Lightning, with Latvia's Girgensons sidelined, lose to Predators in shootout

The Tampa Bay Lightning fell 5-4 to the Nashville Predators on Saturday in a regular-season game of the National Hockey League (NHL), the top North American ice hockey league. The game was decided in a shootout. The periods ended 1-1, 2-2 and 1-1, no goals were scored in overtime, and the hosts won the shootout 1-0.

Latvian forward Zemgus Girgensons, who plays for the Lightning, did not take part. He was left off the game roster because of a lower-body injury.

How the game unfolded

Tampa Bay's goals were scored by John Carlson, Jake Guentzel, Viktor Hedman and Conor Geekie. Nikita Kucherov collected three assists.

For Nashville, Reid Schaefer, Adam Edstrom, Jaden Struble and Steven Stamkos found the net. Stamkos also scored the only shootout goal, on a power play, in the fourth round of the shootout, which gave the Predators the win.

Standings

After 13 games, the Lightning have 18 points and sit third in the NHL's Eastern Conference. The Predators have 15 points from 14 games and are ninth in the Western Conference.