Nashville Predators @ Columbus Blue Jackets

19-11-2, 10-6-2 Away

Final/SO

	1	2	3	SO	T
Predators NSH	1	2	0	0	3
Blue Jackets CBJ	1	1	1	1	4

Columbus Blue JacketsBlue JacketsCBJ

15-13-1, 10-3-1 Home

Nashville Predators


forwards
Nick CousinsN. Cousins#21
Matt DucheneM. Duchene#95
Filip ForsbergF. Forsberg#9
Mikael GranlundM. Granlund#64
Tanner JeannotT. Jeannot#84
Ryan JohansenR. Johansen#92
Luke KuninL. Kunin#11
Matt LuffM. Luff#24
Michael McCarronM. McCarron#47
Eeli TolvanenE. Tolvanen#28
Philip TomasinoP. Tomasino#26
Yakov TreninY. Trenin#13
defensemen
Matt BenningM. Benning#5
Mark BorowieckiM. Borowiecki#90
Alexandre CarrierA. Carrier#45
Mattias EkholmM. Ekholm#14
Dante FabbroD. Fabbro#57
Ben HarpurB. Harpur#17

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	19	15:37	2:11	0:00	13:26	3	3	50.0
0	2	0	0	2	0	1	2	1	0	3	25	18:24	2:04	0:00	16:20	0	1	0.0
0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	2	25	18:21	2:04	0:00	16:17	0	0	0.0
0	1	-1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	27	22:18	2:04	3:11	17:03	13	8	61.9
0	0	0	2	0	1	2	7	3	1	1	19	14:50	0:00	1:21	13:29	0	1	0.0
1	0	-2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	25	15:50	2:04	0:13	13:33	9	7	56.3
0	0	-2	3	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	23	16:10	2:11	0:41	13:18	2	3	40.0
0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	8:51	0:00	0:00	8:51	0	0	0.0
1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	19	13:53	0:00	2:23	11:30	4	3	57.1
0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0	2	0	0	22	15:38	2:11	0:00	13:27	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	11:44	2:11	0:00	9:33	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	1	1	19	16:50	0:00	2:11	14:39	1	1	50.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	30	20:47	0:00	3:47	17:00	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	5	0	1	27	16:04	0:00	1:22	14:42	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	31	23:07	2:04	1:47	19:16	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	33	28:41	2:11	3:24	23:06	0	0	0.0
0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	23	18:02	0:00	0:26	17:36	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	21	16:40	0:00	1:14	15:26	0	0	0.0

goalies
David RittichD. Rittich#33

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
29	3	26	.897	19	0	7	0	0	64:57	0

Columbus Blue Jackets


forwards
Emil BemstromE. Bemstrom#52
Egor ChinakhovE. Chinakhov#59
Justin DanforthJ. Danforth#17
Max DomiM. Domi#16
Boone JennerB. Jenner#38
Sean KuralyS. Kuraly#7
Patrik LaineP. Laine#29
Gustav NyquistG. Nyquist#14
Jack RoslovicJ. Roslovic#96
Cole SillingerC. Sillinger#34
Alexandre TexierA. Texier#42
Jakub VoracekJ. Voracek#93
defensemen
Jake BeanJ. Bean#22
Adam BoqvistA. Boqvist#27
Gabriel CarlssonG. Carlsson#53
Vladislav GavrikovV. Gavrikov#44
Andrew PeekeA. Peeke#2
Zach WerenskiZ. Werenski#8

											Time On Ice					Faceoffs
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	12:11	0:51	0:00	11:20	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	15	9:55	0:51	0:00	9:04	0	0	0.0
0	0	-2	1	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	13	7:49	0:00	0:00	7:49	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	13:18	1:06	0:00	12:12	0	0	0.0
1	1	2	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	27	22:20	4:54	0:57	16:29	13	14	48.1
0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	6	0	2	26	17:47	0:00	2:20	15:27	7	9	43.8
1	0	1	7	4	2	0	0	1	1	0	26	21:57	4:54	0:00	17:03	0	0	0.0
0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	25	21:01	2:54	1:40	16:27	1	0	100.0
0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	11:55	1:06	0:00	10:49	3	6	33.3
0	0	-1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	16	11:08	0:00	0:31	10:37	2	3	40.0
1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	27	20:08	0:00	3:02	17:06	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	27	22:25	5:09	0:00	17:16	0	0	0.0
G	A	+/-	S	SM	BS	PN	PIM	HT	TK	GV	SHFT	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	FW	FL	FO%
0	0	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	25	20:31	0:00	1:14	19:17	0	0	0.0
0	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	1	1	0	26	18:55	1:06	0:09	17:40	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	13	10:52	0:00	0:09	10:43	0	0	0.0
0	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	26	24:59	0:00	3:09	21:50	0	0	0.0
0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	7	0	0	21	18:28	0:00	2:43	15:45	0	0	0.0
0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	31	28:38	5:09	1:06	22:23	0	0	0.0

goalies
Elvis MerzlikinsE. Merzlikins#90

SA	GA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	SOSA	SOS	TOI	PIM
34	3	31	.912	27	0	4	0	0	64:36	0

* - A player receives a "plus" if they are on the ice when their Club scores an even-strength or shorthand goal. They receive a "minus" if on the ice for an even-strength or shorthand goal scored by the opposing Club. The difference in these numbers is considered the player's plus-minus statistic.

		1	2	3	SO	T
	Predators	1	2	0	0	3
	Blue Jackets	1	1	1	1	4

1st Period			NSH	CBJ
2:50		Michael McCarron (1) Assists: Matt Luff (1), Philip Tomasino (5)	1	0
6:26		Boone Jenner (12) Assists: Adam Boqvist (4), Vladislav Gavrikov (12)	1	1

2nd Period		NSH	CBJ
0:24	Patrik Laine (4) Assists: Boone Jenner (8), Jakub Voracek (22)	1	2
15:31	Nick Cousins (4) Assists: Matt Duchene (13), Dante Fabbro (9)	2	2
16:06	Ryan Johansen (9) (Power Play) Assists: Mikael Granlund (24), Matt Duchene (14)	3	2

3rd Period			NSH	CBJ
13:33		Alexandre Texier (10) Unassisted	3	3

OT Summary
No Goals Scored

Shootout Summary			NSH	CBJ
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	0
			0	1
			1	1
			1	2
			1	2

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Blue Jackets
0
Predators
6

Game 1

1/12

Predators
3
Blue Jackets
4

Game 2

31/12

Nationwide Arena

12:00 AM, 31 December 2021

Columbus, OH

Attendance: 17,494

Referees:
Brad Meier
Jake Brenk

Linesmen:
Travis Gawryletz

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Colorado	37	9	9	83
Minnesota	34	14	10	78
Dallas	34	14	9	77
Utah	30	23	4	64
Nashville	26	24	7	59
Chicago	22	26	9	53
Winnipeg	22	26	8	52
St. Louis	20	28	9	49

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Carolina	36	15	6	78
Pittsburgh	29	15	12	70
NY Islanders	32	21	5	69
Columbus	29	20	7	65
Washington	29	23	7	65
Philadelphia	25	20	11	61
New Jersey	28	27	2	58
NY Rangers	22	29	6	50

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Nashville Predators @ Columbus Blue Jackets

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Game Information

2025-26 Central Division Standings

2025-26 Metropolitan Division Standings

NHL News

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Kings confirm Kevin Fiala out for rest of regular season

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