Vegas Golden Knights at Nashville Predators

Mar 29, 2025 · Bridgestone Arena

Team	Goals	Shots
Vegas Golden Knights	3	29
Nashville Predators	1	24

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
2nd Period
05:53	NSH	Ryan O'Reilly (17) PP	Nick Blankenburg (10), Filip Forsberg (39)	0 - 1
08:26	VGK	Jack Eichel (27)	Shea Theodore (43), Mark Stone (47)	1 - 1
3rd Period
06:25	VGK	Reilly Smith (11) PP	Ivan Barbashev (27), Victor Olofsson (12)	2 - 1
19:15	VGK	Brett Howden (22)	Jack Eichel (66), Shea Theodore (44)	3 - 1

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
2nd Period
05:47	VGK	William Karlsson	Unsportsmanlike conduct	2
3rd Period
04:33	NSH	Justin Barron	Hooking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Vegas Golden Knights	45	37	29	3	2.8	49.4
Nashville Predators	47	32	24	1	1.5	50.6

How the game went

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Nashville Predators had taken more, and below it and blue while Vegas Golden Knights had.

Expected goals

Vegas Golden Knights: 2.8 expected, 3 scored · Nashville Predators: 1.5 expected, 1 scored

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted.

Where the attempts came from

Vegas Golden Knights

Nashville Predators

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brandon Saad · Nicolas Roy · Pavel Dorofeyev	14:50	47.1	57.7	0-0
Mark Stone · Ivan Barbashev · Jack Eichel	13:01	53.8	78.9	1-0
Reilly Smith · William Karlsson · Victor Olofsson	11:41	57.9	75.9	0-0
Tanner Pearson · Keegan Kolesar · Brett Howden	8:17	41.7	6.3	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Noah Hanifin · Zach Whitecloud	19:35	61.5	85.9	0-0
Nicolas Hague · Kaedan Korczak	18:02	37.5	28.6	0-0
Brayden McNabb · Shea Theodore	15:23	46.2	63.0	1-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
9	Jack Eichel	C	1	1	2	2	0	2	1	18:28	0.48	16-12	1.25-0.27
27	Shea Theodore	D	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	17:59	0.01	14-15	0.80-0.46
19	Reilly Smith	R	1	0	1	0	0	4	0	13:52	0.48	12-8	0.50-0.12
21	Brett Howden	C	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	11:33		5-12	0.03-0.57
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	18:08	0.36	15-12	1.14-0.27
61	Mark Stone	R	0	1	1	1	0	3	0	17:46	0.13	14-14	1.02-0.28
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	14:59	0.10	12-12	0.50-0.27
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	18:03	0.02	13-15	0.85-0.46
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	18:19	0.04	9-15	0.25-0.62
10	Nicolas Roy	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:40	0.10	9-10	0.43-0.30
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	22:01	0.15	17-10	0.98-0.16
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	18:32	0.21	9-10	0.48-0.30
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	16:31		8-9	0.36-0.26
28	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	22:03		16-13	0.97-0.19
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	19:58	0.01	13-16	0.35-0.65
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	10:40	0.01	6-10	0.10-0.56
70	Tanner Pearson	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	09:23	0.07	6-9	0.10-0.46
71	William Karlsson	C	0	0	0	1	2	4	1	14:59	0.16	11-8	0.39-0.12

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
33	Adin Hill	W	24	23	1	60:00	1.53	+0.53

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Steven Stamkos · Jonathan Marchessault · Michael Bunting	12:01	55.0	54.7	0-0
Ryan O'Reilly · Filip Forsberg · Luke Evangelista	11:55	33.3	11.2	0-1
Michael McCarron · Kieffer Bellows · Cole Smith	5:06	62.5	88.3	0-0
Cole Smith · Zachary L'Heureux · Fedor Svechkov	3:11	100.0	100.0	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Brady Skjei · Nick Blankenburg	18:02	42.9	22.9	0-1
Marc Del Gaizo · Justin Barron	15:59	71.4	62.4	0-0
Andreas Englund · Spencer Stastney	12:27	35.3	51.6	0-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	18:33	0.09	8-18	0.15-1.25
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	1	1	-2	0	1	3	17:42	0.04	11-21	0.19-1.27
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	1	1	-2	0	1	1	20:40	0.02	13-16	0.33-1.10
7	Marc Del Gaizo	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	20:37	0.07	17-9	0.46-0.60
9	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:14	0.08	7-4	0.23-0.21
15	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	03:35	0.01	3-1	0.13-0.01
22	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	13:46	0.13	11-5	0.33-0.09
24	Andreas Englund	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	16:00	0.02	9-14	0.35-0.54
24	Spencer Stastney	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	18:05		10-16	0.32-0.36
26	Kieffer Bellows	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	12:01	0.21	10-9	0.26-0.33
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14:44	0.01	13-9	0.42-0.27
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	18:51	0.03	16-10	0.49-0.48
68	Zachary L'Heureux	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	15:29	0.31	8-4	0.35-0.13
72	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	0	2	4	1	20:25	0.32	18-8	0.46-0.31
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	23:57	0.00	17-19	0.61-1.28
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	17:16	0.14	11-19	0.26-1.30
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	16:21	0.02	14-11	0.52-0.45
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	18:11	0.04	14-12	0.46-0.50

#	Goalie	Decision	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
29	Justus Annunen	L	28	26	2	58:41	2.36	+0.36