Nashville Predators vs Vegas Golden Knights

NHL

Predators

18-17-4, 40 PTS

4-2

Final

Golden Knights

17-10-11, 45 PTS

T-Mobile Arena

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

NSH shoots leftVGK shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
NSH	10	6	3	19
VGK	9	4	18	31

In net

Justus Annunen29/31 SV, .935

Akira Schmid15/19 SV, .789

Team	1	2	3	T
NSH	3	1	0	4
VGK	2	0	0	2

Who won: Predators 4-2

The Nashville Predators beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Predators lead the series 1-0. Reid Schaefer led the Predators in goals (1). Ben Hutton led the Golden Knights in goals (1).

NSH

VGK

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Michael BuntingLW	0	1	1	1	14:21	2:23	0:00	11:58	20	1	10	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Luke EvangelistaRW	0	0	1	1	17:19	4:27	0:00	12:52	19	0	6	2	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Filip ForsbergLW	0	2	2	0	19:56	4:41	0:00	15:15	23	0	16	1	2	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Erik HaulaLW	0	2	0	1	18:16	2:23	2:20	13:33	27	0	5	1	1	2	10	8	55.6	2	1	2
Tyson JostC	0	1	0	-1	9:03	0:00	0:00	9:03	11	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Michael McCarronC	0	6	1	1	12:44	0:00	0:11	12:33	21	0	1	1	1	3	8	7	53.3	0	1	2
Ryan O'ReillyC	2	0	0	0	23:13	4:20	1:49	17:04	26	0	11	0	1	1	8	8	50.0	0	0	0
Reid SchaeferLW	1	3	0	1	10:33	0:00	0:00	10:33	18	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole SmithRW	1	8	0	1	15:51	0:00	2:18	13:33	26	0	4	0	0	2	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Steven StamkosC	0	0	1	0	19:32	5:05	0:00	14:27	23	1	18	0	1	1	6	2	75.0	2	0	0
Fedor SvechkovC	0	1	0	-1	8:24	0:00	0:00	8:24	11	0	2	0	1	1	2	3	40.0	0	0	0
Matthew WoodRW	0	0	0	-1	9:22	1:46	0:00	7:36	12	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Nick BlankenburgD	1	0	1	0	18:17	1:56	1:34	14:47	27	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0
Nicolas HagueD	1	1	0	0	17:34	0:09	0:40	16:45	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Roman JosiD	4	0	0	0	20:31	4:55	0:46	14:50	27	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nick PerbixD	5	1	0	0	19:45	0:00	3:02	16:43	24	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
Brady SkjeiD	2	0	0	1	24:08	2:10	2:55	19:03	30	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0
Adam WilsbyD	1	0	0	1	17:00	0:00	0:53	16:07	25	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0