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Nashville Predators vs Dallas Stars

Regular season · Saturday, February 28, 2026 · American Airlines Center

Nashville PredatorsNashvillePredatorsAway

2–3

Final/OT

SOG 27–25

Dallas StarsDallasStarsHome

FDSNSO · Victory+

Game summary

The Dallas Stars beat the Nashville Predators 3-2 in overtime on Saturday, February 28, 2026 at American Airlines Center. The Predators outshot the Stars 27-25.

Goals came from Michael Bunting, Steven Stamkos, Wyatt Johnston, Nathan Bastian and Jason Robertson.

Jake Oettinger made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 22 of 25.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH2000227
Dallas StarsDAL0111325

Three stars

  1. ★1st starJason RobertsonDAL · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starWyatt JohnstonDAL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starNathan BastianDAL · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
2:04

1–0 · 1st 14:26 · Bunting. Lindell was 2:04 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on iceDAL on ice

1–0 NSH

1st 14:26 · PP · Bunting

Stuck out there: Lindell 2:04

2–0 NSH

1st 15:35 · Stamkos

Long shift: Bichsel 1:09

2–1 DAL

2nd 16:18 · PP · Johnston

Skjei 0:09

2–2 DAL

3rd 5:31 · Bastian

Forsberg 0:40

2–3 DAL

OT 1:47 · Robertson

Long shift: Stamkos 1:07

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

NSHDAL
27Shots on goal25
58%Faceoff %42%
1/3Power play1/3
11Penalty minutes11
26Hits20
16Blocked shots13
14Giveaways14
5Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 01:07Roman Josi · hooking2 min
  • 1st 07:09Zachary L'Heureux · fighting5 min
  • 1st 07:09Justin Hryckowian · fighting5 min
  • 1st 12:33Thomas Harley · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 01:16Filip Forsberg · interference2 min
  • 2nd 05:02Matt Duchene · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 16:09Ryan O'Reilly · holding2 min
  • 3rd 01:01Thomas Harley · hooking2 min

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