San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights

Tuesday, October 3, 2023, 10:00 PM ET T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Preseason Final

Final score

The San Jose Sharks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 2–0 on Tuesday, October 3, 2023 on the road.

Final score, San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	Goals	2023-2024 record
San Jose Sharks	2	19-54-9
at Vegas Golden Knights	0	45-29-8

Goals by period

Goals by period, San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
San Jose Sharks	0	2	0	2
Vegas Golden Knights	0	0	0	0

Shots on goal by period

Shots on goal by period, San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
San Jose Sharks	11	10	8	29
Vegas Golden Knights	6	8	4	18

Three stars

K. Kahkonen, San Jose Sharks (goaltender)
W. Eklund, San Jose Sharks (1 assist)
J. MacDonald, San Jose Sharks (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Every goal, San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights. Numbers in brackets are season totals.
Period	Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Type	Score
2nd	06:51	San Jose Sharks	Thomas Bordeleau (1)	William Eklund (1)	Even strength	SJS 1, VGK 0
2nd	12:09	San Jose Sharks	Jacob MacDonald (1)	Alexander Barabanov (2), Filip Zadina (1)	Power play	SJS 2, VGK 0

Numbers in brackets are the player's season totals after the goal.

Team stats

Team stats, San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights
Stat	San Jose Sharks	Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal	29	18
Power play	1 of 4	0 of 5
Penalty minutes	22	10
Hits	18	28
Blocked shots	12	23
Giveaways	4	8
Takeaways	8	3
Faceoffs won	24/52 (46.2%)	28/52 (53.8%)

Box score

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Power-play goals	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 7 N. Sturm	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	66.7%	14:15
Number 13 Q. Musty	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	0	0		15:16
Number 17 T. Bordeleau	C	1	0	1	+1	0	2	1	1	0	70%	14:56
Number 18 F. Zadina	R	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0		18:34
Number 20 F. Zetterlund	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		13:05
Number 22 R. Carpenter	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	27.3%	15:30
Number 23 O. Lindblom	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	100%	12:24
Number 24 J. Peterson	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	11.1%	15:23
Number 54 G. Smith	R	0	0	0	0	18	5	4	0	0		11:25
Number 72 W. Eklund	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0	0		17:55
Number 90 J. Bailey	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		10:49
Number 94 A. Barabanov	L	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		15:33
Number 3 H. Thrun	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	1	0		21:56
Number 4 K. Burroughs	D	0	0	0	+1	2	2	2	0	0		21:04
Number 6 T. Emberson	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0		17:14
Number 9 J. MacDonald	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	1	1		17:57
Number 26 L. Gawanke	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		17:18
Number 71 N. Knyzhov	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	0		19:26

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 36 K. Kahkonen	18	18	0	1.000	60:00	Win

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player	Position	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 10 N. Roy	C	0	0	2	2	1	55%	20:30
Number 11 M. Morelli	L	0	0	1	3	0		10:47
Number 13 J. Demek	C	0	0	0	1	1	80%	10:31
Number 16 P. Dorofeyev	R	0	0	1	0	0		14:20
Number 19 B. Brisson	C	-1	0	0	0	1		12:35
Number 28 W. Carrier	L	-1	0	2	4	0		19:57
Number 43 P. Cotter	L	0	0	1	5	1	100%	18:55
Number 51 B. Froese	C	0	0	1	2	0	62.5%	14:04
Number 55 K. Kolesar	R	0	2	0	3	0	100%	18:46
Number 56 S. Rempal	R	0	0	2	0	0		13:29
Number 72 G. Quinney	C	-1	0	3	0	0	35.7%	14:55
Number 88 M. Comtois	L	0	0	0	4	1		11:30
Number 6 K. Korczak	D	-1	4	3	0	0		22:38
Number 17 B. Hutton	D	0	0	0	0	3		22:11
Number 40 L. Cormier	D	0	0	0	0	3		15:28
Number 44 L. Ahac	D	-1	0	1	0	2		15:07
Number 45 J. Bischoff	D	0	0	0	2	5		18:31
Number 94 B. Pachal	D	0	2	1	2	5		19:26

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 33 A. Hill	15	14	1	.933	29:48	Loss
Number 36 L. Thompson	14	13	1	.929	29:30

