Tampa Bay Lightning roll past Nashville Predators in decisive win

That brings us to the end of a first period — Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Nashville Predators 0. Nashville Predators edged the shot clock 11-9, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Teddy Blueger opened the scoring for Tampa Bay Lightning at 2:00.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Nashville Predators went 0-for-1.

Tampa Bay Lightning owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a second period — Tampa Bay Lightning 1, Nashville Predators 0. Nashville Predators edged the shot clock 12-4, and they controlled most of the territorial pressure.

Brayden Point extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 6:05.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was under siege with 12 highlighted stops.

On the power play, Nashville Predators went 0-for-2.

Nashville Predators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.

That brings us to the end of a third period — Tampa Bay Lightning 2, Nashville Predators 0. Nashville Predators edged the shot clock 11-10, with territorial pressure staying roughly even.

Brayden Point extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 2:08, then Pavel Buchnevich extended the lead for Tampa Bay Lightning at 8:02.

Andrei Vasilevskiy was under siege with 11 highlighted stops.

Nashville Predators owned the last five minutes and carried the momentum into the break.