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Nashville Predators at Dallas Stars

NHLFebruary 28, 2026American Airlines Center

PredatorsNashvilleNSH27-24-8

Predators 2, Stars 3

Final/OT
StarsDallasDALWon36-14-9
Score by period
Team123OTT
NSH20002
DAL01113

Scoring

Play-by-play

In order

1st

  1. 0:00Start of 1st Period
  2. 0:00Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  3. 0:04Giveaway by Steven Stamkos
  4. 0:13Icing
  5. 0:13Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  6. 0:23Steven Stamkos hit Miro Heiskanen
  7. 0:26Giveaway by Esa Lindell
  8. 0:27Ryan O'Reilly Backhand Wide Right
  9. 0:34Roman Josi shot blocked by Wyatt Johnston
  10. 0:37Steven Stamkos hit Esa Lindell
  11. 0:43Mavrik Bourque hit Brady Skjei
  12. 1:07Roman Josi Hooking against Wyatt Johnston
  13. 1:07Cole Smith faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  14. 1:39Wyatt Johnston Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  15. 1:53Giveaway by Erik Haula
  16. 1:58Giveaway by Jamie Benn
  17. 2:09Erik Haula hit Sam Steel
  18. 2:53Justin Hryckowian Tip-In Wide Left
  19. 2:57Takeaway by Ryan O'Reilly
  20. 3:23Nick Perbix Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  21. 3:25Goalie Stopped
  22. 3:25Arttu Hyry faceoff won against Tyson Jost
  23. 3:27Filip Forsberg Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  24. 3:47Tyson Jost Wrist Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  25. 3:49Goalie Stopped
  26. 3:49Colin Blackwell faceoff won against Matthew Wood
  27. 3:55Giveaway by Justin Hryckowian
  28. 3:59Zachary L'Heureux hit Lian Bichsel
  29. 4:04Adam Erne Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  30. 4:36Steven Stamkos Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  31. 5:05Icing
  32. 5:05Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Erik Haula
  33. 5:29Brady Skjei hit Sam Steel
  34. 5:48Thomas Harley Snap Shot Wide Right
  35. 5:50Goalie Stopped
  36. 5:50Michael McCarron faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  37. 6:12Miro Heiskanen Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  38. 6:33Zachary L'Heureux hit Thomas Harley
  39. 6:47Justin Hryckowian hit Nick Blankenburg
  40. 6:48Adam Erne shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
  41. 7:00Zachary L'Heureux hit Justin Hryckowian
  42. 7:05Adam Erne hit Nick Blankenburg
  43. 7:09Zachary L'Heureux Fighting against Justin Hryckowian
  44. 7:09Justin Hryckowian Fighting against Zachary L'Heureux
  45. 7:09TV Timeout
  46. 7:09Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  47. 8:18Sam Steel hit Adam Wilsby
  48. 8:34Erik Haula Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  49. 8:48Michael McCarron hit Nils Lundkvist
  50. 10:20Tyson Jost Snap Shot Wide Left
  51. 10:49Adam Wilsby Slap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  52. 11:13Wyatt Johnston Backhand saved by Juuse Saros
  53. 11:22Giveaway by Filip Forsberg
  54. 11:41Filip Forsberg hit Ilya Lyubushkin
  55. 11:55Matt Duchene Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  56. 12:33Thomas Harley Roughing against Filip Forsberg
  57. 12:33TV Timeout
  58. 12:33Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Colin Blackwell
  59. 12:43Roman Josi Slap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  60. 12:46Jonathan Marchessault Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  61. 12:47Filip Forsberg Poke saved by Jake Oettinger
  62. 12:48Goalie Stopped
  63. 12:48Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Justin Hryckowian
  64. 13:55Colin Blackwell shot blocked by Erik Haula
  65. 14:26Michael Bunting Goal (13) Snap Shot, assists: Matthew Wood (9), Luke Evangelista (35)
  66. 14:26Michael McCarron faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  67. 14:49Mavrik Bourque Tip-In saved by Juuse Saros
  68. 14:52Roman Josi hit Mavrik Bourque
  69. 15:16Michael McCarron hit Nils Lundkvist
  70. 15:35Steven Stamkos Goal (30) Snap Shot, assists: Luke Evangelista (36)
  71. 15:35Matt Duchene faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  72. 16:17Matt Duchene Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  73. 16:55Nathan Bastian Slap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  74. 17:05Nathan Bastian hit Brady Skjei
  75. 18:12Mavrik Bourque hit Ryan O'Reilly
  76. 18:43Jonathan Marchessault hit Thomas Harley
  77. 18:53Nicolas Hague shot blocked by Thomas Harley
  78. 18:56Puck in Netting
  79. 18:56Arttu Hyry faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  80. 19:03Nathan Bastian hit Roman Josi
  81. 19:04Arttu Hyry hit Brady Skjei
  82. 19:15Giveaway by Michael Bunting
  83. 19:27Oskar Bäck hit Brady Skjei
  84. 19:42Nils Lundkvist Snap Shot Wide Left
  85. 19:45Goalie Stopped
  86. 19:45Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  87. 19:47Puck in Netting
  88. 19:47Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  89. 19:56Puck in Crowd
  90. 19:56Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  91. 20:00End of 1st Period

