By: Margherita Memoli
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On Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, the Nashville Predators defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in overtime action. The game was played in Stockholm, Sweden, as part of the 2025 NHL Global Series, featuring regular-season games showcased to teams’ fans in Sweden. This series shows the NHL’s commitment to expanding its presence on the global stage. This matchup was the first game of many in the series.
The Predators started hot with an early shot from Ben Kindel, knocking off the helmet of Penguins’ goaltender Arturs Silovs. Shortly after, Erik Haula came sprinting down the middle of the rink, but Silovs blocked the one-v-one shot.
The Penguins weren’t shaken, though, forcing numerous aggressive saves out of the Predators’ goaltender, Juuse Saros.
The first period ended with a fairly even matchup, as both sides had eight shots apiece.
Both teams continued attacking hard on the offense, forcing save after save out of the goaltenders. The best chance of the game, though, came halfway into the second period.
Both teams were squeezed into the Predators’ defensive half when a defender chipped the puck over everyone. The Penguins’ last line of defense attempted to grab the puck out of the air, but it was just out of reach. This left Justin Barron all alone. He tried to dance around Silovs, but he read it all the way, stopping the shot with his leg.
Switching up the point of the attack, Sidney Crosby, from behind the opposing net, laid off the puck for Bryan Rust, who unfortunately hit the outside of the post.
A few minutes later, however, it was Evgeni Malkin who found himself behind the Predators’ net. As he attempted to set the puck back to one of his teammates, the pass deflected off a Predators defender and bounced into the back of the net.
Although the second period ended with only 10 shots for the Penguins compared to the Predators’ 18, the Predators went into the break down a goal.
Yet, this did not deter them. The Predators maintained offensive pressure and attacked deep into the Penguins’ half, forcing fabulous saves and aggressive defending, only allowing the Penguins scarce shots.
Eventually, with only a minute left on the clock, the Predators became desperate and left an empty net to send on an additional skater. Although the risk was high, the reward was just as great.
A face-off in the Penguins’ defending half led the loose puck to fall into Filip Forsberg’s control. Forsberg brought the puck from his forehand to his backhand with quick speed and tied the game for the Predators.
The third period ended with 17 Penguins shots to 28 Predators shots, which led to overtime, giving the Swedish fans an additional display of hockey.
The Predators started with the early possession. Forsberg had another opportunity to influence the game 30 seconds into overtime, but Silovs stopped it with an electric save.
The same play, the Penguins skated into attack. A pass into the goalmouth created chaos, but the loose puck simply floated in front of the net, never finding its way in.
Still in the same play, and still in the first minute of OT, Brady Skjei picked up the puck and made a long, cross-rink pass. Steven Stamkos glided into the path of the puck and took on the wing. With a fiery shot, Skjei sent the puck into the top left corner with a snapshot and won the game for the Predators.
The Predators away are 6-9-4, and the Penguins at home are now 9-5-4.