New York Islanders vs Nashville Predators

NHL

Islanders

24-15-5, 53 PTS

1-2

Final/SO

Predators

20-19-4, 44 PTS

Bridgestone Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

NYI shoots leftNSH shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T
NYI	10	9	7	5	2	33
NSH	10	9	7	1	2	29

In net

David Rittich26/27 SV, .963

Juuse Saros30/31 SV, .968

Team	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
NYI	0	1	0	0	0	1
NSH	0	1	0	0	1	2

Who won: Predators 2-1

The Nashville Predators beat the New York Islanders 2-1 in a shootout on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators lead the series 1-0. Ryan O'Reilly led the Predators in goals (1). Simon Holmstrom led the Islanders in goals (1).

NYI

NSH

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Michael BuntingLW	0	0	1	0	16:24	0:32	0:00	15:52	18	0	11	0	1	2	2	0	100.0	1	0	0
Luke EvangelistaRW	0	0	0	0	16:35	1:28	0:00	15:07	18	0	6	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Filip ForsbergLW	0	1	2	-1	18:48	1:20	0:00	17:28	23	0	16	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	4	0	0
Erik HaulaLW	2	0	0	0	17:18	0:32	1:16	15:30	23	0	7	0	1	0	3	11	21.4	0	0	0
Tyson JostC	0	1	0	0	7:22	0:00	0:00	7:22	11	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	2	4
Michael McCarronC	1	6	2	0	14:18	0:08	1:20	12:50	21	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	40.0	2	1	2
Ryan O'ReillyC	1	0	0	0	23:52	1:21	2:12	20:19	26	1	13	0	1	1	15	7	68.2	0	0	0
Reid SchaeferLW	0	1	1	0	11:04	0:00	0:00	11:04	17	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole SmithRW	0	3	0	1	15:17	0:05	2:31	12:41	22	0	4	1	2	2	0	0	0.0	0	1	2
Steven StamkosC	0	3	0	-1	20:24	1:23	0:00	19:01	22	0	18	0	4	1	1	3	25.0	2	0	0
Fedor SvechkovC	1	0	0	0	11:46	0:00	0:00	11:46	14	0	2	0	3	1	5	1	83.3	0	0	0
Matthew WoodRW	0	1	0	0	7:26	0:32	0:00	6:54	10	0	8	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	S	SM	GV
Nick BlankenburgD	1	0	2	0	21:55	0:32	1:33	19:50	27	5	2	2	1
Nicolas HagueD	1	1	0	1	19:51	0:00	1:08	18:43	25	2	0	0	1
Roman JosiD	3	0	0	1	23:11	1:28	0:12	21:31	27	5	4	1	0
Nick PerbixD	3	1	0	0	19:07	0:00	2:52	16:15	27	3	0	2	1
Brady SkjeiD	2	1	0	-1	21:00	0:39	2:56	17:25	27	1	2	3	1
Adam WilsbyD	1	0	0	-1	19:22	0:00	0:00	19:22	23	1	2	1	1