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Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights

Dec 31, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

Team Goals Shots
Nashville Predators 4 19
Vegas Golden Knights 2 31

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
05:35 VGK Mark Stone (10) PP Pavel Dorofeyev (12), Noah Hanifin (12) 0 - 1
09:06 VGK Ben Hutton (6) Tomas Hertl (15), Pavel Dorofeyev (13) 0 - 2
11:20 NSH Nick Perbix (3) Luke Evangelista (22) 1 - 2
15:37 NSH Steven Stamkos (18) PP Filip Forsberg (15), Luke Evangelista (23) 2 - 2
16:21 NSH Reid Schaefer (4) Brady Skjei (12), Michael McCarron (6) 3 - 2
2nd Period
11:52 NSH Michael Bunting (10) PP Nick Blankenburg (13), Erik Haula (16) 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:24 NSH Erik Haula High sticking 2
14:16 VGK Brett Howden Hooking 2
2nd Period
01:39 NSH Nicolas Hague Cross checking 2
03:35 VGK Alexander Holtz Slashing 2
08:18 VGK Keegan Kolesar Cross checking 2
08:18 VGK Keegan Kolesar Roughing 2
08:18 VGK Keegan Kolesar Misconduct 10
3rd Period
07:31 VGK Ben Hutton Ps slash on breakaway 0
13:33 NSH Michael McCarron Interference 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Nashville Predators 49 35 19 4 3.1 43.6
Vegas Golden Knights 68 48 31 2 3.2 56.4

How the game went

5051015Start2nd3rdVegas Golden Knights aheadNashville Predators ahead

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 Vegas Golden Knights had taken more, and below it and blue while Nashville Predators had.

Expected goals

Nashville Predators: 3.1 expected, 4 scored · Vegas Golden Knights: 3.2 expected, 2 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndNSH goal, 11:20 of 1st, a 2% chanceNSH goal, 15:37 of 1st, a 7% chanceNSH goal, 16:21 of 1st, a 2% chanceNSH goal, 11:52 of 2nd, a 13% chanceVGK goal, 5:35 of 1st, a 19% chanceVGK goal, 9:06 of 1st, a 8% chanceVGK 3.2NSH 3.1

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

Nashville Predators
Vegas Golden Knights

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.

Nashville Predators

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Steven Stamkos · Ryan O'Reilly · Filip Forsberg10:4450.054.40-0
Erik Haula · Michael Bunting · Luke Evangelista9:3166.791.11-0
Michael McCarron · Cole Smith · Reid Schaefer9:0635.329.91-0
Tyson Jost · Fedor Svechkov · Matthew Wood6:0235.750.90-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Brady Skjei · Adam Wilsby14:0350.053.71-0
Nicolas Hague · Nick Blankenburg12:1837.529.10-0
Roman Josi · Nick Perbix12:0335.333.71-1

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
77 Luke Evangelista R 0 2 2 1 0 2 0 17:19 0.21 13-9 0.40-0.43
48 Nick Perbix D 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 19:45 0.09 14-22 0.47-0.77
49 Reid Schaefer L 1 0 1 1 0 2 3 10:33 0.07 7-15 0.20-0.74
58 Michael Bunting L 1 0 1 1 0 2 1 14:21 0.18 12-8 0.45-0.08
91 Steven Stamkos C 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 19:32 0.31 8-9 0.46-0.38
9 Filip Forsberg L 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 19:56 0.46 8-8 0.43-0.34
37 Nick Blankenburg D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 18:17 10-12 0.55-0.78
47 Michael McCarron C 0 1 1 1 2 1 6 12:44 0.13 7-11 0.22-0.47
56 Erik Haula L 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 18:16 0.36 11-5 0.40-0.04
76 Brady Skjei D 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 24:08 0.02 11-10 0.41-0.35
2 Adam Wilsby D 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 17:00 0.05 10-10 0.39-0.33
9 Fedor Svechkov C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 08:24 0.14 7-13 0.34-0.72
17 Tyson Jost C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 09:03 0.19 7-13 0.34-0.72
22 Cole Smith R 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 15:51 0.19 8-16 0.22-0.74
41 Nicolas Hague D 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 17:34 9-11 0.41-0.76
59 Roman Josi D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20:31 0.05 14-23 0.62-0.77
71 Matthew Wood R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 09:22 5-10 0.34-0.33
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 23:13 0.14 9-15 0.46-0.65
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
29 Justus Annunen W 31 29 2 60:00 3.11 +1.11

Vegas Golden Knights

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mark Stone · Ivan Barbashev · Mitch Marner6:4154.535.60-0
Reilly Smith · Brett Howden · Braeden Bowman5:4333.314.80-1
Brandon Saad · Colton Sissons · Keegan Kolesar5:1255.646.90-0
Tomas Hertl · Pavel Dorofeyev · Alexander Holtz4:4675.068.21-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ben Hutton · Noah Hanifin7:3744.474.71-1
Brayden McNabb · Kaedan Korczak7:2650.023.70-0
Jeremy Lauzon · Zach Whitecloud6:4136.830.00-1

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
16 Pavel Dorofeyev R 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 18:36 0.42 13-5 0.37-0.16
17 Ben Hutton D 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16:19 0.13 16-11 0.80-0.24
61 Mark Stone R 1 0 1 -1 0 2 2 21:33 0.42 14-9 0.66-0.52
15 Noah Hanifin D 0 1 1 0 0 5 1 29:59 0.27 18-9 0.79-0.11
48 Tomas Hertl C 0 1 1 1 0 2 4 19:03 0.21 11-3 0.32-0.10
3 Brayden McNabb D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10:24 5-6 0.13-0.43
5 Jeremy Lauzon D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 5 17:02 0.01 18-15 0.69-0.78
6 Kaedan Korczak D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 20:13 0.06 16-9 0.82-0.45
15 Colton Sissons C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 12:21 0.05 11-6 0.31-0.34
19 Reilly Smith R 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 14:34 0.20 11-10 0.54-0.28
20 Brandon Saad L 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:46 0.63 11-14 0.70-0.57
21 Brett Howden C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 14:16 7-14 0.49-0.42
26 Alexander Holtz R 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 09:45 10-3 0.17-0.09
28 Zach Whitecloud D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:32 15-18 0.52-0.83
42 Braeden Bowman R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 12:36 0.20 9-14 0.59-0.40
49 Ivan Barbashev L 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 16:05 0.30 11-7 0.46-0.49
55 Keegan Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 14 1 4 07:30 0.13 9-4 0.25-0.29
93 Mitch Marner R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 23:39 0.19 15-13 0.75-0.61
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Akira Schmid L 19 15 4 54:52 2.49 -1.51