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	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Michael BuntingLW	0	0	0	-1	16:35	0:55	0:00	15:40	20	10	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Luke EvangelistaRW	1	0	0	-1	18:55	1:52	0:00	17:03	19	6	1	1	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Filip ForsbergLW	0	1	0	-3	20:19	1:50	0:00	18:29	22	16	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	3	0	0
Erik HaulaLW	2	1	2	0	12:48	0:54	0:00	11:54	19	5	0	3	2	2	5	28.6	0	1	2
Tyson JostC	0	3	0	-2	9:26	0:00	0:00	9:26	14	3	0	1	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Michael McCarronC	1	4	1	0	14:24	0:00	1:15	13:09	19	1	0	4	0	6	6	50.0	0	0	0
Ryan O'ReillyC	0	0	1	-1	21:26	1:52	0:46	18:48	20	11	1	3	1	7	3	70.0	0	0	0
Reid SchaeferLW	0	3	0	0	12:23	0:00	0:00	12:23	17	4	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole SmithRW	0	5	0	-1	13:36	0:00	1:15	12:21	19	4	0	2	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	0
Steven StamkosC	1	1	2	-1	19:16	1:52	0:00	17:24	19	18	0	2	4	4	2	66.7	2	0	0
Fedor SvechkovC	0	0	0	-2	11:25	0:00	0:00	11:25	13	2	0	1	1	3	4	42.9	0	0	0
Matthew WoodRW	1	0	0	-2	11:25	0:54	0:00	10:31	14	8	0	0	1	1	0	100.0	2	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	S	SM	GV
Nick BlankenburgD	1	2	0	18:13	0:56	0:44	16:33	22	0	4	0	1	1
Nicolas HagueD	2	2	-1	19:51	0:00	0:44	19:07	21	0	1	1	0	0
Roman JosiD	2	0	-3	23:48	1:51	0:45	21:12	26	1	5	3	1	4
Nick PerbixD	2	0	-1	17:48	0:00	1:16	16:32	23	0	3	0	1	1
Brady SkjeiD	2	1	0	20:39	0:54	1:15	18:30	24	0	1	1	0	1
Adam WilsbyD	1	0	-2	17:54	0:00	0:00	17:54	23	0	1	0	0	1