Islanders vs Predators

Final/SO · Thu Jan 8 · 8:00 PM ET · Bridgestone Arena

New York IslandersIslanders24-15-5

Final/SOJan 8, 2026

Nashville PredatorsPredators20-19-4

StreamESPN+HuluDisney+

Closing line

US sportsbook at puck drop

Moneyline

NYI+120

NSH−142

Puck line

NYI +1.5−230

NSH −1.5+190

Total O/U

Over 5.5−125

Under 5.5+105

Puck line: Islanders +1.5 covered.
Total O/U: under 5.5 (3 goals).

Recap

The Nashville Predators beat the New York Islanders 2-1 in a shootout at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on Jan 8, 2026 to move to 20-19-4.

The Predators won despite being outshot 31-27.

Score by period

New York Islanders and Nashville Predators, score by period
Team	1	2	3	OT	SO	T
NYI	0	1	0	0	0	1
NSH	0	1	0	0	1	2

W: Saros · L: Rittich

Scoring plays

Second Period

NYIGoal · 12:14Simon Holmstrom Goal (10) Wrist Shot, assists: Scott Mayfield (6), Mathew Barzal (25)1-0
NSHGoal · 19:19Ryan O'Reilly Goal (13) Wrist Shot, assists: Cole Smith (2)1-1

Team stats

NYINSH

Shots: 31; 27
Power Play Goals: 0; 0
Faceoff Win Percent: 47.2; 52.8
Hits: 20; 19
Blocked Shots: 23; 16
Penalty Minutes: 8; 10

Top performers

New York IslandersNashville Predators

Goals

Simon Holmstrom1

Ryan O'Reilly1

Points

Simon Holmstrom1

Ryan O'Reilly1

Assists

Scott Mayfield1

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Player stats

Islanders · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Mathew Barzal C	0	1	0	0	24:51	0	1	2	28.6	0
Casey Cizikas C	2	3	0	0	13:57	0	0	2	66.7	2
Jonathan Drouin LW	0	2	0	-1	17:50	0	0	1	66.7	0
Anthony Duclair LW	1	0	0	0	13:39	0	0	1	0.0	0
Marc Gatcomb C	1	5	0	0	9:03	0	0	0	0.0	0
Emil Heineman LW	2	2	0	-1	22:45	0	0	5	0.0	0
Simon Holmstrom RW	0	0	1	1	16:10	1	0	4	0.0	2
Anders Lee LW	0	2	0	1	16:27	0	0	3	25.0	0
Kyle MacLean C	0	0	0	0	9:52	0	0	0	33.3	2
Jean-Gabriel Pageau C	3	2	0	0	15:42	0	0	0	66.7	0
Calum Ritchie C	0	0	0	-1	8:52	0	0	3	20.0	0
Maxim Shabanov RW	0	0	1	0	15:48	0	0	2	0.0	0

Islanders · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	A	S	PIM
Tony DeAngelo D	0	0	0	0	22:34	0	3	2
Scott Mayfield D	2	2	0	1	17:01	1	0	0
Cole McWard D	3	0	1	1	11:10	0	1	0
Adam Pelech D	3	0	0	0	21:44	0	1	0
Ryan Pulock D	5	1	0	0	20:42	0	1	0
Matthew Schaefer D	1	0	1	-1	28:53	0	2	0

Islanders · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
David Rittich G	1	27	26	.963	65:00	0

Predators · Forwards

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	G	A	S	FO%	PIM
Michael Bunting LW	0	0	1	0	16:24	0	0	1	100.0	0
Luke Evangelista RW	0	0	0	0	16:35	0	0	0	0.0	2
Filip Forsberg LW	0	1	2	-1	18:48	0	0	2	0.0	0
Erik Haula LW	2	0	0	0	17:18	0	0	1	21.4	0
Tyson Jost C	0	1	0	0	7:22	0	0	0	0.0	4
Michael McCarron C	1	6	2	0	14:18	0	0	1	40.0	2
Ryan O'Reilly C	1	0	0	0	23:52	1	0	1	68.2	0
Reid Schaefer LW	0	1	1	0	11:04	0	0	2	0.0	0
Cole Smith RW	0	3	0	1	15:17	0	1	2	0.0	2
Steven Stamkos C	0	3	0	-1	20:24	0	0	4	25.0	0
Fedor Svechkov C	1	0	0	0	11:46	0	0	3	83.3	0
Matthew Wood RW	0	1	0	0	7:26	0	0	0	0.0	0

Predators · Defense

Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	S
Nick Blankenburg D	1	0	2	0	21:55	2
Nicolas Hague D	1	1	0	1	19:51	0
Roman Josi D	3	0	0	1	23:11	4
Nick Perbix D	3	1	0	0	19:07	0
Brady Skjei D	2	1	0	-1	21:00	2
Adam Wilsby D	1	0	0	-1	19:22	2

Predators · Goalies

Player	GA	SA	SV	SV%	TOI	PIM
Juuse Saros G	1	31	30	.968	65:00	0

Three stars

Ryan O'Reilly (NSH)
Juuse Saros (NSH)
Filip Forsberg (NSH)

Game info

VenueBridgestone Arena, Nashville, TN

Attendance17,159

OfficialsLinesman: Mark Shewchyk · Referee: Jake Brenk · Referee: Brandon Schrader · Linesman: Ben O'Quinn

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