Nashville Predators vs Tampa Bay Lightning
Preseason · Saturday, September 30, 2023 · Amalie Arena
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 5–4 on Saturday, September 30, 2023 at Amalie Arena. The Predators outshot the Lightning 47–27.
Tommy Novak scored twice and Waltteri Merela scored twice. Joakim Kemell, Brandon Hagel, Philip Tomasino, Austin Watson and Nikita Kucherov also scored.
Matt Tomkins made 43 saves on 47 shots for the win; Yaroslav Askarov stopped 8 of 11.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joakim Kemell (1)Yakov Trenin (2)1–014:25 NSH
2nd period
Brandon Hagel (1)Unassisted1–100:34 TBL · 
Philip Tomasino (1)Ryan O'Reilly (1)2–101:51 NSH
Austin Watson (1)Waltteri Merela (1), Maxwell Crozier (1)2–208:12 TBL
Tommy Novak (2)Luke Evangelista (1), Roman Josi (1)3–217:51 NSH
3rd period
Waltteri Merela (1)Victor Hedman (1), Nick Perbix (1)3–304:26 TBL
Nikita Kucherov (1)Brayden Point (1), Steven Stamkos (1)3–412:57 TBL · - Waltteri Merela (2)Unassisted3–513:53 TBL
- Tommy Novak (3)Roman Josi (2), Joakim Kemell (1)4–519:21 NSH
Team stats
NSHTBL
4727
56%44%
0/41/4
1313
1910
1216
210
1210
Penalties
- 14:40 into the first period
Egor Afanasyev · tripping2 min - 19:08 into the first period
Emil Lilleberg · tripping2 min - 2:26 into the second periodJeremy Lauzon · tripping2 min
- 4:47 into the second periodRoman Josi · holding2 min
- 8:44 into the second periodMaxwell Crozier · tripping2 min
- 13:10 into the second periodEmil Lilleberg · tripping2 min
- 9:38 into the third periodKiefer Sherwood · fighting5 min
- 9:38 into the third periodBrandon Hagel · fighting5 min
- 11:47 into the third periodFilip Forsberg · cross checking2 min
- 15:26 into the third periodAlex Barré-Boulet · tripping2 min
Nashville Predators
| 25Joakim KemellR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 5 | 15:05 |
| 82Tommy NovakC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 8 | 17:02 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 26:49 |
| 13Yakov TreninC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:27 |
| 26Philip TomasinoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:40 |
| 77Luke EvangelistaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:17 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:55 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 9 | 20:36 |
| 10Colton SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 14:05 |
| 40Fedor SvechkovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:30 |
| 44Kiefer SherwoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 10:50 |
| 70Egor AfanasyevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:48 |
| 75Juuso ParssinenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:28 |
| 2Luke SchennD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 14:57 |
| 3Jeremy LauzonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:56 |
| 27Ryan McDonaghD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 18:30 |
| 45Alexandre CarrierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:48 |
| 57Dante FabbroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:19 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Yaroslav AskarovG | L | 11 | 3 | .727 |
| 32Kevin LankinenG | 16 | 2 | .875 |
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 39Waltteri MerelaC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 13:03 |
| 21Brayden PointC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17:13 |
| 38Brandon HagelL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:28 |
| 51Austin WatsonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:24 |
| 86Nikita KucherovR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 19:01 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 19:00 |
| 48Nick PerbixD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:11 |
| 65Maxwell CrozierD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:15 |
| 77Victor HedmanD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 24:09 |
| 12Alex Barré-BouletC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 20Nick PaulL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:42 |
| 45Cole KoepkeL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:08 |
| 52Maxim GroshevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:15 |
| 61Tristan AllardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:13 |
| 82Gabriel FortierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 43Darren RaddyshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:59 |
| 78Emil LillebergD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 98Mikhail SergachevD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:14 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60Hugo AlnefeltG | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 90Matt TomkinsG | W | 47 | 4 | .915 |