Nashville Predators 1, Seattle Kraken 4: final score and stats
Seattle Kraken beat Nashville Predators, Nashville Predators 1 to Seattle Kraken 4, on Thursday, January 1, 2026 at Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Seattle Kraken vs Nashville Predators.
NHLThursday, January 1, 2026
DateJan 1, 2026
Start time10:00 PM ET
VenueClimate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
TVESPN+
Attendance17,151
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Seattle Kraken | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Nashville PredatorsSeattle Kraken
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
18-18-4Record17-14-7
2nd in Central DivisionStanding4th in Pacific Division
4-4Road record / home record5-3
WWWWWLast 5LWLWL
W6StreakL1
Team stats
Nashville PredatorsSeattle Kraken
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
OutSeattle Kraken
Nikke Kokko G · Not Injury Related
Injured ReserveCurtis Douglas C · Upper Body
Injured ReserveJared McCann LW · Lower Body
Injured ReserveJacob Melanson RW · Chest
Injured ReserveRyan Lindgren D · Upper Body
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 | -1 | 16:35 | 0:55 | 0:00 | 15:40 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Evangelista | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:55 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 17:03 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Forsberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | -3 | 20:19 | 1:50 | 0:00 | 18:29 | 22 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12:48 | 0:54 | 0:00 | 11:54 | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 28.6 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyson Jost | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 9:26 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:26 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14:24 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 13:09 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 21:26 | 1:52 | 0:46 | 18:48 | 20 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 70.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Schaefer | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12:23 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 12:23 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 5 | 0 | -1 | 13:36 | 0:00 | 1:15 | 12:21 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Stamkos | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 19:16 | 1:52 | 0:00 | 17:24 | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:25 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:25 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 11:25 | 0:54 | 0:00 | 10:31 | 14 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 2 | 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 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18:13 | 0:56 | 0:44 | 16:33 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Hague | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 19:51 | 0:00 | 0:44 | 19:07 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 23:48 | 1:51 | 0:45 | 21:12 | 26 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:48 | 0:00 | 1:16 | 16:32 | 23 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:39 | 0:54 | 1:15 | 18:30 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Wilsby | 1 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 17:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 17:54 | 23 | 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 | 3 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .864 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 57:49 | 0 | 0 |
Seattle Kraken Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matty Beniers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17:55 | 1:37 | 0:10 | 16:08 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 37.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Berkly Catton | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 14:18 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 13:20 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Eberle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 16:02 | 1:02 | 0:02 | 14:58 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frederick Gaudreau | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17:58 | 0:00 | 1:07 | 16:51 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 42.9 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaapo Kakko | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:32 | 0:23 | 0:00 | 13:09 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jared McCann | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:28 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 13:30 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Melanson | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:05 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:05 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Meyers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13:28 | 0:00 | 0:44 | 12:44 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Stephenson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:20 | 1:02 | 1:54 | 14:24 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eeli Tolvanen | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17:38 | 1:02 | 1:35 | 15:01 | 22 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Winterton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:46 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shane Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:11 | 0:58 | 0:00 | 12:13 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Seattle Kraken Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vince Dunn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:40 | 1:02 | 0:00 | 19:38 | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryker Evans | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20:48 | 0:58 | 0:08 | 19:42 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cale Fleury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:03 | 0:00 | 0:28 | 17:35 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Larsson | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 22:43 | 0:00 | 1:24 | 21:19 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan Lindgren | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:52 | 0:00 | 2:11 | 15:41 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamie Oleksiak | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:27 | 0:00 | 1:21 | 17:06 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Seattle Kraken Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philipp Grubauer | 1 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 24 | .960 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
Season series
SEA leads series 1-0
Mar 19, 2026SEA 1, NSH 3
Mar 10, 2026NSH 4, SEA 2
Jan 1, 2026NSH 1, SEA 4
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Nashville Predators vs Seattle Kraken?
Seattle Kraken won, 4-1, on Thursday, January 1, 2026.
What was the final score of Nashville Predators vs Seattle Kraken?
Nashville Predators 1, Seattle Kraken 4.
Who were the top performers?
Nashville Predators: Roman Josi (1 goals). Seattle Kraken: Matty Beniers (2 goals).
Where is Nashville Predators vs Seattle Kraken played?
Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA.
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