Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksOct 9, 2025

Final / OTThursday, Oct 9, 2025· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	OT	T		Shots	1	2	3	OT	T
VGK	1	1	1	1	4		VGK	10	11	8	2	31
SJS	1	1	1	0	3		SJS	9	6	8	0	23

: VGK 62SJS 53
: VGK 2.70SJS 2.89
PP goals: VGK 1SJS 1
Hits: VGK 22SJS 22
Blocks: VGK 17SJS 14
PIM: VGK 8SJS 8
: VGK 57%SJS 43%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Vegas Golden Knights edge San Jose Sharks 4–3 (OT)

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 4–3 in overtime at SJS. Jack Eichel (VGK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:17 together.

Points
Jack Eichel had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 22:34.Eichel
Points
Mark Stone had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 19:22.Stone
Points
Shakir Mukhamadullin had 2 assists (2 points) in 12:45.Mukhamadullin
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 9 attempts in 5:17 together.Stone Hertl Eichel Marner Dorofeyev
Usage
Brett Howden (VGK) played 9:53, −5:06 down on his 14:59 season average over 57 games.Howden
Usage
Shakir Mukhamadullin (SJS) played 12:45, −4:29 down on his 17:14 season average over 49 games.Mukhamadullin
Usage
Philipp Kurashev (SJS) played 19:38, +4:14 up on his 15:24 season average over 42 games.Kurashev
Usage
Zach Whitecloud (VGK) played 15:13, −5:10 down on his 20:23 season average over 77 games.Whitecloud

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← VGK attacks left (bottom on phones)SJS attacks right (top on phones) →

SJS
VGK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 115 of 115 attempts · SJS 53 · VGK 62

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

SJS
VGK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

SJS pressure
VGK pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: VGK 42% of the game, SJS 31%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

SJS

VGK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

SJS skaters (rows) against VGK skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the SJS side.

Matchup matrix

SJS xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	VGK	SJS
	56	43
	2.10	1.89
	1.98	1.80
	8	6
	5	7
	28	20
	+0.053	−0.053
	42%	31%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Vegas Golden Knights

L1Barbashev – Eichel – Marner
11:0050% CF
L2Saad – Hertl – Dorofeyev
10:0852% CF
L3Smith – Stone – Karlsson
8:3289% CF
L4Sissons – Kolesar – Howden
7:5764% CF
D1McNabb – Theodore
15:5861% CF
D2Hutton – Korczak
7:3467% CF
D3Lauzon – Whitecloud
6:4433% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
5:1790% CF
PP2Stone – Karlsson – Hertl – Theodore – Marner
0:17100% CF
PK1FEichel – Marner
1:49
PK2FSaad – Sissons
1:37
PK1DMcNabb – Theodore
3:30
PK2DLauzon – Whitecloud
2:35

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Kurashev – Smith – Celebrini
14:2442% CF
L2Toffoli – Wennberg – Eklund
8:4255% CF
L3Skinner – Dellandrea – Graf
7:2353% CF
L4Reaves – Goodrow – Gaudette
5:1625% CF
D1Leddy – Klingberg
15:2827% CF
D2Ferraro – Liljegren
11:5845% CF
D3Orlov – Mukhamadullin
11:4052% CF

PP1Toffoli – Klingberg – Eklund – Smith – Celebrini
3:4188% CF
PP2Orlov – Skinner – Wennberg – Gaudette – Kurashev
2:39100% CF
PK1FDellandrea – Graf
3:43
PK2FGoodrow – Wennberg
2:07
PK1DFerraro – Liljegren
2:53
PK2DLeddy – Orlov
2:21

Current SJS line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Vegas Golden Knights

