Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Thursday, October 9, 2025 · SAP Center at San Jose

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4–3

Final/OT

SOG 31–23

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, October 9, 2025 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Golden Knights outshot the Sharks 31-23.

Goals came from Jeff Skinner, Brett Howden, Alexander Wennberg, Pavel Dorofeyev, Philipp Kurashev, Jack Eichel and Reilly Smith.

Akira Schmid made 20 saves on 23 shots for the win; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 27 of 31.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
VGK	1	1	1	1	4	31
SJS	1	1	1	0	3	23

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Jeff Skinner (1)Ty Dellandrea (1), Shakir Mukhamadullin (1)0–105:31 SJS
Brett Howden (1)Keegan Kolesar (1), Ben Hutton (1)1–108:09 VGK

2nd period

Alexander Wennberg (1)William Eklund (1), John Klingberg (1)McNabb 1:21 into shift1–206:59 SJS · PPG
Pavel Dorofeyev (4)Mark Stone (3), Jack Eichel (4)2–214:22 VGK · PPG

3rd period

Philipp Kurashev (1)Dmitry Orlov (1), Shakir Mukhamadullin (2)2–302:59 SJS
Jack Eichel (2)Mark Stone (4), Tomas Hertl (1)Liljegren 1:11 into shift3–318:26 VGK

OT period

Reilly Smith (1)Shea Theodore (1)Celebrini 1:24 into shift4–301:24 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+

1:24

4–3 · OT 1:24 · Smith. Celebrini was 1:24 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceSJS on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 SJS

1st 5:31 · Skinner

Sissons 0:35

Fresh legsSissons 0:35

1–1 VGK

1st 8:09 · Howden

Reaves 0:22

Fresh legsReaves 0:22

1–2 SJS

2nd 6:59 · PP · Wennberg

Long shift: McNabb 1:21

Long shiftMcNabb 1:21

2–2 VGK

2nd 14:22 · PP · Dorofeyev

Graf 0:36

Fresh legsGraf 0:36

2–3 SJS

3rd 2:59 · Kurashev

Lauzon 0:27

Fresh legsLauzon 0:27

3–3 VGK

3rd 18:26 · Eichel

Long shift: Liljegren 1:11

Long shiftLiljegren 1:11

4–3 VGK

OT 1:24 · Smith

Long shift: Celebrini 1:24

Long shiftCelebrini 1:24

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

VGKSJS

31Shots on goal23

57%Faceoff %43%

1/4Power play1/4

8Penalty minutes8

22Hits22

17Blocked shots14

17Giveaways24

1Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 10:53Shakir Mukhamadullin · high sticking2 min
2nd 02:35William Karlsson · cross checking2 min
2nd 05:38Tomas Hertl · boarding2 min
2nd 06:31Mitch Marner · slashing2 min
2nd 14:15Shakir Mukhamadullin · hooking2 min
2nd 16:55Adam Gaudette · hooking2 min
3rd 07:33Tomas Hertl · illegal check to head2 min
3rd 15:02Will Smith · hooking2 min

Season series

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

9Jack EichelC	1	1	2	+1	3	2	1	0	65	22:34
61Mark StoneR	0	2	2	+1	1	2	2	0	–	19:22
16Pavel DorofeyevR	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	18:10
19Reilly SmithR	1	0	1	+1	3	0	0	0	–	13:21
21Brett HowdenC	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	50	09:53
48Tomas HertlC	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	4	50	17:53
55Keegan KolesarR	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	–	09:44
17Ben HuttonD	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	14:28
27Shea TheodoreD	0	1	1	+2	3	0	4	0	–	24:52
10Colton SissonsC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	73	11:51
20Brandon SaadL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	14:53
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	–	14:13
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	47	14:35
93Mitch MarnerR	0	0	0	+2	2	2	0	2	100	22:25
2Zach WhitecloudD	0	0	0	-1	1	1	1	0	–	15:13
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	–	21:15
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	-1	1	3	1	0	–	18:18
6Kaedan KorczakD	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	14:50

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
33Adin HillG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Akira SchmidG	W	23	20	3	.870	60:15

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

85Shakir MukhamadullinD	0	2	2	+1	0	0	1	4	–	12:45
10Ty DellandreaC	0	1	1	+2	2	4	1	0	53	16:06
21Alexander WennbergC	1	0	1	-1	2	0	2	0	46	17:58
53Jeff SkinnerL	1	0	1	+1	3	2	0	0	–	10:40
72William EklundL	0	1	1	-1	1	1	0	0	–	17:27
96Philipp KurashevC	1	0	1	+1	3	2	1	0	–	19:38
3John KlingbergD	0	1	1	-1	3	0	0	0	–	22:24
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	0	0	–	21:41
2Will SmithC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	2	–	20:34
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	0	–	10:27
51Collin GrafR	0	0	0	+2	1	0	0	0	–	17:05
71Macklin CelebriniC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	48	22:15
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	14:45
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	-1	0	5	0	0	–	06:31
81Adam GaudetteR	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	2	27	09:37
4Nick LeddyD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	21:01
37Timothy LiljegrenD	0	0	0	-1	0	1	2	0	–	18:32
38Mario FerraroD	0	0	0	-1	2	0	2	0	–	18:39

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Alex NedeljkovicG	O	31	27	4	.871	61:24