Nashville Predators vs Vegas Golden Knights — December 31, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Nashville Predators defeated the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on December 31, 2025. Despite the result, the Vegas Golden Knights held the edge in expected goals (6.90 to 6.03) at 5-on-5, indicating the Nashville Predators received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Vegas Golden Knights created 13 high-danger scoring chances compared to 12 from the Nashville Predators at 5-on-5. Brandon Saad was the most dangerous skater with 1.89 individual expected goals on 4 shots at 5-on-5. The Vegas Golden Knights outshot the Nashville Predators 31-19 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Nashville Predators vs Vegas Golden Knights progressed on Dec 31, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

NSH4 - 2VGK

Dec 31, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
VGK	P1	15	19	44.1	13	14	48.1	9	10	47.4	11	16	40.7	5	6	45.5	3.49	3.34	51.1	2	3	40.0
	P2	15	16	48.4	7	13	35.0	4	6	40.0	14	8	63.6	8	3	72.7	2.00	2.46	44.9	0	1	0.0
	P3	39	13	75.0	28	8	77.8	18	3	85.7	29	10	74.4	10	7	58.8	6.05	2.02	75.0	0	0	—
	Total	69	48	59.0	48	35	57.8	31	19	62.0	54	34	61.4	23	16	59.0	11.53	7.81	59.6	2	4	33.3
NSH	P1	19	15	55.9	14	13	51.9	10	9	52.6	16	11	59.3	6	5	54.5	3.34	3.49	48.9	3	2	60.0
	P2	16	15	51.6	13	7	65.0	6	4	60.0	8	14	36.4	3	8	27.3	2.46	2.00	55.1	1	0	100.0
	P3	13	39	25.0	8	28	22.2	3	18	14.3	10	29	25.6	7	10	41.2	2.02	6.05	25.0	0	0	—
	Total	48	69	41.0	35	48	42.2	19	31	38.0	34	54	38.6	16	23	41.0	7.81	11.53	40.4	4	2	66.7

Win Probability

VGK Favored

NSH Favored

Goal

Power Play

Gameflow — Cumulative xG

VGK

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Goal

Shot Density Heatmap

NSH Attempts

VGK Attempts

Individual Event Map

Player:

NSH ShootVGK Shoot

Shot on Net

Hit Taken

Shot Blocked

Giveaway

Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (VGK) performed against every skater on the away team (NSH) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = VGK players, Columns = NSH players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the VGK player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

VGK ↓ / NSH →	O'Reilly	McCarron	Stamkos	Jost	Svechkov	Haula	Bunting	Forsberg	Schaefer	Smith	Evangelista	Wood	Perbix	Skjei	Josi	Hague	Blankenburg	Wilsby
Hertl	83	67	50	100	100	72	50	67	50	78	43	100	88	86	83	44	75	70
Sissons	55	89	44	67	67	69	60	44	75	88	50	67	71	80	63	100	67	67
Howden	44	33	40	50	38	40	22	25	0	33	29	0	22	33	31	46	33	43
Barbashev	88	57	83	33	33	40	17	75	60	54	17	33	80	53	83	42	50	38
Saad	36	100	36	63	56	30	25	45	100	100	41	43	50	44	39	67	55	43
Marner	65	59	40	50	50	55	10	50	56	70	10	40	77	66	56	38	54	38
Stone	82	59	63	50	50	58	14	60	60	70	17	40	81	65	76	33	54	38
Dorofeyev	75	77	20	100	100	72	43	50	71	84	60	100	88	82	100	44	75	60
Smith	67	42	53	50	0	44	33	50	43	53	13	0	55	50	56	67	33	56
Bowman	80	43	75	50	38	50	29	71	0	43	36	25	22	67	46	58	44	67
Holtz	100	25	0	86	86	50	57	—	25	40	57	100	75	50	90	20	0	50
Kolesar	67	67	60	67	67	71	75	60	50	67	75	67	78	75	67	100	60	67
Hanifin	63	64	38	83	83	62	30	47	62	75	19	75	75	81	44	40	60	79
Whitecloud	36	43	33	29	14	20	19	36	43	43	23	14	40	36	32	31	31	36
Hutton	57	59	38	80	80	44	31	50	46	61	47	67	62	27	68	71	60	30
Lauzon	67	36	38	50	25	21	19	50	50	50	25	25	62	27	57	33	36	31
Korczak	69	57	63	80	80	57	60	57	40	56	67	83	71	44	76	70	56	57
McNabb	38	—	44	50	50	—	100	29	—	—	50	50	67	0	55	100	33	0