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Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks

SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose Preseason Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 2–1 on Friday, September 26, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Vegas Golden Knights 2 39-26-17
at San Jose Sharks 1 39-35-8

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 8 10 11 29
San Jose Sharks 4 7 3 14

Three stars

  1. L. Cormier, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  2. D. Orlov, San Jose Sharks (1 goal)
  3. Y. Askarov, San Jose Sharks (goaltender)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
2nd 04:48 San Jose Sharks Dmitry Orlov (1) Alexander Wennberg (1), Ethan Cardwell (1) Even strength VGK 0, SJS 1
2nd 08:15 Vegas Golden Knights Cole Schwindt (1) Unassisted Even strength VGK 1, SJS 1
3rd 05:12 Vegas Golden Knights Lukas Cormier (1) Jakub Brabenec (1), Braeden Bowman (1) Power play VGK 2, SJS 1

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

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights San Jose Sharks
Shots on goal 29 14
Power play 1 of 5 0 of 3
Penalty minutes 22 16
Hits 16 25
Blocked shots 12 18
Giveaways 4 5
Takeaways 1 3
Faceoffs won 27/49 (55.1%) 22/49 (44.9%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
8 M. Cataford C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 100% 19:19
12 J. Brabenec C 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 30% 19:13
13 J. Demek C 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 0 0 75% 11:26
22 C. Schwindt R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 1 0 53.8% 13:18
23 C. Reinhardt L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 12:46
25 M. Sapovaliv C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45.5% 17:34
26 A. Holtz R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 15:21
28 T. Laczynski C 0 0 0 -1 4 1 0 1 0 77.8% 14:21
36 R. Lavoie C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 13:26
42 B. Bowman R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 17:21
50 J. Fleming R 0 0 0 +1 16 3 6 0 0 12:09
63 B. Hemmerling R 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 11:59
6 K. Korczak D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 2 0 19:03
17 B. Hutton D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 22:41
44 C. Sedoff D 0 0 0 +1 0 2 1 0 0 14:06
51 L. Cormier D 1 0 1 -1 0 2 1 2 1 20:37
52 D. Coghlan D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 1 0 22:03
88 J. Megna D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 17:17
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
40 A. Schmid 14 13 1 .929 60:00 Win

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player
10 T. Dellandrea C 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 100% 13:32
13 Q. Musty L 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0 13:43
18 F. Bystedt C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20% 10:51
21 A. Wennberg C 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0 58.8% 19:37
23 B. Goodrow C 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 100% 12:13
56 E. Cardwell R 0 1 1 +1 0 3 2 0 0 14:36
62 C. Wetsch R 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 1 0 10:21
72 W. Eklund L 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 20:08
77 M. Misa C 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 0 0 41.7% 18:38
81 A. Gaudette R 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 22.2% 17:42
91 C. Grundstrom R 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 12:36
92 I. Chernyshov L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 2 0 13:25
6 S. Dickinson D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 2 0 19:17
9 D. Orlov D 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 20:59
26 J. Thompson D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 14:15
37 T. Liljegren D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 0 19:50
38 M. Ferraro D 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 2 0 20:29
85 S. Mukhamadullin D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 0 2 0 20:47
San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
30 Y. Askarov 29 27 2 .931 58:52 Loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 01:40 Vegas Golden Knights Tanner Laczynski Tripping 2
1st 10:39 Vegas Golden Knights Tanner Laczynski Tripping 2
1st 13:28 San Jose Sharks Shakir Mukhamadullin Cross checking 2
2nd 06:04 San Jose Sharks Barclay Goodrow Slashing 2
2nd 07:34 Vegas Golden Knights Raphael Lavoie Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 07:34 San Jose Sharks Ty Dellandrea Unsportsmanlike conduct 2
2nd 16:27 San Jose Sharks Barclay Goodrow Elbowing 2
3rd 05:03 San Jose Sharks Ty Dellandrea Holding 2
3rd 14:36 Vegas Golden Knights Joe Fleming Tripping 2
3rd 14:36 San Jose Sharks Carson Wetsch Roughing 2
3rd 14:36 Vegas Golden Knights Joe Fleming Roughing 2
3rd 14:36 Vegas Golden Knights Joe Fleming Roughing 2
3rd 14:36 San Jose Sharks Carson Wetsch Roughing 2
3rd 14:36 Vegas Golden Knights Joe Fleming Misconduct (misconduct) 10
3rd 16:34 San Jose Sharks Quentin Musty Slashing 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
San Jose Sharks head coach
Ryan Warsofsky
Referees
Kyle Rehman, Brandon Schrader
Linesmen
Brandon Gawryletz, Travis Gawryletz
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, Keegan Kolesar, Jeremy Lauzon, Mitch Marner, Adin Hill, Martins Dzierkals, Lucas Johansen, Brett Howden, Jeremy Davies, Jonas Rondbjerg, Zach Whitecloud, Mitchell McLain, Ryder Donovan, Pavel Dorofeyev, Kevin Wall, Riley McKay, Jesper Vikman, Noah Ellis, Artur Cholach, Jordan Gustafson, Abram Wiebe, Samuel Mayer, Carter Sotheran, Arttu Karki, Bronson Ride, Mazden Leslie, Trevor Connelly, Lucas Van Vliet, Pavel Moysevich, Sloan Stanick, Kai Uchacz, 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, Nick Leddy, Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Skinner, John Klingberg, Alex Nedeljkovic, Colin White, Samuel Laberge, Lucas Carlsson, Vincent Desharnais, Shane Bowers, Oliver Wahlstrom, Philipp Kurashev, Jakub Skarek, Patrick Giles, Jimmy Huntington, Egor Afanasyev, Yegor Spiridonov, Alex Young, Jack Bar, Oskar Olausson, Cole Clayton, Zack Ostapchuk, Braden Hache, Michael Fisher, Cam Lund, Pavol Regenda, Reese Laubach, Eli Barnett, Jake Furlong, Joey Muldowney, Anthony Vincent, Luca Cagnoni, Kasper Halttunen, Will Smith, Brandon Svoboda, Axel Landen, Eric Pohlkamp, David Klee, Yegor Rimashevskiy, Nate Misskey, Colton Roberts, Macklin Celebrini, Lucas Vanroboys, Collin Graf, Donovan Houle-Villeneuve, 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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