San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights

Friday, October 3, 2025, 10:00 PM ET T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Preseason Final

Final score

The San Jose Sharks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 on Friday, October 3, 2025 on the road.

Final score, San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	Goals	2025-2026 record
San Jose Sharks	4	39-35-8
at Vegas Golden Knights	1	39-26-17

Goals by period

Goals by period, San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights
Team	1st period	2nd period	3rd period	Total
San Jose Sharks	1	1	2	4
Vegas Golden Knights	0	0	1	1

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	6	9	5	20
Vegas Golden Knights	8	8	13	29

Three stars

E. Cardwell, San Jose Sharks (3 goals, 1 assist)
P. Regenda, San Jose Sharks (4 assists)
A. Holtz, Vegas Golden Knights (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
1st	01:18	San Jose Sharks	Ethan Cardwell (1)	Pavol Regenda (1)	Even strength	SJS 1, VGK 0
2nd	16:21	San Jose Sharks	Egor Afanasyev (1)	Pavol Regenda (2), Ethan Cardwell (2)	Power play	SJS 2, VGK 0
3rd	06:48	San Jose Sharks	Ethan Cardwell (2)	Pavol Regenda (3), Zack Ostapchuk (1)	Even strength	SJS 3, VGK 0
3rd	07:11	Vegas Golden Knights	Alexander Holtz (1)	Kaedan Korczak (1), Brandon Saad (2)	Even strength	SJS 3, VGK 1
3rd	17:52	San Jose Sharks	Ethan Cardwell (3)	Pavol Regenda (4)	Even strength, Empty net	SJS 4, VGK 1

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	20	29
Power play	1 of 3	0 of 4
Penalty minutes	17	15
Hits	14	21
Blocked shots	16	6
Giveaways	14	13
Takeaways	8	4
Faceoffs won	22/62 (35.5%)	40/62 (64.5%)

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 2 W. Smith	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0		15:29
Number 10 T. Dellandrea	C	0	0	0	+1	0	1	2	3	0	50%	19:05
Number 11 E. Afanasyev	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	1	100%	10:51
Number 13 Q. Musty	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		13:18
Number 15 S. Bowers	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	20%	11:46
Number 46 C. Lund	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0		15:10
Number 51 C. Graf	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0		19:24
Number 56 E. Cardwell	R	3	1	4	+2	0	7	1	0	0	25%	17:48
Number 63 Z. Ostapchuk	C	0	1	1	+1	5	1	2	3	0	46.2%	11:48
Number 77 M. Misa	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14.3%	14:21
Number 84 P. Regenda	L	0	4	4	+2	0	1	1	0	0		18:21
Number 91 C. Grundstrom	R	0	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0		09:51
Number 5 V. Desharnais	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0		19:27
Number 6 S. Dickinson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	1	0		23:00
Number 26 J. Thompson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1	0		10:10
Number 37 T. Liljegren	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0		22:14
Number 42 L. Cagnoni	D	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	0		18:50
Number 85 S. Mukhamadullin	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0		21:07

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 33 A. Nedeljkovic	29	28	1	.966	60:00	Win

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player	Position	Goals	Assists	Points	Plus/minus	Penalty minutes	Shots on goal	Hits	Blocked shots	Faceoff percentage	Time on ice
Number 9 J. Eichel	C	0	0	0	-3	0	3	1	0	38.5%	20:07
Number 10 C. Sissons	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	75%	11:28
Number 19 R. Smith	R	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0		16:29
Number 20 B. Saad	L	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		12:55
Number 21 B. Howden	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		12:32
Number 26 A. Holtz	R	1	0	1	+1	0	1	0	0		12:58
Number 48 T. Hertl	C	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	1	75%	17:38
Number 49 I. Barbashev	L	0	0	0	-2	0	1	0	0		14:27
Number 55 K. Kolesar	R	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0		09:31
Number 61 M. Stone	R	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1	100%	19:47
Number 71 W. Karlsson	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0	62.5%	16:23
Number 93 M. Marner	R	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0		18:55
Number 2 Z. Whitecloud	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		18:48
Number 3 B. McNabb	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0		17:58
Number 5 J. Lauzon	D	0	0	0	-1	7	1	4	0		13:46
Number 6 K. Korczak	D	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	1		13:39
Number 15 N. Hanifin	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2		23:24
Number 27 S. Theodore	D	0	0	0	-2	0	5	0	0		24:02

