Game

Predators at Golden Knights

Golden Knights 7, Predators 2 · first star Shea Theodore (1 G, 1 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Nashville Predators 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 7

Predators NSH

2 FINAL 7

Golden Knights VGK

Saturday, January 17, 2026 · 10:00 PM ET · T-Mobile Arena, Paradise

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Predators	1	0	1	2	29
Golden Knights	0	2	5	7	36

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Predators attack left, Golden Knights attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 3 marks in a team's own end are attempts logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: NSH 29, VGK 36.

NSH in red VGK in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Predators 29 shots on goal (2 goals, 15 missed, 17 blocked) attacking left; Golden Knights 36 shots on goal (7 goals, 10 missed, 17 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT
1st	9	1	17	15	0	26
2nd	11	0	24	10	2	19
3rd	9	1	20	11	5	18
Total	29	2	61	36	7	63

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	NSH SOG	NSH G	VGK SOG	VGK G
Even strength	22	1	32	7
Power play	7	1	4	0
Short-handed	0	0	0	0

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 50.8% of the shot attempts, and 54.3% of the 105 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Golden Knights and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Predators hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Predators at Golden Knights
Period	VGK CF%	VGK FF%
1st	60.5	58.1
2nd	44.2	45.5
3rd	47.4	50.0
Game	50.8	51.1

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

14:10 Luke Evangelista (7) Roman Josi (19) · deflected 1–0

2nd period

17:17 Alexander Holtz (2) Shea Theodore (18), Cole Reinhardt (4) · slap 1–1
18:22 Shea Theodore (7) Jeremy Lauzon (8), Keegan Kolesar (8) · snap 1–2

3rd period

05:52 Pavel Dorofeyev (20) Mitch Marner (39) · snap 1–3
08:52 Mark Stone (18) Jack Eichel (39), Zach Whitecloud (5) · wrist 1–4
12:26 Cole Reinhardt (2) Alexander Holtz (3), Tanner Laczynski (1) · wrist 1–5
13:16 Mitch Marner (12) Reilly Smith (6), Akira Schmid (1) · snap 1–6
15:12 Keegan Kolesar (3) Tomas Hertl (23), Braeden Bowman (11) · backhand 1–7
19:38 Filip Forsberg (18) PP Ryan O'Reilly (28), Roman Josi (20) · wrist 2–7

Three stars

Shea Theodore VGK · D #27 · 1 G, 1 A
Mitch Marner VGK · R #93 · 1 G, 1 A
Akira Schmid VGK · G #40 · 0 GA, .931 SV%

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	16:01	NSH	Reid Schaefer	tripping	2	Tomas Hertl
2nd	09:39	VGK	Mitch Marner	hooking	2	Roman Josi
2nd	18:22	NSH	Michael Bunting	roughing	2	Tomas Hertl
2nd	18:22	VGK	Tomas Hertl	roughing	2	Michael Bunting
3rd	06:31	VGK	Jack Eichel	interference	2	Filip Forsberg
3rd	18:12	VGK	Ben Hutton	tripping	2	Tyson Jost

Boxscore

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Roman Josi #59	D	0	2	2	-1	3	1	1	0	0.0	23:26
Filip Forsberg #9	L	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0.0	19:08
Luke Evangelista #77	R	1	0	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:55
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	0	1	1	+1	0	0	2	0	42.3	19:36
Fedor Svechkov #40	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	4	0	81.8	12:25
Michael McCarron #47	C	0	0	0	-2	3	4	1	0	45.5	12:41
Steven Stamkos #91	C	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0	0	60.0	17:41
Tyson Jost #17	C	0	0	0	-2	1	0	0	0	0.0	11:17
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	-3	1	2	2	0	55.6	16:27
Michael Bunting #58	L	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	2	0.0	15:29
Reid Schaefer #49	L	0	0	0	-2	0	2	2	2	0.0	11:17
Cole Smith #36	R	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	0.0	13:49
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	0	0	0	-3	1	0	0	0	0.0	13:38
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	0.0	21:37
Justin Barron #20	D	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:43
Nick Blankenburg #37	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	0	0.0	17:38
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	0.0	18:16
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	-2	3	1	0	0	0.0	20:05

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Justus Annunen #29	L	36	29	7	.806	25/32	4/4	59:52

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Cole Reinhardt #23	L	1	1	2	+2	3	2	0	0	0.0	09:33
Alexander Holtz #26	R	1	1	2	+2	1	1	0	0	0.0	10:58
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	1	1	2	+2	1	7	0	0	0.0	13:28
Mitch Marner #93	R	1	1	2	+2	3	0	1	2	30.0	16:54
Shea Theodore #27	D	1	1	2	+3	3	0	2	0	0.0	19:10
Mark Stone #61	R	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0.0	17:42
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	1	0	1	+2	5	1	0	0	0.0	17:01
Jack Eichel #9	C	0	1	1	0	8	0	0	2	50.0	18:53
Tanner Laczynski #28	C	0	1	1	+2	1	1	2	0	37.5	10:45
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	1	1	+2	1	0	2	2	68.8	16:16
Braeden Bowman #42	R	0	1	1	+3	0	1	0	0	0.0	12:02
Reilly Smith #19	R	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	18:04
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	1	1	+2	1	4	1	0	0.0	18:44
Zach Whitecloud #2	D	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	20:18
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	14:30
Ben Hutton #17	D	0	0	0	+3	0	2	1	2	0.0	16:40
Kaedan Korczak #6	D	0	0	0	+3	2	1	2	0	0.0	17:46
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	+1	1	2	4	0	0.0	23:55

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Akira Schmid #40	W	29	27	2	.931	21/22	6/7	59:55

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.