Game

Golden Knights at Predators

Predators 4, Golden Knights 1 · first star Steven Stamkos (2 G, 1 A).

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

Vegas Golden Knights 1 at Nashville Predators 4

Golden Knights VGK

1 FINAL 4

Predators NSH

Saturday, March 21, 2026 · 2:00 PM ET · Bridgestone Arena, Nashville · TV SN1 · TVAS

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Golden Knights	0	1	0	1	40
Predators	1	3	0	4	20

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Golden Knights attack left, Predators attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: VGK 40, NSH 20.

VGK in red NSH in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Golden Knights 40 shots on goal (1 goal, 19 missed, 18 blocked) attacking left; Predators 20 shots on goal (4 goals, 11 missed, 9 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	VGK SOG	VGK G	VGK ATT	NSH SOG	NSH G	NSH ATT
1st	20	0	36	4	1	7
2nd	10	1	16	11	3	21
3rd	10	0	25	5	0	12
Total	40	1	77	20	4	40

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	VGK SOG	VGK G	NSH SOG	NSH G
Even strength	33	0	12	1
Power play	6	1	7	2
Short-handed	1	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Golden Knights took 65.8% of the shot attempts, and 67.9% of the 81 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 Predators and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Golden Knights hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Golden Knights at Predators
Period	NSH CF%	NSH FF%
1st	16.3	12.1
2nd	56.8	58.6
3rd	32.4	35.7
Game	34.2	34.4

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

Scoring summary

1st period

00:40 Steven Stamkos (32) Ryan O'Reilly (40) · snap 0–1

2nd period

01:24 Steven Stamkos (33) PP Filip Forsberg (29), Jonathan Marchessault (13) · snap 0–2
11:56 Tyson Jost (7) SH Brady Skjei (20) · wrist 0–3
13:10 Shea Theodore (8) PP Ivan Barbashev (29), Brett Howden (7) · wrist 1–3
14:53 Ryan O'Reilly (24) PP Steven Stamkos (22), Roman Josi (35) · deflected 1–4

Three stars

Steven Stamkos NSH · C #91 · 2 G, 1 A
Justus Annunen NSH · G #29 · 0 GA, .975 SV%
Ryan O'Reilly NSH · C #90 · 1 G, 1 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	15:42	NSH	Steven Stamkos	hooking	2	Jack Eichel
2nd	00:54	VGK	Shea Theodore	high sticking double minor	4	Ryan O'Reilly
2nd	04:31	NSH	Erik Haula	interference	2	Ivan Barbashev
2nd	08:05	VGK	Ben Hutton	roughing	2	Ozzy Wiesblatt
2nd	08:05	VGK	Nic Dowd	roughing	2	Ozzy Wiesblatt
2nd	08:05	NSH	Nick Perbix	roughing	2	Nic Dowd
2nd	08:05	NSH	Ozzy Wiesblatt	roughing	2	Brett Howden
2nd	08:05	VGK	Brett Howden	slashing	2	Nick Perbix
2nd	11:39	NSH	Ryan O'Reilly	high sticking	2	Brayden McNabb
2nd	13:27	VGK	Nic Dowd	slashing	2	Fedor Svechkov
3rd	02:45	NSH	Matthew Wood	slashing	2	Jeremy Lauzon

Boxscore

Vegas Golden Knights

Golden Knights skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Shea Theodore #27	D	1	0	1	-1	3	0	0	4	0.0	19:45
Brett Howden #21	C	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	33.3	12:14
Ivan Barbashev #49	L	0	1	1	-1	4	0	0	0	0.0	14:59
Colton Sissons #10	C	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	61.5	12:22
Jack Eichel #9	C	0	0	0	-2	3	0	2	0	57.1	21:43
Nic Dowd #26	C	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	66.7	11:20
Tomas Hertl #48	C	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	63.2	20:45
Braeden Bowman #42	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:14
Cole Smith #22	R	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	0	0.0	14:38
Keegan Kolesar #55	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	13:00
Mark Stone #61	R	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0	0.0	20:21
Mitch Marner #93	R	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	21:54
Pavel Dorofeyev #16	R	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	0.0	20:49
Ben Hutton #17	D	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0.0	12:51
Brayden McNabb #3	D	0	0	0	-1	4	1	1	0	0.0	18:34
Jeremy Lauzon #5	D	0	0	0	0	2	3	1	0	0.0	15:20
Noah Hanifin #15	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	19:25
Rasmus Andersson #4	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0.0	18:38

Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Akira Schmid #40	L	20	16	4	.800	11/12	5/7	55:12

Nashville Predators

Predators skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Steven Stamkos #91	C	2	1	3	+1	2	0	0	2	37.5	17:39
Ryan O'Reilly #90	C	1	1	2	+1	5	0	0	2	45.0	19:06
Tyson Jost #17	C	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	0	50.0	14:20
Filip Forsberg #9	L	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	20:19
Jonathan Marchessault #81	R	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	19:05
Brady Skjei #76	D	0	1	1	+2	1	2	2	0	0.0	23:08
Roman Josi #59	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	0	0.0	24:18
Fedor Svechkov #40	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40.0	13:18
Ozzy Wiesblatt #89	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	08:16
Erik Haula #56	L	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	60.0	16:29
Reid Schaefer #49	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0.0	07:29
Zachary L'Heureux #68	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0.0	15:15
Luke Evangelista #77	R	0	0	0	+1	4	0	1	0	0.0	14:39
Matthew Wood #71	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	14.3	10:45
Justin Barron #20	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	13:15
Nick Perbix #48	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	4	2	0.0	19:05
Nicolas Hague #41	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0.0	25:08
Ryan Ufko #85	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	10:55

Predators goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Justus Annunen #29	W	40	39	1	.975	33/33	5/6	60:00

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.