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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
3:00 PM ET
T-Mobile Arena (FDSNSO)
NSH
Nashville Predators
4 – 2
Final
Vegas Golden Knights
 VGK
38% xGF%
62% xGF%
NSH was expected to score 2.42 goals VGK was expected to score 4.03 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 4 2 Cumulative xG NSH VGK Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Nashville Predators Vegas Golden Knights
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 6:51 0.99 2 8:20 1.77 1
Even Strength 44:49 1.43 2 44:49 2.17 1
Penalty Kill 8:20 0.00 0 6:51 0.09 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 28:08 0.80 0 2:14 0.02 0
Up 1 15:31 0.70 1 7:48 0.27 1
Tied 6:19 0.11 1 6:19 0.66 1
Down 1 7:48 0.69 1 15:31 0.66 0
Down 2+ 2:14 0.11 1 28:08 2.42 0
  • ► Mark Stone scores at 5:35 in the 1st period 0.33 xG (0-1)
  • ► Ben Hutton scores at 9:06 in the 1st period 0.13 xG (0-2)
  • ► Nick Perbix scores at 11:20 in the 1st period 0.02 xG (1-2)
  • ► Steven Stamkos scores at 15:37 in the 1st period 0.12 xG (2-2)
  • ► Reid Schaefer scores at 16:21 in the 1st period 0.01 xG (3-2)
  • ► Michael Bunting scores at 11:52 in the 2nd period 0.17 xG (4-2)
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NSH NSH xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
VGK Brandon Saad (L) 0.78 0 0 0 17 14:46 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Mark Stone (R) 0.60 1 0 1 24 21:33 2 -1 0 1 0 0 0
VGK Pavel Dorofeyev (R) 0.52 0 2 2 20 18:36 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Erik Haula (L) 0.39 0 1 1 27 18:16 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
VGK Tomas Hertl (C) 0.31 0 1 1 20 19:03 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Filip Forsberg (L) 0.31 0 1 1 23 19:56 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Ivan Barbashev (L) 0.30 0 0 0 23 16:05 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Fedor Svechkov (C) 0.30 0 0 0 11 08:24 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Braeden Bowman (R) 0.27 0 0 0 17 12:36 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Reilly Smith (R) 0.26 0 0 0 20 14:34 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Michael Bunting (L) 0.22 1 0 1 20 14:21 2 +1 0 1 0 0 0
NSH Steven Stamkos (C) 0.21 1 0 1 23 19:32 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
NSH Luke Evangelista (R) 0.20 0 2 2 19 17:19 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Mitch Marner (R) 0.19 0 0 0 24 23:39 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Cole Smith (L) 0.15 0 0 0 26 15:51 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Ryan O'Reilly (C) 0.12 0 0 0 26 23:13 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Michael McCarron (R) 0.11 0 1 1 21 12:44 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
NSH Tyson Jost (C) 0.10 0 0 0 11 09:03 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Colton Sissons (C) 0.09 0 0 0 20 12:21 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Keegan Kolesar (R) 0.08 0 0 0 11 07:30 1 0 14 0 0 0 0
NSH Reid Schaefer (L) 0.06 1 0 1 18 10:33 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Alexander Holtz (R) 0.00 0 0 0 15 09:45 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
NSH Matthew Wood (R) 0.00 0 0 0 12 09:22 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Brett Howden (C) 0.00 0 0 0 21 14:16 0 -1 2 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
VGK Noah Hanifin (D) 0.38 0 1 1 25 29:59 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Ben Hutton (D) 0.17 1 0 1 25 16:19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Adam Wilsby (D) 0.10 0 0 0 25 17:00 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Nick Perbix (D) 0.09 1 0 1 24 19:45 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Kaedan Korczak (D) 0.06 0 0 0 26 20:13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Roman Josi (D) 0.05 0 0 0 27 20:31 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Jeremy Lauzon (D) 0.02 0 0 0 26 17:02 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Brady Skjei (D) 0.01 0 1 1 30 24:08 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Nicolas Hague (D) 0.00 0 0 0 24 17:34 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
VGK Zach Whitecloud (D) 0.00 0 0 0 27 19:32 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
NSH Nick Blankenburg (D) 0.00 0 1 1 27 18:17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
VGK Brayden McNabb (D) 0.00 0 0 0 14 10:24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
NSH Justus Annunen (G) +6.55% 0.936 2.0 2 29 60:00 31 W 0
VGK Akira Schmid (G) -8.33% 0.790 -1.6 4 15 54:52 19 L 0