Final/Sat Mar 21, 2026/Bridgestone Arena, Nashville/2025-26 regular season

01/Line score

Goals by period, from play-by-play
Team1st2ndT
011
134

02/Scoring summary

5 goals

1st

1 goal
TimeTeamGoalAssistsVGKNSH
00:40NSHSteven Stamkos (32)Ryan O'Reilly01

2nd

4 goals
TimeTeamGoalAssistsVGKNSH
01:24NSHSteven Stamkos (33)Filip Forsberg, Jonathan Marchessault02
11:56NSHTyson Jost (7)Brady Skjei03
13:10VGKShea Theodore (8)Ivan Barbashev, Brett Howden13
14:53NSHRyan O'Reilly (24)Steven Stamkos, Roman Josi14

03/Team stats

Counted from the play-by-play
VGK
Away / Home
NSH
1
Goals
4
40
Shots on goal
20
19
Missed shots
11
8
Blocked shots
15
77
Shot attempts
40
13
Hits
13
40
Faceoffs won of 69
29
58.0%
Faceoff win %
42.0%
14
Giveaways
14
2
Takeaways
8
5
Penalties
6
12
Penalty minutes
12
4
Power plays
4

Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them. Shot attempts are shots on goal plus misses plus attempts that were blocked. A club's blocked shots are the blocks it made, credited to the blocker's club: a shot that deflects off one of the shooter's own teammates is credited to neither side, so this can run under the raw count of blocked shots in the game. Penalty minutes are the durations the feed publishes, plus the ten minute misconduct that automatically rides with a match penalty.

Power plays are opportunities, and they are derived rather than stored. The feed carries no strength on a goal and no end time on a penalty, so the penalty record is run forward to find the seconds a club really had a skater more than its opponent: coincidental penalties offset, a double minor counts twice, a misconduct costs no skater, and a call at the final horn counts for nothing. Power play time is not printed, it would rest on the same reconstruction with nothing published to check it against.


04/Vegas Golden Knights

Away · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Shea TheodoreD101-1430019:45
Ivan BarbashevL011-1040014:59
Brett HowdenC011021002-412:14
Mitch MarnerR000-102000-121:54
Jack EichelC000-2030212-921:43
Pavel DorofeyevR000-1021020:49
Tomas HertlC000-1030012-720:45
Mark StoneR000-2021020:21
Noah HanifinD0000010019:25
Rasmus AnderssonD0000020318:38
Brayden McNabbD000-1041118:34
Jeremy LauzonD0000023115:20
Cole SmithL0000043014:38
Keegan KolesarR0000001013:00
Ben HuttonD0000240012:51
Colton SissonsC000001218-512:22
Nic DowdC000041106-311:20
NHL 84838900000010010:14
Skaters1231240138

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Akira Schmid20164.80055:12
Adin Hill

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


05/Nashville Predators

Home · 18 skaters, 2 goaltenders
PlayerPosGAP+/-PIMSHBLKFOTOI
Steven StamkosC213+122003-517:39
Ryan O'ReillyC112+125009-1119:06
Roman JosiD011+1021024:18
Brady SkjeiD011+2012223:08
Filip ForsbergL0110022020:19
Jonathan MarchessaultC011000000-219:05
Tyson JostC101+104101-114:20
Nicolas HagueD0000001125:08
Nick PerbixD000+1200419:05
Erik HaulaL000+120009-616:29
NHL 84827420000002215:15
Luke EvangelistaR000+1040114:39
Fedor SvechkovC000000006-913:18
Justin BarronD0000000113:15
NHL 84827150000000210:55
Matthew WoodR000020101-610:45
Ozzy WiesblattR000020008:16
NHL 8483513000000327:29
Skaters461012201315

Goaltending

PlayerSASVGASV%TOI
Justus Annunen40391.97560:00
NHL 8483575

A greyed line is a goaltender who dressed and did not play.


06/Penalties

11 called
PerTimeTeamPlayerInfractionMinDrawn by
1st15:42NSHSteven StamkosHooking2Jack Eichel
2nd00:54VGKShea TheodoreHigh-sticking (double minor)4Ryan O'Reilly
2nd04:31NSHErik HaulaInterference2Ivan Barbashev
2nd08:05VGKBen HuttonRoughing2Ozzy Wiesblatt
2nd08:05VGKNic DowdRoughing2Ozzy Wiesblatt
2nd08:05NSHNick PerbixRoughing2Nic Dowd
2nd08:05NSHOzzy WiesblattRoughing2Brett Howden
2nd08:05VGKBrett HowdenSlashing2Nick Perbix
2nd11:39NSHRyan O'ReillyHigh-sticking2Brayden McNabb
2nd13:27VGKNic DowdSlashing2Fedor Svechkov
3rd02:45NSHMatthew WoodSlashing2Jeremy Lauzon

07/Game

Date
Sat Mar 21, 2026
Venue
Bridgestone Arena, Nashville
Season
2025-26
Type
Regular season
Decision
Final
NHL game id
2025021100

Goals, assists, shots, hits, blocks and faceoffs are counted from the play-by-play for this game. Shots on goal include goals, the way the league counts them, so a club's skater shot total is the shot total the opposing goaltender faced. The skater line does not include a goaltender's own assists. Time on ice, penalty minutes and plus-minus come from the box score. Save percentage is saves over shots faced and excludes any empty-net goal, which the feed does not credit to a goaltender. 5 players are not in the player index and appear by NHL id rather than under an invented name.