San Jose Sharks vs Vegas Golden Knights

Preseason · Friday, October 3, 2025 · T-Mobile Arena

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4–1

20–29

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Game summary

The San Jose Sharks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4–1 on Friday, October 3, 2025 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sharks 29–20.

Ethan Cardwell scored a hat trick. Egor Afanasyev and Alexander Holtz also scored.

Alex Nedeljkovic made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Adin Hill stopped 16 of 19.

Goals
SJS	1	1	2	4	20
VGK	0	0	1	1	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Ethan Cardwell (1)Pavol Regenda (1)1–001:18 SJS

2nd period

Egor Afanasyev (1)Pavol Regenda (2), Ethan Cardwell (2)2–016:21 SJS ·

3rd period

Ethan Cardwell (2)Pavol Regenda (3), Zack Ostapchuk (1)3–006:48 SJS
Alexander Holtz (1)Kaedan Korczak (1), Brandon Saad (2)3–107:11 VGK
Ethan Cardwell (3)Pavol Regenda (4)4–117:52 SJS ·

Tired legs

When each goal went in, how long every skater on the ice had been out there. Each bar is one player: the taller the bar, the longer he’d been on. In 2025–26 the average NHL shift lasted about 48 seconds, and goals go in more often against players who’ve been out longer.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalSJS VGK

1–0 SJS

1st 1:18 · Cardwell

Marner 0:51

NormalMarner 0:51

2–0 SJS

2nd 16:21 · · Afanasyev

Eichel 0:53

NormalEichel 0:53

3–0 SJS

3rd 6:48 · Cardwell

Theodore 0:52

NormalTheodore 0:52

3–1 VGK

3rd 7:11 · Holtz

Cardwell 0:43

NormalCardwell 0:43

4–1 SJS

3rd 17:52 · · Cardwell

Theodore 1:34

Empty netTheodore 1:34

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league in 2025–26. How often a shot went in, by how long the defending team’s longest-on player had been on the ice. Counts 5-on-5 shots on goal and misses, not blocked shots.

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

When a defending player has been out 80 seconds or more, shots go in 1.9 times as often as when every defending player has been out under 20 seconds: about 1 in 14 against about 1 in 26.

30%

of 5-on-5 goals were scored while a defending player had been on the ice 60 seconds or more.

Team stats

SJSVGK

2029

35%65%

1/30/4

1715

1421

166

1413

Penalties

10:49 into the first periodJeremy Lauzon · fighting5 min
10:49 into the first periodZack Ostapchuk · fighting5 min
11:29 into the first periodTomas Hertl · interference goalkeeper2 min
14:07 into the first periodCarl Grundstrom · cross checking2 min
15:54 into the first periodShane Bowers · tripping2 min
11:47 into the second periodWill Smith · hooking2 min
14:28 into the second periodBrett Howden · interference goalkeeper2 min
16:39 into the second periodJeremy Lauzon · interference2 min
20:00 into the second periodVincent Desharnais · roughing2 min
5:56 into the third periodCarl Grundstrom · boarding2 min
5:56 into the third periodEgor Afanasyev · roughing2 min
5:56 into the third periodKeegan Kolesar · roughing2 min
5:56 into the third periodColton Sissons · roughing2 min

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

56Ethan CardwellR	3	1	4	+2	7	1	0	0	25	0	1	23	17:48
84Pavol RegendaL	0	4	4	+2	1	1	0	0	–	2	1	23	18:21
11Egor AfanasyevL	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	100	1	0	16	10:51
63Zack OstapchukC	0	1	1	+1	1	2	3	5	46	0	0	19	11:48
2Will SmithC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	–	0	1	16	15:29
10Ty DellandreaC	0	0	0	+1	1	2	3	0	50	0	0	23	19:05
13Quentin MustyL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	15	13:18
15Shane BowersC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	20	0	0	18	11:46
46Cam LundC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	0	0	17	15:10
51Collin GrafR	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	1	0	22	19:24
77Michael MisaC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	0	0	15	14:21
91Carl GrundstromR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4	–	0	0	16	09:51
5Vincent DesharnaisD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	2	–	2	1	22	19:27
6Sam DickinsonD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	1	0	–	4	2	24	23:00
26Jack ThompsonD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	0	–	0	0	13	10:10
37Timothy LiljegrenD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	0	0	27	22:14
42Luca CagnoniD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	0	0	–	1	1	22	18:50
85Shakir MukhamadullinD	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	0	1	26	21:07

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie
33Alex NedeljkovicG	W	29	28	1	.966	60:00
36Jakub SkarekG		0	0	0	.000	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

20Brandon SaadL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	12:55
26Alexander HoltzR	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	18	12:58
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	–	0	0	20	13:39
9Jack EichelC	0	0	0	−3	3	1	0	0	38	1	0	21	20:07
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	75	0	0	18	11:28
19Reilly SmithR	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	–	1	0	21	16:29
21Brett HowdenC	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	0	0	19	12:32
48Tomas HertlC	0	0	0	0	1	3	1	2	75	0	0	19	17:38
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	0	0	−2	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	17	14:27
55Keegan KolesarR	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	1	1	16	09:31
61Mark StoneR	0	0	0	−1	2	0	1	0	100	2	0	20	19:47
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	−1	1	0	0	0	63	0	0	21	16:23
93Mitch MarnerR	0	0	0	−3	1	1	0	0	–	2	0	21	18:55
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	0	1	25	18:48
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	–	2	1	23	17:58
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	−1	1	4	0	7	–	0	0	20	13:46
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	2	0	28	23:24
27Shea TheodoreD	0	0	0	−2	5	0	0	0	–	2	1	25	24:02

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie
33Adin HillG	L	19	16	3	.842	59:20
40Akira SchmidG		0	0	0	.000	00:00