Game

Blackhawks at Predators

Predators 4, Blackhawks 2 · 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.

Chicago Blackhawks 2 at Nashville Predators 4

Blackhawks CHI

2 FINAL 4

Predators NSH

Thursday, February 26, 2026 · 8:00 PM ET · Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Blackhawks	0	1	1	2	23
Predators	1	0	3	4	26

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Blackhawks attack left, Predators attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 2 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: CHI 23, NSH 26.

CHI in red NSH in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Blackhawks 23 shots on goal (2 goals, 8 missed, 13 blocked) attacking left; Predators 26 shots on goal (4 goals, 9 missed, 9 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	CHI SOG	CHI G	CHI ATT	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT
1st	9	0	20	8	1	14
2nd	5	1	10	12	0	18
3rd	9	1	14	6	3	12
Total	23	2	44	26	4	44

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	CHI SOG	CHI G	NSH SOG	NSH G
Even strength	13	1	23	3
Power play	10	1	2	1
Short-handed	0	0	1	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Predators took 50.0% of the shot attempts, and 56.1% of the 66 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 Blackhawks hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Blackhawks at Predators
Period	NSH CF%	NSH FF%
1st	41.2	52.2
2nd	64.3	64.0
3rd	46.1	38.9
Game	50.0	53.0

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

Scoring summary

1st period

13:50 Filip Forsberg (25) Unassisted · wrist 0–1

2nd period

04:13 Connor Bedard (24) Ryan Greene (14) · wrist 1–1

3rd period

03:16 Tyler Bertuzzi (26) PP Teuvo Teravainen (14), Sam Rinzel (8) · snap 2–1
07:12 Matthew Wood (10) PP Erik Haula (21) · wrist 2–2
16:44 Ryan O'Reilly (21) Roman Josi (29) · wrist 2–3
19:12 Steven Stamkos (29) EN Unassisted · wrist 2–4

Three stars

Ryan O'Reilly NSH · C #90 · 1 G, 0 A
Filip Forsberg NSH · L #9 · 1 G, 0 A
Matthew Wood NSH · R #71 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	03:26	NSH	Nick Perbix	high sticking	2	Ryan Greene
1st	06:00	NSH	Erik Haula	high sticking double minor	4	Ryan Donato
3rd	01:25	NSH	Adam Wilsby	delaying game puck over glass	2	—
3rd	05:17	CHI	Nick Foligno	interference	2	Ryan O'Reilly
3rd	12:58	NSH	Michael McCarron	roughing	2	Sam Rinzel
3rd	12:58	CHI	Sam Rinzel	roughing	2	Michael McCarron
3rd	12:58	NSH	Michael McCarron	tripping	2	Connor Murphy

Boxscore

Chicago Blackhawks

Blackhawks skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Connor Bedard #98	C	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	50.0	21:29
Tyler Bertuzzi #59	L	1	0	1	-2	3	0	0	0	0.0	17:56
Ryan Greene #20	C	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	50.0	16:44
Teuvo Teravainen #86	C	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	19:49
Sam Rinzel #6	D	0	1	1	-1	3	0	1	2	0.0	20:53
Frank Nazar #91	C	0	0	0	-2	4	0	0	0	50.0	18:13
Jason Dickinson #16	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	66.7	13:44
Oliver Moore #11	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	12:54
Ryan Donato #8	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	11:55
Andre Burakovsky #28	L	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	17:08
Landon Slaggert #84	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	0.0	09:58
Nick Foligno #17	L	0	0	0	-1	1	3	0	2	71.4	14:55
Ilya Mikheyev #95	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	14:07
Alex Vlasic #72	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	22:39
Artyom Levshunov #55	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	0	0.0	17:47
Connor Murphy #5	D	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0.0	15:12
Louis Crevier #46	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	17:11
Matt Grzelcyk #48	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	2	0	0.0	16:16

Blackhawks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Spencer Knight #30	L	25	22	3	.880	20/22	1/2	59:15

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	3	0	0	0	36.4	18:40
Steven Stamkos #91	C	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	100.0	14:54
Filip Forsberg #9	L	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	0.0	17:40
Matthew Wood #71	R	1	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	33.3	10:07
Erik Haula #56	L	0	1	1	+2	0	6	0	4	46.7	15:56
Roman Josi #59	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	0.0	25:25
Michael McCarron #47	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	50.0	14:40
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	13:20
Michael Bunting #58	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	11:28
Zachary L'Heureux #68	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	09:45
Cole Smith #36	R	0	0	0	+1	0	2	1	0	0.0	16:20
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	14:23
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	14:20
Adam Wilsby #83	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0.0	14:02
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	+2	1	2	3	0	0.0	17:17
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	0	0	+1	1	4	1	0	0.0	19:52
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	19:57
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	22:03

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Justus Annunen #29	W	23	21	2	.913	12/13	9/10	60:00

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.