2nd

  1. 0:00Start of 2nd Period
  2. 0:00Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Steven Stamkos
  3. 0:15Giveaway by Wyatt Johnston
  4. 0:24Brady Skjei hit Jason Robertson
  5. 0:30Icing
  6. 0:30Matt Duchene faceoff won against Steven Stamkos
  7. 0:32Thomas Harley Snap Shot Wide Right
  8. 0:34Goalie Stopped
  9. 0:34Matt Duchene faceoff won against Steven Stamkos
  10. 0:55Icing
  11. 0:55Erik Haula faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  12. 1:16Filip Forsberg Interference against Sam Steel
  13. 1:16Michael McCarron faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  14. 2:07Takeaway by Jamie Benn
  15. 2:21Jason Robertson Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  16. 2:23Goalie Stopped
  17. 2:23Michael McCarron faceoff won against Mavrik Bourque
  18. 2:26Cole Smith hit Thomas Harley
  19. 3:16Esa Lindell Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  20. 3:46Thomas Harley Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  21. 4:12Takeaway by Adam Wilsby
  22. 4:37Zachary L'Heureux hit Lian Bichsel
  23. 5:02Matt Duchene Tripping against Nick Blankenburg
  24. 5:02Colin Blackwell faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  25. 6:13Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Miro Heiskanen
  26. 6:21Jonathan Marchessault Backhand Wide Left
  27. 7:15Icing
  28. 7:15Michael McCarron faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  29. 7:20Takeaway by Matt Duchene
  30. 7:24Jamie Benn hit Nick Blankenburg
  31. 7:34Icing
  32. 7:34Michael McCarron faceoff won against Jamie Benn
  33. 7:42Jamie Benn Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  34. 7:52Michael Bunting Slap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  35. 8:18Tyson Jost Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  36. 8:20Goalie Stopped
  37. 8:20Tyson Jost faceoff won against Arttu Hyry
  38. 8:23Matthew Wood shot blocked by Thomas Harley
  39. 8:56Giveaway by Nils Lundkvist
  40. 9:29Roman Josi Slap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  41. 9:45Steven Stamkos Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  42. 9:46Goalie Stopped
  43. 9:46Matt Duchene faceoff won against Jonathan Marchessault
  44. 10:00Sam Steel Tip-In Wide Left
  45. 10:18Sam Steel hit Nick Perbix
  46. 10:46Giveaway by Adam Erne
  47. 11:16Colin Blackwell hit Michael Bunting
  48. 11:24Ilya Lyubushkin Snap Shot Wide Left
  49. 11:33Tyson Jost Snap Shot Wide Right
  50. 11:33Lian Bichsel hit Tyson Jost
  51. 11:39Nicolas Hague hit Arttu Hyry
  52. 11:43Giveaway by Nick Blankenburg
  53. 11:56Puck in Benches
  54. 11:56Matt Duchene faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  55. 12:08Giveaway by Esa Lindell
  56. 13:16Thomas Harley Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  57. 14:09Icing
  58. 14:09Michael McCarron faceoff won against Arttu Hyry
  59. 14:19Icing
  60. 14:19Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  61. 14:27Giveaway by Michael Bunting
  62. 14:53Giveaway by Mavrik Bourque
  63. 15:22Zachary L'Heureux shot blocked by Ilya Lyubushkin
  64. 15:51Giveaway by Nathan Bastian
  65. 16:07Nathan Bastian Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  66. 16:09Ryan O'Reilly Holding against Oskar Bäck
  67. 16:09TV Timeout
  68. 16:09Matt Duchene faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  69. 16:18Wyatt Johnston Goal (32) Snap Shot, assists: Jamie Benn (14), Jason Robertson (35)
  70. 16:18Erik Haula faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  71. 16:25Brady Skjei Slap Shot Above Crossbar
  72. 16:35Giveaway by Erik Haula
  73. 16:51Thomas Harley shot blocked by Jamie Benn
  74. 16:55Goalie Stopped
  75. 16:55Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  76. 17:03Steven Stamkos hit Miro Heiskanen
  77. 17:16Off-side
  78. 17:16Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Steven Stamkos
  79. 17:21Jason Robertson shot blocked by Nicolas Hague
  80. 17:31Jason Robertson Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  81. 17:39Wyatt Johnston Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  82. 17:42Mavrik Bourque shot blocked by Nick Blankenburg
  83. 17:48High Stick
  84. 17:48Matthew Wood faceoff won against Justin Hryckowian
  85. 18:19Tyson Jost shot blocked by Ilya Lyubushkin
  86. 18:39Brady Skjei hit Sam Steel
  87. 19:07Thomas Harley shot blocked by Tyson Jost
  88. 19:18Icing
  89. 19:18Wyatt Johnston faceoff won against Tyson Jost
  90. 19:22Mavrik Bourque Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  91. 19:23Goalie Stopped
  92. 19:23Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  93. 19:38Miro Heiskanen shot blocked by Steven Stamkos
  94. 19:40Puck in Netting
  95. 19:40Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  96. 19:56Thomas Harley shot blocked by Nick Perbix
  97. 19:59Wyatt Johnston Snap Shot Wide Right
  98. 20:00End of 2nd Period

