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Vegas Golden Knights vs New York Islanders

Regular season · Tuesday, December 9, 2025 · UBS Arena

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4–5

Final/SO

SOG 37–27

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Game summary

The New York Islanders beat the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 in a shootout on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at UBS Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Islanders 37-27.

Bo Horvat scored twice. Noah Hanifin, Mitch Marner, Marc Gatcomb, Simon Holmstrom, Ivan Barbashev and Pavel Dorofeyev also scored.

Ilya Sorokin made 33 saves on 37 shots for the win; Carter Hart stopped 23 of 27.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTSOTSOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK20200437
New York IslandersNYI12101527

Three stars

  1. ★1st starBo HorvatNYI · 2G 0A
  2. ★2nd starIlya SorokinNYI · .892 SV%
  3. ★3rd starSimon HolmstromNYI · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

SO period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:51

2–2 · 2nd 3:56 · Gatcomb. Eichel was 1:51 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceNYI on ice

1–0 VGK

1st 12:02 · Hanifin

Stuck out there: Pulock 1:31

2–0 VGK

1st 16:01 · Marner

Cizikas 0:47

2–1 NYI

1st 19:33 · Horvat

Stone 0:38

2–2 NYI

2nd 3:56 · Gatcomb

Stuck out there: Eichel 1:51

2–3 NYI

2nd 13:30 · Holmstrom

Sissons 0:19

3–3 VGK

3rd 1:27 · Barbashev

Pulock 0:46

3–4 NYI

3rd 10:15 · PP · Horvat

Stuck out there: McNabb 1:31

4–4 VGK

3rd 19:46 · Dorofeyev

Schaefer 0:36

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

VGKNYI
37Shots on goal27
48%Faceoff %52%
0/4Power play1/2
8Penalty minutes10
14Hits24
12Blocked shots10
20Giveaways15
6Takeaways8

Penalties

  • 1st 09:37Bo Horvat · tripping2 min
  • 1st 10:31Mitch Marner · interference2 min
  • 1st 10:54Ilya Sorokin · tripping2 min
  • 1st 18:55Brayden McNabb · roughing2 min
  • 1st 18:55Anthony Duclair · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 01:24Brett Howden · interference goalkeeper2 min
  • 3rd 08:44Pavel Dorofeyev · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 17:39Adam Pelech · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 19:56Kyle MacLean · high sticking2 min

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