Tampa Bay Lightning lost to the Nashville Predators in an away preseason game on the night of October 1, which ended with a score of 7-1 in favor of the hosts.
Alexandre Carrier, Colton Sissons, and Zach Sanford scored the game-winning goals, as did Tanner Jeannot and Matt Duchene, who each scored a double. Tampa responded with a goal by Brandon Hagel. Andrei Vasilevskiy, Nikita Kucherov and Mikhail Sergachev didn't play for the Lightning.
The 2022/23 season of the National Hockey League begins October 7. Nashville will play the San Jose Sharks in their first game of the season on October 7. The match will begin at 18:00 GMT. On October 12 Tampa will meet with the New York Rangers. The match will begin at 23:30 GMT.