In the final home game of 2019, the Nashville Predators were not up to task in the first game of a back-to-back home-and-home against the Pittsburgh Penguins, falling 5-2. The Penguins went up early, but Nashville responded with Craig Smith notching his sixth of the year. Pittsburgh then took charge of the game to close out the first period with goals from Alex Galchenyuk and Teddy Blueger.

It didn't get much better for the Predators in the second period as they went down 5-1, with Penguins goals from Bryan Rust and Juuso Riikola. There were a few missed opportunities from Nashville in the game, including a shorthanded opportunity from Ryan Johansen that went off the post among others.

About midway through the third, tempers flared, and Mattias Ekholm was sent to the locker room early. With Matt Irwin sitting in the box for a penalty of his own, the Predators were down to three able defenseman with Dan Hamhuis suffering an upper body injury in the first period. Calle Jarnkrok stepped in on the blue line for some of the third. It should be noted that forward Colton Sissons also left the game with a lower body injury in the first period. Viktor Arvidsson added a goal immediately following the fracas, bringing the game to a little more respectable difference.

Post game report includes Roman Josi and Viktor Arvidsson.