Nashville Predators 4, New York Islanders 3: final score and stats
Nashville Predators beat New York Islanders, Nashville Predators 4 to New York Islanders 3, on Saturday, January 31, 2026 at UBS Arena, Elmont, NY. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for New York Islanders vs Nashville Predators.
NHLSaturday, January 31, 2026
DateJan 31, 2026
Start time7:00 PM ET
VenueUBS Arena, Elmont, NY
TVESPN+
Attendance17,255
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| New York Islanders | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Nashville PredatorsNew York Islanders
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
25-23-6Record30-20-5
2nd in Central DivisionStanding5th in Metropolitan Division
4-4Road record / home record4-5
WWWWWLast 5LLLLW
W6StreakL4
Team stats
Nashville PredatorsNew York Islanders
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
OutNew York Islanders
Matias Maccelli LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveMathew Barzal C · Knee
Injured ReserveRyan Pulock D · Upper Body
OutCalum Ritchie C · Lower Body
Injured ReserveAlexander Romanov D · Knee - 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 15:20 | 0:05 | 0:00 | 15:15 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Evangelista | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 17:15 | 0:06 | 0:00 | 17:09 | 18 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Forsberg | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16:58 | 2:05 | 0:00 | 14:53 | 22 | 2 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 | 0:03 | 1:16 | 15:55 | 22 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 58.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Jost | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:31 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12:17 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 10:17 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
| Michael McCarron | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15:59 | 0:00 | 2:32 | 13:27 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 16.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:05 | 2:01 | 1:28 | 15:36 | 24 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15:24 | 0:00 | 2:46 | 12:38 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15:15 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 13:12 | 20 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzy Wiesblatt | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11:08 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:08 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:02 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:02 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:43 | 0:00 | 0:44 | 11:59 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andreas Englund | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:31 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:31 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 29:15 | 1:57 | 1:26 | 25:52 | 28 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:49 | 0:00 | 2:32 | 15:17 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27:39 | 0:09 | 2:47 | 24:43 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Wilsby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:35 | 0:01 | 0:29 | 18:05 | 29 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Nashville Predators Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juuse Saros | 3 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .900 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathew Barzal | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19:04 | 2:10 | 0:00 | 16:54 | 18 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 60.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Cizikas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10:37 | 0:08 | 1:15 | 9:14 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 85.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Duclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:07 | 2:09 | 0:00 | 13:58 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Gatcomb | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 8:52 | 0:08 | 0:00 | 8:44 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 19:13 | 1:40 | 0:00 | 17:33 | 21 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Holmstrom | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:45 | 1:42 | 0:38 | 14:25 | 22 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Horvat | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20:18 | 1:39 | 1:26 | 17:13 | 24 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anders Lee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:44 | 2:16 | 0:00 | 11:28 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle MacLean | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10:00 | 0:08 | 0:00 | 9:52 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 | 0:00 | 0:51 | 12:30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 70.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ondrej Palat | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:31 | 1:33 | 0:00 | 15:58 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Shabanov | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:12 | 2:12 | 0:00 | 12:00 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony DeAngelo | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 22:36 | 2:25 | 0:00 | 20:11 | 25 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Mayfield | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 15:15 | 0:00 | 0:09 | 15:06 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Pelech | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:18 | 0:11 | 1:52 | 17:15 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Ryan Pulock | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:16 | 0:00 | 1:59 | 17:17 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Schaefer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:25 | 1:39 | 0:00 | 21:46 | 25 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Soucy | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 15:30 | 0:00 | 0:14 | 15:16 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ilya Sorokin | 4 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 38 | .905 | 30 | 4 | 4 | 58:50 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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NSH wins series 2-0
Jan 31, 2026NSH 4, NYI 3
Jan 8, 2026NYI 1, NSH 2
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Nashville Predators vs New York Islanders?
Nashville Predators won, 4-3, on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
What was the final score of Nashville Predators vs New York Islanders?
Nashville Predators 4, New York Islanders 3.
Who were the top performers?
Nashville Predators: Filip Forsberg (2 goals). New York Islanders: Mathew Barzal (1 goals).
Where is Nashville Predators vs New York Islanders played?
UBS Arena, Elmont, NY.
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