NSH @ VGK 4–2 · 2025-12-31

Team	1	2	3	SOG
NSH	3	1	0	19
VGK	2	0	0	31

Story

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Result NSH 4–2Call No lean · VGK 56%xG 2.78–3.22 · deserved VGK 57%Swing Schaefer +21 1st 16:21Method

Goals and penalties with VGK win probability
Time	Event	VGK win before	VGK win after
1st 5:24	NSH penalty · E. Haula · high sticking · 2 min
1st 5:35	Goal VGK · M. Stone (PP)	56%	74%
1st 9:06	Goal VGK · B. Hutton	75%	88%
1st 11:20	Goal NSH · N. Perbix	88%	75%
1st 14:16	VGK penalty · B. Howden · hooking · 2 min
1st 15:37	Goal NSH · S. Stamkos (PP)	75%	56%
1st 16:21	Goal NSH · R. Schaefer	56%	34%
2nd 1:39	NSH penalty · N. Hague · cross checking · 2 min
2nd 3:35	VGK penalty · A. Holtz · slashing · 2 min
2nd 8:18	VGK penalty · K. Kolesar · cross checking · 2 min
2nd 8:18	VGK penalty · K. Kolesar · roughing · 2 min
2nd 8:18	VGK penalty · K. Kolesar · misconduct · 10 min
2nd 11:52	Goal NSH · M. Bunting (PP)	29%	11%
3rd 7:31	VGK penalty · B. Hutton · ps slash on breakaway
3rd 13:33	NSH penalty · M. McCarron · interference · 2 min

On ice · final horn

NSH5 skaters

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	PIM	Hit	Blk	FO
47M. McCarronC	0:24	12:44	21	0	1	1	1	4	2	6	0	8-7
56E. HaulaL	0:30	18:16	27	0	1	1	1	3	2	2	1	10-8
36C. SmithR	0:06	15:51	26	0	0	0	0	2	0	8	1	0-1
48N. PerbixD	1:14	19:45	24	1	0	1	2	4	0	1	5	–
76B. SkjeiD	0:31	24:08	30	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	–
29J. AnnunenG		60:00	SA31GA2SV%.935xGA3.22GSAx+1.22

VGK6 skaters · net empty

	Shift	TOI	#Sh	G	A	P	SOG	Att	Hit	Blk	FO
48T. HertlC	1:12	19:03	20	0	1	1	2	5	4	1	11-11
49I. BarbashevL	0:10	16:05	23	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	–
16P. DorofeyevR	0:45	18:36	20	0	2	2	3	9	0	0	–
61M. StoneR	1:09	21:33	24	1	0	1	2	4	2	0	–
93M. MarnerR	0:19	23:39	24	0	0	0	3	5	0	1	3-9
15N. HanifinD	0:17	29:59	25	0	1	1	5	8	1	0	–

Goals

1st
Mark Stone(1)PP
P. Dorofeyev (1), N. Hanifin (1)
xG 0.12tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
0–1 VGK1st 05:35+18.074%
Ben Hutton(1)
T. Hertl (1), P. Dorofeyev (2)
xG 0.11tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
0–2 VGK1st 09:06+13.288%
Nick Perbix(1)
L. Evangelista (1)
xG 0.04wristClip(opens nhl.com)
1–2 VGK1st 11:20+13.325%
Steven Stamkos(1)PP
F. Forsberg (1), L. Evangelista (2)
xG 0.04wristClip(opens nhl.com)
2–2 Tied1st 15:37+19.844%
Reid Schaefer(1)
B. Skjei (1), M. McCarron (1)
xG 0.02snapClip(opens nhl.com)
3–2 NSH1st 16:21+21.566%
2nd
Michael Bunting(1)PP
N. Blankenburg (1), E. Haula (1)
xG 0.07tip-inClip(opens nhl.com)
4–2 NSH2nd 11:52+17.389%

Shots

NSH2.78 xG35 unblocked · 13 blocked35 unblocked · 13 blocked

VGK3.22 xG48 unblocked · 21 blocked48 unblocked · 21 blocked

GoalSavedMissedBlockedSize = xG

xG breakdown

GoalIronSaveMissEVPPEASHSize = pony xG · blocked attempts carry none

Team stats

NSHVGK4Goals22.78xG3.2219Shots3135Unblocked4848Attempts693High danger42/4Power play1/334Faceoffs3126Hits2621Blocks137Takeaways412Giveaways176PIM18

