Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights

Wed, Dec 31, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

4 – 2

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Nashville Predators beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–2 on Wed, Dec 31, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. Luke Evangelista led the way with 2 points. Justus Annunen made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 19–31.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	3	1	0	4	19
VGK	2	0	0	2	31

Scoring summary

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

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	05:24	NSH	Erik Haula	high sticking	2
1st	14:16	VGK	Brett Howden	hooking	2
2nd	01:39	NSH	Nicolas Hague	cross checking	2
2nd	03:35	VGK	Alexander Holtz	slashing	2
2nd	08:18	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	cross checking	2
2nd	08:18	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	roughing	2
2nd	08:18	VGK	Keegan Kolesar	misconduct	10
3rd	07:31	VGK	Ben Hutton	ps slash on breakaway	0
3rd	13:33	NSH	Michael McCarron	interference	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NSH 2.75 · VGK 3.85 · xG% NSH 41.7

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
77	Luke Evangelista	R	0	2	2	+1	0	2	0	0		17:19	19
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2		24:08	30
9	Filip Forsberg	L	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	0		19:56	23
48	Nick Perbix	D	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	5		19:45	24
91	Steven Stamkos	C	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	75.0	19:32	23
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		18:17	27
56	Erik Haula	L	0	1	1	+1	2	1	2	0	55.6	18:16	27
58	Michael Bunting	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	0		14:21	20
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	1	1	+1	2	1	6	0	53.3	12:44	21
49	Reid Schaefer	L	1	0	1	+1	0	2	3	1		10:33	18
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	50.0	23:13	26
59	Roman Josi	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4		20:31	27
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	1		17:34	24
83	Adam Wilsby	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1		17:00	25
36	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	+1	0	0	8	1		15:51	26
71	Matthew Wood	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		9:22	12
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0		9:03	11
40	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	1	0	40.0	8:24	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Justus Annunen	W	31	29	2	.935	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	0	2	2	+1	0	3	0	0		18:36	20
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	1	1	0	0	5	1	0		29:59	25
61	Mark Stone	R	1	0	1	-1	0	2	2	0		21:33	24
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	1	1	+1	0	2	4	0	50.0	19:03	20
17	Ben Hutton	D	1	0	1	0	0	3	1	2		16:19	25
93	Mitch Marner	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	25.0	23:39	24
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		20:13	26
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2		19:32	27
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	5	3		17:02	26
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0		16:05	23
20	Brandon Saad	L	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0		14:46	17
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	100.0	14:34	20
21	Brett Howden	C	0	0	0	-1	2	0	1	1	22.2	14:16	21
42	Braeden Bowman	R	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		12:36	17
10	Colton Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	58.8	12:21	20
3	Brayden McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		10:24	14
26	Alexander Holtz	R	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0		9:45	15
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	14	1	4	1	100.0	7:30	11

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	L	19	15	4	.789	54:52