NSH
NSH
Nashville Predators
16-16-4 · W3 · L10: 7-3-0
W
W
L
W
L
W
W
L
W
W
Final/OT
3—2
2025-12-23 · Xcel Energy Center
MIN
MIN
Minnesota Wild
22-10-6 · OT1 · L10: 7-2-1
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
W
L
L
NSH dominated expected goals 3.1 to 2.6 · Decided in overtime

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RDOT
NSH xG
3.13
ACTUAL
3 — 2
MIN xG
2.60

Scoring Timeline

0.03
LOW xG
MIN1P 07:00Even Strength
Brock Faber
7
Brock Faber(7)
D · MIN · #7
Quinn Hughes (24), Nico Sturm (4)
NSH 0 - 1 MIN
0.16
HIGH xG
NSH1P 14:28Power Play
Ryan O'Reilly
90
Ryan O'Reilly(11)
C · NSH · #90
Luke Evangelista (20), Steven Stamkos (7)
NSH 1 - 1 MIN
0.08
MED xG
NSH1P 17:07Power Play
Roman Josi
59
Roman Josi(3)
D · NSH · #59
Ryan O'Reilly (21), Filip Forsberg (13)
NSH 2 - 1 MIN
0.39
HIGH xG
MIN2P 00:52Power Play
Joel Eriksson Ek
14
Joel Eriksson Ek(9)
C · MIN · #14
Marcus Johansson (17), Kirill Kaprizov (21)
NSH 2 - 2 MIN
0.14
HIGH xG
NSHOT 00:533 on 3
Steven Stamkos
91
Steven Stamkos(15)
C · NSH · #91
Erik Haula (14), Nick Blankenburg (11)
NSH 3 - 2 MIN

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Juuse Saros
74
Juuse Saros
G · NSH · #74
30/32 saves, .937 SV%, +1.4 GSAx
★2
Filip Gustavsson
32
Filip Gustavsson
G · MIN · #32
26/29 saves, .896 SV%, +0.2 GSAx
★3
Steven Stamkos
91
Steven Stamkos
C · NSH · #91
1G, 1A, 4 SOG, 3 HIT

Team Stats

NSHMIN
29Shots32
3.13xGF2.60
43.4CF%56.6
60.8FO%39.2
2/4PP0/3
22Hits27
10Blocks9
13Giveaways15
5Takeaways4
8PIM10

Period Breakdown

PeriodNSH SOGMIN SOGNSH xGMIN xG
1st6110.980.91
2nd12101.111.41
3rd790.760.29
OT100.270.00
Total26303.122.61

Penalties

9 TOTAL
1P 08:30
NSH
Ryan O'Reillyhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Quinn Hughes
1P 13:42
MIN
Joel Eriksson Ektripping (2 min)
Drawn by Luke Evangelista
1P 16:07
MIN
Vladimir Tarasenkotripping (2 min)
Drawn by Reid Schaefer
2P 01:14
MIN
Kirill Kaprizovholding (2 min)
Drawn by Cole Smith
2P 03:48
NSH
Nick Blankenburgtripping (2 min)
Drawn by Kirill Kaprizov
2P 16:40
NSH
Michael McCarronslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Mats Zuccarello
2P 16:40
MIN
Mats Zuccarelloslashing (2 min)
Drawn by Michael McCarron
2P 18:16
MIN
Jared Spurgeonhigh-sticking (2 min)
Drawn by Fedor Svechkov
3P 02:15
NSH
Tyson Josttripping (2 min)
Drawn by Ryan Hartman