San Jose Sharks at Nashville Predators: game preview
San JoseSharks2026-27: 2-1-0 · 4 pts · 2025-26: 39-35-8 · 86 pts · 24that
NashvillePredators2026-27: 1-1-1 · 3 pts · 2025-26: 38-34-10 · 86 pts · 23rdTwo clubs level on last season's points
San Jose finished last season 24th in the league on 86 points. Nashville finished 23rd on 86.
Game-day prices arrive with the afternoon snapshot, about 4:30 PM ET on the day of the game.
Meeting number 113
Across 112 completed games, Nashville lead the head-to-head 59-43-10.
Last 5 meetings
See all: Last 5 meetings →The table on each 2025-26 meeting night
League rank after that night's games; a longer bar is a higher place. On 24 Mar 2026, San Jose were 27th in the league and Nashville 20th. By 13 Apr 2026 it was 23rd and 22nd.
San Jose out-attempted Nashville 287 to 279
Every attempt from the last meetings, both teams shooting right.
San Jose Sharks
Nashville Predators
Nashville have created the better chances, last 10 games
Shot quality both ways: expected goals weigh every unblocked attempt by its chance of scoring. Finishing above zero means more goals than the chances.
This season: 3 games for San Jose, 3 for Nashville. Small sample: early-season xG moves a lot from night to night.
Last 10 games: 10 games for San Jose, 10 for Nashville.
2025-26: 82 games for San Jose, 82 for Nashville.
Power play and penalty kill, season and series
This season's rates first, then 2025-26 and the last meetings between the two. Power-play chances are counted from the penalty log with coincidental minors cancelled; faceoffs are each club's wins over draws taken.
All bars share one scale · 0–100%SeasonLast meetings
San Jose
Small sampleNashville
Small sampleFilip Forsberg has 10 points in the last 5 meetings
Each club's top three forwards and defencemen by points this season, with 2025-26 one tap away, then who has produced in the last meetings.
Filip Forsberg vs San Jose · game by game
See all: Filip Forsberg vs San Jose · game by game →Juuse Saros has started most of these meetings
Juuse Saros played 3 of the last 5 meetings with San Jose, with a .905 save percentage. Starters are confirmed on game day.
San Jose crease
SJS · 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Oct
Two goalies used against Nashville
Juuse Saros
See all: Juuse Saros →NSH · 1-1-1 in 2026-27 Starter estimate from 12 Oct
Scoring rates point to about 6.4 goals
No total is posted yet: it arrives with the game-day prices. Until then, the scoring rates and the recent meetings set the range.
Goals in the last 5 meetings
Bar length is total goals, coloured by the winner.
Scoring rates
San Jose3.004.003.063.56
Nashville2.333.003.013.28Goals for and against per game. The estimate averages each team’s scoring with the other’s goals allowed, and leans on 2025-26 until a team has played 20 games.
7 on the injury lists
San Jose · injuries
Nashville · injuries
Latest moves
See all: Latest moves →Placed C Patrick Giles on waivers.
Placed G Ilya Samsonov on waivers.
Placed RW Ethan Cardwell, D Libor Hajek and LW Tye Felhaber on waivers.
Recalled G Matt Murray from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed G Justus Annunen on injured reserve.
Recalled LW Yegor Pinchuk from Milwaukee (AHL). Assigned G Matt Murray to Milwaukee.
Recalled G Matthew Murray from Milwaukee (AHL).
San Jose · 2026 draft
See all: San Jose · 2026 draft →Nashville · 2026 draft
See all: Nashville · 2026 draft →
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