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San Jose Sharks at Vegas Golden Knights

T-Mobile Arena, Paradise Regular Season Final

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 7–2 on Tuesday, December 23, 2025 at home.

Team Goals 2025-2026 record
San Jose Sharks 2 39-35-8
at Vegas Golden Knights 7 39-26-17

Goals by period

Team Total
San Jose Sharks 0 1 1 2
Vegas Golden Knights 5 1 1 7

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
San Jose Sharks 5 4 14 23
Vegas Golden Knights 17 5 4 26

Three stars

  1. M. Marner, Vegas Golden Knights (2 goals)
  2. R. Smith, Vegas Golden Knights (1 goal, 1 assist)
  3. P. Dorofeyev, Vegas Golden Knights (2 assists)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
1st 01:46 Vegas Golden Knights Brett Howden (6) Braeden Bowman (7), Reilly Smith (4) Even strength SJS 0, VGK 1
1st 09:07 Vegas Golden Knights Mitch Marner (8) Noah Hanifin (9), Pavel Dorofeyev (9) Power play SJS 0, VGK 2
1st 11:37 Vegas Golden Knights Colton Sissons (2) Keegan Kolesar (5), Brandon Saad (4) Even strength SJS 0, VGK 3
1st 14:57 Vegas Golden Knights Tomas Hertl (15) Pavel Dorofeyev (10) Even strength SJS 0, VGK 4
1st 18:34 Vegas Golden Knights Mark Stone (8) Ivan Barbashev (15), Kaedan Korczak (4) Even strength SJS 0, VGK 5
2nd 06:49 San Jose Sharks Macklin Celebrini (19) Tyler Toffoli (14) Even strength SJS 1, VGK 5
2nd 18:50 Vegas Golden Knights Reilly Smith (5) Kaedan Korczak (5), Braeden Bowman (8) Even strength SJS 1, VGK 6
3rd 05:22 Vegas Golden Knights Mitch Marner (9) Mark Stone (21), Ivan Barbashev (16) Even strength SJS 1, VGK 7
3rd 08:04 San Jose Sharks Collin Graf (10) Tyler Toffoli (15), Alexander Wennberg (16) Even strength SJS 2, VGK 7

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

Team stats

Stat San Jose Sharks Vegas Golden Knights
Shots on goal 23 26
Power play 0 of 1 1 of 4
Penalty minutes 8 4
Hits 25 13
Blocked shots 6 9
Giveaways 15 20
Takeaways 6 6
Faceoffs won 30/57 (52.6%) 27/57 (47.4%)

Box score

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player
10 T. Dellandrea C 0 0 0 -3 0 0 2 0 0 54.5% 11:38
21 A. Wennberg C 0 1 1 -1 0 1 2 1 0 40% 17:38
23 B. Goodrow C 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 13:37
51 C. Graf R 1 0 1 +1 0 1 1 0 0 17:26
53 J. Skinner L 0 0 0 -4 0 0 1 0 0 09:02
56 E. Cardwell R 0 0 0 -4 0 1 0 0 0 09:48
63 Z. Ostapchuk C 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 58.3% 10:41
71 M. Celebrini C 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 62.5% 20:04
72 W. Eklund L 0 0 0 -1 4 5 1 1 0 19:09
73 T. Toffoli C 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 15:24
75 R. Reaves R 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 11:20
92 I. Chernyshov L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 16:50
3 J. Klingberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 0 0 19:58
4 N. Leddy D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0 19:46
6 S. Dickinson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:22
9 D. Orlov D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 4 2 0 21:22
38 M. Ferraro D 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 0 0 20:44
85 S. Mukhamadullin D 0 0 0 -2 2 2 0 0 0 20:02
San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
30 Y. Askarov 16 12 4 .750 14:57 Loss
33 A. Nedeljkovic 10 7 3 .700 45:03

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
10 C. Sissons C 1 0 1 +1 0 3 1 0 0 60% 13:03
16 P. Dorofeyev R 0 2 2 0 0 5 0 0 0 17:26
19 R. Smith R 1 1 2 +2 0 1 0 0 0 13:56
20 B. Saad L 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14:19
21 B. Howden C 1 0 1 +2 0 1 1 0 0 61.5% 15:47
26 A. Holtz R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 18:13
42 B. Bowman R 0 2 2 +2 0 0 0 1 0 12:31
48 T. Hertl C 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 0 0 42.1% 17:52
49 I. Barbashev L 0 2 2 +2 0 0 0 1 0 11:34
55 K. Kolesar R 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 14:16
61 M. Stone R 1 1 2 +2 0 2 0 0 0 15:48
93 M. Marner R 2 0 2 +2 0 5 1 0 1 14.3% 16:53
2 Z. Whitecloud D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 2 0 0 17:30
3 B. McNabb D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 1 1 0 17:15
5 J. Lauzon D 0 0 0 +2 0 1 4 3 0 19:26
6 K. Korczak D 0 2 2 +1 0 0 1 1 0 20:19
15 N. Hanifin D 0 1 1 +2 0 0 1 1 0 21:23
17 B. Hutton D 0 0 0 +1 2 1 0 1 0 20:29
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
79 C. Hart 23 21 2 .913 60:00 Win

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 07:58 San Jose Sharks Shakir Mukhamadullin Slashing 2
1st 12:13 Vegas Golden Knights Zach Whitecloud Interference 2
1st 12:23 San Jose Sharks William Eklund High sticking 2
2nd 08:02 San Jose Sharks William Eklund Tripping 2
3rd 14:44 San Jose Sharks Mario Ferraro Roughing 2
3rd 20:00 Vegas Golden Knights Ben Hutton Slashing 2

Game information

San Jose Sharks head coach
Ryan Warsofsky
Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Bruce Cassidy
Referees
Kyle Rehman, Carter Sandlak
Linesmen
Bevan Mills, Kiel Murchison
San Jose Sharks scratches
Adam Gaudette, Timothy Liljegren, Vincent Iorio
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Jack Eichel, Dylan Coghlan, Cole Reinhardt

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 Dec 23

Matchup Status Details
Pittsburgh Penguins 3 at Toronto Maple Leafs 6 Final Game page
Dallas Stars 3 at Detroit Red Wings 4 Final/OT Game page
New York Rangers 7 at Washington Capitals 3 Final Game page
Montreal Canadiens 6 at Boston Bruins 2 Final Game page
Buffalo Sabres 3 at Ottawa Senators 2 Final/OT Game page
New Jersey Devils 1 at New York Islanders 2 Final Game page
Florida Panthers 5 at Carolina Hurricanes 2 Final Game page
Nashville Predators 3 at Minnesota Wild 2 Final/OT Game page
Philadelphia Flyers 3 at Chicago Blackhawks 1 Final Game page
Utah Mammoth 0 at Colorado Avalanche 1 Final Game page
Calgary Flames 1 at Edmonton Oilers 5 Final Game page
Seattle Kraken 3 at Los Angeles Kings 2 Final Game page

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