Nashville Predators left wing Zachary L’heureux (68) crashes into San Jose Sharks goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic (33) as defenseman Luca Cagnoni (42) and defenseman Vincent Desharnais (5) defend during the second period at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, April 13, 2026.ANDREW NELLES / THE TENNESSEAN

By Mary Walsh

The San Jose Sharks won 3-2, defeating the Nashville Predators on Monday. The win was the Sharks’ first against the Predators after losing 15 in a row over seven years. Igor Chernyshov and Macklin Celebrini scored for the Sharks. Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves for the win. Luke Evangelista scored both Nashville goals and Justus Annunen made 20 saves in the loss.

“We played pretty good tonight from start to finish. We were solid, we were on our toes and I thought we just played a pretty all-around complete game tonight,” said Sharks goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic.

“I thought we played extremely hard tonight, we tracked pucks, we were more engaged all over the ice. So, I’m proud of the group,” said Sharks Head Coach Ryan Warsofsky.

In a penalty-free first period, the Sharks outshot the Predators 11-6. Igor Chernyshov scored the first goal of the game at 9:53 of the second period. The goal came on the power play, a shot from just above the faceoff dot. William Eklund set him up with the pass and Michael Misa got an assist as well.

The second period saw the Predators outshoot the Sharks 9-5. The only penalty went against Steven Stamkos and Nashville.

Macklin Celebrini made it 2-0 at 3:04 of the third period. After an icing call and a draw in the Predators’ Sharks got the puck in the neutral zone and rushed back in. Assists went to Chernyshov and Will Smith.

Nashville scored their first of the game at 15:39. Luke Evangelista skated into the zone with the puck and took his shot from the edge of the faceoff circle. Assists went to Nick Perbix and Ryan Ufko.

Celebrini scored his second of the game at into an empty net. Skating into the zone three-on-one with Collin Graf and Alexander Wennberg, Celebrini took the shot from high in the slot. Assists went to Graf and Wennberg.

Evangelista scored his second at 18:50, deflecting a shot from Ufko. An assist also went to Roman Josi.

The Sharks next play on Wednesday at 5:30 PM PT in Chicago against the Blackhawks.