Game

Stars at Predators

Stars 3, Predators 2 · first star Mikko Rantanen (1 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Dallas Stars 3 at Nashville Predators 2

Stars DAL

3 FINAL 2

Predators NSH

Sunday, October 26, 2025 · 7:00 PM ET · Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Stars	0	2	1	3	28
Predators	1	1	0	2	25

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Stars attack left, Predators attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: DAL 28, NSH 25.

DAL in red NSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Stars 28 shots on goal (3 goals, 18 missed, 8 blocked) attacking left; Predators 25 shots on goal (2 goals, 16 missed, 16 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	DAL SOG	DAL G	DAL ATT	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT
1st	6	0	15	8	1	20
2nd	13	2	24	8	1	18
3rd	9	1	15	9	0	19
Total	28	3	54	25	2	57

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	DAL SOG	DAL G	NSH SOG	NSH G
Even strength	20	2	20	1
Power play	8	1	4	1
Short-handed	0	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Predators took 51.4% of the shot attempts, and 56.4% of the 78 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Predators and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Stars hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Stars at Predators
Period	NSH CF%	NSH FF%
1st	57.1	57.7
2nd	42.9	38.2
3rd	55.9	48.1
Game	51.4	47.1

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

08:02 Jonathan Marchessault (3) PP Ryan O'Reilly (4), Filip Forsberg (4) · snap 0–1

2nd period

07:15 Spencer Stastney (1) Luke Evangelista (4), Justin Barron (3) · snap 0–2
09:36 Oskar Bäck (1) Radek Faksa (2), Thomas Harley (7) · tip-in 1–2
16:29 Wyatt Johnston (6) Jason Robertson (5) · backhand 2–2

3rd period

10:44 Mikko Rantanen (4) PP Mavrik Bourque (2), Jason Robertson (6) · wrist 3–2

Three stars

Mikko Rantanen DAL · R #96 · 1 G, 0 A
Jason Robertson DAL · L #21 · 0 G, 2 A
Jonathan Marchessault NSH · R #81 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	01:57	NSH	Erik Haula	holding	2	Justin Hryckowian
1st	07:12	DAL	Mikko Rantanen	interference	2	Michael McCarron
1st	11:45	NSH	Filip Forsberg	tripping	2	Sam Steel
1st	12:25	NSH	Cole Smith	tripping	2	Miro Heiskanen
1st	13:06	DAL	Wyatt Johnston	hooking	2	Michael McCarron
2nd	03:11	NSH	Tyson Jost	tripping	2	Justin Hryckowian
3rd	08:45	NSH	Nicolas Hague	delaying game puck over glass	2	—

Boxscore

Dallas Stars

Stars skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jason Robertson #21	L	0	2	2	+1	4	2	2	0	0.0	24:41
Oskar Bäck #10	C	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	08:28
Wyatt Johnston #53	C	1	0	1	+1	4	0	2	2	38.9	21:21
Mikko Rantanen #96	R	1	0	1	0	5	1	0	2	25.0	21:32
Mavrik Bourque #22	C	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0.0	16:22
Radek Faksa #12	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0	55.6	10:19
Thomas Harley #55	D	0	1	1	+1	3	1	3	0	0.0	25:17
Colin Blackwell #15	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	75.0	12:58
Justin Hryckowian #49	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	0	66.7	11:23
Sam Steel #18	C	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	100.0	18:10
Tyler Seguin #91	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	55.6	20:41
Adam Erne #73	L	0	0	0	-1	1	3	2	0	0.0	09:41
Nathan Bastian #11	R	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0.0	08:10
Alexander Petrovic #28	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	12:50
Esa Lindell #23	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	22:00
Ilya Lyubushkin #46	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:58
Lian Bichsel #6	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	11:59
Miro Heiskanen #4	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	25:20

Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Casey DeSmith #1	W	25	23	2	.920	19/20	3/4	60:00

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	1	0	1	-2	3	5	0	0	0.0	17:27
Spencer Stastney #24	D	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:31
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	50.0	21:22
Filip Forsberg #9	L	0	1	1	-1	4	1	0	2	0.0	20:22
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:48
Justin Barron #20	D	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	14:08
Michael McCarron #47	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	64.3	17:06
Ozzy Wiesblatt #89	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0.0	11:38
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	50.0	16:11
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	+1	0	3	0	2	0.0	11:59
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	20.0	14:08
Michael Bunting #58	L	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	10:21
Cole Smith #36	R	0	0	0	0	1	9	0	2	0.0	14:23
Matthew Wood #71	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	09:03
Adam Wilsby #83	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	20:10
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	26:20
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	20:48
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	2	0.0	20:13

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Justus Annunen #29	L	28	25	3	.893	18/20	7/8	58:03

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.