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Saturday, January 17, 2026 (10:00 PM ET)
T-Mobile Arena | SCRIPPS
Nashville Predators NSH
2-7
Final
VGK Vegas Golden Knights
42% xGF Expected Goals Share 58% xGF
NSH was expected to score 2.47 goals VGK was expected to score 3.40 goals
Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 0 1 2 3 2 2 Cumulative xG NSH VGK Dots represent goals
Goals & Replays
  • ► Luke Evangelista scores at 14:10 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (1-0) End of Period 1
  • ► Alexander Holtz scores at 17:17 in the 2nd period 0.03 xG (1-1)
  • ► Shea Theodore scores at 18:22 in the 2nd period 0.04 xG (1-2) End of Period 2
  • ► Pavel Dorofeyev scores at 5:52 in the 3rd period 0.15 xG (1-3)
  • ► Mark Stone scores at 8:52 in the 3rd period 0.15 xG (1-4)
  • ► Cole Reinhardt scores at 12:26 in the 3rd period 0.12 xG (1-5)
  • ► Mitch Marner scores at 13:16 in the 3rd period 0.07 xG (1-6)
  • ► Keegan Kolesar scores at 15:12 in the 3rd period 0.20 xG (1-7)
  • ► Filip Forsberg scores at 19:38 in the 3rd period 0.07 xG (2-7) End of Game
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xG by State
Nashville Predators
Vegas Golden Knights
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Man-Advantage 7:23 0.53 1 2:05 0.40 0
Even Strength 50:32 1.95 1 50:32 2.81 7
Short-Handed 2:05 0.00 0 7:23 0.19 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 14:08 0.95 4
Up 1 23:07 0.99 0 7:30 0.31 1
Tied 15:15 0.64 1 15:15 0.66 1
Down 1 7:30 0.30 0 23:07 1.48 1
Down 2+ 14:08 0.55 1 0:00 0.00 0
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
VGK Jack Eichel (C) 0.57 0 1 1 22 18:53 8 0 2 0
NSH Michael Bunting (L) 0.55 0 0 0 18 15:29 6 -3 2 0
VGK Pavel Dorofeyev (R) 0.46 1 0 1 18 17:01 5 +2 0 0
VGK Keegan Kolesar (R) 0.33 1 1 2 18 13:28 1 +2 0 0
VGK Cole Reinhardt (L) 0.33 1 1 2 14 09:33 3 +2 0 0
NSH Luke Evangelista (R) 0.27 1 0 1 18 17:55 2 +1 0 0
NSH Cole Smith (R) 0.27 0 0 0 18 13:49 2 -2 0 0
NSH Fedor Svechkov (C) 0.26 0 0 0 16 12:25 0 -2 0 0
NSH Michael McCarron (C) 0.23 0 0 0 18 12:41 3 -2 0 0
VGK Mark Stone (R) 0.23 1 0 1 20 17:42 2 0 0 0
VGK Mitch Marner (R) 0.22 1 1 2 19 16:54 3 +2 2 0
NSH Filip Forsberg (L) 0.20 1 0 1 21 19:08 4 +1 0 1
NSH Steven Stamkos (C) 0.16 0 0 0 19 17:41 2 -3 0 0
VGK Reilly Smith (R) 0.12 0 1 1 23 18:04 2 +1 0 0
VGK Tomas Hertl (C) 0.09 0 1 1 20 16:16 1 +2 2 0
VGK Tanner Laczynski (C) 0.08 0 1 1 15 10:45 1 +2 0 0
NSH Jonathan Marchessault (C) 0.07 0 0 0 16 13:38 1 -3 0 0
VGK Ivan Barbashev (L) 0.05 0 0 0 19 14:30 1 0 0 0
NSH Reid Schaefer (L) 0.03 0 0 0 17 11:17 0 -2 2 0
VGK Alexander Holtz (R) 0.03 1 1 2 14 10:58 1 +2 0 0
NSH Erik Haula (L) 0.02 0 0 0 21 16:27 1 -3 0 0
NSH Tyson Jost (C) 0.02 0 0 0 14 11:17 1 -2 0 0
VGK Braeden Bowman (R) 0.00 0 1 1 18 12:02 0 +3 0 0
NSH Ryan O'Reilly (C) 0.00 0 1 1 21 19:36 0 +1 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG
VGK Shea Theodore (D) 0.47 1 1 2 25 19:10 3 +3 0 0
NSH Roman Josi (D) 0.28 0 2 2 24 23:26 3 -1 0 0
VGK Zach Whitecloud (D) 0.16 0 1 1 25 20:18 1 0 0 0
VGK Noah Hanifin (D) 0.15 0 0 0 28 23:55 1 +1 0 0
NSH Nicolas Hague (D) 0.10 0 0 0 26 20:05 3 -2 0 0
VGK Kaedan Korczak (D) 0.07 0 0 0 19 17:46 2 +3 0 0
VGK Jeremy Lauzon (D) 0.05 0 1 1 26 18:44 1 +2 0 0
NSH Brady Skjei (D) 0.02 0 0 0 25 21:37 1 -1 0 0
NSH Nick Blankenburg (D) 0.01 0 0 0 21 17:38 0 -3 0 0
NSH Nick Perbix (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 18:16 0 -2 0 0
NSH Justin Barron (D) 0.00 0 0 0 17 13:43 0 -2 0 0
VGK Ben Hutton (D) 0.00 0 0 0 18 16:40 0 +3 2 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
VGK Akira Schmid (G) +1.08% 0.931 0.5 2 27 59:55 29 W 0
NSH Justus Annunen (G) -7.83% 0.806 -3.6 7 29 59:52 36 L 0