Nashville Predators vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 17, 2026

FinalSaturday, Jan 17, 2026· T-Mobile Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
NSH	1	0	1	2		NSH	9	11	9	29
VGK	0	2	5	7		VGK	15	10	11	36

: NSH 61VGK 63
: NSH 2.42VGK 3.80
PP goals: NSH 1VGK 0
Hits: NSH 14VGK 25
Blocks: NSH 16VGK 16
PIM: NSH 4VGK 8
: NSH 52%VGK 48%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vegas Golden Knights rout Nashville Predators 7–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat Nashville Predators 7–2 at home. Shea Theodore (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:13 together.

Points
Alexander Holtz had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 10:58.Holtz
Points
Cole Reinhardt had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 9:33.Reinhardt
Points
Keegan Kolesar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 13:28.Kolesar
Points
Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 16:54.Marner
Points
Shea Theodore had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:10.Theodore
Points
Roman Josi had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 23:26.Josi
PP1
NSH's first power-play unit (Stamkos, Josi, O'Reilly, Forsberg and Evangelista) scored 1 power-play goal on 10 attempts in 4:13 together.Stamkos Josi O'Reilly Forsberg Evangelista
Luck
VGK scored 7 goals on 3.80 expected goals (63 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← NSH attacks left (bottom on phones)VGK attacks right (top on phones) →

VGK
NSH
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 124 of 124 attempts · VGK 63 · NSH 61

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

VGK
NSH
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

VGK pressure
NSH pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: NSH 22% of the game, VGK 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

VGK

NSH

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

VGK skaters (rows) against NSH skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the VGK side.

Matchup matrix

VGK xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	NSH	VGK
	58	68
	2.11	3.78
	2.02	3.67
	13	12
	4	6
	31	24
	−0.012	+0.012
	22%	39%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Nashville Predators

L1O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
10:5730% CF
L2Stamkos – Haula – Bunting
10:1932% CF
L3McCarron – Smith – Schaefer
9:3562% CF
L4Marchessault – Jost – Svechkov
8:4256% CF
D1Josi – Skjei
15:1043% CF
D2Hague – Perbix
14:3543% CF
D3Barron – Blankenburg
12:3858% CF

PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Evangelista
4:13100% CF
PP2Stamkos – Haula – Marchessault – Bunting – Blankenburg
0:36100% CF
PK1FO'Reilly – Smith
0:47
PK2FHaula – McCarron
0:37
PK1DSkjei – Perbix
1:09
PK2DHague – Blankenburg
0:48

Current NSH line combinations →

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
11:4779% CF
L2Smith – Marner – Dorofeyev
11:0455% CF
L3Hertl – Kolesar – Bowman
9:3150% CF
L4Laczynski – Reinhardt – Holtz
8:0347% CF
D1Hanifin – Whitecloud
15:2846% CF
D2Hutton – Korczak
14:4446% CF
D3Theodore – Lauzon
13:3468% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
1:44100% CF
PK1FLaczynski – Holtz
1:26
PK2FSmith – Marner
1:10
PK1DHanifin – Whitecloud
2:51
PK2DTheodore – Lauzon
2:24

Current VGK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Nashville Predators

NSH skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Ryan O'Reilly C	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	2	0	19:36	—	—	31	32
Filip Forsberg L	L1	1	0	1	+1	4	0.24	0	0	0	19:08	—	—	32	36
Luke Evangelista R	L1	1	0	1	+1	2	0.35	0	0	0	17:55	—	—	37	39
Steven Stamkos C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.15	2	0	0	17:41	—	—	36	20
Erik Haula L	L2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.01	2	2	0	16:27	—	—	44	31
Michael Bunting L	L2	0	0	0	-3	6	0.41	0	0	2	15:29	—	—	46	31
Cole Smith R	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.22	0	0	0	13:49	—	—	59	31
Michael McCarron C	L3	0	0	0	-2	3	0.15	4	1	0	12:41	—	—	65	36
Reid Schaefer L	L3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.03	2	2	2	11:17	—	—	59	31
Jonathan Marchessault R	L4	0	0	0	-3	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:38	—	—	57	50
Fedor Svechkov C	L4	0	0	0	-2	0	0.37	0	4	0	12:25	—	—	46	48
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	0	0	0	11:17	—	—	53	50
Roman Josi D	D1	0	2	2	-1	3	0.26	1	1	0	23:26	—	—	42	41
Brady Skjei D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	21:37	—	—	43	45
Nicolas Hague D	D2	0	0	0	-2	3	0.10	1	0	0	20:05	—	—	41	19
Nick Perbix D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	0	1	0	18:16	—	—	40	16
Nick Blankenburg D	D3	0	0	0	-3	0	0.01	1	2	0	17:38	—	—	51	42
Justin Barron D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	13:43	—	—	58	47

