San Jose Sharks vs Vegas Golden Knights
Playoffs · Friday, May 4, 2018 · T-Mobile Arena
NBCSN · CBC · TVAS
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 5–3 on Friday, May 4, 2018 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sharks 39–30.
Alex Tuch scored twice. James Neal, Erik Haula, Kevin Labanc, Tomas Hertl, Mikkel Boedker and Jonathan Marchessault also scored.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 27 saves on 30 shots for the win; Martin Jones stopped 27 of 31.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
James Neal (3)Shea Theodore (3), David Perron (5)0–119:57 VGK
2nd period
Alex Tuch (3)Reilly Smith (9), Jonathan Marchessault (7)0–204:52 VGK · 
Erik Haula (3)David Perron (6), Ryan Carpenter (2)0–308:59 VGK
3rd period
- Alex Tuch (4)Cody Eakin (1), Oscar Lindberg (1)0–408:36 VGK
Kevin Labanc (1)Logan Couture (6), Tomas Hertl (3)1–409:35 SJS · 
Tomas Hertl (6)Mikkel Boedker (5), Logan Couture (7)2–411:44 SJS
Mikkel Boedker (1)Logan Couture (8)3–415:44 SJS
Jonathan Marchessault (3)Unassisted3–518:39 VGK ·
Team stats
SJSVGK
3039
49%51%
1/41/4
2018
3553
1824
715
418
Penalties
- 2:07 into the second period
Colin Miller · holding2 min - 4:19 into the second period
Tomas Hertl · interference2 min - 11:02 into the second periodJustin Braun · tripping2 min
- 16:40 into the second periodJoe Pavelski · roughing2 min
- 1:24 into the third periodShea Theodore · cross checking2 min
- 4:11 into the third periodShea Theodore · slashing2 min
- 9:06 into the third periodJames Neal · slashing2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodMarc-Edouard Vlasic · slashing2 min
- 19:27 into the third periodMarc-Edouard Vlasic · unsportsmanlike conduct2 min
- 19:48 into the third periodDeryk Engelland · misconduct10 min
- 19:48 into the third periodBrenden Dillon · misconduct10 min
Season series
San Jose Sharks
| 39Logan CoutureC | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19:09 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 20:19 |
| 89Mikkel BoedkerL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 13:49 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 13:54 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 19:15 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 18:05 |
| 16Eric FehrC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:33 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:13 |
| 27Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:10 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 13:48 |
| 50Chris TierneyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 16:24 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 11:19 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 14:59 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22:52 |
| 47Joakim RyanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:29 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:04 |
| 74Dylan DeMeloD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:09 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 25:26 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Aaron DellG | 7 | 0 | 1.000 | |
| 31Martin JonesG | L | 31 | 4 | .871 |
Vegas Golden Knights
| 57David PerronL | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 17:47 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 18:12 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 14:14 |
| 18James NealL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 17:47 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:47 |
| 24Oscar LindbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 11:47 |
| 40Ryan CarpenterC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 13:13 |
| 56Erik HaulaL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:02 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20:54 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 04:00 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:05 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 21:01 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 20:06 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 23:11 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:22 |
| 47Luca SbisaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 17:00 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 4 | 21:29 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 30 | 3 | .900 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | – |