Nashville Predators at Vegas Golden Knights

Sat, Jan 17, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Nashville Predators

2 – 7

Final

Vegas Golden Knights

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Nashville Predators 7–2 on Sat, Jan 17, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. Shea Theodore led the way with 2 points. Akira Schmid made 27 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 29–36.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
NSH	1	0	1	2	29
VGK	0	2	5	7	36

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	14:10	NSH	EV	Luke Evangelista (7) · deflected	Roman Josi (19)	1–0
2nd	17:17	VGK	EV	Alexander Holtz (2) · slap	Shea Theodore (18), Cole Reinhardt (4)	1–1
2nd	18:22	VGK	EV	Shea Theodore (7) · snap	Jeremy Lauzon (8), Keegan Kolesar (8)	1–2
3rd	05:52	VGK	EV	Pavel Dorofeyev (20) · snap	Mitch Marner (39)	1–3
3rd	08:52	VGK	EV	Mark Stone (18) · wrist	Jack Eichel (39), Zach Whitecloud (5)	1–4
3rd	12:26	VGK	EV	Cole Reinhardt (2) · wrist	Alexander Holtz (3), Tanner Laczynski (1)	1–5
3rd	13:16	VGK	EV	Mitch Marner (12) · snap	Reilly Smith (6), Akira Schmid (1)	1–6
3rd	15:12	VGK	EV	Keegan Kolesar (3) · backhand	Tomas Hertl (23), Braeden Bowman (11)	1–7
3rd	19:38	NSH	PP	Filip Forsberg (18) · wrist	Ryan O'Reilly (28), Roman Josi (20)	2–7

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	16:01	NSH	Reid Schaefer	tripping	2
2nd	09:39	VGK	Mitch Marner	hooking	2
2nd	18:22	NSH	Michael Bunting	roughing	2
2nd	18:22	VGK	Tomas Hertl	roughing	2
3rd	06:31	VGK	Jack Eichel	interference	2
3rd	18:12	VGK	Ben Hutton	tripping	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: NSH 2.70 · VGK 2.82 · xG% NSH 48.9

Nashville Predators

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
59	Roman Josi	D	0	2	2	-1	0	3	1	1		23:26	24
90	Ryan O'Reilly	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	2	42.3	19:36	21
9	Filip Forsberg	L	1	0	1	+1	0	4	0	0		19:08	21
77	Luke Evangelista	R	1	0	1	+1	0	2	0	0		17:55	18
76	Brady Skjei	D	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		21:37	25
41	Nicolas Hague	D	0	0	0	-2	0	3	1	0		20:05	26
48	Nick Perbix	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	1		18:16	24
91	Steven Stamkos	C	0	0	0	-3	0	2	2	0	60.0	17:41	19
37	Nick Blankenburg	D	0	0	0	-3	0	0	1	2		17:38	21
56	Erik Haula	L	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	2	55.6	16:27	21
58	Michael Bunting	L	0	0	0	-3	2	6	0	0		15:29	18
36	Cole Smith	R	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0		13:49	18
20	Justin Barron	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0		13:43	17
81	Jonathan Marchessault	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0		13:38	16
47	Michael McCarron	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	4	1	45.5	12:41	18
40	Fedor Svechkov	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	4	81.8	12:25	16
49	Reid Schaefer	L	0	0	0	-2	2	0	2	2		11:17	17
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		11:17	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29	Justus Annunen	L	36	29	7	.806	59:52

Vegas Golden Knights

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
27	Shea Theodore	D	1	1	2	+3	0	3	0	2		19:10	25
93	Mitch Marner	R	1	1	2	+2	2	3	0	1	30.0	16:54	19
55	Keegan Kolesar	R	1	1	2	+2	0	1	7	0		13:28	18
26	Alexander Holtz	R	1	1	2	+2	0	1	1	0		10:58	14
23	Cole Reinhardt	L	1	1	2	+2	0	3	2	0		9:33	14
2	Zach Whitecloud	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0		20:18	25
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	1	1	0	2	8	0	0	50.0	18:53	22
5	Jeremy Lauzon	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	4	1		18:44	26
19	Reilly Smith	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		18:04	23
61	Mark Stone	R	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	1		17:42	20
16	Pavel Dorofeyev	R	1	0	1	+2	0	5	1	0		17:01	18
48	Tomas Hertl	C	0	1	1	+2	2	1	0	2	68.8	16:16	20
42	Braeden Bowman	R	0	1	1	+3	0	0	1	0		12:02	18
28	Tanner Laczynski	C	0	1	1	+2	0	1	1	2	37.5	10:45	15
15	Noah Hanifin	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	4		23:55	28
6	Kaedan Korczak	D	0	0	0	+3	0	2	1	2		17:46	19
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	0	0	+3	2	0	2	1		16:40	18
49	Ivan Barbashev	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		14:30	19

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
40	Akira Schmid	W	29	27	2	.931	59:55