Nashville Predators vs Seattle Kraken

NHL

Predators

18-18-4, 40 PTS

1-4

Final

Kraken

17-14-7, 41 PTS

Climate Pledge Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

NSH shoots leftSEA shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NSH	7	9	9	25
SEA	13	7	3	23

In net

Juuse Saros19/22 SV, .864

Philipp Grubauer24/25 SV, .960

Team	1	2	3	T
NSH	0	1	0	1
SEA	3	0	1	4

Who won: Kraken 4-1

The Seattle Kraken beat the Nashville Predators 4-1 on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at Climate Pledge Arena. The Kraken lead the series 1-0. The Kraken outscored the Predators 3-0 in the 1st period. Matty Beniers led the Kraken in goals (2). Roman Josi led the Predators in goals (1).

NSH

SEA

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV
Matty BeniersC	0	0	0	3	17:55	1:37	0:10	16:08	20	2	6	0	2	3	3	5	37.5	1
Berkly CattonC	0	1	2	0	14:18	0:58	0:00	13:20	17	0	0	0	3	0	5	3	62.5	0
Jordan EberleRW	1	0	0	4	16:02	1:02	0:02	14:58	19	0	14	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	1
Frederick GaudreauC	2	0	1	0	17:58	0:00	1:07	16:51	21	0	3	0	0	0	3	4	42.9	3
Kaapo KakkoRW	0	0	0	2	13:32	0:23	0:00	13:09	20	0	2	1	2	1	1	0	100.0	1
Jared McCannLW	0	1	0	1	14:28	0:58	0:00	13:30	17	1	7	0	4	0	0	0	0.0	0
Jacob MelansonRW	0	5	0	0	11:05	0:00	0:00	11:05	16	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0.0	2
Ben MeyersC	0	2	0	1	13:28	0:00	0:44	12:44	17	0	2	0	1	1	3	3	50.0	2
Chandler StephensonC	1	1	0	0	17:20	1:02	1:54	14:24	21	0	10	0	0	0	4	6	40.0	0
Eeli TolvanenRW	5	5	0	0	17:38	1:02	1:35	15:01	22	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	1
Ryan WintertonC	0	0	0	1	11:46	0:00	0:00	11:46	16	0	3	1	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
Shane WrightC	0	0	0	0	13:11	0:58	0:00	12:13	17	0	6	0	1	0	2	3	40.0	2

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Vince DunnD	1	0	0	1	20:40	1:02	0:00	19:38	23	0	5	0	0	1	2	1	2
Ryker EvansD	3	1	1	2	20:48	0:58	0:08	19:42	22	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cale FleuryD	1	0	0	0	18:03	0:00	0:28	17:35	18	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Adam LarssonD	2	3	0	2	22:43	0:00	1:24	21:19	22	0	2	0	2	1	0	1	2
Ryan LindgrenD	1	1	0	1	17:52	0:00	2:11	15:41	22	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
Jamie OleksiakD	4	0	0	2	18:27	0:00	1:21	17:06	18	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0