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Nashville Predators vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Wednesday, December 31, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 19–31

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Game summary

The Nashville Predators beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Predators 31-19.

Goals came from Mark Stone, Ben Hutton, Nick Perbix, Steven Stamkos, Reid Schaefer and Michael Bunting.

Justus Annunen made 29 saves on 31 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 15 of 19.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH310419
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK200231

Three stars

  1. ★1st starSteven StamkosNSH · 1G 0A
  2. ★2nd starJustus AnnunenNSH · .935 SV%
  3. ★3rd starReid SchaeferNSH · 1G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd 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+
1:21

1–2 · 1st 11:20 · Perbix. Smith was 1:21 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on iceVGK on ice

0–1 VGK

1st 5:35 · PP · Stone

Perbix 0:39

0–2 VGK

1st 9:06 · Hutton

Jost 0:39

1–2 NSH

1st 11:20 · Perbix

Long shift: Smith 1:21

2–2 NSH

1st 15:37 · PP · Stamkos

Hertl 0:33

3–2 NSH

1st 16:21 · Schaefer

Long shift: Hanifin 1:17

4–2 NSH

2nd 11:52 · PP · Bunting

Long shift: Smith 1:01

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

NSHVGK
19Shots on goal31
52%Faceoff %48%
2/4Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes18
26Hits26
18Blocked shots11
12Giveaways17
7Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 05:24Erik Haula · high sticking2 min
  • 1st 14:16Brett Howden · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 01:39Nicolas Hague · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 03:35Alexander Holtz · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 08:18Keegan Kolesar · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 08:18Keegan Kolesar · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 08:18Keegan Kolesar · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 07:31Ben Hutton · ps slash on breakaway0 min
  • 3rd 13:33Michael McCarron · interference2 min

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