Nashville Predators vs San Jose Sharks 2-3, 16 Oct 2026

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NHL Friday, 16 October 2026

Nashville Predators 25th place · GP 7 · W 2 · PTS 7

2–3 Final

San Jose Sharks 19th place · GP 7 · W 4 · PTS 8

VenueBridgestone Arena CountryUnited States Kick-off16 Oct · 01:00 BST CompetitionNHL

SportsLife forecast

Made before the match

Our pick

52% Nashville Predators Home

48% San Jose Sharks Away

52% 48%

Our pick Nashville Predators Low confidence Missed

Nashville sit 23rd, San Jose 25th, so both teams are close in the table
Both teams have identical form of WLWLL and 6 points from 6 games
Nashville have home advantage at Bridgestone Arena

Estimated by the SportsLife model from the league table, recent form and results, last meetings and home advantage. Not betting advice.

Match stats

NHL

Nashville PredatorsSan Jose Sharks

34Shots on goal32

53%Face-off %47%

1/4Power play0/3

25%Power play %0%

11Penalty minutes13

20Hits13

17Blocked shots22

12Giveaways17

4Takeaways2

Skaters

NHL

Nashville Predators

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI
R. JosiD	0	1	1	0	8	28:31
F. ForsbergL	0	1	1	1	6	24:17
R. O'ReillyC	1	0	1	0	4	21:43
J. MarchessaultR	0	1	1	0	2	17:45
S. StamkosC	1	0	1	0	2	20:34
N. HagueD	0	0	0	0	4	15:25
M. WoodR	0	0	0	1	3	19:39
N. HoglanderL	0	0	0	0	2	08:13

San Jose Sharks

Player	G	A	P	+/-	SOG	TOI
W. SmithC	1	0	1	1	5	19:48
T. ToffoliC	0	1	1	1	3	13:32
M. MarchmentL	1	0	1	1	2	15:39
M. KesselringD	0	1	1	1	1	18:58
A. WennbergC	0	1	1	0	0	21:54
I. ChernyshovL	0	1	1	1	0	11:10
K. SherwoodL	0	0	0	0	5	19:16
B. GoodrowC	0	0	0	0	4	12:01

Scoring summary

NHL

Time	Team	Scorer	Assists	Score
P1 05:30	SJS	M. Marchment	T. Toffoli, A. Wennberg	0–1
P3 04:28	SJS	W. Smith	M. Kesselring, I. Chernyshov	0–2
P3 09:05	NSH	R. O'Reilly (PP)	J. Marchessault, R. Josi	1–2
P3 19:59	NSH	S. Stamkos	F. Forsberg	2–2
SO 00:00	SJS	M. Celebrini	unassisted	2–3

Goaltenders

NHL

Goalie	Team	Saves	SV%	TOI
J. Saros	Nashville Predators	30/32	0.938	62:48
A. Nedeljkovic	San Jose Sharks	32/34	0.941	65:00

Three stars

NHL

#	Player	Team	Pos	Line
1	J. Saros	NSH	G	SV% 0.938
2	S. Stamkos	NSH	C	1G 0A
3	M. Celebrini	SJS	C	0G 0A

Form and recent results

Nashville PredatorsLWLLL

L14 OctNashville Predators 2–5 Vegas Golden Knights NHL
L11 OctOttawa Senators 3–2 Nashville Predators NHL
W9 OctMontreal Canadiens 2–5 Nashville Predators NHL
L7 OctToronto Maple Leafs 5–4 Nashville Predators NHL
W4 OctNashville Predators 2–1 Dallas Stars NHL
L2 OctNashville Predators 1–3 Minnesota Wild NHL

San Jose SharksLWLLW

L14 OctSan Jose Sharks 3–6 Boston Bruins NHL
L10 OctSan Jose Sharks 1–3 Edmonton Oilers NHL
W9 OctSt. Louis Blues 2–3 San Jose Sharks NHL
L6 OctDallas Stars 5–0 San Jose Sharks NHL
W4 OctSan Jose Sharks 5–4 Los Angeles Kings NHL
W2 OctSan Jose Sharks 4–3 Florida Panthers NHL

Last meetings

11 Dec 2019Nashville Predators 3–1 San Jose Sharks NHL
10 Nov 2019San Jose Sharks 2–1 Nashville Predators NHL
9 Oct 2019Nashville Predators 5–2 San Jose Sharks NHL