Penalties

Penalties, San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	02:35	San Jose Sharks	Kyle Burroughs	Hooking	2
1st	19:53	Vegas Golden Knights	Kaedan Korczak	Hooking	2
2nd	08:43	San Jose Sharks	Givani Smith	Roughing	2
2nd	11:07	Vegas Golden Knights	Kaedan Korczak	Slashing	2
3rd	03:47	San Jose Sharks	Filip Zadina	Interference	2
3rd	07:09	San Jose Sharks	Givani Smith	Interference	2
3rd	10:29	Vegas Golden Knights	Keegan Kolesar	Roughing	2
3rd	15:35	San Jose Sharks	Givani Smith	Roughing	2
3rd	15:35	Vegas Golden Knights	Brayden Pachal	Slashing	2
3rd	15:35	San Jose Sharks	Givani Smith	High sticking	2
3rd	15:35	San Jose Sharks	Givani Smith	Misconduct (misconduct)	10
3rd	16:30	Vegas Golden Knights	Bench	Too many men on the ice (bench minor)	2

Game information

San Jose Sharks head coach: David Quinn
Vegas Golden Knights head coach: Bruce Cassidy
Referees: Kyle Rehman, Jordan Samuels-Thomas
Linesmen: Caleb Apperson, Travis Toomey
San Jose Sharks scratches: Marc-Edouard Vlasic, Logan Couture, Mike Hoffman, Mikael Granlund, Tomas Hertl, Matt Benning, Scott Sabourin, Jacob Jackson, Emil Galimov, Anthony Duclair, Kevin Labanc, Nathan Todd, Luke Kunin, Mario Ferraro, Radim Simek, Jan Rutta, Eetu Makiniemi, Magnus Chrona, Nikita Okhotiuk, Yegor Spiridonov, Brandon Coe, Danil Gushchin, Ozzy Wiesblatt, Shakir Mukhamadullin, Tristen Robins, Adam Raska, Ethan Cardwell, Alex Young, Timofey Spitserov, Nick Cicek, Evgenii Kashnikov, Theo Jacobsson, Gannon Laroque, Artem Guryev, Ben Allison, Filip Bystedt, Michael Fisher, Cameron Lund, Mitchell Russell, Mattias Havelid, Mason Beaupit, Reese Laubach, Eli Barnett, Jake Furlong, Joey Muldowney, Anthony Vincent, Roman Kinal, Luca Cagnoni, Kasper Halttunen, Will Smith, Brandon Svoboda, Ethan Frisch, Connor MacEachern, Georgi Romanov, Valtteri Pulli, Axel Landen, Eric Pohlkamp, David Klee, Yegor Rimashevskiy, Bradley Marek, Felix Gagnon, Joseph Henneberry
Vegas Golden Knights scratches: Alec Martinez, Alex Pietrangelo, Brayden McNabb, Robin Lehner, Mark Stone, William Karlsson, Jonathan Marchessault, Chandler Stephenson, Mason Geertsen, Shea Theodore, Ivan Barbashev, Michael Amadio, Dysin Mayo, Jack Eichel, Martins Dzierkals, Brett Howden, Nicolas Hague, Jonas Rondbjerg, Jiri Patera, Zach Whitecloud, Ivan Morozov, Isaiah Saville, Ryder Donovan, Marcus Kallionkieli, Mason Primeau, Christoffer Sedoff, Jesper Vikman, Noah Ellis, Jackson Hallum, Daniil Miromanov, Daniil Chayka, Jakub Brabenec, Carl Lindbom, Artur Cholach, Simon Pinard, Patrick Guay, Jordan Gustafson, Matyas Sapovaliv, Cameron Whitehead, Abram Wiebe, Ben Hemmerling, Joe Fleming, Mathieu Cataford, David Edstrom, Arttu Karki, Tuomas Uronen, Robbie Fromm-Delorme, Matteo Fabrizi, Mael St-Denis, Ty Cheveldayoff

2023-2024 season series

Every San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights game in the 2023-2024 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at San Jose Sharks 5	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks, Sun, Sep 24, 2023
San Jose Sharks 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 0	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights, Tue, Oct 3, 2023

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Detroit Red Wings 2 at Chicago Blackhawks 4	Final Preseason	Game page: Detroit Red Wings at Chicago Blackhawks, Tue, Oct 3, 2023
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