3rd

  1. 0:00Start of 3rd Period
  2. 0:00Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  3. 0:19Mavrik Bourque Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  4. 0:20Wyatt Johnston Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  5. 0:22Goalie Stopped
  6. 0:22Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  7. 1:01Thomas Harley Hooking against Michael Bunting
  8. 1:01Colin Blackwell faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  9. 1:52Giveaway by Esa Lindell
  10. 1:52Steven Stamkos Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  11. 1:59Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Esa Lindell
  12. 2:02Steven Stamkos Snap Shot Wide Right
  13. 2:02Jonathan Marchessault Deflected saved by Jake Oettinger
  14. 3:00Lian Bichsel hit Michael Bunting
  15. 3:14Giveaway by Nick Perbix
  16. 3:18Mavrik Bourque Tip-In saved by Juuse Saros
  17. 3:24Giveaway by Matthew Wood
  18. 3:41Thomas Harley hit Zachary L'Heureux
  19. 3:57Giveaway by Miro Heiskanen
  20. 4:00Giveaway by Roman Josi
  21. 4:07Miro Heiskanen Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  22. 4:09Goalie Stopped
  23. 4:09Matt Duchene faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  24. 4:12Miro Heiskanen shot blocked by Ryan O'Reilly
  25. 4:15Miro Heiskanen Wrist Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  26. 4:17Goalie Stopped
  27. 4:17Matt Duchene faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  28. 4:45Nicolas Hague Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  29. 4:55Jamie Benn hit Nick Blankenburg
  30. 5:08Erik Haula Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  31. 5:28Thomas Harley Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  32. 5:31Nathan Bastian Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Thomas Harley (21)
  33. 5:31Michael McCarron faceoff won against Wyatt Johnston
  34. 5:45Michael McCarron hit Ilya Lyubushkin
  35. 5:47Cole Smith hit Lian Bichsel
  36. 5:56Ilya Lyubushkin shot blocked by Brady Skjei
  37. 5:58Puck in Netting
  38. 5:58Michael McCarron faceoff won against Nathan Bastian
  39. 6:24Ilya Lyubushkin Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  40. 6:28Nathan Bastian hit Cole Smith
  41. 6:58Giveaway by Esa Lindell
  42. 7:14Icing
  43. 7:14Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  44. 7:18Puck in Penalty Benches
  45. 7:18Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Jamie Benn
  46. 7:22Giveaway by Brady Skjei
  47. 8:08Filip Forsberg shot blocked by Miro Heiskanen
  48. 8:28Filip Forsberg hit Nils Lundkvist
  49. 8:53Cole Smith hit Esa Lindell
  50. 8:56Giveaway by Esa Lindell
  51. 9:30Giveaway by Jonathan Marchessault
