Nashville PredatorsNSH 2–6 Final Edmonton OilersEDM

Tuesday, January 6, 2026

Final 1st2nd3rd T SOG
Nashville PredatorsNSH 002 2 26
Edmonton OilersEDM 132 6 43

No impact calculated for this game. Impacts are calculated for games in the next 7 days.

Highlights

Scoring

1st Period
8:53 EDM Connor McDavid (26)PP Evan Bouchard (31), Leon Draisaitl (38) · wrist xG 0.17 0–1 ▶
2nd Period
15:53 EDM Connor McDavid (27)PS Unassisted · wrist xG 0.29 0–2 ▶
16:15 EDM Curtis Lazar (3) Matt Savoie (7), Mattias Janmark (6) · backhand xG 0.40 0–3 ▶
18:52 EDM Kasperi Kapanen (1) Leon Draisaitl (39), Vasily Podkolzin (8) · wrist xG 0.15 0–4 ▶
3rd Period
3:48 NSH Ryan O'Reilly (12) Nicolas Hague (9), Luke Evangelista (25) · snap xG 0.12 1–4 ▶
4:03 NSH Nick Blankenburg (5) Reid Schaefer (1), Michael Bunting (14) · snap xG 0.02 2–4 ▶
13:46 EDM Leon Draisaitl (21) Kasperi Kapanen (3), Vasily Podkolzin (9) · snap xG 0.27 2–5 ▶
19:03 EDM Connor McDavid (28) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (23), Mattias Ekholm (16) · snap xG 0.21 2–6 ▶

Score away–home after each goal; season totals in parentheses.

Shot quality

Expected goals (xG) rate every unblocked shot by how often shots like it go in, from where it was taken, the shot type, the strength and what happened just before it. How it works

NSH 8%Deserve to win92% EDM
NSHEDM
2.12Expected goals5.76
2Goals (no shootout)6
1.95Expected goals, 5 on 54.19
60Shot attempts75
41Unblocked attempts58
26Shots on goal43

Game notes

What stood out as the game went on, from the play-by-play and the shifts. Time on the bench is counted in 5-on-5 play outside the penalty box; the note says the player sat, not why. Goals saved are against the shots' expected goals (xG).

2nd Period
16:20 EDM xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced NSH 1.72–0.04
In xG over 10 minutes, 9:00 to 19:00 of the 2nd; goals 3–0
3rd Period
13:50 EDM xG swing xG swing · Out-chanced NSH 1.51–0.10
In xG over 10 minutes, 4:10 to 14:10 of the 3rd; goals 1–0

