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Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Sunday, January 11, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose

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7–2

Final

SOG 32–20

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 7-2 on Sunday, January 11, 2026 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Golden Knights outshot the Sharks 32-20.

Jack Eichel scored twice and Tomas Hertl scored twice. Collin Graf, Pavel Dorofeyev, Zach Whitecloud, Alexander Wennberg and Shea Theodore also scored.

Carl Lindbom made 18 saves on 20 shots for the win; Yaroslav Askarov stopped 25 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Vegas Golden KnightsVGK232732
San Jose SharksSJS110220

Three stars

  1. ★1st starTomas HertlVGK · 2G 3A
  2. ★2nd starJack EichelVGK · 2G 0A
  3. ★3rd starMark StoneVGK · 0G 3A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:27

4–1 · 2nd 11:00 · Hertl. Wennberg was 1:27 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceSJS on ice

1–0 VGK

1st 7:19 · Eichel

Orlov 0:10

1–1 SJS

1st 9:33 · Graf

Marner 0:47

2–1 VGK

1st 10:57 · PP · Dorofeyev

Long shift: Ferraro 1:03

3–1 VGK

2nd 4:19 · Eichel

Orlov 0:52

4–1 VGK

2nd 11:00 · PP · Hertl

Long shift: Wennberg 1:27

5–1 VGK

2nd 12:25 · Whitecloud

Long shift: Klingberg 1:25

5–2 SJS

2nd 16:29 · Wennberg

Long shift: Sissons 1:12

6–2 VGK

3rd 17:03 · EN · Theodore

Klingberg 1:28

7–2 VGK

3rd 18:59 · Hertl

Eklund 0:55

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
32Shots on goal20
53%Faceoff %47%
2/4Power play0/5
10Penalty minutes8
19Hits21
11Blocked shots15
24Giveaways11
4Takeaways5

Penalties

  • 1st 03:09Noah Hanifin · tripping2 min
  • 1st 09:54Timothy Liljegren · tripping2 min
  • 1st 18:48Pavel Dorofeyev · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 07:11Jeremy Lauzon · holding2 min
  • 2nd 09:33Sam Dickinson · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 13:05William Eklund · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 01:13Jack Eichel · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 09:11Cole Reinhardt · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 09:28Tyler Toffoli · hooking2 min

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