Final · December 31, 2025 at 3:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : NSH 19 — VGK 31 · T-Mobile Arena
Three stars
- 1★
S. StamkosNSH · C · 1B 0A - 2★
J. AnnunenNSH · G · 93.5 % - 3★
R. SchaeferNSH · L · 1B 0A
NSHGame statsVGK 
- 19Shots on goal31
- 52 %Faceoff win %48 %
- 2/4Power play1/3
- 6Penalty minutes18
- 26Hits26
- 18Blocked shots11
- 12Giveaways17
- 7Takeaways4
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSH | 10 | 6 | 3 | 19 |
| VGK | 9 | 4 | 18 | 31 |
Season seriesNSH 2 – 1 VGK
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← NSH 4 / 19 / 352 / 31 / 48 VGK →
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
Mark StoneVGK · 05:35 · PPAssists : Pavel Dorofeyev, Noah Hanifin0 – 1▶ Watch
Ben HuttonVGK · 09:06Assists : Tomas Hertl, Pavel Dorofeyev0 – 2▶ Watch
Nick PerbixNSH · 11:20Assists : Luke Evangelista1 – 2▶ Watch- Steven StamkosNSH · 15:37 · PPAssists : Filip Forsberg, Luke Evangelista2 – 2▶ Watch
- Reid SchaeferNSH · 16:21Assists : Brady Skjei, Michael McCarron3 – 2▶ Watch
2nd period
Michael BuntingNSH · 11:52 · PPAssists : Nick Blankenburg, Erik Haula4 – 2▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 05:24NSHErik Haula — High sticking (2 min) · drawn by Ben Hutton
- 14:16VGKBrett Howden — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Fedor Svechkov
2nd period
- 01:39NSHNicolas Hague — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Ivan Barbashev
- 03:35VGKAlexander Holtz — Slashing (2 min) · drawn by Roman Josi
- 08:18VGKKeegan Kolesar — Cross checking (2 min) · drawn by Michael Bunting
- 08:18VGKKeegan Kolesar — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Michael Bunting
- 08:18VGKKeegan Kolesar — Misconduct (10 min)
3rd period
- 07:31VGKBen Hutton — Ps slash on breakaway · drawn by Cole Smith
- 13:33NSHMichael McCarron — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Colton Sissons
Box score
Nashville Predators
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. ForsbergL | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19:56 |
| T. JostC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 09:03 |
| C. SmithR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 15:51 |
| F. SvechkovC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 08:24 |
| M. McCarronC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12:44 |
| R. SchaeferL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10:33 |
| E. HaulaL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18:16 |
| M. BuntingL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14:21 |
| M. WoodR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 09:22 |
| L. EvangelistaR | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:19 |
| R. O'ReillyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23:13 |
| S. StamkosC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19:32 |
| N. BlankenburgD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:17 |
| N. HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:34 |
| N. PerbixD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 19:45 |
| R. JosiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20:31 |
| B. SkjeiD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24:08 |
| A. WilsbyD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17:00 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Annunen(W) | 29/31 | 93.5 % | 60:00 |
| J. Saros | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. SissonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12:21 |
| P. DorofeyevR | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 18:36 |
| R. SmithR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 14:34 |
| B. SaadL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 14:46 |
| B. HowdenC | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 14:16 |
| A. HoltzR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:45 |
| B. BowmanR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 12:36 |
| T. HertlC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 19:03 |
| I. BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 16:05 |
| K. KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 07:30 |
| M. StoneR | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 2 | 21:33 |
| M. MarnerR | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 0 | 23:39 |
| Z. WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 19:32 |
| B. McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:24 |
| J. LauzonD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 5 | 17:02 |
| K. KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20:13 |
| N. HanifinD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 29:59 |
| B. HuttonD | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 16:19 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Schmid(L) | 15/19 | 78.9 % | 54:52 |
| C. Hart | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
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