Pittsburgh Penguins star Erik Karlsson opened up about playing in front of his fellow countrymen at the NHL Global Series.

One of the game’s greatest looks to keep helping his team stay on the winning track, as Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins pay a visit to the Nashville Predators on Friday afternoon in the 2025 NHL Global Series.

Steven Stamkos scored 44 seconds into overtime to rally the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday in the opening game of the NHL’s Global Series

The Pittsburgh Penguins (9-5-4) battled the Nashville Predators (6-9-4) in the NHL’s 2025 Global Series from the Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. The Penguins entered this contest scuffling, losing four of their last five games.

Forsberg and Erik Karlsson of the Penguins are the headliners in this Global Series, the two biggest Swedish stars to come back this season to their native land to play NHL games. Karlsson had done so before, in the 2017 Global Series in Stockholm, but for Forsberg it was a first.

Steven Stamkos scored 44 seconds into overtime to rally the Nashville Predators to a 2-1 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday in the opening game of the NHL's Global Series in the Swedish capital. Stamkos' fourth goal of the season helped the Predators snap a five-game skid.

Nashville Predators star Steven Stamkos spoke about his slow start to the season despite changes to his offseason preparation.

It's why he was on a boat tour on the Norrstrom River through Stockholm on Wednesday, answering questions in Swedish and English alongside teammate Matthew Wood. It’s why he will play in front of 20 to 25 friends and family at Avicii Arena on Friday (2 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SN-PIT, NHLN, SN) and Sunday (9 a.m. ET; FDSNSO, SN-PIT, NHLN, SN).