In a game where 10 NHL regulars suited up for the Tampa Bay Lightning, the results were about as expected given that the other team fielded mostly prospects. The Lightning defeated the Nashville Predators 3-1 in a game that was never really in question.
Thirty-three seconds in, Nikita Kucherov and Steven Stamkos quickly showed that their chemistry was still at an elite level. The Russian pivot cycled the puck along the right boards before backhanding a pass to Steven Stamkos who then stopped in an instant to feed his own backhand pass across the offensive zone to Victor Hedman.