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	Save percentage	Time on ice	Decision
Number 33 A. Hill	19	16	3	.842	59:20	Loss

Penalties

Penalties, San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Minutes
1st	10:49	Vegas Golden Knights	Jeremy Lauzon	Fighting (major)	5
1st	10:49	San Jose Sharks	Zack Ostapchuk	Fighting (major)	5
1st	11:29	Vegas Golden Knights	Tomas Hertl	Interference goalkeeper	2
1st	14:07	San Jose Sharks	Carl Grundstrom	Cross checking	2
1st	15:54	San Jose Sharks	Shane Bowers	Tripping	2
2nd	11:47	San Jose Sharks	Will Smith	Hooking	2
2nd	14:28	Vegas Golden Knights	Brett Howden	Interference goalkeeper	2
2nd	16:39	Vegas Golden Knights	Jeremy Lauzon	Interference	2
2nd	20:00	San Jose Sharks	Vincent Desharnais	Roughing	2
3rd	05:56	San Jose Sharks	Carl Grundstrom	Boarding	2
3rd	05:56	San Jose Sharks	Egor Afanasyev	Roughing	2
3rd	05:56	Vegas Golden Knights	Keegan Kolesar	Roughing	2
3rd	05:56	Vegas Golden Knights	Colton Sissons	Roughing	2

Game information

San Jose Sharks head coach: Ryan Warsofsky
Vegas Golden Knights head coach: Bruce Cassidy
Referees: Cody Beach, Jordan Samuels-Thomas
Linesmen: Travis Gawryletz, Brandon Grillo
San Jose Sharks scratches: Carey Price, Ryan Reaves, Logan Couture, Nick Leddy, Dmitry Orlov, Tyler Toffoli, Jeff Skinner, John Klingberg, Barclay Goodrow, Alexander Wennberg, Colin White, Adam Gaudette, Lucas Carlsson, Mario Ferraro, Oliver Wahlstrom, Philipp Kurashev, Yegor Spiridonov, Yaroslav Askarov, Alex Young, William Eklund, Braden Hache, Michael Fisher, Reese Laubach, Eli Barnett, Joey Muldowney, Anthony Vincent, Brandon Svoboda, Axel Landen, Eric Pohlkamp, David Klee, Yegor Rimashevskiy, Nate Misskey, Colton Roberts, Macklin Celebrini, Carson Wetsch, Lucas Vanroboys, 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
Vegas Golden Knights scratches: Alex Pietrangelo, Ben Hutton, Brandon Hickey, Jordan Papirny, Martins Dzierkals, Lucas Johansen, Jeremy Davies, Jonas Rondbjerg, Mitchell McLain, Cole Reinhardt, Ryder Donovan, Pavel Dorofeyev, Kevin Wall, Riley McKay, Noah Ellis, Jakub Demek, 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, Jakob Ihs Wozniak, Mateo Nobert, Alexander Weiermair, Gustav Sjoqvist, Peteris Bulans, Remi Gelinas, Andreas Straka, Devon Paliani

2025-2026 season series

Every San Jose Sharks and Vegas Golden Knights game in the 2025-2026 season
Matchup	Status	Details
Vegas Golden Knights 0 at San Jose Sharks 3	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks, Sun, Sep 21, 2025
Vegas Golden Knights 2 at San Jose Sharks 1	Final Preseason	Game page: Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks, Fri, Sep 26, 2025
San Jose Sharks 4 at Vegas Golden Knights 1	Final Preseason	Game page: San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights, Fri, Oct 3, 2025

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Winnipeg Jets 5 at Calgary Flames 4	Final/2OT Preseason	Game page: Winnipeg Jets at Calgary Flames, Fri, Oct 3, 2025
Edmonton Oilers 2 at Vancouver Canucks 3	Final/OT Preseason	Game page: Edmonton Oilers at Vancouver Canucks, Fri, Oct 3, 2025