Nashville Predators 3, Minnesota Wild 2: final score and stats
Nashville Predators beat Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators 3 to Minnesota Wild 2, on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Minnesota Wild vs Nashville Predators.
NHLTuesday, December 23, 2025
DateDec 23, 2025
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueGrand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN
TVESPN+/Hulu
Attendance19,033
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Minnesota Wild | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Nashville PredatorsMinnesota Wild
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
16-16-4Record22-10-6
2nd in Central DivisionStanding1st in Central Division
4-4Road record / home record5-2
WWWWWLast 5WLWWW
W6StreakW1
Team stats
Nashville PredatorsMinnesota Wild
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
OutMinnesota Wild
Brock Faber D · Skull - Surgery
Injured ReserveFilip Gustavsson G · Hip - Surgery
Injured ReserveBox 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Bunting | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:33 | 0:21 | 0:00 | 12:12 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Evangelista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:36 | 5:18 | 0:00 | 12:18 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Forsberg | 0 | 4 | 0 | -2 | 20:20 | 5:30 | 0:00 | 14:50 | 24 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:12 | 0:16 | 2:28 | 12:28 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 72.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Jost | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:36 | 0:00 | 0:50 | 8:46 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Michael McCarron | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:19 | 0:04 | 3:33 | 11:42 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 61.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 22:45 | 5:25 | 1:36 | 15:44 | 25 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Reid Schaefer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:45 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:45 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14:59 | 0:00 | 3:19 | 11:40 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 18:24 | 5:30 | 0:00 | 12:54 | 23 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 77.8 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:56 | 0:00 | 0:13 | 9:43 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:03 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Blankenburg | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 18:52 | 0:00 | 1:52 | 17:00 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nicolas Hague | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:45 | 0:00 | 2:32 | 17:13 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 3 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 24:42 | 5:46 | 0:09 | 18:47 | 24 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:34 | 0:00 | 3:27 | 15:07 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 0 | 3 | 1 | -1 | 18:05 | 0:16 | 3:18 | 14:31 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Wilsby | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 16:17 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 15:34 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Nashville Predators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juuse Saros | 2 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .938 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 60:49 | 0 | 0 |
Minnesota Wild Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Boldy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:55 | 3:51 | 4:00 | 11:04 | 20 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Eriksson Ek | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:26 | 3:05 | 2:32 | 11:49 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 25.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Marcus Foligno | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 9:32 | 0:00 | 0:29 | 9:03 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Hartman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 19:18 | 2:58 | 0:00 | 16:20 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 38.9 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vinnie Hinostroza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:19 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 10:19 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Johansson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:52 | 2:10 | 0:46 | 10:56 | 19 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kirill Kaprizov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 25:38 | 3:54 | 0:00 | 21:44 | 17 | 0 | 22 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Nico Sturm | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10:39 | 0:00 | 2:29 | 8:10 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vladimir Tarasenko | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:53 | 2:29 | 0:00 | 10:24 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Yakov Trenin | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8:59 | 0:00 | 0:45 | 8:14 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Danila Yurov | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:54 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 80.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:56 | 3:28 | 0:07 | 15:21 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Minnesota Wild Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Bogosian | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 | 0:00 | 0:05 | 12:12 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonas Brodin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:30 | 0:00 | 4:11 | 15:19 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brock Faber | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 25:12 | 1:53 | 4:11 | 19:08 | 27 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinn Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29:11 | 4:06 | 0:03 | 25:02 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Middleton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:55 | 0:14 | 1:30 | 12:11 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared Spurgeon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16:56 | 1:52 | 1:32 | 13:32 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Minnesota Wild Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filip Gustavsson | 3 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .897 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 60:24 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
Series tied 1-1
Apr 11, 2026MIN 1, NSH 2
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Dec 23, 2025NSH 3, MIN 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild?
Nashville Predators won, 3-2, on Tuesday, December 23, 2025.
What was the final score of Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild?
Nashville Predators 3, Minnesota Wild 2.
Who were the top performers?
Nashville Predators: Steven Stamkos (1 goals). Minnesota Wild: Brock Faber (1 goals).
Where is Nashville Predators vs Minnesota Wild played?
Grand Casino Arena, Saint Paul, MN.
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