New York Islanders 1, Nashville Predators 2: final score and stats
Nashville Predators beat New York Islanders, New York Islanders 1 to Nashville Predators 2, on Thursday, January 8, 2026 at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Nashville Predators vs New York Islanders.
NHLThursday, January 8, 2026
DateJan 8, 2026
Start time8:00 PM ET
VenueBridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
TVESPN+/Hulu/Disney+
Attendance17,159
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT1 | OT2 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York Islanders | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nashville Predators | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
New York IslandersNashville Predators
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
24-15-5Record20-19-4
5th in Metropolitan DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
3-5Road record / home record6-5
LLLLWLast 5WWWWW
L4StreakW6
Team stats
New York IslandersNashville Predators
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.
New 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 ReserveNashville Predators
Jonathan Marchessault RW · Lower Body
OutBox score
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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:51 | 2:36 | 0:00 | 22:15 | 24 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 28.6 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Casey Cizikas | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13:57 | 0:00 | 1:35 | 12:22 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jonathan Drouin | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 17:50 | 2:00 | 0:00 | 15:50 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Duclair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:39 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 12:11 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marc Gatcomb | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9:03 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:03 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Heineman | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 22:45 | 2:34 | 1:14 | 18:57 | 26 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon Holmstrom | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16:10 | 1:26 | 0:00 | 14:44 | 21 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Anders Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16:27 | 1:58 | 0:00 | 14:29 | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyle MacLean | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9:52 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:52 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Jean-Gabriel Pageau | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:42 | 0:00 | 1:11 | 14:31 | 20 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Calum Ritchie | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 8:52 | 2:03 | 0:00 | 6:49 | 13 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Maxim Shabanov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15:48 | 1:24 | 0:00 | 14:24 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:34 | 1:31 | 0:00 | 21:03 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Scott Mayfield | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17:01 | 0:00 | 1:00 | 16:01 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole McWard | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11:10 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:10 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Pelech | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:44 | 0:00 | 1:32 | 20:12 | 32 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Pulock | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:42 | 0:29 | 1:00 | 19:13 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Schaefer | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 28:53 | 2:31 | 0:28 | 25:54 | 32 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
New York Islanders Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Rittich | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .963 | 22 | 1 | 3 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 16:24 | 0:32 | 0:00 | 15:52 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Evangelista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:35 | 1:28 | 0:00 | 15:07 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Filip Forsberg | 0 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 18:48 | 1:20 | 0:00 | 17:28 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:18 | 0:32 | 1:16 | 15:30 | 23 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 21.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Jost | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:22 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Michael McCarron | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14:18 | 0:08 | 1:20 | 12:50 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 40.0 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23:52 | 1:21 | 2:12 | 20:19 | 26 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 68.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Reid Schaefer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11:04 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:04 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 15:17 | 0:05 | 2:31 | 12:41 | 22 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 20:24 | 1:23 | 0:00 | 19:01 | 22 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 25.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fedor Svechkov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:46 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 11:46 | 14 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 83.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7:26 | 0:32 | 0:00 | 6:54 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick Blankenburg | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 21:55 | 0:32 | 1:33 | 19:50 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Hague | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19:51 | 0:00 | 1:08 | 18:43 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roman Josi | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:11 | 1:28 | 0:12 | 21:31 | 27 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:07 | 0:00 | 2:52 | 16:15 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:00 | 0:39 | 2:56 | 17:25 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Wilsby | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 19:22 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 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 | 1 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 30 | .968 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 65:00 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won New York Islanders vs Nashville Predators?
Nashville Predators won, 2-1, on Thursday, January 8, 2026.
What was the final score of New York Islanders vs Nashville Predators?
New York Islanders 1, Nashville Predators 2.
Who were the top performers?
New York Islanders: Simon Holmstrom (1 goals). Nashville Predators: Ryan O'Reilly (1 goals).
Where is New York Islanders vs Nashville Predators played?
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN.
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