Shot map

NSH shoots ←Bigger circle: higher xG; filled: goal→ EDM shoots
Mattias Ekholm: snap, 53 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 0:41) Filip Forsberg: snap, 35 ft, xG 0.06 (P1 1:10) Michael Bunting: tip-in, 18 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 1:42) Matt Savoie: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 3:01) Connor McDavid: snap, 10 ft, xG 0.21 (P1 3:54) Luke Evangelista: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 4:46) Michael Bunting: slap, 44 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 5:06) Fedor Svechkov: wrist, 37 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 6:01) Luke Evangelista: wrist, 27 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 6:12) Michael McCarron: wrist, 66 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 7:54) Zach Hyman: tip-in, 7 ft, xG 0.12 (P1 8:26) Evan Bouchard: slap, 41 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 8:30) Cole Smith: backhand, 167 ft, xG 0.00 (P1 8:35) Kasperi Kapanen: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 9:09) Jack Roslovic: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 10:45) Connor McDavid: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.14 (P1 11:44) Alec Regula: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.04 (P1 11:50) Mattias Ekholm: wrap-around, 4 ft, xG 0.05 (P1 12:09) Reid Schaefer: backhand, 19 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 14:28) Filip Forsberg: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:25) Mattias Janmark: snap, 61 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 15:36) Ryan O'Reilly: deflected, 8 ft, xG 0.15 (P1 15:55) Justin Barron: wrist, 44 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 16:09) Erik Haula: tip-in, 14 ft, xG 0.07 (P1 16:33) Reid Schaefer: deflected, 11 ft, xG 0.08 (P1 17:24) Connor McDavid: wrap-around, 5 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 18:08) Vasily Podkolzin: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.03 (P1 18:52) Erik Haula: wrist, 43 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 19:14) Mattias Ekholm: slap, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P1 19:56) Connor McDavid: wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.21 (P2 0:10) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: tip-in, 6 ft, xG 0.14 (P2 0:42) Brady Skjei: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 1:20) Michael McCarron: wrist, 34 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 1:33) Erik Haula: tip-in, 17 ft, xG 0.05 (P2 1:49) Matt Savoie: snap, 15 ft, xG 0.21 (P2 2:41) Mattias Ekholm: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 3:10) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins: snap, 48 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 3:19) Evan Bouchard: snap, 22 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 3:44) Steven Stamkos: wrist, 39 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 3:56) Jack Roslovic: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 4:35) Connor McDavid: snap, 46 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 5:18) Michael Bunting: snap, 31 ft, xG 0.13 (P2 7:01) Zach Hyman: tip-in, 9 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 8:12) Darnell Nurse: snap, 50 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:25) Zach Hyman: deflected, 25 ft, xG 0.01 (P2 9:28) Mattias Ekholm: slap, 64 ft, xG 0.02 (P2 10:25) Luke Evangelista: wrist, 33 ft, xG 0.04 (P2 11:09) Connor McDavid: backhand, 13 ft, xG 0.07 (P2 12:15) Steven Stamkos: tip-in, 85 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 13:01) Connor McDavid: snap, 28 ft, xG 0.09 (P2 15:51) Matt Savoie: snap, 11 ft, xG 0.26 (P2 16:11) Matt Savoie: snap, 8 ft, xG 0.10 (P2 16:12) Leon Draisaitl: snap, 34 ft, xG 0.08 (P2 16:55) Jack Roslovic: wrist, 29 ft, xG 0.03 (P2 17:13) Isaac Howard: snap, 18 ft, xG 0.19 (P2 17:15) Alec Regula: snap, 62 ft, xG 0.00 (P2 19:58) Filip Forsberg: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 0:15) Nick Blankenburg: wrist, 53 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 1:00) Reid Schaefer: wrist, 4 ft, xG 0.07 (P3 1:02) Kasperi Kapanen: snap, 72 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 1:15) Cole Smith: wrist, 10 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 1:26) Roman Josi: slap, 48 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 2:47) Filip Forsberg: wrist, 25 ft, xG 0.10 (P3 3:37) Nicolas Hague: wrist, 63 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 3:46) Mattias Janmark: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 5:21) Nick Blankenburg: slap, 57 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 6:04) Connor McDavid: wrist, 18 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 6:23) Connor McDavid: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.17 (P3 6:42) Zach Hyman: snap, 21 ft, xG 0.15 (P3 7:00) Zach Hyman: snap, 12 ft, xG 0.20 (P3 7:13) Leon Draisaitl: snap, 38 ft, xG 0.08 (P3 7:37) Zach Hyman: tip-in, 10 ft, xG 0.11 (P3 8:09) Matt Savoie: snap, 43 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 8:29) Isaac Howard: snap, 26 ft, xG 0.16 (P3 8:52) Erik Haula: wrist, 46 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 10:39) Luke Evangelista: slap, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 10:41) Michael McCarron: snap, 39 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 11:38) Brady Skjei: wrist, 68 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:11) Isaac Howard: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 12:38) Jack Roslovic: snap, 30 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 12:58) Nicolas Hague: wrist, 146 ft, xG 0.00 (P3 13:24) Fedor Svechkov: wrist, 6 ft, xG 0.22 (P3 14:18) Ryan O'Reilly: wrist, 24 ft, xG 0.14 (P3 14:24) Filip Forsberg: snap, 33 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 14:36) Leon Draisaitl: snap, 25 ft, xG 0.04 (P3 15:00) Michael McCarron: backhand, 38 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 15:17) Kasperi Kapanen: slap, 45 ft, xG 0.01 (P3 15:53) Jack Roslovic: snap, 42 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 16:37) Evan Bouchard: slap, 56 ft, xG 0.03 (P3 16:51) Curtis Lazar: snap, 8 ft, xG 0.20 (P3 17:24) Curtis Lazar: snap, 6 ft, xG 0.05 (P3 17:24) Connor McDavid: GOAL, wrist, 7 ft, xG 0.17 (P1 8:53) Connor McDavid: GOAL, wrist, 14 ft, xG 0.29 (P2 15:53) Curtis Lazar: GOAL, backhand, 12 ft, xG 0.40 (P2 16:15) Kasperi Kapanen: GOAL, wrist, 19 ft, xG 0.15 (P2 18:52) Ryan O'Reilly: GOAL, snap, 11 ft, xG 0.12 (P3 3:48) Nick Blankenburg: GOAL, snap, 56 ft, xG 0.02 (P3 4:03) Leon Draisaitl: GOAL, snap, 13 ft, xG 0.27 (P3 13:46) Connor McDavid: GOAL, snap, 11 ft, xG 0.21 (P3 19:03)
About these numbers

