Nashville Predators 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 8: final score and stats
Columbus Blue Jackets beat Nashville Predators, Nashville Predators 4 to Columbus Blue Jackets 8, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Columbus Blue Jackets vs Nashville Predators.
NHLTuesday, April 1, 2025
DateApr 1, 2025
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueNationwide Arena, Columbus, OH
TVESPN+
Attendance15,605
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Columbus Blue Jackets | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Nashville PredatorsColumbus Blue Jackets
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
27-40-8Record34-30-9
2nd in Central DivisionStanding8th in Metropolitan Division
5-4Road record / home record6-5
WWWWWLast 5LLLWW
W7StreakL3
Team stats
Nashville PredatorsColumbus Blue Jackets
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Nashville Predators
Jonathan Marchessault RW · Lower Body
OutColumbus Blue Jackets
Box score
Nashville Predators Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kieffer Bellows | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 9:56 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 7:10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Bunting | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16:59 | 2:12 | 0:05 | 14:42 | 20 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Luke Evangelista | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:42 | 3:25 | 0:00 | 12:17 | 17 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Filip Forsberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 18:49 | 2:56 | 0:27 | 15:26 | 21 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Zachary L'Heureux | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 15:29 | 0:47 | 1:38 | 13:04 | 20 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18:03 | 0:04 | 4:50 | 13:09 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 52.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:44 | 2:51 | 0:41 | 16:12 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16:55 | 0:00 | 4:12 | 12:43 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 16:12 | 2:50 | 0:00 | 13:22 | 17 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:17 | 2:50 | 0:54 | 13:33 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Jakub Vrana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:12 | 2:21 | 0:00 | 9:51 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Barron | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:44 | 0:04 | 1:05 | 18:35 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Blankenburg | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:53 | 2:59 | 2:03 | 12:51 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Del Gaizo | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:01 | 0:04 | 1:28 | 15:29 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andreas Englund | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:48 | 0:00 | 1:12 | 10:36 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jordan Oesterle | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 13:11 | 0:00 | 2:03 | 11:08 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:17 | 2:43 | 2:40 | 14:54 | 23 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Stastney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14:11 | 0:03 | 2:18 | 11:50 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justus Annunen | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .909 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 20:00 | 0 | 0 |
| Juuse Saros | 7 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .731 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 40:00 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary Aston-Reese | 3 | 4 | 0 | -1 | 14:59 | 1:02 | 3:20 | 10:37 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Danforth | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 13:40 | 1:20 | 1:13 | 11:07 | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Fantilli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:43 | 0:06 | 0:06 | 11:31 | 16 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Boone Jenner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:15 | 3:35 | 0:05 | 9:35 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kent Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:27 | 3:41 | 0:00 | 9:46 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Kunin | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:23 | 1:22 | 2:11 | 11:50 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Kuraly | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 17:41 | 2:06 | 0:38 | 14:57 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kirill Marchenko | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 16:00 | 3:27 | 0:00 | 12:33 | 18 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sean Monahan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:13 | 3:27 | 2:35 | 11:11 | 20 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 38.9 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathieu Olivier | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 15:58 | 1:21 | 1:48 | 12:49 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Sillinger | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 12:39 | 1:06 | 0:00 | 11:33 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dmitri Voronkov | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13:40 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:40 | 17 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dante Fabbro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 20:41 | 2:09 | 2:15 | 16:17 | 23 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Gudbranson | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 19:59 | 1:20 | 4:08 | 14:31 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Denton Mateychuk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18:52 | 1:33 | 1:44 | 15:35 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ivan Provorov | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 21:05 | 0:00 | 2:48 | 18:17 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| Damon Severson | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 16:49 | 0:44 | 0:00 | 16:05 | 23 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Zach Werenski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 19:18 | 3:41 | 0:39 | 14:58 | 22 | 0 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Blue Jackets Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elvis Merzlikins | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .857 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 59:38 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Apr 1, 2025NSH 4, CBJ 8
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Nashville Predators vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Columbus Blue Jackets won, 8-4, on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
What was the final score of Nashville Predators vs Columbus Blue Jackets?
Nashville Predators 4, Columbus Blue Jackets 8.
Who were the top performers?
Nashville Predators: Michael Bunting (1 goals). Columbus Blue Jackets: Kirill Marchenko (3 goals).
Where is Nashville Predators vs Columbus Blue Jackets played?
Nationwide Arena, Columbus, OH.
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