Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks
Playoffs · Monday, April 30, 2018 · SAP Center at San Jose
NBCSN · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 4–3 in overtime on Monday, April 30, 2018 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Golden Knights 42–33.
Goals came from Timo Meier, Colin Miller, Jonathan Marchessault, Reilly Smith, Evander Kane, Tomas Hertl and William Karlsson.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 39 saves on 42 shots for the win; Martin Jones stopped 29 of 33.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Timo Meier (2)Chris Tierney (2), Mikkel Boedker (3)0–106:59 SJS · 
Colin Miller (2)James Neal (3), David Perron (4)1–109:40 VGK · 
Jonathan Marchessault (2)Alex Tuch (3), Reilly Smith (8)2–113:09 VGK · 
Reilly Smith (1)William Karlsson (5), Jonathan Marchessault (5)3–114:26 VGK
3rd period
Evander Kane (4)Brent Burns (3), Dylan DeMelo (1)3–207:49 SJS
Tomas Hertl (4)Justin Braun (1), Kevin Labanc (4)3–318:03 SJS
Overtime
William Karlsson (4)James Neal (4), Jonathan Marchessault (6)4–308:17 VGK
Team stats
VGKSJS
3342
42%58%
2/61/4
812
3544
1723
613
414
Penalties
- 14:45 into the first period
Mikkel Boedker · delaying game puck over glass2 min - 0:39 into the second period
Reilly Smith · hooking2 min - 5:28 into the second periodMarc-Andre Fleury · tripping2 min
- 7:56 into the second periodBrenden Dillon · holding2 min
- 12:47 into the second periodTomas Hertl · roughing2 min
- 14:46 into the second periodAlex Tuch · slashing2 min
- 18:51 into the second periodMikkel Boedker · interference2 min
- 5:45 into the third periodJon Merrill · cross checking2 min
- 0:36 into overtimeBench · too many men on the ice2 min
- 3:38 into overtimeLogan Couture · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 7 | 19:49 |
| 18James NealL | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 21:47 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 20:55 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 22:48 |
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:23 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 19:33 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 15:56 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:23 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:25 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:44 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:57 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:21 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 25:30 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 21:19 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 12:20 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 26:22 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 26:18 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 42 | 3 | .929 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 23:30 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14:23 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 20:18 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 21:44 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:53 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 27:03 |
| 74Dylan DeMeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 16:42 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 27:28 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26:22 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:00 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:17 |
| 23Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:28 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21:02 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:18 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 7Paul MartinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:35 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 29:58 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Aaron DellG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 31Martin JonesG | L | 33 | 4 | .879 |