Dustin Lynch, Jessie James Decker Join NHL Stadium Series Pregame Festivities

Country artists Dustin Lynch and Jessie James Decker have joined the lineup for the pregame entertainment ahead of Saturday’s 2022 Navy Federal Credit Union NHL Stadium Series between the Nashville Predators and the Tampa Bay Lightning at Nissan Stadium on Feb. 26.

Decker will perform the national anthem in front of the sold out crowd joined by Nashville Sign Language Club performer Heather Olmstead. Lynch will open the game with a performance of his new hit single, “Party Mode.”

They join fellow country artists Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley who will be performing during the first intermission of the game.

Lynch, accompanied by the Vanderbilt Spirit dance team, will open the festivities with a performance during the on-field arrivals of the Predators and Lightning. Lynch has built a success career with eight No. 1s, four Top 5 albums, nine Gold and Platinum certified singles, and over 3.3 billion global on-demand streams. Launching the “Party Mode Tour” this spring, his fifth studio album, Blue In The Sky, is out now.

Signed to Warner Music Nashville, Decker has shown off her talent as a singer, songwriter, TV personality, fashion designer, entrepreneur, and two-time New York Times best-selling author. Her 2017 album, Southern Girl City Lights, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Country Albums chart.

Walker Hayes will also join the lineup with an exclusive TikTok livestreamed performance inside the NHL PreGame fan festival. He will perform on the TikTok Tailgate Stage at The PreGame, the official fan festival of the NHL Stadium Series in Nissan Stadium’s Parking Lot R. The concert will be exclusively livestreamed on the NHL’s TikTok account at 4:30pm CT.

The “Stadium Biscuits” house band, led by bandleader John Bohlinger, will share center stage throughout the game with a lineup of Nashville-based musical artists, including Frankie Ballard, Chayce Beckham, Bexar, Jackson Dean, Lindsay Ell, Morgan Evans, Josh Hedley, Tiera Kennedy and Ajay Popoff.

The game, pregame celebrations, and first intermission concert will be broadcast live at 6:30 p.m. CT on TNT.