Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Nashville Predators 2: final score and stats
Tampa Bay Lightning beat Nashville Predators, Tampa Bay Lightning 5 to Nashville Predators 2, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Nashville Predators vs Tampa Bay Lightning.
NHLTuesday, October 28, 2025
DateOct 28, 2025
Start time7:45 PM ET
VenueBridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN
TVESPN+
Attendance17,159
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tampa Bay Lightning | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Nashville Predators | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Tampa Bay LightningNashville Predators
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
4-4-2Record4-5-2
2nd in Atlantic DivisionStanding2nd in Central Division
4-6Road record / home record6-5
WLWWWLast 5WWWWW
W1StreakW6
Team stats
Tampa Bay LightningNashville 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.
Tampa Bay Lightning
Anthony Cirelli C · Lower Body
OutErik Cernak D · Upper Body
OutBrayden Point C · Undisclosed - Not Specified
Injured ReserveNashville Predators
Jonathan Marchessault RW · Lower Body
Day-To-DayBox score
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 | 11:48 | 3:15 | 0:00 | 8:33 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Anthony Cirelli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:30 | 2:41 | 3:02 | 15:47 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 37.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Curtis Douglas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 4:37 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zemgus Girgensons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:14 | 0:00 | 1:31 | 11:43 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gage Goncalves | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9:22 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 6:36 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanni Gourde | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:32 | 1:06 | 1:46 | 11:40 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 40.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jake Guentzel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:13 | 4:46 | 0:00 | 12:27 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandon Hagel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:55 | 4:12 | 2:57 | 16:46 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Holmberg | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11:38 | 0:25 | 0:00 | 11:13 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dominic James | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12:32 | 2:49 | 0:00 | 9:43 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Nikita Kucherov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19:57 | 4:46 | 0:00 | 15:11 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brayden Point | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:30 | 4:36 | 0:00 | 12:54 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 | 4 | 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 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18:26 | 0:37 | 2:02 | 15:47 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Charle-Edouard D'Astous | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 17:11 | 3:01 | 0:05 | 14:05 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Victor Hedman | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 21:14 | 4:27 | 2:20 | 14:27 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Emil Lilleberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:06 | 0:00 | 0:35 | 15:31 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McDonagh | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 21:51 | 0:33 | 3:03 | 18:15 | 25 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| JJ Moser | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18:15 | 0:00 | 2:44 | 15:31 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrei Vasilevskiy | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 18 | .900 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 59:49 | 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 | 14:17 | 1:27 | 0:00 | 12:50 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Luke Evangelista | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:27 | 1:56 | 0:00 | 11:31 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Filip Forsberg | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17:08 | 3:22 | 0:00 | 13:46 | 20 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Haula | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 14:04 | 1:58 | 1:51 | 10:15 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 73.3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Tyson Jost | 1 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 12:13 | 0:00 | 3:21 | 8:52 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jonathan Marchessault | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 16:22 | 3:21 | 0:03 | 12:58 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael McCarron | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15:30 | 0:00 | 5:00 | 10:30 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 63.6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan O'Reilly | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 21:19 | 3:44 | 1:28 | 16:07 | 22 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cole Smith | 0 | 3 | 0 | -2 | 14:03 | 0:00 | 4:17 | 9:46 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Stamkos | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 16:23 | 3:24 | 0:00 | 12:59 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ozzy Wiesblatt | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 9:28 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 9:28 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthew Wood | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:53 | 1:36 | 0:00 | 12:17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Barron | 2 | 2 | 1 | -1 | 18:14 | 1:22 | 1:02 | 15:50 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicolas Hague | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 | 20:12 | 0:23 | 3:09 | 16:40 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Perbix | 0 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 24:57 | 0:00 | 4:41 | 20:16 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brady Skjei | 1 | 2 | 1 | -2 | 26:55 | 2:37 | 4:55 | 19:23 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Spencer Stastney | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 16:29 | 0:00 | 2:13 | 14:16 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Adam Wilsby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5:36 | 0:15 | 0:00 | 5:21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | 4 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .871 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 57:30 | 0 | 0 |
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Tampa Bay Lightning vs Nashville Predators?
Tampa Bay Lightning won, 5-2, on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
What was the final score of Tampa Bay Lightning vs Nashville Predators?
Tampa Bay Lightning 5, Nashville Predators 2.
Who were the top performers?
Tampa Bay Lightning: Zemgus Girgensons (2 goals). Nashville Predators: Luke Evangelista (1 goals).
Where is Tampa Bay Lightning vs Nashville Predators played?
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN.
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