Game

Predators at Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets 3, Predators 2 · first star Sean Monahan (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.

Nashville Predators 2 at Columbus Blue Jackets 3

Predators NSH

2 FINAL 3

Blue Jackets CBJ

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · Nationwide Arena, Columbus

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Predators	1	1	0	2	25
Blue Jackets	1	0	2	3	27

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Predators attack left, Blue Jackets 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: NSH 25, CBJ 27.

NSH in red CBJ in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Predators 25 shots on goal (2 goals, 12 missed, 20 blocked) attacking left; Blue Jackets 27 shots on goal (3 goals, 25 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT	CBJ SOG	CBJ G	CBJ ATT
1st	10	1	20	9	1	20
2nd	8	1	17	10	0	26
3rd	7	0	20	8	2	23
Total	25	2	57	27	3	69

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NSH SOG	NSH G	CBJ SOG	CBJ G
Even strength	17	1	20	2
Power play	7	1	5	0
Short-handed	1	0	2	1

Attempt share by period

Blue Jackets took 54.8% of the shot attempts, and 57.7% of the 97 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 Blue Jackets and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Predators hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Predators at Blue Jackets
Period	CBJ CF%	CBJ FF%
1st	50.0	53.9
2nd	60.5	63.6
3rd	53.5	56.7
Game	54.8	58.4

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

Scoring summary

1st period

14:23 Adam Fantilli (17) Kirill Marchenko (29), Mason Marchment (16) · wrist 0–1
19:32 Filip Forsberg (27) PP Steven Stamkos (17), Luke Evangelista (38) · wrist 1–1

2nd period

14:39 Ryan O'Reilly (22) Unassisted · deflected 2–1

3rd period

01:52 Sean Monahan (12) SH Unassisted · snap 2–2
06:07 Charlie Coyle (16) Damon Severson (20), Denton Mateychuk (15) · deflected 2–3

Three stars

Sean Monahan CBJ · C #23 · 1 G, 0 A
Charlie Coyle CBJ · C #3 · 1 G, 0 A
Adam Fantilli CBJ · C #19 · 1 G, 0 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	16:26	NSH	Steven Stamkos	holding	2	Erik Gudbranson
1st	17:43	CBJ	Mason Marchment	hooking	2	Nick Blankenburg
2nd	05:07	NSH	Luke Evangelista	high sticking	2	Adam Fantilli
3rd	01:33	CBJ	Kirill Marchenko	high sticking	2	Roman Josi
3rd	06:07	NSH	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2	—
3rd	10:03	NSH	Michael Bunting	slashing	2	Erik Gudbranson

Boxscore

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	-1	4	1	1	0	56.2	18:36
Filip Forsberg #9	L	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	0	0.0	22:38
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	1	1	-2	2	0	1	2	44.4	17:34
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	2	0.0	20:23
Ozzy Wiesblatt #89	C	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	50.0	07:38
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	16.7	13:20
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	3	0	68.4	20:43
Michael Bunting #58	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	100.0	15:36
Zachary L'Heureux #68	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	08:34
Cole Smith #36	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	00:03
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	18:28
Matthew Wood #71	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	27.3	11:58
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	22:46
Justin Barron #20	D	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0.0	10:10
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	0.0	17:53
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0.0	19:15
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0.0	21:44
Roman Josi #59	D	0	0	0	-3	1	0	2	0	0.0	26:52

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Justus Annunen #29	L	27	24	3	.889	18/20	5/5	57:49

Columbus Blue Jackets

Blue Jackets skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Adam Fantilli #19	C	1	0	1	+1	1	1	0	0	35.7	16:58
Charlie Coyle #3	C	1	0	1	+2	6	2	2	0	42.1	22:11
Sean Monahan #23	C	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	76.2	19:29
Mason Marchment #17	L	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	2	0.0	16:55
Kirill Marchenko #86	R	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	0.0	18:05
Damon Severson #78	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	0.0	20:28
Denton Mateychuk #5	D	0	1	1	+2	2	0	1	0	0.0	19:48
Cole Sillinger #4	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	1	0	0.0	15:48
Isac Lundeström #21	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	25.0	11:03
Kent Johnson #91	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	15:10
Danton Heinen #43	L	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	0.0	13:44
Dmitri Voronkov #10	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	08:39
Miles Wood #11	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	100.0	07:49
Mathieu Olivier #24	R	0	0	0	+1	2	2	1	0	0.0	15:33
Dante Fabbro #15	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	14:54
Egor Zamula #6	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	11:44
Erik Gudbranson #44	D	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	0.0	21:04
Ivan Provorov #9	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0.0	26:49

Blue Jackets goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Jet Greaves #73	W	23	21	2	.913	14/15	6/7	51:44
Elvis Merzlikins #90	—	2	2	0	1.000	2/2	0/0	08:16

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.