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Nashville Predators vs Tampa Bay Lightning

Preseason · Sunday, September 20, 2026 · Benchmark International Arena

Nashville PredatorsNashvillePredatorsAway

1–2

Final

SOG 13–22

Tampa Bay LightningTampa BayLightningHome

The Spot · SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 2-1 on Sunday, September 20, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena. The Lightning outshot the Predators 22-13.

Goals came from Ilya Mikheyev, Brady Martin and Conor Geekie.

Andrei Vasilevskiy made 12 saves on 13 shots for the win; Juuse Saros stopped 20 of 22.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH100113
Tampa Bay LightningTBL200222

Three stars

  1. ★1st starSam O'ReillyTBL · 0G 1A
  2. ★2nd starIlya MikheyevTBL · 1G 0A
  3. ★3rd starAndrei VasilevskiyTBL · .923 SV%

Scoring

1st 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+
1:19

1–2 · 1st 15:31 · Geekie. Ahcan was 1:19 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on iceTBL on ice

0–1 TBL

1st 1:33 · Mikheyev

Long shift: Gustafsson 1:02

1–1 NSH

1st 7:39 · Martin

Long shift: Kucherov 1:02

1–2 TBL

1st 15:31 · Geekie

Long shift: Ahcan 1:19

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

NSHTBL
13Shots on goal22
35%Faceoff %65%
0/6Power play0/4
34Penalty minutes36
21Hits17
18Blocked shots7
11Giveaways8
6Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 16:36Erik Cernak · roughing2 min
  • 1st 19:40Oasiz Wiesblatt · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 06:45Andrew Gibson · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 10:07Victor Hedman · holding2 min
  • 2nd 14:35Erik Cernak · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:35Juuse Saros · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:35Andrew Gibson · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:35Scott Sabourin · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 14:35Scott Sabourin · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 2nd 17:11Conor Geekie · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:58Felix Nilsson · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 04:34Oleg Kulebiakin · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 08:15David Edstrom · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 12:49Viggo Gustafsson · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 12:49Brandon Hagel · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 12:49Brandon Hagel · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 12:49Viggo Gustafsson · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 16:45Scott Sabourin · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 16:45Oasiz Wiesblatt · misconduct10 min