Nashville Predators 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Nashville Predators, Nashville Predators 2 to Tampa Bay Lightning 3, on Sunday, March 29, 2026 at Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Tampa Bay Lightning vs Nashville Predators.
NHLSunday, March 29, 2026
DateMar 29, 2026
Start time5:00 PM ET
VenueBenchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL
TVESPN+
Attendance19,092
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Predators | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Nashville PredatorsTampa Bay Lightning
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
34-31-9Record46-21-6
3rd in Central DivisionStanding3rd in Atlantic Division
3-4Road record / home record8-0
WWWWWLast 5LWWWL
W5StreakL1
Team stats
Nashville PredatorsTampa Bay Lightning
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
Day-To-DayTampa Bay Lightning
Brayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Evangelista | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 14:57 | 2:40 | 0:00 | 12:17 | 18 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Filip Forsberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:37 | 5:36 | 0:00 | 14:01 | 20 | 1 | 34 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 14:05 | 2:26 | 1:34 | 10:05 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 33.3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyson Jost | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 16:39 | 0:00 | 5:20 | 11:19 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joakim Kemell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8:16 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 8:16 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zachary L'Heureux | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 14:24 | 1:28 | 2:37 | 10:19 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17:16 | 5:22 | 0:00 | 11:54 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 2 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 24:29 | 5:38 | 5:49 | 13:02 | 26 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 65.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Schaefer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6:26 | 0:00 | 0:30 | 5:56 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Stamkos | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 17:17 | 6:02 | 0:01 | 11:14 | 20 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 90.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:55 | 0:00 | 0:09 | 14:46 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 13:42 | 2:15 | 0:00 | 11:27 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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 | 2 | 14:22 | 0:26 | 0:04 | 13:52 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Hague | 1 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 17:05 | 0:03 | 3:49 | 13:13 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 2 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 27:05 | 5:42 | 3:51 | 17:32 | 26 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:48 | 0:03 | 4:07 | 10:38 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 2 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 22:46 | 2:19 | 4:07 | 16:20 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Wilsby | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:57 | 0:00 | 0:02 | 14:55 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 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 | 3 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 25 | .893 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 58:54 | 0 | 0 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Bjorkstrand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8:19 | 2:09 | 0:00 | 6:10 | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:59 | 4:22 | 4:24 | 12:13 | 28 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 41.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 16:08 | 0:00 | 3:54 | 12:14 | 23 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:08 | 3:13 | 0:49 | 13:06 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 0 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 15:29 | 0:02 | 2:36 | 12:51 | 21 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:46 | 5:36 | 0:03 | 13:07 | 19 | 1 | 35 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 62.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22:20 | 4:29 | 3:12 | 14:39 | 25 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:54 | 1:25 | 0:00 | 10:29 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Paul | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11:36 | 1:35 | 0:54 | 9:07 | 17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 44.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Perry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:59 | 3:34 | 0:00 | 9:25 | 17 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18:06 | 5:31 | 0:03 | 12:32 | 18 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Sabourin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5:54 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:54 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik Cernak | 1 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 15:49 | 0:04 | 3:56 | 11:49 | 21 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 12 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:52 | 2:23 | 0:00 | 13:29 | 16 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 | 0:00 | 2:38 | 14:56 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 3 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 19:06 | 0:00 | 5:22 | 13:44 | 25 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 20:10 | 0:00 | 3:25 | 16:45 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Raddysh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:51 | 5:37 | 0:44 | 17:30 | 26 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Tampa Bay Lightning Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonas Johansson | 2 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 29 | .935 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Nashville Predators vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 3-2, on Sunday, March 29, 2026.
What was the final score of Nashville Predators vs Tampa Bay Lightning?
Nashville Predators 2, Tampa Bay Lightning 3.
Who were the top performers?
Nashville Predators: Filip Forsberg (1 goals). Tampa Bay Lightning: Jake Guentzel (1 goals).
Where is Nashville Predators vs Tampa Bay Lightning played?
Benchmark International Arena, Tampa, FL.
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