Tampa Bay Lightning vs Nashville Predators

NHL

Lightning

4-4-2, 10 PTS

5-2

Final

Predators

4-5-2, 10 PTS

Bridgestone Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

TB shoots leftNSH shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
TB	13	13	6	32
NSH	8	3	9	20

In net

Andrei Vasilevskiy18/20 SV, .900

Juuse Saros27/31 SV, .871

Team	1	2	3	T
TB	1	1	3	5
NSH	0	0	2	2

Who won: Lightning 5-2

The Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Nashville Predators 5-2 on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at Bridgestone Arena. Zemgus Girgensons led the Lightning in goals (2). Luke Evangelista led the Predators in goals (1).

Every player rated

Chirp Rating, 3.0 to 10.0

Team stats

TBNSH

15Blocked Shots5

16Hits24

3Takeaways6

32Shots20

0Power Play Goals1

4Power Play Opportunities3

0.0Power Play Percentage33.3

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

20Faceoffs Won39

33.9Faceoff Win Percent66.1

10Giveaways15

5Total Penalties6

10Penalty Minutes12

Player of the game

Brandon Hagel

TB · 1 G, 1 A, 4 SOG

8.2

Deserved to win

76%

TB · 3.66 xG

24%

NSH · 1.93 xG

Lightning created better chances: they win this game 76% of the time

Play by play

End of the 3rd period
P3 0:11
Tip-in wide left
Gage Goncalves Tip-In Wide Left
G. Goncalves
P3 0:27
Faceoff win vs D. James
Erik Haula faceoff won against Dominic James
E. Haula · 2 A
GOALP3 0:27
Goal! Wrist shot
Z. Girgensons · 2 G
Zemgus Girgensons Goal (2) Wrist Shot, assists: Pontus Holmberg (4), Erik Cernak (2)
TB 5 - 2 NSH
P3 0:43
Big hit on T. Jost
Erik Cernak hit Tyson Jost
E. Cernak · 1 A
P3 0:53
Faceoff win vs Y. Gourde
Tyson Jost faceoff won against Yanni Gourde
T. Jost
GOALP3 0:53
Goal! Wrist shot
N. Kucherov · 1 G, 1 A
Nikita Kucherov Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Brandon Hagel (5), Anthony Cirelli (4)
TB 4 - 2 NSH
P3 1:15
Shot blocked by A. Cirelli
Brady Skjei shot blocked by Anthony Cirelli
B. Skjei · 1 A
P3 1:17
Faceoff win vs A. Cirelli
Erik Haula faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
E. Haula · 2 A
P3 1:20
Slap shot wide left
Brandon Hagel Slap Shot Wide Left
B. Hagel · 1 G, 1 A
P3 1:45
Big hit on E. Cernak
Ryan O'Reilly hit Erik Cernak
R. O'Reilly
P3 2:06
Faceoff win vs A. Cirelli
Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
R. O'Reilly
GOALP3 2:06
Goal! Wrist shot
F. Forsberg · 1 G
Filip Forsberg Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Luke Evangelista (5), Erik Haula (4)
TB 3 - 2 NSH
P3 2:09
Slap shot on goal
Luke Evangelista Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
L. Evangelista · 1 G, 1 A
P3 2:36
Faceoff win vs Z. Girgensons
Erik Haula faceoff won against Zemgus Girgensons
E. Haula · 2 A
P3 2:39
Wrist shot on goal
Steven Stamkos Wrist Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
S. Stamkos
P3 2:42
Shot blocked by Y. Gourde
Steven Stamkos shot blocked by Yanni Gourde
S. Stamkos
P3 3:01
Wrist shot wide left
Anthony Cirelli Wrist Shot Wide Left
A. Cirelli · 2 A
P3 3:08
Shot blocked by R. McDonagh
Jonathan Marchessault shot blocked by Ryan McDonagh
J. Marchessault
P3 3:35
Face off
Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Anthony Cirelli
P3 3:42
Slap shot on goal
Brady Skjei Slap Shot saved by Andrei Vasilevskiy
B. Skjei · 1 A
P3 3:56
TO
Takeaway
Takeaway by Brady Skjei
B. Skjei · 1 A
P3 4:13
Penalty: penalty
J.J. Moser Roughing against Filip Forsberg
J. Moser
P3 4:13
Penalty: penalty
Filip Forsberg Roughing against J.J. Moser
F. Forsberg · 1 G
P3 4:57
Faceoff win vs R. O'Reilly
Brayden Point faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
B. Point · 1 A