NSH goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Justus Annunen(start)	L	36	29	7	.806	3.80	59:52

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	0	8	0.55	0	0	2	18:53	—	—	66	65
Mark Stone R	L1	1	0	1	0	2	0.31	0	1	0	17:42	—	—	74	74
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:30	—	—	73	74
Reilly Smith R	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.14	1	0	0	18:04	—	—	50	63
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	1	0	1	+2	5	0.50	1	0	0	17:01	—	—	49	68
Mitch Marner R	L2	1	1	2	+2	3	0.27	0	1	2	16:54	—	—	50	73
Tomas Hertl C	L3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.10	0	2	2	16:16	—	—	44	67
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	1	1	2	+2	1	0.48	7	0	0	13:28	—	—	44	59
Braeden Bowman R	L3	0	1	1	+3	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:02	—	—	48	75
Alexander Holtz R	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.07	1	0	0	10:58	—	—	47	46
Tanner Laczynski C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.08	1	2	0	10:45	—	—	52	52
Cole Reinhardt L	L4	1	1	2	+2	3	0.33	2	0	0	9:33	—	—	47	46
Noah Hanifin D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.21	2	4	0	23:55	—	—	53	74
Zach Whitecloud D	D1	0	1	1	0	1	0.19	1	0	0	20:18	—	—	43	58
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	+3	2	0.04	1	2	0	17:46	—	—	52	65
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	0	0	+3	0	0.00	2	1	2	16:40	—	—	39	66
Shea Theodore D	D3	1	1	2	+3	3	0.45	0	2	0	19:10	—	—	66	65
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	1	1	+2	1	0.04	4	1	0	18:44	—	—	65	53

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	2.42	59:55

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Luke Evangelista (NSH) 1st 14:10 · assists Roman Josi · Deflection · carried in · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 24.4 mph shot · 8.4 s from entry to goal.

Luke Evangelista · 1st 14:10 · NSH

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 24.4 mph
Distance: 6 ft
Entry to goal: 8.4 s

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Alexander Holtz · 2nd 17:17 · VGK

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 26.4 mph
Distance: 1 ft
Type: deflection

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Shea Theodore · 2nd 18:22 · VGK

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 75.4 mph
Distance: 43 ft

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 5:52 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 44.8 mph
Distance: 18 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Mark Stone · 3rd 8:52 · VGK

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.9 mph
Distance: 3 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s

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Cole Reinhardt · 3rd 12:26 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 57.4 mph
Distance: 23 ft

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Mitch Marner · 3rd 13:16 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 70.8 mph
Distance: 28 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Keegan Kolesar · 3rd 15:12 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 25.3 mph
Distance: 4 ft

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Filip Forsberg · 3rd 19:38 · NSH PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 58.4 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Nashville Predators vs. Vegas Golden KnightsJan 17, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights rout Nashville Predators 7–2

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Nashville Predators

Vegas Golden Knights

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Nashville Predators

Vegas Golden Knights

Goal anatomy

Luke Evangelista · 1st 14:10 · NSH

Alexander Holtz · 2nd 17:17 · VGK

Shea Theodore · 2nd 18:22 · VGK

Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 5:52 · VGK

Mark Stone · 3rd 8:52 · VGK

Cole Reinhardt · 3rd 12:26 · VGK

Mitch Marner · 3rd 13:16 · VGK

Keegan Kolesar · 3rd 15:12 · VGK

Filip Forsberg · 3rd 19:38 · NSH PP