Nashville Predators vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Thursday, February 23, 2023 · SAP Center at San Jose

NashvillePredatorsAway

6–2

Final

SOG 31–24

San JoseSharksHome

NBCSCA · BSSO

Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the San Jose Sharks 6-2 on Thursday, February 23, 2023 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Predators outshot the Sharks 31-24.

Nino Niederreiter scored twice and Mikael Granlund scored twice. Nico Sturm, Yakov Trenin, Martin Kaut and Tommy Novak also scored.

Juuse Saros made 22 saves on 24 shots for the win; James Reimer stopped 25 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	1	3	2	6	31
SJS	0	1	1	2	24

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nino Niederreiter (17)Mikael Granlund (25), Matt Duchene (27)1–006:24 NSH · PPG

2nd period

Mikael Granlund (8)Philip Tomasino (2)2–001:28 NSH
Nico Sturm (12)Steven Lorentz (7)2–108:37 SJS · SHG
Mikael Granlund (9)Philip Tomasino (3), Cody Glass (14)3–113:34 NSH
Yakov Trenin (8)Cole Smith (10)4–119:31 NSH · SHG

3rd period

Martin Kaut (2)Tomas Hertl (33), Michael Eyssimont (9)4–200:50 SJS
Nino Niederreiter (18)Matt Duchene (28), Tommy Novak (11)5–210:48 NSH
Tommy Novak (8)Matt Duchene (29), Roman Josi (36)6–214:00 NSH · PPG

Team stats

NSHSJS

31Shots on goal24

47%Faceoff %53%

2/3Power play0/5

12Penalty minutes8

18Hits19

20Blocked shots15

6Giveaways9

9Takeaways8

Penalties

1st 05:57Alexander Barabanov · tripping2 min
1st 08:45Cody Glass · interference2 min
2nd 08:05Erik Karlsson · hooking2 min
2nd 18:05Kevin Gravel · interference2 min
3rd 04:02Tanner Jeannot · boarding2 min
3rd 08:17Mattias Ekholm · tripping2 min
3rd 13:13Michael Eyssimont · roughing2 min
3rd 17:10Matt Benning · slashing2 min
3rd 17:10Nino Niederreiter · interference2 min
3rd 19:12Ryan McDonagh · hooking2 min

Season series

Nashville Predators

Nashville Predators skaters

64Mikael GranlundC	2	1	3	+1	6	0	1	0	86	15:48
95Matt DucheneC	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	60	20:12
22Nino NiederreiterR	2	0	2	0	2	1	1	2	–	18:37
26Philip TomasinoC	0	2	2	+2	2	1	1	0	–	10:20
82Tommy NovakC	1	1	2	-1	1	0	0	0	27	18:39
8Cody GlassC	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	2	38	11:48
13Yakov TreninC	1	0	1	+1	1	2	1	0	100	15:27
36Cole SmithL	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	–	12:15
59Roman JosiD	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	–	24:37
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	32	18:25
44Kiefer SherwoodL	0	0	0	0	3	4	0	0	–	10:17
75Juuso ParssinenC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100	05:23
84Tanner JeannotL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	–	14:41
3Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	-1	3	3	1	0	–	19:05
5Kevin GravelD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	2	–	12:03
14Mattias EkholmD	0	0	0	+1	3	1	3	2	–	21:04
27Ryan McDonaghD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	2	–	24:10
57Dante FabbroD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	3	0	–	16:22

Nashville Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32Kevin LankinenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
74Juuse SarosG	W	24	22	2	.917	60:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

7Nico SturmC	1	0	1	-1	3	0	1	0	50	13:27
16Steven LorentzC	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	17	10:23
21Michael EyssimontC	0	1	1	-1	3	1	0	2	–	17:28
48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	67	18:38
87Martin KautR	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	–	16:52
10Evgeny SvechnikovL	0	0	0	-2	2	3	0	0	–	12:52
13Nick BoninoC	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	–	16:55
23Oskar LindblomL	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	–	10:44
39Logan CoutureC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	69	19:53
62Kevin LabancR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	09:42
73Noah GregorC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	–	13:45
94Alexander BarabanovL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	–	19:05
4Scott HarringtonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	–	15:47
5Matt BenningD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	2	–	19:52
9Jacob MacDonaldD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	2	0	–	19:48
38Mario FerraroD	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0	–	18:06
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	–	13:37
65Erik KarlssonD	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	–	28:29

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
36Kaapo KahkonenG		0	0	0	–	00:00
47James ReimerG	L	31	25	6	.806	59:23