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NHL Sunday, 20 September 2026

Tampa Bay Lightning vs Nashville Predators 2-1 – NHL, 20 Sep 2026

Tampa Bay Lightning 5th place · GP 82 · W 50 · PTS 106
2–1 Final
Nashville Predators 22nd place · GP 82 · W 38 · PTS 86
VenueBenchmark International Arena CountryUnited States Kick-off20 Sep · 22:00 BST CompetitionNHL

SportsLife forecast

Made before the match
Our pick Tampa Bay Lightning 68% Tampa Bay Lightning Home
Nashville Predators 32% Nashville Predators Away

Our pick Tampa Bay Lightning Medium confidence Correct

  • Tampa Bay sits 5th with 106 points, Nashville 22nd with 86 points
  • Tampa Bay form LLWWL, Nashville form WLWLL, both mixed
  • Tampa Bay has home advantage at Benchmark International 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
Tampa Bay LightningNashville Predators
22Shots on goal13
65%Face-off %35%
0/4Power play0/6
0%Power play %0%
36Penalty minutes34
17Hits21
7Blocked shots18
8Giveaways11
6Takeaways6

Skaters

NHL

Tampa Bay Lightning

PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
S. O'ReillyR0111215:11
C. GeekieC1011216:15
I. MikheyevR1010213:32
J. CarlsonD0111221:56
B. PointC0110117:30
B. HagelL0000317:57
M. CrozierD000-1318:40
N. KucherovR0000219:28

Nashville Predators

PlayerGAP+/-SOGTOI
J. AhcanD011-2423:28
B. MartinC101-1217:33
R. SchaeferL0110120:10
A. FinkR0000211:44
T. JostC000-1118:42
C. BradleyL0000111:18
F. NilssonC0000115:19
O. WiesblattC0000115:21

Scoring summary

NHL
TimeTeamScorerAssistsScore
P1 01:33TBLI. MikheyevJ. Carlson, B. Point1–0
P1 07:39NSHB. MartinR. Schaefer, J. Ahcan1–1
P1 15:31TBLC. GeekieS. O'Reilly2–1

Goaltenders

NHL
GoalieTeamSavesSV%TOI
A. VasilevskiyTampa Bay Lightning12/130.92359:16
J. SarosNashville Predators20/220.90958:08

Three stars

NHL
#PlayerTeamPosLine
1S. O'ReillyTBLR0G 1A
2I. MikheyevTBLR1G 0A
3A. VasilevskiyTBLGSV% 0.923

Form and recent results

Tampa Bay LightningLLWWL

Nashville PredatorsWLWLL