NSH
NSH
Nashville Predators
23-21-4 · L1 · L10: 6-4-0
W
W
W
L
W
L
W
L
W
W
Final
2—7
2026-01-17 · T-Mobile Arena
VGK
VGK
Vegas Golden Knights
24-11-12 · W7 · L10: 7-2-1
W
W
W
W
W
W
OT
L
L
L
VGK dominated expected goals 3.6 to 2.4

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
012341ST2ND3RD
NSH xG
2.43
ACTUAL
2 — 7
VGK xG
3.57

Scoring Timeline

0.14
HIGH xG
NSH1P 14:10Even Strength
Luke Evangelista
77
Luke Evangelista(7)
R · NSH · #77
Roman Josi (19)
NSH 1 - 0 VGK
0.04
LOW xG
VGK2P 17:17Even Strength
Alexander Holtz
26
Alexander Holtz(2)
R · VGK · #26
Shea Theodore (18), Cole Reinhardt (4)
NSH 1 - 1 VGK
0.04
MED xG
VGK2P 18:22Even Strength
Shea Theodore
27
Shea Theodore(7)
D · VGK · #27
Jeremy Lauzon (8), Keegan Kolesar (8)
NSH 1 - 2 VGK
0.16
HIGH xG
VGK3P 05:52Even Strength
Pavel Dorofeyev
16
Pavel Dorofeyev(20)
L · VGK · #16
Mitch Marner (39)
NSH 1 - 3 VGK
0.22
HIGH xG
VGK3P 08:52Even Strength
Mark Stone
61
Mark Stone(18)
R · VGK · #61
Jack Eichel (39), Zach Whitecloud (5)
NSH 1 - 4 VGK
0.14
HIGH xG
VGK3P 12:26Even Strength
Cole Reinhardt
29
Cole Reinhardt(2)
L · VGK · #29
Alexander Holtz (3), Tanner Laczynski (1)
NSH 1 - 5 VGK
0.11
HIGH xG
VGK3P 13:16Even Strength
Mitch Marner
16
Mitch Marner(12)
R · VGK · #16
Reilly Smith (6), Akira Schmid (1)
NSH 1 - 6 VGK
0.18
HIGH xG
VGK3P 15:12Even Strength
Keegan Kolesar
55
Keegan Kolesar(3)
R · VGK · #55
Tomas Hertl (23), Braeden Bowman (11)
NSH 1 - 7 VGK
0.07
MED xG
NSH3P 19:38Power Play
Filip Forsberg
9
Filip Forsberg(18)
L · NSH · #9
Ryan O'Reilly (28), Roman Josi (20)
NSH 2 - 7 VGK

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Akira Schmid
40
Akira Schmid
G · VGK · #40
27/29 saves, .931 SV%, +0.4 GSAx
★2
Keegan Kolesar
55
Keegan Kolesar
R · VGK · #55
1G, 1A, 1 SOG, 7 HIT
★3
Cole Reinhardt
29
Cole Reinhardt
L · VGK · #29
1G, 1A, 3 SOG, 2 HIT

Team Stats

NSHVGK
29Shots36
2.43xGF3.57
45.7CF%54.3
52.4FO%47.6
1/3PP0/1
14Hits25
16Blocks16
16Giveaways20
7Takeaways4
4PIM8

Period Breakdown

PeriodNSH SOGVGK SOGNSH xGVGK xG
1st8150.681.38
2nd1181.100.83
3rd860.651.36
Total27292.433.57

Penalties

6 TOTAL
1P 16:01
NSH
Reid Schaefertripping (2 min)
Drawn by Tomas Hertl
2P 09:39
VGK
Mitch Marnerhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Roman Josi
2P 18:22
NSH
Michael Buntingroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Tomas Hertl
2P 18:22
VGK
Tomas Hertlroughing (2 min)
Drawn by Michael Bunting
3P 06:31
VGK
Jack Eichelinterference (2 min)
Drawn by Filip Forsberg
3P 18:12
VGK
Ben Huttontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Tyson Jost