Summary
The Tampa Bay Lightning battled back multiple times but ultimately fell to the Nashville Predators in a shootout on Saturday afternoon. On today's Daily Strike, Steve Versnick recaps a wild back-and-forth game that featured offense throughout the lineup, another big night from Nikita Kucherov, and a shootout winner from former Lightning captain Steven Stamkos. The Bolts erased deficits throughout the afternoon, getting goals from John Carlson, Brayden Point and others while earning a valuable point on the road. Carlson continued his impressive start to the season with his fifth goal, while Kucherov recorded three assists and moved to 18 points on the year. After neither team could find the winner in overtime, the game went to a shootout where Stamkos scored in the fourth round to give Nashville the victory. Hear postgame reaction from Head Coach Jon Cooper, captain Victor Hedman, John Carlson, and Brayden Point as they discuss the missed opportunities and defensive details that proved costly. In Today's Episode: Full recap of the Lightning's shootout loss to the Nashville Predators Steven Stamkos scores the shootout winner against his former team Nikita Kucherov records three assists and reaches 18 points on the season Kucherov ties Joe Thornton for 14th-most three-assist games in NHL history with 58 John Carlson scores his fifth goal of the season and continues his red-hot start The Lightning block 24 shots, their highest total since February 9, 2024 Postgame reaction from Jon Cooper, Victor Hedman, John Carlson and Brayden Point Looking ahead to Tuesday night's matchup against the Detroit Red Wings at Benchmark International Arena Check out the latest episode of New In Blue featuring Jeff Viel and Gabby Shirley at a local rage room This Day in Lightning History: Vincent Lecavalier scores twice as the Lightning beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 on November 1, 2003, completing the longest undefeated start in franchise history at 7-0-1 Happy Birthday to former Lightning forward Eric Perrin The Lightning return home with a point from Nashville and will look to get back in the win column Tuesday night against Detroit. Subscribe to Daily Strike for daily Tampa Bay Lightning news, game recaps, player interviews, prospect updates, and everything happening around the organization. #TampaBayLightning #GoBolts #NHL #LightningHockey #NikitaKucherov #StevenStamkos #JohnCarlson #VictorHedman #BraydenPoint #JonCooper #NashvillePredators #DailyStrike #BoltsNation #HockeyPodcastSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.