  52. 9:59Nathan Bastian Wrist Shot Wide Left
  53. 10:05Nathan Bastian shot blocked by Brady Skjei
  54. 10:09Ilya Lyubushkin Slap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  55. 10:14Lian Bichsel shot blocked by Arttu Hyry
  56. 10:19Nathan Bastian hit Michael McCarron
  57. 10:44Icing
  58. 10:44Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  59. 11:07Thomas Harley shot blocked by Tyson Jost
  60. 11:37Takeaway by Nicolas Hague
  61. 11:42Giveaway by Michael Bunting
  62. 11:47Takeaway by Filip Forsberg
  63. 12:02Filip Forsberg Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  64. 12:03Goalie Stopped
  65. 12:03Steven Stamkos faceoff won against Justin Hryckowian
  66. 12:06Roman Josi Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  67. 12:08Goalie Stopped
  68. 12:08Ryan O'Reilly faceoff won against Matt Duchene
  69. 12:14Luke Evangelista shot blocked by Miro Heiskanen
  70. 12:29Giveaway by Ryan O'Reilly
  71. 12:59Nicolas Hague Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  72. 13:02Nicolas Hague Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  73. 13:27Cole Smith hit Miro Heiskanen
  74. 13:34Michael McCarron hit Jason Robertson
  75. 13:39Cole Smith hit Mavrik Bourque
  76. 13:58Icing
  77. 13:58Colin Blackwell faceoff won against Erik Haula
  78. 14:01Ilya Lyubushkin shot blocked by Michael McCarron
  79. 14:31Nick Blankenburg Snap Shot Above Crossbar
  80. 15:12Icing
  81. 15:12Matt Duchene faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  82. 15:16Thomas Harley Backhand Wide Right
  83. 15:56Nick Perbix Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  84. 16:12Nils Lundkvist shot blocked by Michael McCarron
  85. 16:17Nicolas Hague hit Mavrik Bourque
  86. 16:31Jason Robertson shot blocked by Roman Josi
  87. 17:03Brady Skjei Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  88. 17:17Lian Bichsel hit Michael Bunting
  89. 17:21Lian Bichsel hit Michael Bunting
  90. 17:23Nick Blankenburg shot blocked by Adam Erne
  91. 17:42Luke Evangelista shot blocked by Oskar Bäck
  92. 17:55Arttu Hyry Snap Shot saved by Juuse Saros
  93. 17:57Goalie Stopped
  94. 17:57Matt Duchene faceoff won against Michael McCarron
  95. 18:00Thomas Harley shot blocked by Michael McCarron
  96. 18:05Jamie Benn Snap Shot Wide Right
  97. 18:09Giveaway by Matt Duchene
  98. 18:49Icing
  99. 18:49Mavrik Bourque faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  100. 19:27Cole Smith shot blocked by Esa Lindell
  101. 19:33Takeaway by Filip Forsberg
  102. 19:34Filip Forsberg Poke saved by Jake Oettinger
  103. 19:39Nick Perbix shot blocked by Jason Robertson
  104. 20:00End of 3rd Period

