Final · December 29, 2025 at 9:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : NSH 26 — UTA 31 · Delta Center
Three stars
- 1★
S. StamkosNSH · C · 2B 1A - 2★
D. GuentherUTA · R · 1B 1A - 3★
R. JosiNSH · D · 1B 0A
NSHGame statsUTA 
- 26Shots on goal31
- 47 %Faceoff win %53 %
- 1/2Power play1/4
- 8Penalty minutes4
- 16Hits16
- 19Blocked shots16
- 10Giveaways15
- 4Takeaways3
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSH | 7 | 9 | 10 | 26 |
| UTA | 11 | 10 | 10 | 31 |
Season seriesNSH 1 – 3 UTA
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← NSH 4 / 26 / 373 / 31 / 52 UTA →
Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.
Goals
1st period
JJ PeterkaUTA · 05:48 · PPAssists : Dylan Guenther, Clayton Keller0 – 1▶ Watch- Roman JosiNSH · 09:51Assists : Filip Forsberg, Steven Stamkos1 – 1▶ Watch
2nd period
Mikhail SergachevUTA · 03:41Assists : Nick Schmaltz, Sean Durzi1 – 2▶ Watch
Luke EvangelistaNSH · 07:51Assists : Tyson Jost, Nick Blankenburg2 – 2▶ Watch
3rd period
- Dylan GuentherUTA · 04:02Assists : Lawson Crouse, Barrett Hayton2 – 3▶ Watch
- Steven StamkosNSH · 11:39 · PPAssists : Ryan O'Reilly, Luke Evangelista3 – 3▶ Watch
- Steven StamkosNSH · 13:17Assists : Ryan O'Reilly, Nick Perbix4 – 3▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 04:56NSHNicolas Hague — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Barrett Hayton
- 16:59NSHCole Smith — Boarding (2 min) · drawn by Nick Schmaltz
2nd period
- 14:34UTAIan Cole — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Erik Haula
3rd period
- 10:05UTAKevin Stenlund — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Filip Forsberg
- 14:05NSHBrady Skjei — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Barrett Hayton
- 15:40NSHNick Perbix — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Nick Schmaltz
Box score
Nashville Predators
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. ForsbergL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 19:03 |
| T. JostC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10:33 |
| C. SmithR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 13:18 |
| F. SvechkovC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:17 |
| M. McCarronC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 14:05 |
| R. SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 10:24 |
| E. HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 17:02 |
| M. BuntingL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13:12 |
| M. WoodR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 09:24 |
| L. EvangelistaR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16:37 |
| R. O'ReillyC | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20:33 |
| S. StamkosC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17:12 |
| N. BlankenburgD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15:24 |
| N. HagueD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 19:21 |
| N. PerbixD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19:34 |
| R. JosiD | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 22:43 |
| B. SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 21:55 |
| A. WilsbyD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 18:31 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Annunen | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| J. Saros(W) | 28/31 | 90.3 % | 60:00 |
Utah Mammoth
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N. SchmaltzC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 22:10 |
| C. KellerR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 22:46 |
| D. GuentherR | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 19:20 |
| A. KerfootC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 09:34 |
| D. ButL | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 12:29 |
| J. McBainC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 4 | 13:11 |
| B. HaytonC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15:32 |
| L. O'BrienC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:59 |
| M. CarconeL | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 13:59 |
| L. CrouseL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17:33 |
| J. PeterkaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23:05 |
| K. StenlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 08:38 |
| J. MarinoD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21:09 |
| I. ColeD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 15:57 |
| S. DurziD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 20:23 |
| N. DeSimoneD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 1 | 11:42 |
| N. SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 18:25 |
| M. SergachevD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25:19 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. Villalta | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| V. Vanecek(L) | 22/26 | 84.6 % | 58:15 |
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