VGK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	1	1	2	+1	3	0.23	2	1	0	22:34	—	—	48	69
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.10	2	0	2	22:25	—	—	54	79
Ivan Barbashev L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	3	0	0	14:13	—	—	52	60
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L2	1	0	1	0	4	0.53	0	0	0	18:10	—	—	56	37
Tomas Hertl C	L2	0	1	1	0	2	0.09	1	0	4	17:53	—	—	52	32
Brandon Saad L	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	0	0	0	14:53	—	—	54	39
Mark Stone R	L3	0	2	2	+1	1	0.23	2	2	0	19:22	—	—	67	50
William Karlsson C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.12	0	1	2	14:35	—	—	67	66
Reilly Smith R	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.35	0	0	0	13:21	—	—	71	89
Colton Sissons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	11:51	—	—	67	50
Brett Howden C	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.31	2	0	0	9:53	—	—	56	47
Keegan Kolesar R	L4	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	1	0	9:44	—	—	56	46
Shea Theodore D	D1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.27	0	4	0	24:52	—	—	63	60
Brayden McNabb D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	2	6	0	21:15	—	—	60	52
Kaedan Korczak D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.10	2	0	0	14:50	—	—	68	74
Ben Hutton D	D2	0	1	1	0	1	0.01	1	0	0	14:28	—	—	56	45
Jeremy Lauzon D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	3	1	0	18:18	—	—	55	68
Zach Whitecloud D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.02	1	1	0	15:13	—	—	36	33

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Akira Schmid(start)	W	23	20	3	.870	1.97	60:15

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	0	0	0	22:15	—	—	36	37
Will Smith C	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	1	2	20:34	—	—	43	44
Philipp Kurashev C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.35	2	1	0	19:38	—	—	46	48
Alexander Wennberg C	L2	1	0	1	-1	2	0.07	0	2	0	17:58	—	—	48	41
William Eklund L	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.96	1	0	0	17:27	—	—	46	35
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	1	0	0	14:45	—	—	50	48
Collin Graf R	L3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.11	0	0	0	17:05	—	—	48	64
Ty Dellandrea C	L3	0	1	1	+2	2	0.12	4	1	0	16:06	—	—	54	68
Jeff Skinner L	L3	1	0	1	+1	3	0.62	2	0	0	10:40	—	—	50	66
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	2	0	10:27	—	—	15	1
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:37	—	—	20	2
Ryan Reaves R	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	5	0	0	6:31	—	—	25	2
John Klingberg D	D1	0	1	1	-1	3	0.15	0	0	0	22:24	—	—	32	11
Nick Leddy D	D1	0	0	0	0	0	0.01	0	2	0	21:01	—	—	27	7
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.02	0	2	0	18:39	—	—	42	51
Timothy Liljegren D	D2	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	1	2	0	18:32	—	—	48	57
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	2	0	0	21:41	—	—	52	59
Shakir Mukhamadullin D	D3	0	2	2	+1	0	0.02	0	1	4	12:45	—	—	54	59

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Nedeljkovic(start)	O	31	27	4	.871	2.70	61:24

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Alexander Wennberg (SJS PP) 2nd 6:59 · assists William Eklund, John Klingberg · Forecheck turnover · 10.1 mph shot.

Alexander Wennberg · 2nd 6:59 · SJS PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.1 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Jeff Skinner · 1st 5:31 · SJS

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 9.1 mph
Distance: 4 ft
Entry to goal: 3.8 s
Type: rebound

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Brett Howden · 1st 8:09 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.4 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 14:22 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 55.8 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Type: one-timer

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Jack Eichel · 3rd 18:26 · VGK

Play: point-shot
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.5 mph
Distance: 92 ft

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Philipp Kurashev · 3rd 2:59 · SJS

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 4.9 mph
Distance: 2 ft

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Reilly Smith · OT 1:24 · VGK

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 21.2 mph
Distance: 12 ft
Entry to goal: 5.1 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksOct 9, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights edge San Jose Sharks 4–3 (OT)

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Vegas Golden Knights

San Jose Sharks

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT period

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

San Jose Sharks

Goal anatomy

Alexander Wennberg · 2nd 6:59 · SJS PP

Jeff Skinner · 1st 5:31 · SJS

Brett Howden · 1st 8:09 · VGK

Pavel Dorofeyev · 2nd 14:22 · VGK PP

Jack Eichel · 3rd 18:26 · VGK

Philipp Kurashev · 3rd 2:59 · SJS

Reilly Smith · OT 1:24 · VGK