San Jose Sharks vs Vegas Golden Knights
Playoffs · Thursday, April 26, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena
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Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 7–0 on Thursday, April 26, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sharks 34–33.
Goals came from Cody Eakin, Erik Haula, Jonathan Marchessault, Alex Tuch, Shea Theodore, Colin Miller and James Neal.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 33 saves on 33 shots for the win; Martin Jones stopped 8 of 13.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Cody Eakin (2)Brayden McNabb (1), David Perron (2)0–104:31 VGK
Erik Haula (2)Alex Tuch (2), James Neal (2)0–204:57 VGK
Jonathan Marchessault (1)Reilly Smith (4), William Karlsson (2)0–306:02 VGK
Alex Tuch (2)William Karlsson (3), Reilly Smith (5)0–411:43 VGK ·
2nd period
Shea Theodore (2)Reilly Smith (6), Jonathan Marchessault (3)0–503:28 VGK
3rd period
Colin Miller (1)William Karlsson (4), Jonathan Marchessault (4)0–604:32 VGK · 
James Neal (2)David Perron (3), Erik Haula (1)0–708:09 VGK ·
Team stats
SJSVGK
3334
48%52%
0/53/10
3110
3348
1326
810
615
Penalties
- 1:03 into the first period
Tomas Hertl · high sticking2 min - 6:49 into the first period
Alex Tuch · high sticking2 min - 9:26 into the first periodKevin Labanc · hooking2 min
- 10:14 into the first periodBrent Burns · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 12:09 into the first periodReilly Smith · interference2 min
- 13:29 into the first periodRyan Carpenter · tripping2 min
- 6:10 into the second periodJon Merrill · high sticking2 min
- 8:53 into the second periodEric Fehr · high sticking2 min
- 14:16 into the second periodTimo Meier · tripping2 min
- 18:43 into the second periodChris Tierney · holding2 min
- 1:08 into the third periodJoe Pavelski · interference2 min
- 3:25 into the third periodJoe Pavelski · slashing2 min
- 3:25 into the third periodEvander Kane · cross checking5 min
- 3:25 into the third periodEvander Kane · game misconduct10 min
- 13:19 into the third periodPierre-Edouard Bellemare · tripping2 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 15:37 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 11:47 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:21 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 27Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 10:05 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:29 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 6 | 19:09 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 19:03 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:57 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 14:55 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:14 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 09:56 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 21:40 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 10:01 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 21:13 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 20:56 |
| 74Dylan DeMeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:27 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 21:55 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Aaron DellG | 21 | 2 | .905 | |
| 31Martin JonesG | L | 13 | 5 | .615 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 17:24 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 2 | 20:07 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 16:46 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 16:06 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 17:11 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 17:12 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 12:34 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 16:51 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 23:52 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 21:36 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:33 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 11:54 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:19 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:38 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 18:31 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:04 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 19:10 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 33 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | – |