{"id":15885,"date":"2025-03-09T01:26:51","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T07:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/?p=15885"},"modified":"2025-03-09T01:26:51","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T07:26:51","slug":"stamkos-finishes-14th-career-hat-trick-in-ot-to-give-predators-3-2-win-over-blackhawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/2025\/03\/09\/stamkos-finishes-14th-career-hat-trick-in-ot-to-give-predators-3-2-win-over-blackhawks\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamkos finishes 14th career hat trick in OT to give Predators 3-2 win over Blackhawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Nashville Predators Edge Chicago Blackhawks in Thrilling 3-2 Overtime Win<\/h1>\n<h2>Stamkos Scores 14th Career Hat Trick to Lift Predators to Victory<\/h2>\n<p>Steven Stamkos scored at 2:39 of overtime to complete his 14th career hat trick and the Nashville Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Saturday night.<\/p>\n<h3>Game Summary<\/h3>\n<p>Justus Annunen finished with 17 saves as the Predators got their third straight win. Ilya Mikheyev and Alex Vlasic scored for the Blackhawks, who were 3-0-1 in their last four games. Arvid Soderblom had 38 saves.<\/p>\n<h4>Second Period Scoring<\/h4>\n<p>Vlasic gave the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead 1:56 into the second period. Chicago&#8217;s Alec Martinez was sent off for high-sticking 25 seconds later, and Stamkos tied the score just 15 seconds into the power play. Stamkos put the Predators ahead nearly 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n<h4>Third Period Scoring<\/h4>\n<p>Mikheyev tied it with 7:38 left in regulation.<\/p>\n<h4>Takeaways<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Nashville has won six of its last 10 games.<\/li>\n<li>Chicago played its third straight overtime game and lost for the seventh time in its last 10 games (3-4-3).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Key Moment<\/h4>\n<p>Stamkos ended the game with a one-timer from the bottom of the left circle off a no-look pass from Fedor Svechkov midway through overtime. It was his first hat trick since signing with the Predators in the offseason.<\/p>\n<h4>Key Stat<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>The Predators outshot the Blackhawks 41-19.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Up Next<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Blackhawks visit Colorado on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>Predators play at San Jose on Tuesday.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Nashville Predators&#8217; victory was their third in a row, thanks to a thrilling overtime performance from Steven Stamkos, who scored his 14th career hat trick. The Predators outshot the Blackhawks 41-19 and have now won six of their last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Frequently Asked Questions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What was the final score of the game?\n<ul>\n<li>Nashville Predators 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>How many goals did Steven Stamkos score?\n<ul>\n<li>3 (his 14th career hat trick)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>How many saves did Justus Annunen make?\n<ul>\n<li>17<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>What was the outcome of the power play?\n<ul>\n<li>The Predators scored on their only power play opportunity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville Predators Edge Chicago Blackhawks in Thrilling 3-2 Overtime Win Stamkos Scores 14th Career Hat Trick to Lift Predators to Victory Steven Stamkos scored at 2:39 of overtime to complete his 14th career hat trick and the Nashville Predators beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Saturday night. Game Summary Justus Annunen finished with 17 saves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/wgntv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2025\/03\/AP25059143429282.jpg?w=900&w=900&resize=900,600&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15885"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15885"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15887,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15885\/revisions\/15887"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citystuff.com\/chicago\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}