OT

  1. 0:00Start of Overtime
  2. 0:00Matt Duchene faceoff won against Ryan O'Reilly
  3. 0:23Thomas Harley shot blocked by Ryan O'Reilly
  4. 0:34Ryan O'Reilly Snap Shot saved by Jake Oettinger
  5. 1:00Brady Skjei Snap Shot Hit Left Post
  6. 1:43Wyatt Johnston Snap Shot Wide Left
  7. 1:47Jason Robertson Goal (33) Snap Shot, assists: Miro Heiskanen (41), Wyatt Johnston (31)
  8. 1:47End of OT
  9. 1:47Game End

1st

  1. 14:26NSH 1, DAL 0Michael Bunting Goal (13) Snap Shot, assists: Matthew Wood (9), Luke Evangelista (35)
  2. 15:35NSH 2, DAL 0Steven Stamkos Goal (30) Snap Shot, assists: Luke Evangelista (36)

2nd

  1. 16:18NSH 2, DAL 1Wyatt Johnston Goal (32) Snap Shot, assists: Jamie Benn (14), Jason Robertson (35)

3rd

  1. 5:31NSH 2, DAL 2Nathan Bastian Goal (4) Wrist Shot, assists: Thomas Harley (21)

OT

  1. 1:47NSH 2, DAL 3Jason Robertson Goal (33) Snap Shot, assists: Miro Heiskanen (41), Wyatt Johnston (31)

Game leaders

PredatorsNashville

StarsDallas

Box score

ForwardsGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOIFO%SFLFWGVPNSMTKSHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Michael Bunting LW10-1000013:520.02003000171311:312:210:00
Steven Stamkos C100031020:2642.94431010263016:533:330:00
Cole Smith RW000050014:09100.0001000020612:130:001:56
Erik Haula LW00-2011017:2650.0222200024913:502:051:31
Filip Forsberg LW00-1020218:500.04001102242515:113:360:03
Jonathan Marchessault RW000010015:170.02101010171011:433:340:00
Luke Evangelista RW021000017:200.0000000025814:582:220:00
Matthew Wood RW010000011:1750.0011100013109:052:120:00
Michael McCarron C000043015:5969.2049000020513:060:002:53
Ryan O'Reilly C001002222:0262.519151111272116:403:351:47
Tyson Jost C00000209:0833.322100201039:030:000:05
Zachary L'Heureux LW00004059:110.000001001109:110:000:00
DefenseGA+/-SOGHTBSPIMTOISFLFWGVPNSMTKFO%SHFTYTDGESTOIPPTOISHTOI
Adam Wilsby D00100005:4810000010.0815:480:000:00
Brady Skjei D00-2032023:5710010200.028121:370:002:20
Nick Blankenburg D000001018:0500010100.023614:092:071:49
Nick Perbix D000001019:2320010000.026316:570:012:25
Nicolas Hague D000022020:0130000010.027218:010:131:47
Roman Josi D000011229:0930011000.0331125:233:460:00
GoaliesSAGASVSV%TOIPIMSOSESSVPPSVSHSVSOSAYTDG
Juuse Saros G25322.88061:3900202000

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