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Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks

SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose Regular Season Final/OT

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 in overtime on Thursday, October 9, 2025 on the road.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
Vegas Golden Knights 4 39-26-17
at San Jose Sharks 3 39-35-8

Goals by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 1 1 1 1 4
San Jose Sharks 1 1 1 0 3

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 10 11 8 2 31
San Jose Sharks 9 6 8 0 23

Three stars

  1. R. Smith, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal)
  2. J. Skinner, San Jose Sharks (1 goal)
  3. P. Kurashev, San Jose Sharks (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 05:31 San Jose Sharks Jeff Skinner (1) Ty Dellandrea (1), Shakir Mukhamadullin (1) Even strength VGK 0, SJS 1
1st 08:09 Vegas Golden Knights Brett Howden (1) Keegan Kolesar (1), Ben Hutton (1) Even strength VGK 1, SJS 1
2nd 06:59 San Jose Sharks Alexander Wennberg (1) William Eklund (1), John Klingberg (1) Power play VGK 1, SJS 2
2nd 14:22 Vegas Golden Knights Pavel Dorofeyev (4) Mark Stone (3), Jack Eichel (4) Power play VGK 2, SJS 2
3rd 02:59 San Jose Sharks Philipp Kurashev (1) Dmitry Orlov (1), Shakir Mukhamadullin (2) Even strength VGK 2, SJS 3
3rd 18:26 Vegas Golden Knights Jack Eichel (2) Mark Stone (4), Tomas Hertl (1) Even strength VGK 3, SJS 3
OT 01:24 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith (1) Shea Theodore (1) Even strength VGK 4, 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 31 23
Power play 1 of 4 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 8
Hits 22 22
Blocked shots 17 14
Giveaways 17 24
Takeaways 1 5
Faceoffs won 37/65 (56.9%) 28/65 (43.1%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
9 J. Eichel C 1 1 2 +1 0 3 2 1 0 64.7% 22:34
10 C. Sissons C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 72.7% 11:51
16 P. Dorofeyev R 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 18:10
19 R. Smith R 1 0 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 13:21
20 B. Saad L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 14:53
21 B. Howden C 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 50% 09:53
48 T. Hertl C 0 1 1 0 4 2 1 0 0 50% 17:53
49 I. Barbashev L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 14:13
55 K. Kolesar R 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 09:44
61 M. Stone R 0 2 2 +1 0 1 2 2 0 19:22
71 W. Karlsson C 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 46.7% 14:35
93 M. Marner R 0 0 0 +2 2 2 2 0 0 100% 22:25
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 1 0 15:13
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 21:15
5 J. Lauzon D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 3 1 0 18:18
6 K. Korczak D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 14:50
17 B. Hutton D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 14:28
27 S. Theodore D 0 1 1 +2 0 3 0 4 0 24:52
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
40 A. Schmid 23 20 3 .870 60:15 Win

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player
2 W. Smith C 0 0 0 -1 2 2 1 1 0 20:34
10 T. Dellandrea C 0 1 1 +2 0 2 4 1 0 52.9% 16:06
21 A. Wennberg C 1 0 1 -1 0 2 0 2 1 46.2% 17:58
23 B. Goodrow C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 0 10:27
51 C. Graf R 0 0 0 +2 0 1 0 0 0 17:05
53 J. Skinner L 1 0 1 +1 0 3 2 0 0 10:40
71 M. Celebrini C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 47.6% 22:15
72 W. Eklund L 0 1 1 -1 0 1 1 0 0 17:27
73 T. Toffoli C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 0 0 14:45
75 R. Reaves R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 5 0 0 06:31
81 A. Gaudette R 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 0 0 27.3% 09:37
96 P. Kurashev C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 2 1 0 19:38
3 J. Klingberg D 0 1 1 -1 0 3 0 0 0 22:24
4 N. Leddy D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 21:01
9 D. Orlov D 0 1 1 +1 0 1 2 0 0 21:41
37 T. Liljegren D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 1 2 0 18:32
38 M. Ferraro D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 2 0 18:39
85 S. Mukhamadullin D 0 2 2 +1 4 0 0 1 0 12:45
San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
33 A. Nedeljkovic 31 27 4 .871 61:24 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 10:53 San Jose Sharks Shakir Mukhamadullin High sticking 2
2nd 02:35 Vegas Golden Knights William Karlsson Cross checking 2
2nd 05:38 Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Hertl Boarding 2
2nd 06:31 Vegas Golden Knights Mitch Marner Slashing 2
2nd 14:15 San Jose Sharks Shakir Mukhamadullin Hooking 2
2nd 16:55 San Jose Sharks Adam Gaudette Hooking 2
3rd 07:33 Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Hertl Illegal check to head 2
3rd 15:02 San Jose Sharks Will Smith Hooking 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
San Jose Sharks head coach
Ryan Warsofsky
Referees
Garrett Rank, Frederick L'Ecuyer
Linesmen
Brandon Gawryletz, Trent Knorr
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Noah Hanifin, Cole Reinhardt, Alexander Holtz
San Jose Sharks scratches
Vincent Desharnais, Sam Dickinson, Michael Misa

2025-2026 season series

Matchup Status Details
Vegas Golden Knights 4 at San Jose Sharks 3 Final/OT Game page
San Jose Sharks 3 at Vegas Golden Knights 4 Final Game page
San Jose Sharks 2 at Vegas Golden Knights 7 Final Game page
Vegas Golden Knights 7 at San Jose Sharks 2 Final Game page

Other NHL games on Oct 9

Matchup Status Details
Chicago Blackhawks 3 at Boston Bruins 4 Final/OT Game page
New York Rangers 4 at Buffalo Sabres 0 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 5 at Detroit Red Wings 1 Final Game page
Ottawa Senators 5 at Tampa Bay Lightning 4 Final Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 1 at Florida Panthers 2 Final Game page
New York Islanders 3 at Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Final Game page
New Jersey Devils 3 at Carolina Hurricanes 6 Final Game page
Minnesota Wild 5 at St. Louis Blues 0 Final Game page
Columbus Blue Jackets 1 at Nashville Predators 2 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 5 at Winnipeg Jets 4 Final Game page
Utah Mammoth 1 at Colorado Avalanche 2 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 1 at Vancouver Canucks 5 Final Game page
Anaheim Ducks 1 at Seattle Kraken 3 Final Game page

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