Game

Islanders at Predators

Predators 2, Islanders 1 in a shootout · first star Ryan O'Reilly (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.

New York Islanders 1 at Nashville Predators 2

Islanders NYI

1 FINAL/SO 2

Predators NSH

Thursday, January 8, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · Bridgestone Arena, Nashville · TV ESPN+ · HULU

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	1OT	SO	T	SOG
Islanders	0	1	0	0	0	1	31
Predators	0	1	0	0	1	2	27

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Islanders attack left, Predators attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 4 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: NYI 31, NSH 27.

NYI in red NSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Islanders 31 shots on goal (1 goal, 11 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Predators 27 shots on goal (1 goal, 20 missed, 24 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NYI SOG	NYI G	NYI ATT	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT
1st	10	0	18	10	0	23
2nd	9	1	20	9	1	24
3rd	7	0	14	7	0	22
OT	5	0	7	1	0	2
Total	31	1	59	27	1	71

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NYI SOG	NYI G	NSH SOG	NSH G
Even strength	28	1	22	0
Power play	3	0	1	0
Short-handed	0	0	4	1

Attempt share by period

Predators took 54.6% of the shot attempts, and 57.6% of the 99 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 Islanders hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Islanders at Predators
Period	NSH CF%	NSH FF%
1st	56.1	50.0
2nd	54.5	57.1
3rd	61.1	60.0
OT	22.2	25.0
Game	54.6	52.8

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

Scoring summary

2nd period

12:14 Simon Holmstrom (10) Scott Mayfield (6), Mathew Barzal (25) · wrist 1–0
19:19 Ryan O'Reilly (13) SH Cole Smith (2) · wrist 1–1

Shootout

00:00 Filip Forsberg Unassisted · backhand 1–2

Three stars

Ryan O'Reilly NSH · C #90 · 1 G, 0 A
Juuse Saros NSH · G #74 · 0 GA, .968 SV%
Filip Forsberg NSH · L #9 · 0 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
2nd	02:23	NYI	Kyle MacLean	tripping	2	Cole Smith
2nd	02:23	NSH	Cole Smith	tripping	2	Matthew Schaefer
2nd	07:25	NSH	Tyson Jost	tripping	2	Casey Cizikas
2nd	07:25	NYI	Casey Cizikas	unsportsmanlike conduct	2	Tyson Jost
2nd	16:05	NYI	Simon Holmstrom	slashing	2	Reid Schaefer
2nd	18:29	NSH	Michael McCarron	interference	2	Scott Mayfield
3rd	02:10	NSH	Tyson Jost	tripping	2	Adam Pelech
3rd	06:08	NYI	Tony DeAngelo	unsportsmanlike conduct	2	Luke Evangelista
3rd	06:08	NSH	Luke Evangelista	unsportsmanlike conduct	2	Tony DeAngelo

Boxscore

New York Islanders

Islanders skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Simon Holmstrom #10	R	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	2	0.0	16:10
Mathew Barzal #13	C	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	28.6	24:51
Scott Mayfield #24	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	2	0	0.0	17:01
Calum Ritchie #64	C	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	20.0	08:52
Casey Cizikas #53	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	66.7	13:57
Jean-Gabriel Pageau #44	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	66.7	15:42
Kyle MacLean #32	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33.3	09:52
Marc Gatcomb #16	C	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0.0	09:03
Anders Lee #27	L	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	0	25.0	16:27
Anthony Duclair #11	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	13:39
Emil Heineman #51	L	0	0	0	-1	5	2	2	0	0.0	22:45
Jonathan Drouin #29	L	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	66.7	17:50
Max Shabanov #49	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	15:48
Adam Pelech #3	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	21:44
Cole McWard #4	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	0.0	11:10
Matthew Schaefer #48	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	28:53
Ryan Pulock #6	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	0	0.0	20:42
Tony DeAngelo #77	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	0.0	22:34

Islanders goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
David Rittich #33	O	27	26	1	.963	22/22	1/1	65:00

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	68.2	23:52
Cole Smith #36	R	0	1	1	+1	2	3	0	2	0.0	15:17
Fedor Svechkov #40	C	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	83.3	11:46
Michael McCarron #47	C	0	0	0	0	1	6	1	2	40.0	14:18
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	0	0	-1	4	3	0	0	25.0	20:24
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0.0	07:22
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	21.4	17:18
Filip Forsberg #9	L	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	18:48
Michael Bunting #58	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	100.0	16:24
Reid Schaefer #49	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	11:04
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	16:35
Matthew Wood #71	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	07:26
Adam Wilsby #83	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	0	0.0	19:22
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0.0	21:00
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	21:55
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	19:07
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	19:51
Roman Josi #59	D	0	0	0	+1	4	0	3	0	0.0	23:11

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Juuse Saros #74	W	31	30	1	.968	27/28	3/3	65:00

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.