Final
NSH at TBL game report
Predators
1–2
Lightning
Sunday, September 20, 2026 · 5:00 p.m. ET · Benchmark International Arena
Lightning beat the Predators 2–1 and earned it, out-chancing them 3.8–1.5 in expected goals and 7–5 in high-danger chances.
Team comparison
TBLNSH
- 2Goals1
- 3.83Expected goals1.48
- 1.805-on-5 expected goals0.73
- 7High-danger chances5
- 22Shots on goal13
- 54Shot attempts31
- 375-on-5 shot attempts20
- 8:44Power-play time11:10
5-on-5 shares for TBL: 64.9% of shot attempts, 71.1% of expected goals.
Expected goals through the game
LightningPredatorsCircles mark goals
Each step is a shot; the bigger the step, the better the chance. A goal on a small step was a low-percentage finish.
Shot map
Predators shooting ←→ Lightning shootingBigger dot = better chance · filled = goal · blocked shots not shown
By strength
| TBL at… | Time | Attempts | xG | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 on 5 | 35:29 | 37–20 | 1.80–0.73 | 2–1 |
| Power play | 8:44 | 8–9 | 0.45–0.69 | 0–0 |
| Shorthanded | 11:10 | 3–1 | 0.24–0.00 | 0–0 |
| Other (4 on 4, 3 on 3, empty net) | 4:37 | 6–1 | 1.34–0.06 | 0–0 |
Read pairs as TBL–NSH. “Power play” means TBL had the extra skater.
Goaltending
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | xGA | GSAx |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juuse Saros NSH | 20/22 | .909 | 2.69 | +0.69 |
| Andrei Vasilevskiy TBL | 12/13 | .923 | 1.48 | +0.48 |
GSAx above zero means the goalie stopped more than an average goalie would have, given the shots faced.
Most dangerous shooters
| Player | G | SOG | Att | HD | ixG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikita Kucherov TBL | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.81 |
| Benjamin Rautiainen TBL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.61 |
| Brady Martin NSH | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.40 |
| Sam O'Reilly TBL | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0.39 |
| Ethan Czata TBL | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0.37 |
| Conor Geekie TBL | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0.29 |
| Brandon Hagel TBL | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0.26 |
| Anthony Cirelli TBL | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0.26 |
| Max Crozier TBL | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0.25 |
| Aiden Fink NSH | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0.22 |
Three stars
- ★S. O'ReillyTBL · 0G 1A
- ★★I. MikheyevTBL · 1G 0A
- ★★★A. VasilevskiyTBL · .923 SV%
Scoring
Period 1
- 01:33TBL I. Mikheyev (from J. Carlson, B. Point)0–1
- 07:39NSH B. Martin (from R. Schaefer, J. Ahcan)1–1
- 15:31TBL C. Geekie (from S. O'Reilly)1–2