San Jose Sharks vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Wednesday, March 17, 2021 · T-Mobile Arena

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4–5

Final

SOG 33–37

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 5-4 on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sharks 37-33.

Goals came from Shea Theodore, Matt Nieto, Mario Ferraro, Kevin Labanc, Cody Glass, Nicolas Hague, Ryan Reaves, Alec Martinez and Evander Kane.

Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 saves on 33 shots for the win; Devan Dubnyk stopped 32 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	0	3	1	4	33
VGK	1	0	4	5	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Shea Theodore (5)Max Pacioretty (14)0–103:45 VGK

2nd period

Matt Nieto (5)Timo Meier (13), Tomas Hertl (8)1–106:21 SJS
Mario Ferraro (1)John Leonard (5), Evander Kane (13)2–107:57 SJS
Kevin Labanc (8)Evander Kane (14), Mario Ferraro (9)3–115:07 SJS

3rd period

Cody Glass (4)Shea Theodore (16), Mark Stone (24)3–206:43 VGK · PPG
Nicolas Hague (3)Jonathan Marchessault (12), William Karlsson (13)3–310:03 VGK
Ryan Reaves (1)Tomas Nosek (2), Zach Whitecloud (5)3–412:27 VGK
Alec Martinez (3)Tomas Nosek (3), Shea Theodore (17)3–514:46 VGK · PPG
Evander Kane (12)Erik Karlsson (8), Tomas Hertl (9)4–515:54 SJS · PPG

Team stats

SJSVGK

33Shots on goal37

45%Faceoff %55%

1/3Power play2/5

20Penalty minutes16

29Hits28

16Blocked shots12

7Giveaways3

11Takeaways13

Penalties

1st 04:41Fredrik Handemark · high sticking2 min
1st 10:34Nicolas Roy · holding2 min
1st 13:23Kevin Labanc · delaying game puck over glass2 min
1st 18:45Nikolai Knyzhov · hooking2 min
2nd 08:37Brayden McNabb · roughing2 min
3rd 06:38Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
3rd 07:11Mark Stone · fighting5 min
3rd 07:11Tomas Hertl · fighting5 min
3rd 10:58Jonathan Marchessault · fighting5 min
3rd 10:58Logan Couture · fighting5 min
3rd 12:53Kevin Labanc · tripping2 min
3rd 15:16Keegan Kolesar · hooking2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

9Evander KaneL	1	2	3	+1	5	4	0	0	–	24:07
48Tomas HertlC	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	5	47	17:36
38Mario FerraroD	1	1	2	+3	3	4	3	0	–	19:46
28Timo MeierR	0	1	1	0	1	5	0	0	–	13:32
43John LeonardL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	10:50
62Kevin LabancR	1	0	1	+1	4	1	0	4	–	19:01
83Matt NietoL	1	0	1	-1	2	1	1	0	–	17:22
65Erik KarlssonD	0	1	1	-3	1	0	0	0	–	21:39
7Dylan GambrellC	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	35	16:10
12Patrick MarleauC	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	100	13:21
16Ryan DonatoC	0	0	0	-2	6	0	0	0	–	10:23
29Kurtis GabrielR	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	–	07:27
37Fredrik HandemarkC	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	20	08:27
39Logan CoutureC	0	0	0	+1	3	2	0	5	64	20:14
44Marc-Edouard VlasicD	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	16:10
51Radim SimekD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	–	16:24
71Nikolai KnyzhovD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	2	–	17:12
88Brent BurnsD	0	0	0	+3	0	0	1	0	–	24:34

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Martin JonesG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Devan DubnykG	L	37	32	5	.865	58:27

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

27Shea TheodoreD	1	2	3	0	6	0	0	0	–	26:02
92Tomas NosekL	0	2	2	+1	1	0	0	0	88	15:23
9Cody GlassC	1	0	1	+1	2	1	1	0	56	17:29
61Mark StoneR	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	5	–	20:42
67Max PaciorettyL	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	20:39
71William KarlssonC	0	1	1	0	3	1	0	0	52	21:52
75Ryan ReavesR	1	0	1	+1	2	4	0	0	–	08:40
81Jonathan MarchessaultC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	5	–	15:37
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	1	1	+1	4	2	1	0	–	16:24
14Nicolas HagueD	1	0	1	+1	1	1	3	0	–	14:18
23Alec MartinezD	1	0	1	0	3	0	5	0	–	26:18
10Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	33	12:33
13Tomas JurcoR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	0	–	07:56
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	0	–	19:20
28William CarrierL	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	–	10:18
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	-2	1	2	0	2	100	10:33
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	2	–	17:46
52Dylan CoghlanD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	14:06

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Marc-Andre FleuryG	W	33	29	4	.879	60:00
90Robin LehnerG		0	0	0	–	00:00