San Jose Sharks vs St. Louis Blues

Regular season · Thursday, October 8, 2026 · Enterprise Center

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3–2

Final/OT

SOG 27–26

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Recap

Nurse scores in overtime as Sharks edge Blues 3-2

Darnell Nurse scored at 1:03 of overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 3-2 comeback win over the St. Louis Blues on Thursday at Enterprise Center. The Blues led twice, but the Sharks answered each time before Nurse finished it off in the extra frame, assisted by Ivar Stenberg and Alexander Wennberg.

Connor McMichael opened the scoring at 3:52 of the first period, with Mason McTavish and Jonatan Berggren drawing assists. Tyler Toffoli tied it at 8:48 of the second with help from Michael Misa and Jacob Trouba. Dillon Dube put St. Louis back in front with a shorthanded, unassisted goal at 1:39 of the third, but Collin Graf pulled San Jose even at 6:05, set up by Sam Dickinson and Toffoli.

Toffoli finished with a goal and an assist to earn first-star honors, with Nurse the second star and McTavish the third. Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves on 26 shots for the win, while Joel Hofer stopped 24 of 27 in the overtime loss. The Sharks outshot the Blues 27-26 and improved to 3-1-0.

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
SJS	0	1	1	1	3	27
STL	1	0	1	0	2	26

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Connor McMichael (2)Mason McTavish (1), Jonatan Berggren (1)0–103:52 STL

2nd period

Tyler Toffoli (2)Michael Misa (2), Jacob Trouba (2)1–108:48 SJS

3rd period

Dillon Dube (1)UnassistedToffoli 1:39 into shift1–201:39 STL · SHG
Collin Graf (1)Sam Dickinson (1), Tyler Toffoli (2)Holloway 1:19 into shift2–206:05 SJS

OT period

Darnell Nurse (1)Ivar Stenberg (2), Alexander Wennberg (1)Thomas 1:03 into shift3–201:03 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+

1:39

1–2 · 3rd 1:39 · Dube. Toffoli was 1:39 into his shift when it went in.

GoalSJS on iceSTL on iceDefenders’ longest

0–1 STL

1st 3:52 · McMichael

Trouba 0:32

Fresh legsTrouba 0:32

1–1 SJS

2nd 8:48 · Toffoli

Dube 0:56

NormalDube 0:56

1–2 STL

3rd 1:39 · SH · Dube

Stuck out there: Toffoli 1:39

Stuck out thereToffoli 1:39

2–2 SJS

3rd 6:05 · Graf

Long shift: Holloway 1:19

Long shiftHolloway 1:19

3–2 SJS

OT 1:03 · Nurse

Long shift: Thomas 1:03

Long shiftThomas 1:03

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

SJSSTL

27Shots on goal26

49%Faceoff %51%

0/4Power play0/2

4Penalty minutes8

37Hits24

14Blocked shots12

21Giveaways16

3Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 07:28Michael Kesselring · cross checking2 min
1st 10:30Adam Jiricek · tripping2 min
2nd 06:39Joel Hofer · tripping2 min
2nd 14:21Cam Fowler · slashing2 min
2nd 16:14Ivar Stenberg · slashing2 min
2nd 19:55Brandon Carlo · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

San Jose Sharks

San Jose Sharks skaters

73Tyler ToffoliC	1	1	2	+1	4	1	0	0	–	15:51
21Alexander WennbergC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	55	20:00
41Ivar StenbergL	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	2	–	17:21
51Collin GrafR	1	0	1	+1	3	2	1	0	50	14:16
77Michael MisaC	0	1	1	+2	0	1	0	0	45	15:14
6Sam DickinsonD	0	1	1	0	0	4	1	0	–	15:43
25Darnell NurseD	1	0	1	+1	2	1	2	0	–	22:38
65Jacob TroubaD	0	1	1	0	4	4	1	0	–	23:43
2Will SmithC	0	0	0	-2	1	1	1	0	36	15:33
10Ty DellandreaC	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	60	12:31
23Barclay GoodrowC	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	10:27
27Mason MarchmentL	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	–	18:07
44Kiefer SherwoodL	0	0	0	0	1	10	1	0	–	17:57
63Zack OstapchukC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	83	12:30
92Igor ChernyshovL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	15:56
7Michael KesselringD	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	–	16:56
9Dmitry OrlovD	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	–	18:20
42Luca CagnoniD	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	–	16:06

San Jose Sharks goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Yaroslav AskarovG		0	0	0	–	00:00
33Alex NedeljkovicG	W	26	24	2	.923	61:03

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues skaters

29Jonatan BerggrenR	0	1	1	+1	0	0	0	0	–	12:17
65Dillon DubeC	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	–	11:07
77Connor McMichaelL	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	0	–	16:08
83Mason McTavishC	0	1	1	+1	5	2	0	0	56	14:29
15Dalibor DvorskyR	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	50	14:48
18Robert ThomasC	0	0	0	-2	2	1	1	0	52	20:37
21Jimmy SnuggerudR	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	–	17:12
22Pius SuterC	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	71	11:13
49Ross JohnstonL	0	0	0	0	1	5	1	0	–	08:02
63Jake NeighboursL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	14:52
81Dylan HollowayL	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	0	–	17:27
89Pavel BuchnevichL	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	–	19:35
6Philip BrobergD	0	0	0	-1	2	1	0	0	–	24:25
17Cam FowlerD	0	0	0	+1	0	0	1	2	–	22:43
25Brandon CarloD	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	–	18:38
36Adam JiricekD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	2	–	14:18
55Colton ParaykoD	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	–	23:23
72Justin BarronD	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	–	14:06

St. Louis Blues goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
30Joel HoferG	O	27	24	3	.889	60:52
50Jordan BinningtonG		0	0	0	–	00:00