Nashville Predators at Minnesota Wild

Tue, Dec 23, 2025 · Grand Casino Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

3 – 2

Final/OT

Minnesota Wild

The Nashville Predators beat the Minnesota Wild 3–2 in overtime on Tue, Dec 23, 2025 at Grand Casino Arena. Ryan O'Reilly led the way with 2 points. Juuse Saros made 30 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
NSH	2	0	0	1	3	29
MIN	1	1	0	0	2	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	07:00	MIN	EV	Brock Faber (7) · slap	Quinn Hughes (24), Nico Sturm (4)	0–1
1st	14:28	NSH	PP	Ryan O'Reilly (11) · backhand	Luke Evangelista (20), Steven Stamkos (7)	1–1
1st	17:07	NSH	PP	Roman Josi (3) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (21), Filip Forsberg (13)	2–1
2nd	00:52	MIN	PP	Joel Eriksson Ek (9) · wrist	Marcus Johansson (17), Kirill Kaprizov (21)	2–2
OT	00:53	NSH	EV	Steven Stamkos (15) · tip-in	Erik Haula (14), Nick Blankenburg (11)	3–2

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	08:30	NSH	Ryan O'Reilly	high sticking	2
1st	13:42	MIN	Joel Eriksson Ek	tripping	2
1st	16:07	MIN	Vladimir Tarasenko	tripping	2
2nd	01:14	MIN	Kirill Kaprizov	holding	2
2nd	03:48	NSH	Nick Blankenburg	tripping	2
2nd	16:40	MIN	Mats Zuccarello	slashing	2
2nd	16:40	NSH	Michael McCarron	slashing	2
2nd	18:16	MIN	Jared Spurgeon	high sticking	2
3rd	02:15	NSH	Tyson Jost	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NSH 2.72 · MIN 2.62 · xG% NSH 50.9

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	1	1	2	-2	2	2	0	0	50.0	22:45	25
91	Steven Stamkos	C	1	1	2	-1	0	4	3	0	77.8	18:24	23
59	Roman Josi	D	1	0	1	-1	0	4	0	3		24:42	24
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	1	1	-2	0	3	4	0		20:20	24
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	3	1		18:52	22
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	1	1	0	0	4	0	0		17:36	17
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	2	72.7	15:12	21
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1		19:45	23
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		18:34	23
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	3	0		18:05	22
83	Adam Wilsby	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		16:17	19
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	61.5	15:19	21
36	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		14:59	21
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		12:33	15
71	Matthew Wood	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1		11:03	10
49	Reid Schaefer	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		10:45	15
40	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	33.3	9:56	11
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0		9:36	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Juuse Saros	W	32	30	2	.938	60:49

Minnesota Wild

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
43	Quinn Hughes	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		29:11	22
97	Kirill Kaprizov	L	0	1	1	+1	2	8	1	0		25:38	17
7	Brock Faber	D	1	0	1	+2	0	2	0	2		25:12	27
14	Joel Eriksson Ek	C	1	0	1	+1	2	4	2	0	25.0	17:26	22
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		13:52	19
78	Nico Sturm	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	1	0	42.9	10:39	13
25	Jonas Brodin	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		19:30	20
38	Ryan Hartman	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	38.9	19:18	16
36	Mats Zuccarello	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1		18:56	15
12	Matt Boldy	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18:55	20
46	Jared Spurgeon	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2		16:56	22
5	Jake Middleton	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		13:55	17
91	Vladimir Tarasenko	R	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0		12:53	15
24	Zach Bogosian	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2		12:17	16
22	Danila Yurov	R	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	80.0	11:54	12
18	Vinnie Hinostroza	C	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	100.0	10:19	11
17	Marcus Foligno	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	7	1		9:32	12
13	Yakov Trenin	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	1		8:59	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
32	Filip Gustavsson	OTL	29	26	3	.897	60:24