Nashville Predators at Seattle Kraken

Thu, Jan 1, 2026 · Climate Pledge Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

1 – 4

Final

Seattle Kraken

The Seattle Kraken beat the Nashville Predators 4–1 on Thu, Jan 1, 2026 at Climate Pledge Arena. Matty Beniers scored twice. Philipp Grubauer made 24 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 25–23.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	0	1	0	1	25
SEA	3	0	1	4	23

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	03:48	SEA	EV	Matty Beniers (5) · tip-in	Ryker Evans (6)	0–1
1st	10:41	SEA	EV	Jamie Oleksiak (3) · wrist	Ryan Winterton (4), Jacob Melanson (2)	0–2
1st	10:51	SEA	EV	Matty Beniers (6) · poke	Jordan Eberle (12), Kaapo Kakko (7)	0–3
2nd	17:34	NSH	PP	Roman Josi (5) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (24), Luke Evangelista (24)	1–3
3rd	17:47	SEA	SH EN	Jared McCann (7) · wrist	Ryan Lindgren (5)	1–4

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	01:20	SEA	Vince Dunn	slashing	2
2nd	11:09	NSH	Erik Haula	roughing	2
2nd	16:48	SEA	Adam Larsson	high sticking	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: NSH 4.14 · SEA 3.72 · xG% NSH 52.7

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Roman Josi	D	1	0	1	-3	0	3	0	2		23:48	26
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	-1	0	3	0	0	70.0	21:26	20
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	0	1		18:55	19
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2		20:39	24
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0		20:19	22
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	2		19:51	21
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	-1	0	2	1	1	66.7	19:16	19
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1		18:13	22
83	Adam Wilsby	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		17:54	23
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		17:48	23
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		16:35	20
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	1	50.0	14:24	19
36	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	5	0	100.0	13:36	19
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	2	28.6	12:48	19
49	Reid Schaefer	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0		12:23	17
40	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	42.9	11:25	13
71	Matthew Wood	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1	100.0	11:25	14
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	3	0		9:26	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
74	Juuse Saros	L	22	19	3	.864	57:49

Seattle Kraken

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
10	Matty Beniers	C	2	0	2	+3	0	2	0	0	37.5	17:55	20
41	Ryker Evans	D	0	1	1	+2	0	0	1	3		20:48	22
24	Jamie Oleksiak	D	1	0	1	+2	0	1	0	4		18:27	18
55	Ryan Lindgren	D	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	1		17:52	22
7	Jordan Eberle	R	0	1	1	+4	0	1	0	1		16:02	19
19	Jared McCann	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	1	0		14:28	17
84	Kaapo Kakko	R	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	0	100.0	13:32	20
26	Ryan Winterton	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	0	0		11:46	16
63	Jacob Melanson	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	0		11:05	16
6	Adam Larsson	D	0	0	0	+2	2	2	3	2		22:43	22
29	Vince Dunn	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	1		20:40	23
8	Cale Fleury	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		18:03	18
89	Frederick Gaudreau	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	42.9	17:58	21
20	Eeli Tolvanen	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5		17:38	22
9	Chandler Stephenson	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	40.0	17:20	21
27	Berkly Catton	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	62.5	14:18	17
59	Ben Meyers	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	50.0	13:28	17
51	Shane Wright	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	40.0	13:11	17

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Philipp Grubauer	W	25	24	1	.960	60:00