/21/7
2111
2131
84
22
18
Penalties
- 3:38 into the first period
Boris Katchouk · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min - 10:11 into the first period
Alexandre Carrier · cross checking2 min - 15:44 into the first periodJoseph LaBate · charging2 min
- 15:44 into the first periodFredrik Claesson · fighting5 min
- 15:44 into the first periodJoseph LaBate · fighting5 min
- 7:36 into the second periodAnthony Cirelli · roughing2 min
- 7:36 into the second periodAnthony Richard · roughing2 min
- 12:49 into the second periodFilip Forsberg · cross checking2 min
- 17:42 into the second periodMatt Benning · cross checking2 min
- 17:42 into the second periodEgor Afanasyev · slashing2 min
- 9:57 into the third periodMathieu Olivier · interference2 min
- 10:04 into the third periodSimon Ryfors · closing hand on puck2 min
- 13:44 into the third periodAlexandre Carrier · cross checking2 min
Nashville Predators
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 18:55 |
| 70Egor AfanasyevL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +3 | 2 | 14:37 |
| 82Tommy NovakC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 17Ben HarpurD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +3 | 1 | 19:48 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 16Rem PitlickC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:03 |
| 25Mathieu OlivierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 11:24 |
| 92Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:32 |
| 93Anthony RichardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 12:01 |
| 95Matt DucheneC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:05 |
| 22David FarranceD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:26 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | 22:08 |
| 24Matt LuffR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 11:54 |
| 47Michael McCarronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:11 |
| 79Joseph LaBateC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:16 |
| 5Matt BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | 12:45 |
| 38Jeremy DaviesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 22:37 |
| 55Philippe MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33David RittichG | W | 7 | 1 | .857 |
| 39Connor IngramG | 17 | 1 | .941 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 71Anthony CirelliC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −3 | 2 | 10:02 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 19:19 |
| 3Fredrik ClaessonD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 18:16 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 1 | 22:22 |
| 12Alex Barré-BouletC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 17:19 |
| 13Boris KatchoukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:27 |
| 15Simon RyforsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:52 |
| 16Taylor RaddyshR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 19:27 |
| 17Alex KillornC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:20 |
| 40Gabriel DumontC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:05 |
| 45Cole KoepkeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:39 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:29 |
| 63Antoine MorandC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:53 |
| 83Shawn ElementL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 13:35 |
| 24Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 0 | 18:24 |
| 64Jack ThompsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 17:43 |
| 74Sean DayD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:09 |
| 81Erik CernakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Brian ElliottG | L | 14 | 3 | .786 |
| 35Amir MiftakhovG | 17 | 3 | .824 |