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Vegas Golden Knights vs Nashville Predators · NHL

Vegas Golden Knights

17-10-11

2 – 4

Final

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Nashville Predators

18-17-4

T-Mobile Arena · Las Vegas · USA

Summary

Nashville Predators finished 4-2 ahead of Vegas Golden Knights at T-Mobile Arena (crowd 17,970). The referee: Kyle Rehman.

Overview Player stats Standings

Overview

Starts: 8:00 PM UTC · Dec 31
Event: NHL USA
Ground: T-Mobile Arena · Las Vegas · USA
Crowd: 17,970
Match officials: Kyle Rehman (Referee), Kiel Murchison (Linesman), Furman South (Referee), Shawn Oliver (Linesman)

On TV

Channels named for United States. The feed names none elsewhere.

USESPN+Streaming · National
USScripps SportsStreaming · Home
USFanDuel SN SouthTV · Away

Period by period

Team	1	2	3	T
Golden Knights	2	0	0	2
Predators	3	1	0	4

Player stats

Side by side

11Blocked Shots18

26Hits26

4Takeaways7

31Shots19

1Power Play Goals2

3Power Play Opportunities4

33.3Power Play Percentage50.0

0Short Handed Goals0

0Shootout Goals0

31Faceoffs Won34

47.7Faceoff Win Percent52.3

17Giveaways12

5Total Penalties3

18Penalty Minutes6

Vegas Golden Knights leaders

GoalsBen Hutton1

AssistsPavel Dorofeyev2

PointsPavel Dorofeyev2

Nashville Predators leaders

GoalsReid Schaefer1

AssistsLuke Evangelista2

PointsLuke Evangelista2

Vegas Golden Knights

forwards
Player	BS	HT	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Ivan Barbashev LW	0	5	0	16:05	0:27	0:00	15:38	23	0	12	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Braeden Bowman RW	0	0	-1	12:36	0:20	0:00	12:16	17	0	5	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Pavel Dorofeyev RW	0	0	1	18:36	3:43	0:04	14:49	20	0	15	2	3	4	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Tomas Hertl C	0	4	1	19:03	3:47	0:37	14:39	20	0	15	1	2	1	11	11	50.0	1	0	0
Alexander Holtz RW	0	0	1	9:45	0:13	0:00	9:32	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	1	2
Brett Howden C	1	1	-1	14:16	0:08	2:34	11:34	21	0	7	0	0	0	2	7	22.2	1	1	2
Keegan Kolesar RW	1	4	0	7:30	0:00	0:00	7:30	11	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	100.0	0	3	14
Mitch Marner RW	0	0	-1	23:39	3:42	2:11	17:46	24	0	9	0	3	1	3	9	25.0	1	0	0
Brandon Saad LW	0	1	0	14:46	0:00	2:16	12:30	17	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Colton Sissons C	1	0	0	12:21	0:15	2:02	10:04	20	0	3	0	2	0	10	7	58.8	1	0	0
Reilly Smith RW	0	0	-2	14:34	0:12	2:25	11:57	20	0	5	0	0	3	4	0	100.0	0	0	0
Mark Stone RW	0	2	-1	21:33	3:47	1:33	16:13	24	1	10	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Noah Hanifin D	0	1	1	0	29:59	3:52	3:12	22:55	25	0	2	1	5	2	2
Ben Hutton D	2	1	0	0	16:19	0:12	0:00	16:07	25	1	6	0	3	0	1
Kaedan Korczak D	0	2	0	0	20:13	0:03	1:49	18:21	26	0	3	0	2	1	2
Jeremy Lauzon D	3	5	1	-1	17:02	0:00	3:04	13:58	26	0	0	0	1	0	1
Brayden McNabb D	1	0	1	0	10:24	0:00	1:54	8:30	14	0	2	0	0	0	0
Zach Whitecloud D	2	0	1	-1	19:32	0:00	3:43	15:49	27	0	1	0	0	0	1

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Akira Schmid G	4	19	0	0	15	.789	11	4	0	54:52	0	0

Nashville Predators

forwards
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Michael Bunting LW	0	1	1	1	14:21	2:23	0:00	11:58	20	1	10	0	2	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0
Luke Evangelista RW	0	0	1	1	17:19	4:27	0:00	12:52	19	0	6	2	2	1	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Filip Forsberg LW	0	2	2	0	19:56	4:41	0:00	15:15	23	0	16	1	2	4	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Erik Haula LW	0	2	0	1	18:16	2:23	2:20	13:33	27	0	5	1	1	2	10	8	55.6	2	1	2
Tyson Jost C	0	1	0	-1	9:03	0:00	0:00	9:03	11	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Michael McCarron C	0	6	1	1	12:44	0:00	0:11	12:33	21	0	1	1	1	3	8	7	53.3	0	1	2
Ryan O'Reilly C	2	0	0	0	23:13	4:20	1:49	17:04	26	0	11	0	1	1	8	8	50.0	0	0	0
Reid Schaefer LW	1	3	0	1	10:33	0:00	0:00	10:33	18	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0
Cole Smith RW	1	8	0	1	15:51	0:00	2:18	13:33	26	0	4	0	0	2	0	1	0.0	1	0	0
Steven Stamkos C	0	0	1	0	19:32	5:05	0:00	14:27	23	1	18	0	1	1	6	2	75.0	2	0	0
Fedor Svechkov C	0	1	0	-1	8:24	0:00	0:00	8:24	11	0	2	0	1	1	2	3	40.0	0	0	0
Matthew Wood RW	0	0	0	-1	9:22	1:46	0:00	7:36	12	0	8	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	0	0

defenses
Player	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV	PN	PIM
Nick Blankenburg D	1	0	1	0	18:17	1:56	1:34	14:47	27	0	4	1	0	0	2	0	0
Nicolas Hague D	1	1	0	0	17:34	0:09	0:40	16:45	24	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Roman Josi D	4	0	0	0	20:31	4:55	0:46	14:50	27	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nick Perbix D	5	1	0	0	19:45	0:00	3:02	16:43	24	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0
Brady Skjei D	2	0	0	1	24:08	2:10	2:55	19:03	30	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0
Adam Wilsby D	1	0	0	1	17:00	0:00	0:53	16:07	25	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0

goalies
Player	GA	SA	SOS	SOSA	SV	SV%	ESSV	PPSV	SHSV	TOI	YTDG	PIM
Justus Annunen G	2	31	0	0	29	.935	22	6	1	60:00	0	0

Standings

2026-27 Central Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Minnesota	9	3	20
2	Utah	8	5	16
3	Dallas	7	4	15
4	Colorado	6	5	13
5	Nashville	4	3	13
6	St. Louis	5	6	11
7	Winnipeg	4	5	11
8	Chicago	4	8	8

2026-27 Pacific Division Standings
#	Team	W	L	PTS
1	Vegas	9	4	19
2	Edmonton	8	2	18
3	Seattle	7	4	15
4	San Jose	6	5	13
5	Calgary	5	6	10
6	Anaheim	5	6	10
7	Los Angeles	3	6	8
8	Vancouver	2	10	5

NHL table

#	Team	P	GD	PTS
1	Hurricanes	82	+56	113
2	Sabres	82	+47	109
3	Lightning	82	+59	106
4	Canadiens	82	+27	106
5	Bruins	82	+22	100
6	Senators	82	+32	99
7	Penguins	82	+25	98
8	Flyers	82	+7	98
9	Capitals	82	+19	95
10	Red Wings	82	-17	92

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