Los Angeles Kings vs San Jose Sharks

Regular season · Saturday, October 3, 2026 · SAP Center at San Jose

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4–5

Final/OT

SOG 35–25

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Recap

Chernyshov scores twice as Sharks outlast Kings in overtime

Igor Chernyshov scored his second goal of the night at 3:18 of overtime, assisted by Macklin Celebrini, and the San Jose Sharks beat the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 at SAP Center at San Jose. The Sharks erased an early deficit with three straight goals in the second period and improved to 2-0-0.

Adrian Kempe opened the scoring on a power play in the first, but Tyler Toffoli, Kiefer Sherwood and Nolan Allan answered in the second for San Jose. Quinton Byfield pulled one back late in the period, and after Chernyshov scored early in the third, Erik Haula replied for Los Angeles before Artemi Panarin tied it 4-4 at 15:00 of the third to force overtime.

Chernyshov finished with 2 goals and 1 assist to take first-star honors. Yaroslav Askarov made 31 saves on 35 shots for the win, while Anton Forsberg stopped 20 of 25 in the overtime loss despite the Kings outshooting San Jose 35-25.

Written with AI from official NHL data and checked against it. The box score and play-by-play are the official record. How we write these

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	T	SOG
LAK	1	1	2	0	4	35
SJS	0	3	1	1	5	25

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Adrian Kempe (1)Artemi Panarin (1), Brandt Clarke (1)Trouba 1:54 into shift1–015:50 LAK · PPG

2nd period

Tyler Toffoli (1)Ivar Stenberg (1), Macklin Celebrini (4)Edmundson 1:03 into shift1–101:48 SJS · PPG
Kiefer Sherwood (1)UnassistedAnderson 1:37 into shift1–209:52 SJS
Nolan Allan (1)Michael Misa (1), Igor Chernyshov (1)1–312:32 SJS
Quinton Byfield (1)Mats Zuccarello (1), Adrian Kempe (1)2–319:58 LAK · PPG

3rd period

Igor Chernyshov (1)Tyler Toffoli (1), Jacob Trouba (1)2–404:08 SJS
Erik Haula (1)Erik Gustafsson (1), Brandt Clarke (2)3–410:21 LAK
Artemi Panarin (2)Quinton Byfield (1)4–415:00 LAK

OT period

Igor Chernyshov (2)Macklin Celebrini (5)4–503:18 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+

1:54

1–0 · 1st 15:50 · Kempe. Trouba was 1:54 into his shift when it went in.

GoalLAK on iceSJS on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 LAK

1st 15:50 · PP · Kempe

Stuck out there: Trouba 1:54

Stuck out thereTrouba 1:54

1–1 SJS

2nd 1:48 · PP · Toffoli

Long shift: Edmundson 1:03

Long shiftEdmundson 1:03

1–2 SJS

2nd 9:52 · Sherwood

Stuck out there: Anderson 1:37

Stuck out thereAnderson 1:37

1–3 SJS

2nd 12:32 · Allan

Moore 0:34

Fresh legsMoore 0:34

2–3 LAK

2nd 19:58 · PP · Byfield

Goodrow 0:34

Fresh legsGoodrow 0:34

2–4 SJS

3rd 4:08 · Chernyshov

Dumoulin 0:51

NormalDumoulin 0:51

3–4 LAK

3rd 10:21 · Haula

Orlov 0:30

Fresh legsOrlov 0:30

4–4 LAK

3rd 15:00 · Panarin

Graf 0:53

NormalGraf 0:53

4–5 SJS

OT 3:18 · Chernyshov

Byfield 0:53

NormalByfield 0:53

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

LAKSJS

35Shots on goal25

53%Faceoff %47%

2/3Power play1/2

4Penalty minutes6

19Hits23

12Blocked shots11

19Giveaways25

3Takeaways5

Penalties

1st 03:36Drew Doughty · cross checking2 min
1st 14:53Nolan Allan · hooking2 min
1st 20:00Alex Laferriere · roughing2 min
2nd 19:24Macklin Celebrini · slashing2 min
3rd 07:42Collin Graf · tripping2 min

Season series

Los Angeles Kings

Los Angeles Kings skaters

9Adrian KempeR	1	1	2	0	6	2	0	0	50	22:00
10Artemi PanarinL	1	1	2	0	4	0	0	0	–	22:21
55Quinton ByfieldR	1	1	2	-1	4	0	0	0	65	22:40
92Brandt ClarkeD	0	2	2	-2	5	0	2	0	–	20:44
36Mats ZuccarelloR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	0	0	–	19:18
56Erik HaulaL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	50	14:45
64Erik GustafssonD	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	–	17:15
12Trevor MooreL	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	–	16:07
14Alex LaferriereR	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	100	16:45
15Alex TurcotteC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	17	15:15
21Scott LaughtonC	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	55	13:30
40Joel ArmiaR	0	0	0	-1	2	4	4	0	50	13:27
90Corey PerryR	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	–	09:57
2Brian DumoulinD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	14:56
5Cody CeciD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	–	17:38
6Joel EdmundsonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	13:17
8Drew DoughtyD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	2	–	20:12
44Mikey AndersonD	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	–	16:25

Los Angeles Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31Anton ForsbergG	O	25	20	5	.800	62:52
35Darcy KuemperG		0	0	0	–	00:00

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

92Igor ChernyshovL	2	1	3	+3	2	0	0	0	–	16:23
71Macklin CelebriniC	0	2	2	+1	2	0	2	2	50	21:42
73Tyler ToffoliC	1	1	2	+2	3	1	1	0	–	14:31
41Ivar StenbergL	0	1	1	-1	0	0	1	0	–	15:37
44Kiefer SherwoodL	1	0	1	+1	2	5	0	0	–	11:49
77Michael MisaC	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	46	14:14
5Nolan AllanD	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	–	16:00
65Jacob TroubaD	0	1	1	+1	1	2	1	0	–	20:49
2Will SmithC	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	100	18:41
21Alexander WennbergC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	54	18:43
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	+1	1	3	0	0	–	11:55
27Mason MarchmentL	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	16:23
51Collin GrafR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	50	16:43
63Zack OstapchukC	0	0	0	+1	3	3	1	0	36	10:14
7Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	0	–	21:15
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	18:12
25Darnell NurseD	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	0	–	21:51
42Luca CagnoniD	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0	–	21:21

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG	W	35	31	4	.886	63:18
33Alex NedeljkovicG		0	0	0	–	00:00