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Vegas Golden Knights vs Edmonton Oilers

Regular season · Sunday, December 21, 2025 · Rogers Place

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3–4

Final

SOG 31–21

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Game summary

The Edmonton Oilers beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Sunday, December 21, 2025 at Rogers Place. The Golden Knights outshot the Oilers 31-21.

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored twice. Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman, Tomas Hertl, Pavel Dorofeyev and Mitch Marner also scored.

Connor Ingram made 28 saves on 31 shots for the win; Carter Hart stopped 17 of 21.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK012331
Edmonton OilersEDM220421

Three stars

  1. ★1st starConnor McDavidEDM · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starRyan Nugent-HopkinsEDM · 2G 1A
  3. ★3rd starTomas HertlVGK · 1G 2A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd 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+
1:25

1–4 · 2nd 12:59 · Hertl. Bouchard was 1:25 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceEDM on ice

0–1 EDM

1st 9:11 · McDavid

Lauzon 0:42

0–2 EDM

1st 14:37 · PP · Nugent-Hopkins

Smith 0:33

0–3 EDM

2nd 2:22 · PP · Nugent-Hopkins

Saad 0:48

0–4 EDM

2nd 7:45 · Hyman

Long shift: Howden 1:04

1–4 VGK

2nd 12:59 · PP · Hertl

Long shift: Bouchard 1:25

2–4 VGK

3rd 3:52 · PP · Dorofeyev

Nugent-Hopkins 0:32

3–4 VGK

3rd 5:49 · Marner

Long shift: Roslovic 1:18

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

VGKEDM
31Shots on goal21
54%Faceoff %46%
2/5Power play2/3
6Penalty minutes10
32Hits24
13Blocked shots16
17Giveaways22
4Takeaways2

Penalties

  • 1st 05:47Andrew Mangiapane · hooking2 min
  • 1st 10:57Leon Draisaitl · slashing2 min
  • 1st 12:58Ben Hutton · hooking2 min
  • 1st 17:26Andrew Mangiapane · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 01:56Jeremy Lauzon · interference2 min
  • 2nd 12:06Adam Henrique · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 03:31Alec Regula · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 13:32Brett Howden · high sticking2 min

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