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Nashville Predators vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Saturday, January 17, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena

Nashville PredatorsNashvillePredatorsAway

2–7

Final

SOG 29–36

Vegas Golden KnightsVegasGolden KnightsHome

FDSNSO · SCRIPPS

Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the Nashville Predators 7-2 on Saturday, January 17, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Predators 36-29.

Goals came from Luke Evangelista, Alexander Holtz, Shea Theodore, Pavel Dorofeyev, Mark Stone, Cole Reinhardt, Mitch Marner, Keegan Kolesar and Filip Forsberg.

Akira Schmid made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Justus Annunen stopped 29 of 36.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH101229
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK025736

Three stars

  1. ★1st starShea TheodoreVGK · 1G 1A
  2. ★2nd starMitch MarnerVGK · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starAkira SchmidVGK · .931 SV%

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+
2:27

1–4 · 3rd 8:52 · Stone. Stamkos was 2:27 into his shift when it went in.

GoalNSH on iceVGK on ice

1–0 NSH

1st 14:10 · Evangelista

Lauzon 0:32

1–1 VGK

2nd 17:17 · Holtz

Long shift: Marchessault 1:20

1–2 VGK

2nd 18:22 · Theodore

Stamkos 0:17

1–3 VGK

3rd 5:52 · Dorofeyev

Josi 0:38

1–4 VGK

3rd 8:52 · Stone

Stuck out there: Stamkos 2:27

1–5 VGK

3rd 12:26 · Reinhardt

Bunting 0:34

1–6 VGK

3rd 13:16 · Marner

Josi 0:14

1–7 VGK

3rd 15:12 · Kolesar

McCarron 0:36

2–7 NSH

3rd 19:38 · PP · Forsberg

Long shift: Hanifin 1:26

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
29Shots on goal36
52%Faceoff %48%
1/3Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes8
14Hits25
16Blocked shots16
16Giveaways20
7Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 16:01Reid Schaefer · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 09:39Mitch Marner · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 18:22Michael Bunting · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 18:22Tomas Hertl · roughing2 min
  • 3rd 06:31Jack Eichel · interference2 min
  • 3rd 18:12Ben Hutton · tripping2 min

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