Final · January 17, 2026 at 10:00 p.m.
Shots on goal : NSH 29 — VGK 36 · T-Mobile Arena
Three stars
- 1★
S. TheodoreVGK · D · 1B 1A - 2★
M. MarnerVGK · R · 1B 1A - 3★
A. SchmidVGK · G · 93.1 %
NSHGame statsVGK 
- 29Shots on goal36
- 52 %Faceoff win %48 %
- 1/3Power play0/1
- 4Penalty minutes8
- 14Hits25
- 16Blocked shots16
- 16Giveaways20
- 7Takeaways4
Shots by period
| P1 | P2 | P3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSH | 9 | 11 | 9 | 29 |
| VGK | 15 | 10 | 11 | 36 |
Season seriesNSH 2 – 1 VGK
Official NHL reports
Shot map
← NSH 2 / 29 / 447 / 36 / 46 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
Luke EvangelistaNSH · 14:10Assists : Roman Josi1 – 0▶ Watch
2nd period
Alexander HoltzVGK · 17:17Assists : Shea Theodore, Cole Reinhardt1 – 1▶ Watch- Shea TheodoreVGK · 18:22Assists : Jeremy Lauzon, Keegan Kolesar1 – 2▶ Watch
3rd period
Pavel DorofeyevVGK · 05:52Assists : Mitch Marner1 – 3▶ Watch
Mark StoneVGK · 08:52Assists : Jack Eichel, Zach Whitecloud1 – 4▶ Watch
Cole ReinhardtVGK · 12:26Assists : Alexander Holtz, Tanner Laczynski1 – 5▶ Watch- Mitch MarnerVGK · 13:16Assists : Reilly Smith, Akira Schmid1 – 6▶ Watch
Keegan KolesarVGK · 15:12Assists : Tomas Hertl, Braeden Bowman1 – 7▶ Watch
Filip ForsbergNSH · 19:38 · PPAssists : Ryan O'Reilly, Roman Josi2 – 7▶ Watch
Penalties
1st period
- 16:01NSHReid Schaefer — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Tomas Hertl
2nd period
- 09:39VGKMitch Marner — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Roman Josi
- 18:22NSHMichael Bunting — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Tomas Hertl
- 18:22VGKTomas Hertl — Roughing (2 min) · drawn by Michael Bunting
3rd period
- 06:31VGKJack Eichel — Interference (2 min) · drawn by Filip Forsberg
- 18:12VGKBen Hutton — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Tyson Jost
Box score
Nashville Predators
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F. ForsbergL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19:08 |
| T. JostC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 11:17 |
| C. SmithR | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 0 | 13:49 |
| F. SvechkovC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 12:25 |
| M. McCarronC | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 4 | 12:41 |
| R. SchaeferL | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 2 | 11:17 |
| E. HaulaL | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 2 | 16:27 |
| M. BuntingL | 0 | 0 | -3 | 6 | 0 | 15:29 |
| L. EvangelistaR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17:55 |
| J. MarchessaultR | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 0 | 13:38 |
| R. O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19:36 |
| S. StamkosC | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 17:41 |
| J. BarronD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 1 | 13:43 |
| N. BlankenburgD | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 1 | 17:38 |
| N. HagueD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 1 | 20:05 |
| N. PerbixD | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 18:16 |
| R. JosiD | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 1 | 23:26 |
| B. SkjeiD | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 21:37 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| J. Annunen(L) | 29/36 | 80.6 % | 59:52 |
| J. Saros | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| Player | G | A | +/- | SOG | HIT | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. EichelC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 18:53 |
| P. DorofeyevR | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 17:01 |
| R. SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 18:04 |
| C. ReinhardtL | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 09:33 |
| A. HoltzR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10:58 |
| T. LaczynskiC | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10:45 |
| B. BowmanR | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12:02 |
| T. HertlC | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16:16 |
| I. BarbashevL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14:30 |
| K. KolesarR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13:28 |
| M. StoneR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17:42 |
| M. MarnerR | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 16:54 |
| Z. WhitecloudD | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20:18 |
| J. LauzonD | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18:44 |
| K. KorczakD | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17:46 |
| N. HanifinD | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23:55 |
| B. HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 16:40 |
| S. TheodoreD | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19:10 |
| Goalie | Saves | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Hill | 0/0 | — | 00:00 |
| A. Schmid(W) | 27/29 | 93.1 % | 59:55 |
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