Chicago Blackhawks vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Monday, April 6, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose
TVAS · CHSN · NBCSCA
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-2 on Monday, April 6, 2026 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Blackhawks outshot the Sharks 29-23.
Goals came from Ryan Donato, William Eklund, Kiefer Sherwood, Will Smith and Frank Nazar.
Alex Nedeljkovic made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Spencer Knight stopped 20 of 23.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Ryan Donato (15)Frank Nazar (26), Connor Bedard (42)Dellandrea 1:07 into shift1–009:01 CHI
2nd period
William Eklund (14)UnassistedVlasic 1:05 into shift1–106:57 SJS
Kiefer Sherwood (22)William Eklund (34), Alexander Wennberg (35)Vlasic 1:06 into shift1–214:55 SJS
3rd period
Will Smith (23)Collin Graf (24), Macklin Celebrini (66)1–303:28 SJS
Frank Nazar (15)Teuvo Teravainen (21), Anton Frondell (5)Ferraro 1:55 into shift2–306:09 CHI · PPG
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
2–3 · 3rd 6:09 · Nazar. Ferraro was 1:55 into his shift when it went in.
1–0 CHI
1st 9:01 · Donato
Long shift: Dellandrea 1:07
1–1 SJS
2nd 6:57 · Eklund
Long shift: Vlasic 1:05
1–2 SJS
2nd 14:55 · Sherwood
Long shift: Vlasic 1:06
1–3 SJS
3rd 3:28 · Smith
Del Mastro 0:25
2–3 CHI
3rd 6:09 · PP · Nazar
Stuck out there: Ferraro 1:55
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 07:00
Macklin Celebrini · holding2 min - 1st 18:08
Connor Bedard · hooking2 min - 2nd 02:15Landon Slaggert · high sticking2 min
- 2nd 17:34Dmitry Orlov · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 04:21Barclay Goodrow · tripping2 min
Season series
Chicago Blackhawks
| 91Frank NazarC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 6 | 21:35 |
| 8Ryan DonatoC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:40 |
| 16Anton FrondellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 18:44 |
| 86Teuvo TeravainenC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 | 18:36 |
| 98Connor BedardC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 7 | 21:13 |
| 12Sacha BoisvertC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:39 |
| 20Ryan GreeneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:34 |
| 26Andrew MangiapaneL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:04 |
| 59Tyler BertuzziL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 20:16 |
| 76Nick LardisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:03 |
| 84Landon SlaggertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 09:55 |
| 95Ilya MikheyevR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:06 |
| 6Sam RinzelD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16:34 |
| 14Kevin KorchinskiD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:38 |
| 38Ethan Del MastroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 14:23 |
| 44Wyatt KaiserD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:54 |
| 46Louis CrevierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:25 |
| 72Alex VlasicD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 18:00 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Spencer KnightG | L | 23 | 20 | 3 | .870 | 58:41 |
| 40Arvid SoderblomG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
San Jose Sharks
| 72William EklundL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:03 |
| 2Will SmithC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 17:47 |
| 21Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 44Kiefer SherwoodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 13:15 |
| 51Collin GrafR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:36 |
| 71Macklin CelebriniC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 22:05 |
| 10Ty DellandreaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:23 |
| 23Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:08 |
| 63Zack OstapchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 08:09 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:16 |
| 77Michael MisaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 92Igor ChernyshovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 4Nick LeddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:27 |
| 5Vincent DesharnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 24:11 |
| 6Sam DickinsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 16:22 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 20:48 |
| 38Mario FerraroD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 21:51 |
| 85Shakir MukhamadullinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:31 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Yaroslav AskarovG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 33Alex NedeljkovicG | W | 29 | 27 | 2 | .931 | 59:59 |