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Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks

SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose Preseason Final

Final score

The San Jose Sharks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 3–0 on Sunday, September 21, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Vegas Golden Knights 0 39-26-17
at San Jose Sharks 3 39-35-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 0 0 0 0
San Jose Sharks 0 2 1 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 9 5 10 24
San Jose Sharks 4 12 5 21

Three stars

  1. A. Nedeljkovic, San Jose Sharks (goaltender)
  2. J. Skinner, San Jose Sharks (1 goal)
  3. W. Smith, San Jose Sharks (1 assist)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 07:18 San Jose Sharks John Klingberg (1) Tyler Toffoli (1) Power play VGK 0, SJS 1
2nd 19:14 San Jose Sharks Jeff Skinner (1) Sam Dickinson (1), Will Smith (1) Even strength VGK 0, SJS 2
3rd 19:17 San Jose Sharks Tyler Toffoli (1) Sam Dickinson (2), Quentin Musty (1) Even strength, Empty net VGK 0, SJS 3

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights San Jose Sharks
Shots on goal 24 21
Power play 0 of 4 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 16 8
Hits 29 33
Blocked shots 17 28
Giveaways 12 8
Takeaways 2 1
Faceoffs won 21/46 (45.7%) 25/46 (54.3%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
12 J. Brabenec C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 63.6% 14:12
21 B. Howden C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 17:49
22 C. Schwindt R 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 3 0 33.3% 14:55
23 C. Reinhardt L 0 0 0 -2 0 1 2 0 0 14:11
25 M. Sapovaliv C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 22.2% 15:36
26 A. Holtz R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 1 0 0 15:00
36 R. Lavoie C 0 0 0 0 12 1 3 0 0 100% 13:20
42 B. Bowman R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 0 0 15:37
46 J. Rondbjerg R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 14:19
55 K. Kolesar R 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18:33
59 J. Hallum L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 100% 12:43
77 K. Uchacz C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 16:43
6 K. Korczak D 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 18:09
17 B. Hutton D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 1 2 0 21:14
51 L. Cormier D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 0 19:38
52 D. Coghlan D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 3 3 0 19:28
84 J. Davies D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 1 0 17:01
88 J. Megna D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 19:01
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
30 C. Lindbom 11 10 1 .909 31:29 Loss
32 J. Vikman 9 8 1 .889 26:55

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player
2 W. Smith C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 50% 17:03
11 E. Afanasyev L 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0 0 14:20
13 Q. Musty L 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 0 0 100% 16:30
40 J. Huntington C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 71.4% 10:59
51 C. Graf R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 15:58
53 J. Skinner L 1 0 1 +1 0 2 1 0 0 13:33
63 Z. Ostapchuk C 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 1 0 72.7% 12:34
73 T. Toffoli C 1 1 2 +1 0 5 1 0 0 15:20
76 A. Vincent R 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 1 0 100% 10:20
77 M. Misa C 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 1 0 35.7% 17:40
84 P. Regenda L 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 11:42
96 P. Kurashev C 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 1 0 50% 18:28
3 J. Klingberg D 1 0 1 0 0 1 2 5 1 21:15
4 N. Leddy D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21:33
5 V. Desharnais D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 1 0 16:23
6 S. Dickinson D 0 2 2 +2 0 0 1 1 0 18:15
42 L. Cagnoni D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 0 19:55
59 C. Clayton D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 3 7 0 20:12
San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
33 A. Nedeljkovic 24 24 0 1.000 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 05:20 San Jose Sharks Egor Afanasyev Tripping 2
1st 08:14 Vegas Golden Knights Cole Schwindt Hooking 2
2nd 07:11 Vegas Golden Knights Ben Hutton Interference 2
2nd 11:52 San Jose Sharks Michael Misa Tripping 2
2nd 13:31 San Jose Sharks Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2
3rd 12:29 San Jose Sharks Zack Ostapchuk Interference 2
3rd 15:22 Vegas Golden Knights Raphael Lavoie Elbowing 2
3rd 15:22 Vegas Golden Knights Raphael Lavoie Misconduct (misconduct) 10

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
San Jose Sharks head coach
Ryan Warsofsky
Referees
Trevor Hanson, Ben Betker
Linesmen
Brandon Grillo, Joe Mahon
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Alex Pietrangelo, Brayden McNabb, Reilly Smith, Mark Stone, Brandon Saad, William Karlsson, Tomas Hertl, Colton Sissons, Shea Theodore, Ivan Barbashev, Brandon Hickey, Jordan Papirny, Noah Hanifin, Jack Eichel, Jeremy Lauzon, Mitch Marner, Adin Hill, Martins Dzierkals, Lucas Johansen, Tanner Laczynski, Zach Whitecloud, Mitchell McLain, Akira Schmid, Ryder Donovan, Pavel Dorofeyev, Kevin Wall, Christoffer Sedoff, Riley McKay, Noah Ellis, Jakub Demek, Artur Cholach, Jordan Gustafson, Cameron Whitehead, Abram Wiebe, Ben Hemmerling, Joe Fleming, Samuel Mayer, Mathieu Cataford, Carter Sotheran, Arttu Karki, Tuomas Uronen, Bronson Ride, Mazden Leslie, Trevor Connelly, Lucas Van Vliet, Pavel Moysevich, Trent Swick, Sloan Stanick, Viliam Kmec, Jakob Ihs Wozniak, Mateo Nobert, Alexander Weiermair, Gustav Sjoqvist, Peteris Bulans, Remi Gelinas, Andreas Straka, Devon Paliani
San Jose Sharks scratches
Carey Price, Ryan Reaves, Logan Couture, Dmitry Orlov, Barclay Goodrow, Alexander Wennberg, Colin White, Adam Gaudette, Samuel Laberge, Carl Grundstrom, Lucas Carlsson, Mario Ferraro, Shane Bowers, Timothy Liljegren, Oliver Wahlstrom, Patrick Giles, Ty Dellandrea, Yegor Spiridonov, Yaroslav Askarov, Jack Thompson, Shakir Mukhamadullin, Ethan Cardwell, Noah Beck, Alex Young, William Eklund, Jack Bar, Oskar Olausson, Braden Hache, Filip Bystedt, Michael Fisher, Cam Lund, Mattias Havelid, Reese Laubach, Eli Barnett, Jake Furlong, Joey Muldowney, Kasper Halttunen, Brandon Svoboda, Axel Landen, Eric Pohlkamp, David Klee, Yegor Rimashevskiy, Nate Misskey, Colton Roberts, Macklin Celebrini, Carson Wetsch, Gabriel Carriere, Lucas Vanroboys, Donovan Houle-Villeneuve, Igor Chernyshov, Christian Kirsch, Yaroslav Korostelyov, Haoxi (Simon) Wang, Joshua Ravensbergen, Cole McKinney, John Gormley, Matthew Davis, Teddy Mutryn, Ilyas Magomedsultanov, Zachary Sharp, Max Heise, Richard Gallant

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Vegas Golden Knights 0 at San Jose Sharks 3 Final Preseason Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at San Jose Sharks 1 Final Preseason Game page
San Jose Sharks 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 1 Final Preseason Game page

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Matchup Status Details
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