Skaters

Player

Player
76B. SkjeiBrady SkjeiD	24:08	0	1	1	0	1	0.02	−0.02	0	2	0	2	—	0	+1
90R. O'ReillyRyan O'ReillyC	23:13	0	0	0	1	2	0.16	−0.16	0	2	0	0	50%	0	0
59R. JosiRoman JosiD	20:31	0	0	0	2	6	0.11	−0.11	0	4	0	0	—	0	0
9F. ForsbergFilip ForsbergL	19:56	0	1	1	2	7	0.38	−0.38	2	0	2	0	—	0	0
48N. PerbixNick PerbixD	19:45	1	0	1	2	4	0.14	+0.86	1	5	0	0	—	0	0
91S. StamkosSteven StamkosC	19:32	1	0	1	1	2	0.29	+0.71	0	0	1	2	75%	0	0
37N. BlankenburgNick BlankenburgD	18:17	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0.00	0	1	1	2	—	0	0
56E. HaulaErik HaulaL	18:16	0	1	1	1	3	0.25	−0.25	2	0	0	2	56%	2	+1
41N. HagueNicolas HagueD	17:34	0	0	0	0	2	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	—	2	0
77L. EvangelistaLuke EvangelistaR	17:19	0	2	2	2	3	0.18	−0.18	0	0	1	1	—	0	+1
83A. WilsbyAdam WilsbyD	17:00	0	0	0	1	1	0.06	−0.06	0	1	0	1	—	0	+1
36C. SmithCole SmithR	15:51	0	0	0	0	2	0.17	−0.17	8	1	0	1	0%	0	+1
58M. BuntingMichael BuntingL	14:21	1	0	1	2	4	0.14	+0.86	1	0	1	0	0%	0	+1
47M. McCarronMichael McCarronC	12:44	0	1	1	1	4	0.59	−0.59	6	0	1	0	53%	2	+1
49R. SchaeferReid SchaeferL	10:33	1	0	1	2	2	0.06	+0.94	3	1	0	0	—	0	+1
71M. WoodMatthew WoodR	9:22	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0.00	0	0	0	1	0%	0	-1
17T. JostTyson JostC	9:03	0	0	0	1	2	0.05	−0.05	1	0	0	0	—	0	-1
40F. SvechkovFedor SvechkovC	8:24	0	0	0	1	2	0.19	−0.19	1	0	0	0	40%	0	-1
NSH total		4	7	11	19	48	2.78	+1.22	26	18	7	12	52%	6

Pony score

Cool = offence · warm = defenceProductionPlay drivingSpecial teamsUsageMethod

Forwards

Bunting+0.85

Schaefer+0.46

Evangelista+0.38

Stamkos+0.36

Forsberg+0.21

Svechkov−0.07

Wood−0.23

Jost−0.28

Smith−0.32

O'Reilly−0.35

McCarron−0.37

Haula−0.41

Defence

Perbix+0.62

Josi+0.36

Skjei+0.23

Blankenburg+0.23

Wilsby−0.09

Hague−0.31

Goalie

Annunen+1.24

Units

5v5

Lines

Lines
Forsberg·O'Reilly·Stamkos	10:44	16	6	8	42.9%	3	4	0	0	0.34	0.35	49.9%	−0.00	3	3	50%
Haula·Bunting·Evangelista	9:31	15	11	4	73.3%	3	2	1	0	0.43	0.05	89.3%	+0.37	2	2	50%
Schaefer·McCarron·Smith	9:06	16	7	11	38.9%	3	6	1	0	0.35	0.42	45.6%	−0.07	1	3	25%
Jost·Svechkov·Wood	6:02	9	6	8	42.9%	2	4	0	1	0.24	0.42	36.2%	−0.18	2	0	100%
Occasional · 5 groups
Schaefer·O'Reilly·Smith	1:00	5	1	4	20.0%	1	1	0	0	0.07	0.25	21.4%	−0.18	0	0	—
Jost·Svechkov·Evangelista	0:59	3	1	3	25.0%	1	3	0	0	0.04	0.33	11.0%	−0.29	0	0	—
Haula·Jost·Evangelista	0:50	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
Bunting·O'Reilly·Stamkos	0:40	4	1	2	33.3%	0	0	0	0	0.07	0.08	47.6%	−0.01	0	0	—
Jost·Svechkov·Smith	0:36	2	0	1	0.0%	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	—	0.00	0	0	—
NSH 5v5	43:56		35	44	44.3%	13	20	2	1	1.56	1.90	45.1%	−0.34

Goalies

Justus Annunen

NSH · 60:00

Saves: 29/31
SV%: .935
xGA: 3.22
GSAx: +1.22

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	22/23	.957	2.27	+1.27
Power play	6/7	.857	0.89	−0.11
Shorthanded	1/1	1.000	0.06	+0.06
High danger	4/4	1.000	0.66	+0.66

Akira Schmid

VGK · 54:52

Saves: 15/19
SV%: .789
xGA: 2.32
GSAx: −1.68

Facing	Saves	SV%	xGA	GSAx
Even	11/13	.846	1.56	−0.44
Power play	4/6	.667	0.76	−1.24
Shorthanded	0/0	—	0.00	0.00
High danger	0/0	—	0.40	+0.40

Lines

His goal Primary assist Goal for Goal against Time together ES PP PK minutes

Nashville Predators

Minutes

24:08Skjei
20:31Josi
19:45Perbix
18:17Blankenburg
17:34Hague
17:00Wilsby

23:13O'Reilly
19:56Forsberg
19:32Stamkos
18:16Haula
17:19Evangelista
15:51C. Smith
14:21Bunting
12:44McCarron
10:33Schaefer
9:22Wood
9:03Jost
8:24Svechkov

Matchups

5v5Size = time head to headSplit = xG shareNSHVGK

Zone starts

DZD zoneNZ · flyNeutral · flyOZO zone

JosiD2 O7
PerbixD4 O3
BlankenburgD3 O2
WilsbyD2 O0
HagueD4 O0
SkjeiD7 O0
EvangelistaD1 O5
StamkosD4 O7
ForsbergD4 O7
O'ReillyD4 O6
JostD0 O2
SvechkovD0 O2
WoodD0 O2
BuntingD1 O2
SchaeferD2 O1
HaulaD5 O2
McCarronD4 O0
C. SmithD6 O1

Shift starts · darker = later period