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Vegas Golden Knights at San Jose Sharks

SAP Center at San Jose, San Jose Preseason Final/2OT

Final score

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 2–1 in overtime on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 on the road.

Team Goals 2026-2027 record
Vegas Golden Knights 2 7-2-0
at San Jose Sharks 1 4-3-0

Goals by period

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

Shots on goal by period

Team Total
Vegas Golden Knights 7 6 10 0 0 23
San Jose Sharks 5 10 7 7 0 29

Three stars

  1. C. Hart, Vegas Golden Knights (goaltender)
  2. Y. Askarov, San Jose Sharks (goaltender)
  3. M. Misa, San Jose Sharks (1 goal)

Scoring summary

Period Time Team Goal Assists Type Score
3rd 04:18 San Jose Sharks Michael Misa (1) Ivar Stenberg (1), Dmitry Orlov (1) Power play VGK 0, SJS 1
3rd 08:22 Vegas Golden Knights Alexander Holtz (1) Tanner Laczynski (2), Adam Ginning (1) Even strength VGK 1, SJS 1

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

Shootout

Round Team Shooter Result
1 Vegas Golden Knights Matyas Sapovaliv Goal
1 San Jose Sharks Ivar Stenberg Goal
2 Vegas Golden Knights Braeden Bowman Goal (winner)
2 San Jose Sharks Igor Chernyshov Saved
3 Vegas Golden Knights Alexander Holtz Saved
3 San Jose Sharks Luca Cagnoni Saved

Team stats

Stat Vegas Golden Knights San Jose Sharks
Shots on goal 23 29
Power play 0 of 0 1 of 3
Penalty minutes 6 0
Hits 24 30
Blocked shots 16 14
Giveaways 20 14
Takeaways 6 9
Faceoffs won 31/56 (55.4%) 25/56 (44.6%)

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters
Player
8 M. Cataford C 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 13:59
10 A. Holtz R 1 0 1 +1 0 4 2 0 0 100% 19:11
13 J. Demek C 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 40% 12:13
17 M. Gatcomb C 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 100% 16:53
18 A. Weiermair C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 50% 11:45
25 M. Sapovaliv C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 56.5% 20:47
28 T. Laczynski C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 0 0 0 63.2% 17:11
42 B. Bowman R 0 0 0 +1 0 1 1 0 0 17:44
46 J. Rondbjerg R 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 18:39
50 J. Fleming R 0 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 09:09
59 J. Hallum L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 17:05
75 M. McLain C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:35
6 A. Tuomisto D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 24:43
14 V. Heinola D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 25:14
52 D. Coghlan D 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17:30
56 J. Piiparinen D 0 0 0 +1 0 0 0 2 0 20:06
73 A. Ginning D 0 1 1 +1 0 0 0 3 0 22:09
84 J. Davies D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 16:53
Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
79 C. Hart 29 28 1 .966 65:00 Win

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters
Player
15 J. Huntington C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 66.7% 13:29
18 F. Bystedt C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21.4% 16:58
21 A. Wennberg C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 0 0 50% 20:45
26 A. Gasseau C 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 1 0 100% 13:46
41 I. Stenberg L 0 1 1 -1 0 4 1 0 0 22:17
51 C. Graf R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 1 0 15:30
54 P. Giles R 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 0 66.7% 10:53
56 E. Cardwell R 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 15:49
62 C. Wetsch R 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 11:20
73 T. Toffoli C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 16:01
77 M. Misa C 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 42.9% 18:37
92 I. Chernyshov L 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:07
5 N. Allan D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 2 0 19:01
9 D. Orlov D 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 19:54
42 L. Cagnoni D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 22:43
48 E. Pohlkamp D 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 2 0 22:04
53 P. Sinn D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 19:01
65 J. Trouba D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 1 0 19:10
San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
30 Y. Askarov 23 22 1 .957 65:00 OT loss

Penalties

Period Time Team Player Infraction Minutes
1st 17:15 Vegas Golden Knights Joe Fleming Interference 2
3rd 02:39 Vegas Golden Knights Joe Fleming Elbowing 2
3rd 19:09 Vegas Golden Knights Bench Too many men on the ice (bench minor) 2

Game information

Vegas Golden Knights head coach
Ryan Craig
San Jose Sharks head coach
Ryan Warsofsky
Referees
Corey Syvret, Ben Betker
Linesmen
Travis Gawryletz, Ben O'Quinn
Vegas Golden Knights scratches
Alex Pietrangelo, Brayden McNabb, Nic Dowd, Mark Stone, William Karlsson, Tomas Hertl, Jaycob Megna, Shea Theodore, Ivan Barbashev, Brandon Hickey, Victor Olofsson, Noah Hanifin, Rasmus Andersson, Jack Eichel, Parker Wotherspoon, Jeremy Lauzon, Mitch Marner, Adin Hill, Martins Dzierkals, Lucas Johansen, Brett Howden, Raphael Lavoie, Ryder Donovan, Lukas Cormier, Riley McKay, Cameron Whitehead, Ben Hemmerling, Samuel Mayer, Arttu Karki, Tuomas Uronen, Jett Jones, Trevor Connelly, Lucas Van Vliet, Shane Smith, Sloan Stanick, Viliam Kmec, Conor Walton, Kai Uchacz, Jakob Ihs Wozniak, Mateo Nobert, Gustav Sjoqvist, Jonah Sivertson, Alex Tracy, Benjamin Wilmott, Sean Burick, Will Mclaughlin, Matthew Minchak, Noel Pakarinen, Dylan Allie, Alexander Levshyn, Vann Williamson
San Jose Sharks scratches
Logan Couture, Barclay Goodrow, Eric Comrie, Darnell Nurse, Alex Nedeljkovic, Roland McKeown, Ilya Samsonov, Adam Gaudette, Mason Marchment, Libor Hajek, Alex Barré-Boulet, Tye Felhaber, Kyle Keyser, Kiefer Sherwood, Ty Dellandrea, Michael Kesselring, Brett Leason, Yegor Spiridonov, Jake Boltmann, Connor Lockhart, Zack Ostapchuk, Michael Fisher, Cam Lund, Mattias Havelid, Reese Laubach, Eli Barnett, Joey Muldowney, Samuel Huo, Anthony Vincent, Quentin Musty, Will Smith, Axel Landen, David Klee, Yegor Rimashevskiy, Nate Misskey, Leo Sahlin-Wallenius, Colton Roberts, Macklin Celebrini, Sam Dickinson, Donovan Houle-Villeneuve, Christian Kirsch, Yaroslav Korostelyov, Haoxi (Simon) Wang, Joshua Ravensbergen, Cole McKinney, Teddy Mutryn, Ilyas Magomedsultanov, Max Heise, Richard Gallant, Brendan Hoffman, Jake Gustafson, Brady Knowling, Ryan Lin, Kyle Chauvette, Keaton Verhoeff, Mack Oliphant, Tristan Sarsland, Thomas Messineo, Alexander Karmanov, Connor Hasley, Jordan Bax

2026-2027 season series

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

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