xG comes from hockeystats.io's own model, a gradient-boosted tree model trained on every unblocked shot from the 2021-22 to 2025-26 regular seasons using the NHL's public play-by-play. Each shot's value is the share of similar shots that became goals. A team's xG is the sum over its shots; "deserve to win" asks how often the team would outscore its opponent if every shot went in at exactly that rate. Blocked shots count as attempts but have no xG (the NHL records where they were blocked, not where they were taken), so the map leaves them out.

Box score

Nashville Predators

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
77 Luke Evangelista 011 +1 40.15 0120:18
9 Filip Forsberg 000 +1 60.35 2118:58
58 Michael Bunting 011 +1 50.21 0018:24
90 Ryan O'Reilly 101 0 30.40 0217:47
22 Cole Smith 000 -2 30.12 2016:35
56 Erik Haula 000 0 50.16 2016:10
91 Steven Stamkos 000 -1 30.03 0115:41
47 Michael McCarron 000 -1 60.05 5214:52
9 Fedor Svechkov 000 -1 30.29 3014:48
49 Reid Schaefer 011 -1 50.17 2013:26
17 Tyson Jost 000 -3 50.00 0012:38
Defense
59 Roman Josi 000 -1 20.04 0022:13
41 Nicolas Hague 011 0 20.02 1219:53
76 Brady Skjei 000 -1 20.03 0118:14
3 Nick Blankenburg 101 0 30.07 0116:59
48 Nick Perbix 000 -1 20.00 0115:49
2 Adam Wilsby 000 -1 00.00 0014:34
72 Justin Barron 000 0 10.03 0110:07
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Juuse Saros 43637 .860 5.76 -0.24

Edmonton Oilers

Skater GAP+/− AttxG HitBlkTOI
Forwards
97 Connor McDavid 303 +2 121.72 0022:28
93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins 011 +1 20.15 0020:15
18 Zach Hyman 000 +1 70.68 0019:21
29 Leon Draisaitl 123 0 40.47 0019:12
92 Vasily Podkolzin 022 0 10.03 3016:40
96 Jack Roslovic 000 0 60.32 0115:48
42 Kasperi Kapanen 112 0 60.21 5014:33
22 Matt Savoie 011 +1 50.67 0013:32
13 Mattias Janmark 011 +1 30.13 0012:35
53 Isaac Howard 000 0 40.36 0012:34
20 Curtis Lazar 101 +1 40.66 1008:44
19 Adam Henrique 000 0 00.00 0102:26
Defense
2 Evan Bouchard 011 +2 50.23 0125:52
14 Mattias Ekholm 011 +2 60.09 1023:36
25 Darnell Nurse 000 -2 40.01 3721:52
24 Spencer Stastney 000 +2 20.00 0116:34
75 Alec Regula 000 -2 40.04 0316:08
49 Ty Emberson 000 +2 00.00 2213:55
Goalie SAGA SVSV% xGA GSAx
Connor Ingram 26224 .923 2.12 +0.12

Skaters by time on ice. Goalie lines count shots with the goalie in net, from the NHL play-by-play.

Player ratings

What each player added to the result, in goals, from most to least. Hover a number for what it's made of.

Nashville Predators

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
77 Luke Evangelista R +1.12 +0.55 +0.10 +0.27 +0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 20:18
90 Ryan O'Reilly C +0.85 +0.75 +0.26 -0.17 0.00 -0.07 +0.08 — 17:47
37 Nick Blankenburg D +0.36 +0.75 +0.05 -0.49 0.00 0.00 +0.05 — 16:59
58 Michael Bunting L +0.28 +0.55 +0.14 -0.36 0.00 0.00 -0.04 — 18:24
9 Filip Forsberg L +0.26 0.00 +0.23 0.00 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 18:58
41 Nicolas Hague D +0.16 +0.70 +0.01 -0.67 0.00 0.00 +0.12 — 19:53
20 Justin Barron D +0.14 0.00 +0.02 +0.11 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 10:07
74 Juuse Saros G -0.24 0.00 — — 0.00 — — -0.24 60:00
49 Reid Schaefer L -0.31 +0.70 +0.11 -1.10 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 13:26
56 Erik Haula L -0.32 0.00 +0.10 -0.41 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 16:10
40 Fedor Svechkov C -0.49 0.00 +0.19 -0.70 0.00 +0.02 0.00 — 14:48
48 Nick Perbix D -0.87 0.00 0.00 -0.90 0.00 0.00 +0.03 — 15:49
59 Roman Josi D -1.05 0.00 +0.03 -1.19 +0.15 0.00 -0.04 — 22:13
91 Steven Stamkos C -1.20 0.00 +0.02 -1.23 0.00 -0.01 +0.03 — 15:41
83 Adam Wilsby D -1.21 0.00 0.00 -1.06 -0.15 0.00 0.00 — 14:34
76 Brady Skjei D -1.39 0.00 +0.02 -1.28 -0.15 0.00 +0.03 — 18:14
36 Cole Smith R -1.46 0.00 +0.08 -1.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 16:35
47 Michael McCarron C -1.56 0.00 +0.04 -1.57 -0.15 0.00 +0.12 — 14:52
17 Tyson Jost C -1.57 0.00 0.00 -1.54 0.00 -0.01 -0.02 — 12:38

Edmonton Oilers

Player Rating Points Shots On ice Pen FO Other GSAx TOI
97 Connor McDavid C +4.66 +2.25 +1.12 +1.15 +0.15 0.00 0.00 — 22:28
2 Evan Bouchard D +2.55 +0.70 +0.15 +1.51 +0.15 0.00 +0.05 — 25:52
22 Matt Savoie C +2.53 +0.70 +0.44 +1.57 -0.15 -0.01 -0.02 — 13:32
14 Mattias Ekholm D +2.49 +0.55 +0.06 +1.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 23:36
29 Leon Draisaitl C +2.36 +2.00 +0.31 -0.03 0.00 +0.06 +0.02 — 19:12
20 Curtis Lazar C +2.13 +0.75 +0.43 +0.95 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 8:44
93 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins C +1.87 +0.70 +0.10 +1.06 0.00 +0.01 0.00 — 20:15
13 Mattias Janmark C +1.68 +0.55 +0.09 +1.07 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 12:35
18 Zach Hyman L +1.63 0.00 +0.44 +1.19 0.00 0.00 0.00 — 19:21
42 Kasperi Kapanen R +1.54 +1.45 +0.14 -0.03 0.00 0.00 -0.02 — 14:33
92 Vasily Podkolzin R +1.40 +1.10 +0.02 +0.29 0.00 -0.01 0.00 — 16:40
24 Spencer Stastney D +1.37 0.00 0.00 +1.36 0.00 0.00 +0.01 — 16:34
49 Ty Emberson D +1.09 0.00 0.00 +1.05 0.00 0.00 +0.04 — 13:55
53 Isaac Howard L +0.91 0.00 +0.23 +0.66 0.00 0.00 +0.02 — 12:34
28 Jack Roslovic C +0.88 0.00 +0.21 +0.62 0.00 +0.03 +0.03 — 15:48
25 Darnell Nurse D +0.67 0.00 +0.01 +0.35 0.00 0.00 +0.31 — 21:52
39 Connor Ingram G +0.27 0.00 — — +0.15 — — +0.12 59:55
19 Adam Henrique C -0.16 0.00 0.00 -0.20 0.00 -0.01 +0.05 — 2:26
75 Alec Regula D -0.60 0.00 +0.03 -0.63 -0.15 0.00 +0.15 — 16:08

An expected-goals take on Dom Luszczyszyn's Game Score: goals and assists, the quality of a player's own shots, shot quality for and against while they were on the ice at 5v5, penalties, faceoffs and puck plays, all in goals; goalies by goals saved above expected. From the NHL play-by-play and shift charts.