Vegas Golden Knights vs San Jose Sharks

Preseason · Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose

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2–1

Final/SO

SOG 23–29

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Game summary

The Vegas Golden Knights beat the San Jose Sharks 2-1 in a shootout on Tuesday, September 22, 2026 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Golden Knights 29-23.

Goals came from Michael Misa and Alexander Holtz.

Carter Hart made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Yaroslav Askarov stopped 22 of 23.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SO	T	SOG
VGK	0	0	1	0	1	2	23
SJS	0	0	1	0	0	1	29

Three stars

Scoring

3rd period

Michael Misa (1)Ivar Stenberg (1), Dmitry Orlov (1)Hallum 1:08 into shift0–104:18 SJS · PPG
Alexander Holtz (1)Tanner Laczynski (2), Adam Ginning (1)1–108:22 VGK

SO period

Braeden BowmanUnassisted2–100:00 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+

1:08

0–1 · 3rd 4:18 · Misa. Hallum was 1:08 into his shift when it went in.

GoalVGK on iceSJS on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 SJS

3rd 4:18 · PP · Misa

Long shift: Hallum 1:08

Long shiftHallum 1:08

1–1 VGK

3rd 8:22 · Holtz

Trouba 0:55

NormalTrouba 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

23Shots on goal29

55%Faceoff %45%

0/0Power play1/3

6Penalty minutes0

24Hits30

16Blocked shots14

20Giveaways14

6Takeaways9

Penalties

1st 17:15Joe Fleming · interference2 min
3rd 02:39Joe Fleming · elbowing2 min
3rd 19:09Bench · too many men on the ice2 min

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

10Alexander HoltzR	1	0	1	+1	4	2	0	0	100	19:11
28Tanner LaczynskiC	0	1	1	+1	3	0	0	0	63	17:11
73Adam GinningD	0	1	1	+1	0	0	3	0	–	22:09
8Mathieu CatafordC	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	–	13:59
13Jakub DemekC	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	40	12:13
17Marc GatcombC	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	100	16:53
18Alexander WeiermairC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50	11:45
25Matyas SapovalivC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	57	20:47
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	+1	1	1	0	0	–	17:44
46Jonas RondbjergR	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	–	18:39
50Joe FlemingR	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	4	–	09:09
59Jackson HallumL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	–	17:05
75Mitchell McLainC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	–	09:35
6Antti TuomistoD	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	–	24:43
14Ville HeinolaD	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	25:14
52Dylan CoghlanD	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	17:30
56Juho PiiparinenD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	2	0	–	20:06
84Jeremy DaviesD	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	–	16:53

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Carl LindbomG		0	0	0	.000	00:00
79Carter HartG	W	29	28	1	.966	65:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

41Ivar StenbergL	0	1	1	-1	4	1	0	–	22:17
77Michael MisaC	1	0	1	0	4	0	2	43	18:37
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	1	1	0	2	1	0	–	19:54
15Jimmy HuntingtonC	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	67	13:29
18Filip BystedtC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	16:58
21Alexander WennbergC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	50	20:45
26Andre GasseauC	0	0	0	0	3	6	1	100	13:46
51Collin GrafR	0	0	0	-1	2	3	1	–	15:30
54Patrick GilesR	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	67	10:53
56Ethan CardwellR	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	–	15:49
62Carson WetschR	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	–	11:20
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	–	16:01
92Igor ChernyshovL	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	–	19:07
5Nolan AllanD	0	0	0	-1	0	2	2	–	19:01
42Luca CagnoniD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	22:43
48Eric PohlkampD	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	–	22:04
53Phillip SinnD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	–	19:01
65Jacob TroubaD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	–	19:10

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG	O	23	22	1	.957	65:00
34Matthew DavisG		0	0	0	.000	00:00