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2025-26 regular season

Golden Knights at Oilers

🗓 📍 Rogers Place, Edmonton 🔁 Oilers lead the season series 1–0

Oilers beat Golden Knights 4–3 at Rogers Place on December 21, 2025.

VGK – EDM
31–21
Shots on goal
2/5–2/3
Power play
32–24
Hits
13–16
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🛢️ EDM
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins
2 G, 1 A
2 shots · 19:49 TOI
2nd star 🛢️ EDM
Connor McDavid
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · 19:46 TOI
3rd star 🎰 VGK
Tomas Hertl
1 G, 2 A
5 shots · 19:33 TOI

Scoring

7 goals · in order
1st period
🛢️ Connor McDavid Go-ahead 1st · 09:11
Assists: Leon Draisaitl, Alec Regula · beat Carter Hart
0–1
🛢️ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins PP 1st · 14:37
Assists: Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid · beat Carter Hart
0–2
2nd period
🛢️ Ryan Nugent-Hopkins PP 2nd · 02:22
Assists: Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman · beat Carter Hart
0–3
🛢️ Zach Hyman 2nd · 07:45
Assists: Darnell Nurse, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · beat Carter Hart
0–4
🎰 Tomas Hertl PP 2nd · 12:59
Assists: Mitchell Marner, Noah Hanifin · beat Connor Ingram
1–4
3rd period
🎰 Pavel Dorofeyev PP 3rd · 03:52
Assists: Tomas Hertl, Noah Hanifin · beat Connor Ingram
2–4
🎰 Mitchell Marner 3rd · 05:49
Assists: Tomas Hertl, Noah Hanifin · beat Connor Ingram
3–4

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🎰Golden Knights
L1 Hertl · Marner · Stone 23:39
L2 Dorofeyev · Barbashev · Howden 15:33
L3 Saad · Smith · Bowman 13:12
L4 Reinhardt · Sissons · Kolesar 9:48
D1 Hanifin · Korczak 23:09
D2 Whitecloud · McNabb 17:04
D3 Hutton · Lauzon 14:59
🛢️Oilers
L1 Draisaitl · Nugent-Hopkins · McDavid 19:49
L2 Hyman · Roslovic · Podkolzin 16:21
L3 Janmark · Savoie · Henrique 12:29
L4 Mangiapane · Jones · Lazar 9:17
D1 Bouchard · Nurse 23:48
D2 Ekholm · Regula 19:11
D3 Stastney · Emberson 15:06

Team stats

Away left · home right
🎰VGK EDM🛢️
31 Shots on goal 21
2/5 Power play (goals / chances) 2/3
32 Hits 24
13 Blocked shots 16
4 Takeaways 2
17 Giveaways 22
6 Penalty minutes 10
VGK shooting 9.7% (3/31) EDM shooting 19.0% (4/21)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🎰Golden Knights
Carter Hart
17/21
.810 SV% · 4 GA · 57:43 TOI
🛢️Oilers
Connor Ingram
28/31
.903 SV% · 3 GA · 60:00 TOI

Where the goals came from

7 of 7 goals located
Connor McDavid · 1st 09:11 · 0–1 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 1st 14:37 · 0–2 Ryan Nugent-Hopkins · 2nd 02:22 · 0–3 Zach Hyman · 2nd 07:45 · 0–4 Tomas Hertl · 2nd 12:59 · 1–4 Pavel Dorofeyev · 3rd 03:52 · 2–4 Mitchell Marner · 3rd 05:49 · 3–4
VGK EDM
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

Period by period

AI
After 1st — 0–2
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — trailing by 2 goals after 1st: 1-2-3 (17% win rate, 6 games)
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 2 goals after 1st: 1-0-2 (33% win rate, 3 games)
After 2nd — 1–4
Golden Knights
Golden Knights — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)
Oilers
Oilers — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)

Last meetings

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Oilers lead the season series 1–0
May 142025 🛢️EDM @ 🎰VGK 1–0 OT May 122025 🎰VGK @ 🛢️EDM 0–3 May 102025 🎰VGK @ 🛢️EDM 4–3 May 82025 🛢️EDM @ 🎰VGK 5–4 OT May 62025 🛢️EDM @ 🎰VGK 4–2
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Who won Golden Knights vs Oilers on December 21, 2025?

Oilers won 4–3. The final score was Golden Knights 3, Oilers 4.

Who scored for Golden Knights?

Mitchell Marner, Pavel Dorofeyev, Tomas Hertl.

Who scored for Oilers?

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (2), Connor McDavid, Zach Hyman.

How did the Golden Knights goalie play?

Carter Hart made 17 saves on 21 shots (.810 save percentage).

How did the Oilers goalie play?

Connor Ingram made 28 saves on 31 shots (.903 save percentage).

Where is Golden Knights vs Oilers played?

At Rogers Place in Edmonton, the Oilers home rink.

What is the Golden Knights vs Oilers season series?

Oilers lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🎰 Golden Knights
BeforeDec 20 🎰VGK @ 🔥CGY 3–6 AfterDec 23 🦈SJS @ 🎰VGK 2–7
🛢️ Oilers
BeforeDec 20 🛢️EDM @ 🌲MIN 2–5 AfterDec 23 🔥CGY @ 🛢️EDM 1–5
Also on December 21
🦅WSH 2–3 🐙DET 🏔️COL 5–1 🌲MIN 🗽NYR 1–2 🐯NSH 🍁TOR 1–5 ⭐DAL 🏛️OTT 6–2 🐻BOS ⚔️BUF 3–1 😈NJD ✈️WPG 3–4 🦣UTA 🇨🇦MTL 3–4 🐧PIT
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