Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Friday, March 5, 2021 · SAP Center at San Jose
SN · ATTSN-RM · NBCSCA
Game summary
The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 5-4 in overtime on Friday, March 5, 2021 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Golden Knights 29-27.
Max Pacioretty scored twice. Reilly Smith, Chandler Stephenson, Brent Burns, Matt Nieto, Alex Tuch, Logan Couture and Kevin Labanc also scored.
Oscar Dansk made 25 saves on 29 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 17 of 19.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Reilly Smith (4)William Karlsson (11), Jonathan Marchessault (8)1–005:48 VGK
Chandler Stephenson (7)Mark Stone (20), Max Pacioretty (8)2–007:03 VGK
2nd period
Max Pacioretty (11)Alec Martinez (9), Ryan Reaves (2)3–002:57 VGK
Brent Burns (5)Ryan Donato (6), Timo Meier (11)3–106:01 SJS · PPG
Matt Nieto (4)Erik Karlsson (5)3–212:43 SJS
3rd period
Alex Tuch (10)William Carrier (2)4–200:26 VGK
Logan Couture (12)Erik Karlsson (6), Evander Kane (11)4–306:23 SJS
Kevin Labanc (5)Unassisted4–418:53 SJS
OT period
- Max Pacioretty (12)Alex Pietrangelo (7), Mark Stone (21)5–401:25 VGK
Team stats
VGKSJS
27Shots on goal29
57%Faceoff %43%
0/4Power play1/5
15Penalty minutes13
17Hits34
15Blocked shots22
4Giveaways11
5Takeaways10
Penalties
- 1st 02:11
John Leonard · holding2 min - 1st 07:57
Keegan Kolesar · high sticking2 min - 1st 13:23Logan Couture · roughing2 min
- 1st 17:37Alex Tuch · cross checking2 min
- 2nd 04:49Jonathan Marchessault · tripping2 min
- 2nd 08:22Shea Theodore · slashing2 min
- 2nd 15:32Kurtis Gabriel · boarding2 min
- 2nd 17:57Rudolfs Balcers · slashing2 min
- 3rd 00:02Kurtis Gabriel · fighting5 min
- 3rd 00:02Ryan Reaves · fighting5 min
- 3rd 15:09William Carrier · hooking2 min
Season series
Vegas Golden Knights
| 67Max PaciorettyL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 5 | 18:58 |
| 61Mark StoneR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:04 |
| 19Reilly SmithR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 20Chandler StephensonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 28William CarrierL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 09:04 |
| 71William KarlssonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 18:03 |
| 75Ryan ReavesR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 07:48 |
| 81Jonathan MarchessaultC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16:41 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:09 |
| 7Alex PietrangeloD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 3 | 26:34 |
| 23Alec MartinezD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 20:32 |
| 9Cody GlassC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15:41 |
| 10Nicolas RoyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:43 |
| 55Keegan KolesarR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:40 |
| 2Zach WhitecloudD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:31 |
| 14Nicolas HagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:13 |
| 22Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 1 | 14:49 |
| 27Shea TheodoreD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 21:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Marc-Andre FleuryG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 35Oscar DanskG | W | 29 | 25 | 4 | .862 | 61:25 |
San Jose Sharks
| 65Erik KarlssonD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 0 | 23:26 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 23:12 |
| 16Ryan DonatoC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 14:15 |
| 28Timo MeierR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:59 |
| 39Logan CoutureC | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 21:11 |
| 62Kevin LabancR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17:05 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 13:40 |
| 88Brent BurnsD | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 | 26:33 |
| 7Dylan GambrellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:40 |
| 12Patrick MarleauC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:51 |
| 29Kurtis GabrielR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:13 |
| 43John LeonardL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:19 |
| 46Joel KellmanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 10:29 |
| 92Rudolfs BalcersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 20:24 |
| 44Marc-Edouard VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 15:08 |
| 51Radim SimekD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 13:43 |
| 71Nikolai KnyzhovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:34 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Martin JonesG | 8 | 5 | 3 | .625 | 22:16 | |
| 40Devan DubnykG | O | 19 | 17 | 2 | .895 | 38:21 |