Florida Panthers vs San Jose Sharks
Regular season · Thursday, October 1, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose
TVAS · NBCSCA · SCRIPPS
Game summary
The San Jose Sharks beat the Florida Panthers 4-3 in overtime on Thursday, October 1, 2026 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks outshot the Panthers 32-26.
Will Smith scored twice and Eetu Luostarinen scored twice. Mason Marchment, Matthew Tkachuk and Luca Cagnoni also scored.
Yaroslav Askarov made 23 saves on 26 shots for the win; Akira Schmid stopped 28 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mason Marchment (1)Unassisted0–114:20 SJS
2nd period
Will Smith (1)Macklin Celebrini (1)0–205:52 SJS · SHG- Will Smith (2)Macklin Celebrini (2), Luca Cagnoni (1)0–310:37 SJS · PPG
Eetu Luostarinen (1)Lars Eller (1), Aaron Ekblad (1)1–317:10 FLA · PPG
3rd period
- Eetu Luostarinen (2)Dmitry Kulikov (1), Anton Lundell (1)2–305:01 FLA
Matthew Tkachuk (1)Sam Bennett (1)3–305:18 FLA
OT period
Luca Cagnoni (1)Will Smith (1), Macklin Celebrini (3)3–403:14 SJS
Team stats
FLASJS
26Shots on goal32
57%Faceoff %43%
1/6Power play1/4
18Penalty minutes22
41Hits24
12Blocked shots21
15Giveaways20
3Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 07:40
Brady Tkachuk · fighting5 min - 1st 07:40
Jacob Trouba · fighting5 min - 1st 11:35Darnell Nurse · cross checking2 min
- 1st 19:02Seth Jones · interference2 min
- 2nd 01:55Kiefer Sherwood · high sticking double minor4 min
- 2nd 07:07Mason Marchment · slashing2 min
- 2nd 09:50Sam Bennett · hooking2 min
- 2nd 12:33Uvis Balinskis · roughing2 min
- 2nd 12:33Collin Graf · fighting5 min
- 2nd 12:33Uvis Balinskis · fighting5 min
- 2nd 13:34Luca Cagnoni · interference2 min
- 2nd 15:44Darnell Nurse · cross checking2 min
- 3rd 19:42Niko Mikkola · roughing2 min
Season series
Florida Panthers
| 27Eetu LuostarinenC | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 16:28 |
| 9Sam BennettC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20:49 |
| 15Anton LundellC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 20:43 |
| 19Matthew TkachukL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:47 |
| 20Lars EllerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14:57 |
| 5Aaron EkbladD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 21:33 |
| 7Dmitry KulikovD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 8Brady TkachukL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 19:37 |
| 13Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 23:33 |
| 14Bokondji ImamaL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:16 |
| 16Aleksander BarkovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:15 |
| 21Garnet HathawayR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:03 |
| 23Carter VerhaegheC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:14 |
| 95Sandis VilmanisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:19 |
| 3Seth JonesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 27:43 |
| 6Radko GudasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:31 |
| 26Uvis BalinskisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:52 |
| 77Niko MikkolaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:42 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Jacob MarkstromG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Akira SchmidG | O | 32 | 28 | 4 | .875 | 63:14 |
San Jose Sharks
| 2Will SmithC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 3 | 20:09 |
| 71Macklin CelebriniC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 7 | 22:57 |
| 42Luca CagnoniD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:17 |
| 27Mason MarchmentL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 12:44 |
| 21Alexander WennbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | 21:44 |
| 23Barclay GoodrowC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:09 |
| 41Ivar StenbergL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:35 |
| 44Kiefer SherwoodL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:01 |
| 51Collin GrafR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:48 |
| 63Zack OstapchukC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 09:24 |
| 77Michael MisaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 11:34 |
| 92Igor ChernyshovL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 12:13 |
| 5Nolan AllanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 20:44 |
| 7Michael KesselringD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:46 |
| 9Dmitry OrlovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 17:55 |
| 25Darnell NurseD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:07 |
| 65Jacob TroubaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:35 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30Yaroslav AskarovG | W | 26 | 23 | 3 | .885 | 63:14 |
| 33Alex NedeljkovicG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |