Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks
Playoffs · Friday, April 12, 2019 · SAP Center at San Jose
NBCSN · SN360 · TVAS2 · ATTSN-RM
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 5–3 on Friday, April 12, 2019 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Golden Knights 37–23.
Goals came from Cody Eakin, Colin Miller, Max Pacioretty, Logan Couture, Tomas Hertl, Joe Thornton, Mark Stone and William Karlsson.
Marc-Andre Fleury made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Aaron Dell stopped 14 of 16.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Cody Eakin (1)Max Pacioretty (3)1–000:58 VGK
Colin Miller (1)Unassisted2–004:37 VGK · 
Max Pacioretty (1)Paul Stastny (2)3–006:11 VGK
Logan Couture (1)Joe Pavelski (1), Erik Karlsson (3)3–116:59 SJS
Tomas Hertl (2)Erik Karlsson (4), Logan Couture (2)3–217:38 SJS · 
Joe Thornton (1)Brenden Dillon (1), Evander Kane (2)3–319:08 SJS
2nd period
Mark Stone (3)Paul Stastny (3), Alex Tuch (1)4–301:31 VGK ·
3rd period
William Karlsson (1)Reilly Smith (1), Nate Schmidt (1)5–307:35 VGK ·
Team stats
VGKSJS
2337
48%52%
1/31/8
2212
3146
2610
811
78
Penalties
- 2:27 into the first period
Colin Miller · slashing2 min - 3:27 into the first periodDeryk Engelland · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 6:39 into the first periodMark Stone · roughing2 min
- 6:39 into the first period
Timo Meier · roughing2 min - 11:19 into the first periodBrayden McNabb · holding2 min
- 13:25 into the first periodKevin Labanc · charging2 min
- 15:03 into the first periodTomas Hertl · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 16:05 into the first periodColin Miller · cross checking2 min
- 0:51 into the second periodLogan Couture · interference goalkeeper2 min
- 6:35 into the second periodAlex Tuch · hooking2 min
- 16:10 into the second periodNate Schmidt · delaying game puck over glass2 min
- 5:52 into the third periodShea Theodore · slashing2 min
- 15:46 into the third periodTomas Nosek · interference2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodDeryk Engelland · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodDeryk Engelland · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodEvander Kane · roughing2 min
- 20:00 into the third periodTimo Meier · roughing2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 26Paul StastnyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 0 | 15:43 |
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:15 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 |
| 21Cody EakinC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:35 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:35 |
| 6Colin MillerD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:38 |
| 88Nate SchmidtD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 21:36 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 05:45 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:52 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:51 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 13:21 |
| 92Tomas NosekL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:32 |
| 3Brayden McNabbD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 25:10 |
| 5Deryk EngellandD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 24:39 |
| 15Jon MerrillD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:04 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 17:08 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | W | 37 | 3 | .919 |
| 30Malcolm SubbanG | 0 | 0 | – |
San Jose Sharks
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 5 | 20:36 |
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | −2 | 1 | 29:08 |
| 8Joe PavelskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 4 | 25:35 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19:55 |
| 19Joe ThorntonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 3 | 18:01 |
| 48Tomas HertlC | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 4 | 23:32 |
| 4Brenden DillonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17:28 |
| 14Gustav NyquistC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 18Micheal HaleyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:33 |
| 20Marcus SorensenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:35 |
| 23Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:30 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 12:00 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 18:34 |
| 68Melker KarlssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:30 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 07:02 |
| 47Joakim RyanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 07:34 |
| 61Justin BraunD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 19:38 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 4 | 28:36 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Aaron DellG | L | 16 | 2 | .875 |
| 31Martin JonesG | 7 | 3 | .571 |