NYI 5–4 VGK Final / SO · W
Islanders/Schedule/Recap Tue, Dec 9, 2025 · 2025-26 regular season
New York Islanders
NYI · 17-11-3
5–4
Final / SOW
Vegas Golden Knights
VGK · 14-6-9
1ST2ND3RDOTSOT NYI 1132618001527 VGK 21209211050437 goals · shots on goal
Meeting 2 this season — the Islanders lead the season series 2–0
NYI 17-11-3 · VGK 14-6-9 · Meeting 2 this season — the Islanders lead the season series 2–0

Islanders beat the Golden Knights

Down 0–2 in the 1st period, the Islanders erased the deficit with four unanswered goals — Gatcomb's equalizer — and won it in a shootout. Carter Hart allowed 1.5 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.

Who had the better chances

The Golden Knights created the better chances: 3.5 expected goals to 2.5, on 37 and 27 shots on goal.

NYI 2.5 xG · 27 shots VGK 3.5 xG · 37 shots
0
1
2
3
4
1st 1.1 · 1.1
2nd 0.6 · 0.7
3rd 0.8 · 0.9
OT 0.0 · 0.7
Tap a numbered goal to see how it happened.
Deserve to winReplay this game 100 times with average goalies and the Islanders win 35.
NYI 35%VGK 65%

Goals and penalties

8 goals · 9 penalties
← Islanders shoot this way Golden Knights shoot this way →
On net Missed Bigger = better chance 1Goal, numbered to the list
1st period
PEN
09:37 Bo Horvat· Tripping
Killed
2 min
Minor
PEN
10:31 Mitch Marner· Interference
Killed
2 min
Minor
PEN
10:54 Ilya Sorokin· Tripping
Killed
2 min
Minor
1
12:02 Noah Hanifin
Jack Eichel, Shea Theodore · snap shot on a rebound, a good chance (23%)
0–1
2
16:01 Mitch Marner
Kaedan Korczak, Mark Stone · snap shot on a rebound, a great chance (27%)
0–2
PEN
18:55 Brayden McNabb· Roughing
Offsetting
2 min
Minor
PEN
18:55 Anthony Duclair· Roughing
Offsetting
2 min
Minor
3
19:33 Bo Horvat
Ryan Pulock, Matthew Schaefer · slap shot, a low-percentage shot (8%) that found a way in
1–2
2nd period
PEN
01:24 Brett Howden· Interference goalkeeper
Killed
2 min
Minor
4
03:56 Marc Gatcomb
Casey Cizikas, Kyle MacLean · snap shot, a great chance (27%)
2–2
5
13:30 Simon Holmstrom
Calum Ritchie, Anthony Duclair · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (5%) that found a way in
3–2
3rd period
6
01:27 Ivan Barbashev
Braeden Bowman, Jack Eichel · poke shot, a low-percentage shot (9%) that found a way in
3–3
PEN
08:44 Pavel Dorofeyev· Hooking
Horvat scored on this power play
2 min
Minor
7
10:15 Bo Horvat PP
Mathew Barzal, Maxim Shabanov · Power play (Dorofeyev, hooking) · slap shot, a good chance (13%)
4–3
PEN
17:39 Adam Pelech· Delaying game puck over glass
Killed
2 min
Minor
8
19:46 Pavel Dorofeyev EXTRA ATTACKER
Mitch Marner, Mark Stone · wrist shot, a low-percentage shot (7%) that found a way in
4–4
PEN
19:56 Kyle MacLean· High-sticking
Killed
2 min
Minor
Shootout
1 Pavel Dorofeyev Miss
2 Mathew Barzal Save
3 Mitch Marner Miss
4 Simon Holmstrom Miss
5 Jack Eichel Save
6 Bo Horvat Miss
7 Shea Theodore Miss
8 Emil Heineman Goal
Goaltending
−0.5
vs expected
33/37 saves · 4 GA · 3.5 xGA Allowed 0.5 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.
−1.5
vs expected
23/27 saves · 4 GA · 2.5 xGA Allowed 1.5 more goals than expected from the shots he faced.
Team NYIVGK
Shots on goal
27
37
Expected goals
2.5
3.5
Hits
0
0
Blocks
0
0
Faceoffs
52%
48%
Power play
1/3
0/4
Penalty minutes
0
0
The Islanders went 1-for-3 on the power play and killed all 4 Golden Knights power plays.