Overview
- Stamkos reached 600 with a power-play one-timer from the left circle with 4:23 left in the first period, assisted by Filip Forsberg and beating Akira Schmid to tie the game 2-2.
- Nashville erased a 2-0 deficit with three goals in five minutes and closed out a New Year’s Eve road win in Las Vegas.
- Nick Perbix, Reid Schaefer and Michael Bunting added goals for the Predators, and Justus Annunen stopped 29 shots.
- Stamkos became the 22nd NHL player to hit 600 goals and the first to do so since Sidney Crosby in November 2024; his career totals stand at 600 goals, 616 assists and 1,210 points in 1,200 games.
- The goal was his 18th of the season and 12th in 14 December games, and the victory moved Nashville to 18-17-4 for its first time above .500 since Oct. 16.