Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, February 8, 2018 · SAP Center at San Jose
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Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 5–3 on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Golden Knights 38–33.
Joe Pavelski scored twice. Erik Haula, William Karlsson, Timo Meier, Brayden McNabb, James Neal and Jonathan Marchessault also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Martin Jones stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Joe Pavelski (11)Brent Burns (36), Timo Meier (7)0–104:40 SJS
Erik Haula (21)David Perron (35), Colin Miller (22)1–114:00 VGK
2nd period
William Karlsson (29)Jonathan Marchessault (34), Reilly Smith (28)2–100:37 VGK
Timo Meier (13)Brent Burns (37), Chris Tierney (12)2–211:47 SJS ·
3rd period
- Joe Pavelski (12)Brent Burns (38), Logan Couture (18)2–307:45 SJS ·
Brayden McNabb (3)Oscar Lindberg (2), Cody Eakin (13)3–309:36 VGK
James Neal (24)David Perron (36), Colin Miller (23)4–315:10 VGK
Jonathan Marchessault (20)Reilly Smith (29), Nate Schmidt (21)5–318:39 VGK · ·
Team stats
VGKSJS
3338
45%55%
1/52/4
810
1810
1114
26
88
Penalties
- 9:19 into the first period
Shea Theodore · slashing2 min - 4:10 into the second periodJonathan Marchessault · holding2 min
- 5:02 into the second period
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 10:13 into the second periodCody Eakin · hooking2 min
- 12:46 into the second periodMelker Karlsson · slashing2 min
- 3:09 into the third periodMikkel Boedker · tripping2 min
- 6:47 into the third periodAlex Tuch · high sticking2 min
- 10:11 into the third periodChris Tierney · tripping2 min
- 17:47 into the third periodDylan DeMelo · high sticking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:13 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 18:04 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 16:57 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 16:55 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 17:47 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 11:24 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:13 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 17:26 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 22:39 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 22:50 |
| 13Brendan LeipsicL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 09:54 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:50 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 13:19 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 12:41 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:39 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:36 |
| 77Brad HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 13:22 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 38 | 3 | .921 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 3 | 3 | −2 | 5 | 25:59 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 5 | 19:55 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:57 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 21:11 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 17:26 |
| 23Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 10:26 |
| 27Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:55 |
| 42Joel WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 05:19 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:46 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 15:53 |
| 65Danny O'ReganC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 08:14 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:58 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:21 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:28 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 23:00 |
| 47Joakim RyanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 15:14 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 20:50 |
| 74Dylan DeMeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:04 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Martin JonesG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |