“This game is not for goalies,” 13 goals and Nashville Predators come out as a winner against the New York Islanders

“How fun was this one tonight?” asked a reporter at the post-game conference on Tuesday. 22 YO Russian professional ice hockey center for the Nashville Predators , Fedor Alexandrovich Svechkov , replied, “It’s an unbelievable game. I think this game’s not for goalies (chuckles). For the fans and for a team.”



Talking further about the game, Fedor Svechkov shared, “Like really nice, a lot of goals. It was, like, up and down all game. It’s really nice that we grab the win tonight and get out. We scored two goals. I’m impressed.”



Talking about the first win after six back-to-back losses for the Nashville Predators, the winning goal scorer, Fedor Svechkov, shared, “All the guys did a great job. All the guys who’s been on the ice. They gave us a chance to win this game. Yeah, it’s cool.”



13 goals were scored in the Nashville Predators versus New York Islanders game, taking the score to 7-6

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— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) April 9, 2025

Goaltender Ilya Sorokin of the New York Islanders allowed 4 goals, Goaltender of the New York Islanders Marcus Hogberg allowed 3 goals to the Nashville Predators, and goaltender Justus Annunen of the Nashville Predators allowed 6 goals to the New York Islanders. Taking their totals to 13 goals. Hence, overtime-game-winning goal scorer Fedor Svechkov said, “This game’s not for goalies.”



25 YO Goalie Justus Annunen made 16 saves, allowed 6 goals, and had a save percentage of .727 against the New York Islanders on 4/8/2025.

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— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) April 9, 2025

29 YO Goalie Ilya Sorokin made 19 saves, allowed 4 goals, and had a save percentage of .826 against the Nashville Predators. But an upper-body injury prevented Ilya Sorokin from playing further in the third quarter. Ilya Sorokin was replaced by Marcus Hogberg in the third quarter of the game.



30 YO Goalie Marcus Hogberg made 6 saves, allowed 3 goals, and had a save percentage of .667 against the Nashville Predators in the third quarter of the game.

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— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) April 9, 2025

Fedor Svechkov made that overtime-winning goal with a wrist shot

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— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) April 9, 2025

Nashville Predators have not had a great 2024-2025 NHL season. They have had more losses than wins. Precisely only 28 wins, 42 losses, and 8 overtime losses! So, this win mattered the most to the Predators.



Especially to the Russian professional ice hockey center Fedor Svechkov, after six back-to-back losses! The 22 YO Predators ’ ice hockey center scored the game-winning goal in the overtime period of 1 minute and 56 seconds! An X user commented, “i am in love with this man.”






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