San Jose Sharks vs Vegas Golden Knights

Regular season · Saturday, October 26, 2024 · T-Mobile Arena

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3–7

Final

SOG 26–42

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 7-3 on Saturday, October 26, 2024 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sharks 42-26.

Brett Howden scored twice. Tanner Pearson, Jack Eichel, Mikael Granlund, William Karlsson, Pavel Dorofeyev, Nico Sturm, Mark Stone and Luke Kunin also scored.

Ilya Samsonov made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Vitek Vanecek stopped 35 of 42.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	0	2	1	3	26
VGK	3	2	2	7	42

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Tanner Pearson (2)William Karlsson (1), Alexander Holtz (2)0–101:57 VGK
Jack Eichel (3)Mark Stone (12), Alex Pietrangelo (10)0–203:47 VGK
Brett Howden (4)Tomas Hertl (5), Pavel Dorofeyev (2)0–316:46 VGK

2nd period

Mikael Granlund (4)William Eklund (5), Mario Ferraro (1)Pietrangelo 1:10 into shift1–310:13 SJS
William Karlsson (1)Alex Pietrangelo (11)1–411:10 VGK · SHG
Pavel Dorofeyev (4)Shea Theodore (7), Mark Stone (13)1–519:26 VGK · PPG
Nico Sturm (1)Unassisted2–519:41 SJS

3rd period

Mark Stone (4)Jack Eichel (12), Ivan Barbashev (5)2–611:10 VGK
Luke Kunin (2)Fabian Zetterlund (1)Holtz 1:00 into shift3–613:29 SJS
Brett Howden (5)Pavel Dorofeyev (3), Tomas Hertl (6)3–717:07 VGK

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:10

1–3 · 2nd 10:13 · Granlund. Pietrangelo was 1:10 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSJS on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 VGK

1st 1:57 · Pearson

Dellandrea 0:25

Fresh legsDellandrea 0:25

0–2 VGK

1st 3:47 · Eichel

Rutta 0:54

NormalRutta 0:54

0–3 VGK

1st 16:46 · Howden

Sturm 0:22

Fresh legsSturm 0:22

1–3 SJS

2nd 10:13 · Granlund

Long shift: Pietrangelo 1:10

Long shiftPietrangelo 1:10

1–4 VGK

2nd 11:10 · SH · Karlsson

Wennberg 0:57

NormalWennberg 0:57

1–5 VGK

2nd 19:26 · PP · Dorofeyev

Ceci 0:50

NormalCeci 0:50

2–5 SJS

2nd 19:41 · Sturm

Pietrangelo 0:15

Fresh legsPietrangelo 0:15

2–6 VGK

3rd 11:10 · Stone

Toffoli 0:37

Fresh legsToffoli 0:37

3–6 SJS

3rd 13:29 · Kunin

Long shift: Holtz 1:00

Long shiftHoltz 1:00

3–7 VGK

3rd 17:07 · Howden

Toffoli 0:41

NormalToffoli 0:41

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).

4.2%

5.7%

5.9%

6.9%

6.6%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

SJSVGK

26Shots on goal42

49%Faceoff %51%

0/2Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes4

35Hits17

16Blocked shots13

7Giveaways12

6Takeaways6

Penalties

1st 19:09Zach Whitecloud · slashing2 min
2nd 05:24Luke Kunin · high sticking2 min
2nd 10:20Shea Theodore · tripping2 min
2nd 12:09Barclay Goodrow · hooking2 min
2nd 15:39Jack Thompson · slashing2 min
2nd 18:36Carl Grundstrom · holding2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

7Nico SturmC	1	0	1	0	1	5	1	0	67	10:39
11Luke KuninC	1	0	1	+1	2	4	1	2	29	15:05
20Fabian ZetterlundL	0	1	1	+1	4	3	1	0	–	18:24
64Mikael GranlundC	1	0	1	-3	5	1	1	0	42	20:16
72William EklundL	0	1	1	-2	0	0	0	0	100	21:58
38Mario FerraroD	0	1	1	0	1	5	1	0	–	19:20
2Will SmithC	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	13:04
21Alexander WennbergC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	3	0	82	18:48
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	-1	0	5	1	2	20	13:36
53Ty DellandreaC	0	0	0	0	1	4	1	0	–	09:02
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	0	0	-3	2	0	0	0	100	16:50
75Danil GushchinL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	10:11
91Carl GrundstromR	0	0	0	-1	1	1	0	2	–	08:13
3Henry ThrunD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:22
4Cody CeciD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	22:21
26Jack ThompsonD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	2	–	18:42
84Jan RuttaD	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	20:31
96Jake WalmanD	0	0	0	-1	3	2	2	0	–	20:48

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
29Mackenzie BlackwoodG		0	0	0	–	00:00
41Vitek VanecekG	L	42	35	7	.833	60:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

16Pavel DorofeyevL	1	2	3	+2	9	1	0	0	–	18:15
61Mark StoneR	1	2	3	+2	3	0	0	0	–	16:31
9Jack EichelC	1	1	2	+2	4	0	0	0	43	19:33
21Brett HowdenC	2	0	2	+1	3	2	0	0	25	15:58
48Tomas HertlC	0	2	2	+1	3	0	1	0	50	16:07
71William KarlssonC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	2	0	75	13:58
7Alex PietrangeloD	0	2	2	-1	0	0	1	0	–	19:43
26Alexander HoltzR	0	1	1	0	1	2	0	0	–	11:33
49Ivan BarbashevC	0	1	1	+2	3	4	0	0	–	16:26
70Tanner PearsonL	1	0	1	+2	2	2	2	0	–	12:45
27Shea TheodoreD	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	–	23:31
10Nicolas RoyC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	44	16:30
19Brendan BrissonC	0	0	0	-2	2	0	0	0	–	11:11
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	–	11:50
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	2	–	18:43
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	+3	0	1	2	0	–	19:25
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	+3	4	2	0	0	–	15:20
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	18:41

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
35Ilya SamsonovG	W	26	23	3	.885	60:00