San Jose Sharks vs Vegas Golden Knights

Preseason · Saturday, September 26, 2026 · T-Mobile Arena

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4–2

Final

SOG 16–29

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Game summary

The San Jose Sharks beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Saturday, September 26, 2026 at T-Mobile Arena. The Golden Knights outshot the Sharks 29-16.

Goals came from Dmitry Orlov, Macklin Celebrini, Tomas Hertl, Nic Dowd, Mason Marchment and Michael Misa.

Yaroslav Askarov made 27 saves on 29 shots for the win; Carter Hart stopped 12 of 16.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
SJS	1	1	2	4	16
VGK	0	1	1	2	29

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Dmitry Orlov (1)Macklin Celebrini (2), Alexander Wennberg (1)1–019:20 SJS · PPG

2nd period

Macklin Celebrini (1)Will Smith (2), Mason Marchment (1)2–006:45 SJS
Tomas Hertl (2)Shea Theodore (4), Carter Hart (1)2–117:24 VGK · PPG

3rd period

Nic Dowd (1)Brett Howden (1), Ivan Barbashev (1)2–203:18 VGK
Mason Marchment (3)Darnell Nurse (1)3–209:47 SJS
Michael Misa (3)Igor Chernyshov (2), Tyler Toffoli (1)4–214:54 SJS

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

GoalSJS on iceVGK on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 SJS

1st 19:20 · PP · Orlov

Dowd 0:52

NormalDowd 0:52

2–0 SJS

2nd 6:45 · Celebrini

Karlsson 0:49

NormalKarlsson 0:49

2–1 VGK

2nd 17:24 · PP · Hertl

Goodrow 0:12

Fresh legsGoodrow 0:12

2–2 VGK

3rd 3:18 · Dowd

Celebrini 0:24

Fresh legsCelebrini 0:24

3–2 SJS

3rd 9:47 · Marchment

McNabb 0:12

Fresh legsMcNabb 0:12

4–2 SJS

3rd 14:54 · Misa

Dowd 0:25

Fresh legsDowd 0:25

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

SJSVGK

16Shots on goal29

53%Faceoff %47%

1/3Power play1/5

12Penalty minutes8

12Hits17

19Blocked shots10

18Giveaways20

6Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 11:50Tyler Toffoli · holding2 min
1st 18:28Mitch Marner · hooking2 min
1st 19:32Zack Ostapchuk · holding2 min
2nd 02:13Braeden Bowman · tripping2 min
2nd 16:26Dmitry Orlov · hooking2 min
2nd 17:36Mason Marchment · slashing2 min
3rd 00:54Macklin Celebrini · high sticking2 min
3rd 05:29Brett Howden · cross checking2 min
3rd 05:29Brett Howden · cross checking2 min
3rd 05:29Kiefer Sherwood · roughing2 min

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

27Mason MarchmentL	1	1	2	+1	2	1	0	2	50	16:05
71Macklin CelebriniC	1	1	2	+1	1	1	0	2	58	19:03
2Will SmithC	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	100	15:51
21Alexander WennbergC	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	56	17:58
73Tyler ToffoliC	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	2	–	09:53
77Michael MisaC	1	0	1	+1	1	0	0	0	29	09:42
92Igor ChernyshovL	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	12:11
9Dmitry OrlovD	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	–	19:10
25Darnell NurseD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	5	0	–	20:47
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	–	15:18
41Ivar StenbergL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:37
44Kiefer SherwoodL	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	–	13:50
51Collin GrafR	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	43	18:13
63Zack OstapchukC	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	67	13:50
5Nolan AllanD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	5	0	–	18:18
6Sam DickinsonD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	16:44
7Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	2	0	–	22:24
65Jacob TroubaD	0	0	0	+1	1	1	1	0	–	18:08

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG	W	29	27	2	.931	60:00
33Alex NedeljkovicG		0	0	0	.000	00:00

Vegas Golden Knights

Vegas Golden Knights skaters

21Brett HowdenC	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	4	–	11:03
26Nic DowdC	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	50	11:18
48Tomas HertlC	1	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	38	17:10
49Ivan BarbashevL	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	–	12:15
27Shea TheodoreD	0	1	1	-3	2	0	1	0	–	22:08
9Jack EichelC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	64	22:37
17Marc GatcombC	0	0	0	-1	0	3	2	0	50	10:58
24Trevor ConnellyL	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	–	14:05
42Braeden BowmanR	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	–	14:54
61Mark StoneR	0	0	0	-2	1	1	0	0	–	18:54
71William KarlssonC	0	0	0	-1	3	0	0	0	33	18:55
93Mitch MarnerR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	–	21:33
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	13:39
3Brayden McNabbD	0	0	0	-3	0	1	1	0	–	18:17
4Rasmus AnderssonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	19:30
5Jeremy LauzonD	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	–	15:06
15Noah HanifinD	0	0	0	+1	1	2	0	0	–	16:29
29Parker WotherspoonD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	2	0	–	18:33

Vegas Golden Knights goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
79Carter HartG	L	16	12	4	.750	57:44
83Pavel MoysevichG		0	0	0	.000	00:00