Dallas Stars vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Thursday, December 18, 2025 · SAP Center at San Jose

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5–3

Final

SOG 30–37

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Game summary

The Dallas Stars beat the San Jose Sharks 5-3 on Thursday, December 18, 2025 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Stars 37-30.

Wyatt Johnston scored twice and Collin Graf scored twice. Roope Hintz, Shakir Mukhamadullin, Justin Hryckowian and Jamie Benn also scored.

Jake Oettinger made 34 saves on 37 shots for the win; Alex Nedeljkovic stopped 25 of 29.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
DAL	2	2	1	5	30
SJS	0	2	1	3	37

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Roope Hintz (10)Mikko Rantanen (31), Esa Lindell (9)Ferraro 1:17 into shift1–012:25 DAL
Wyatt Johnston (18)Miro Heiskanen (23), Esa Lindell (10)Klingberg 1:16 into shift2–017:38 DAL

2nd period

Shakir Mukhamadullin (2)Ty Dellandrea (9)2–101:43 SJS
Wyatt Johnston (19)Mikko Rantanen (32), Roope Hintz (18)3–108:40 DAL · PPG
Collin Graf (7)Macklin Celebrini (34)3–216:44 SJS
Justin Hryckowian (4)Unassisted4–219:17 DAL

3rd period

Collin Graf (8)Igor Chernyshov (2), Macklin Celebrini (35)4–304:32 SJS
Jamie Benn (5)Unassisted5–318:42 DAL · EN

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:17

1–0 · 1st 12:25 · Hintz. Ferraro was 1:17 into his shift when it went in.

GoalDAL on iceSJS on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 DAL

1st 12:25 · Hintz

Long shift: Ferraro 1:17

Long shiftFerraro 1:17

2–0 DAL

1st 17:38 · Johnston

Long shift: Klingberg 1:16

Long shiftKlingberg 1:16

2–1 SJS

2nd 1:43 · Mukhamadullin

Steel 0:15

Fresh legsSteel 0:15

3–1 DAL

2nd 8:40 · PP · Johnston

Graf 0:43

NormalGraf 0:43

3–2 SJS

2nd 16:44 · Graf

Blackwell 0:53

NormalBlackwell 0:53

4–2 DAL

2nd 19:17 · Hryckowian

Eklund 0:17

Fresh legsEklund 0:17

4–3 SJS

3rd 4:32 · Graf

Blackwell 0:37

Fresh legsBlackwell 0:37

5–3 DAL

3rd 18:42 · EN · Benn

Klingberg 2:59

Empty netKlingberg 2:59

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

DALSJS

30Shots on goal37

58%Faceoff %42%

1/1Power play0/3

6Penalty minutes2

16Hits30

20Blocked shots11

15Giveaways21

6Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 08:58Sam Steel · slashing2 min
2nd 08:04Shakir Mukhamadullin · high sticking2 min
2nd 14:21Sam Steel · tripping2 min
3rd 12:18Mikko Rantanen · slashing2 min

Season series

Dallas Stars

Dallas Stars skaters

24Roope HintzC	1	1	2	+2	3	0	0	0	53	14:35
53Wyatt JohnstonC	2	0	2	+1	4	1	1	0	50	18:43
96Mikko RantanenR	0	2	2	+2	1	1	0	2	100	17:43
23Esa LindellD	0	2	2	+2	1	0	3	0	–	25:46
14Jamie BennL	1	0	1	+1	3	1	0	0	–	13:44
49Justin HryckowianC	1	0	1	-1	1	3	1	0	100	14:07
4Miro HeiskanenD	0	1	1	+2	1	0	3	0	–	23:48
10Oskar BäckC	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	15:34
12Radek FaksaC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	71	11:57
15Colin BlackwellC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	0	67	10:41
18Sam SteelC	0	0	0	-3	0	1	0	4	50	11:09
21Jason RobertsonL	0	0	0	+1	5	2	1	0	–	15:43
22Mavrik BourqueC	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	56	14:30
95Matt DucheneC	0	0	0	+2	0	1	0	0	55	16:02
5Nils LundkvistD	0	0	0	+1	3	0	3	0	–	17:54
28Alexander PetrovicD	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	14:06
46Ilya LyubushkinD	0	0	0	-2	0	3	5	0	–	15:58
55Thomas HarleyD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	22:00

Dallas Stars goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Casey DeSmithG		0	0	0	–	00:00
29Jake OettingerG	W	37	34	3	.919	60:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

51Collin GrafR	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	–	19:29
71Macklin CelebriniC	0	2	2	0	8	1	0	0	40	24:04
10Ty DellandreaC	0	1	1	+1	0	5	0	0	41	13:31
92Igor ChernyshovL	0	1	1	+1	3	0	1	0	–	18:39
85Shakir MukhamadullinD	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	2	–	11:53
21Alexander WennbergC	0	0	0	-3	2	0	1	0	48	20:59
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	08:52
56Ethan CardwellR	0	0	0	+1	2	3	0	0	–	11:22
63Zack OstapchukC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	29	09:56
72William EklundL	0	0	0	-3	6	0	0	0	–	20:31
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	0	0	-3	2	2	0	0	–	18:49
75Ryan ReavesR	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	–	07:36
81Adam GaudetteR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	12:46
3John KlingbergD	0	0	0	-2	3	0	2	0	–	26:54
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	+1	1	3	2	0	–	23:40
22Vincent IorioD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:02
37Timothy LiljegrenD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	1	0	–	20:46
38Mario FerraroD	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	0	–	17:31

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Alex NedeljkovicG	L	29	25	4	.862	58:04