Tampa Bay Lightning vs Nashville Predators
Preseason · Tuesday, September 23, 2025 · Bridgestone Arena
Game summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 3–2 in a shootout on Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators outshot the Lightning 29–25.
Brady Martin scored twice. Sam O'Reilly and Jakob Pelletier also scored.
Caleb Heil made 7 saves on 7 shots for the win; Justus Annunen stopped 16 of 18.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Brady Martin (1)Matthew Wood (3)0–102:13 NSH
Brady Martin (2)Michael Bunting (2), Matthew Wood (4)0–204:42 NSH ·
3rd period
Sam O'Reilly (1)Oliver Bjorkstrand (1)Svechkov 1:23 into shift1–209:28 TBL
Jakob Pelletier (1)Grant Spada (1), Steven Santini (1)2–217:57 TBL
Shootout
Boris KatchoukUnassisted3–200:00 TBL
Tired legs
When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.
1–2 · 3rd 9:28 · O'Reilly. Svechkov had been on the ice for 1:23 when it went in.
0–1 NSH
2nd 2:13 · Martin
Bjorkstrand 0:58
0–2 NSH
2nd 4:42 · · Martin
Santini 0:58
1–2 TBL
3rd 9:28 · O'Reilly
Stuck out there: Svechkov 1:23
2–2 TBL
3rd 17:57 · Pelletier
Haula 0:20
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
1.9×
When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.
30%
of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.
Team stats
Penalties
- 0:00 into the first period
Fedor Svechkov · delaying game face off violation2 min
- 5:51 into the first period
Roman Schmidt · roughing2 min
- 8:58 into the first period
Reid Schaefer · hooking2 min
- 3:11 into the second period
Roman Schmidt · cross checking2 min
- 4:53 into the second period
Grant Spada · roughing2 min
- 4:53 into the second period
Jonathan Marchessault · roughing2 min
- 4:53 into the second period
Grant Spada · roughing2 min
- 4:53 into the second period
Jonathan Marchessault · misconduct10 min
- 4:35 into the third period
Tristan Allard · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 9:36 into the third period
Grant Spada · tripping2 min
- 11:23 into the third period
Brady Skjei · slashing2 min
- 13:59 into the third period
Jonathan Marchessault · roughing2 min
- 14:37 into the third period
Erik Haula · roughing2 min
Tampa Bay Lightning
| 12Jakob PelletierL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:58 |
| 22Oliver BjorkstrandR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 17:58 |
| 23Sam O'ReillyR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:30 |
| 16Steven SantiniD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:44 |
| 48Grant SpadaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:22 |
| 6Nick AbruzzeseC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:27 |
| 13Tristan AllardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:25 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:04 |
| 46Scott SabourinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:56 |
| 50Cooper FlintonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:55 |
| 52Maxim GroshevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:51 |
| 61Boris KatchoukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:02 |
| 75Lucas MercuriC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:01 |
| 83Kaden PitreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:18 |
| 93Gage GoncalvesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:16 |
| 43Darren RaddyshD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 26:57 |
| 67Declan CarlileD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:57 |
| 76Roman SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:50 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 33Brandon HalversonG | 22 | 2 | .909 | |
| 70Caleb HeilG | W | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |
Nashville Predators
| 44Brady MartinC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 14:19 |
| 71Matthew WoodR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 13:50 |
| 58Michael BuntingL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 14:32 |
| 9Filip ForsbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 16:44 |
| 25Joakim KemellR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:10 |
| 36Cole SmithR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:09 |
| 40Fedor SvechkovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:10 |
| 47Michael McCarronC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:50 |
| 49Reid SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 14:47 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 13:23 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:10 |
| 91Steven StamkosC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 20:13 |
| 20Justin BarronD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:12 |
| 24Spencer StastneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:31 |
| 48Nick PerbixD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 20:26 |
| 59Roman JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 25:14 |
| 76Brady SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:48 |
| 83Adam WilsbyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:39 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Justus AnnunenG | O | 18 | 2 | .889 |
| 74Juuse SarosG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 |