Vegas Golden Knights vs. San Jose SharksJan 11, 2026

FinalSunday, Jan 11, 2026· SAP Center at San Jose

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
VGK	2	3	2	7		VGK	13	10	9	32
SJS	1	1	0	2		SJS	9	5	6	20

: VGK 56SJS 46
: VGK 3.39SJS 2.46
PP goals: VGK 2SJS 0
Hits: VGK 19SJS 21
Blocks: VGK 11SJS 15
PIM: VGK 10SJS 8
: VGK 53%SJS 47%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Vegas Golden Knights rout San Jose Sharks 7–2

Vegas Golden Knights beat San Jose Sharks 7–2 at SJS. Tomas Hertl (VGK) led the scoring with 2G 3A. VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 2 power-play goals on 13 attempts in 4:25 together.

Points
Tomas Hertl had two goals and 3 assists (5 points) on 3 shots in 15:35.Hertl
Points
Pavel Dorofeyev had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:25.Dorofeyev
Points
Mark Stone had 3 assists (3 points) on 2 shots in 17:44.Stone
Points
Jack Eichel had two goals (2 points) on 7 shots in 17:00.Eichel
Points
Noah Hanifin had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 20:24.Hanifin
PP1
VGK's first power-play unit (Stone, Hertl, Eichel, Marner and Dorofeyev) scored 2 power-play goals on 13 attempts in 4:25 together.Stone Hertl Eichel Marner Dorofeyev
Luck
VGK scored 7 goals on 3.39 expected goals (56 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
New line
New look for SJS: Skinner–Graf–Misa skated 8:41 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (41.2% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Skinner Graf Misa

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 102 of 102 attempts · SJS 46 · VGK 56

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 41% of the game, SJS 30%.

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
	48	31
	2.36	1.43
	2.26	1.41
	13	6
	2	2
	14	31
	+0.002	−0.002
	41%	30%

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

L1Smith – Marner – Dorofeyev
10:5261% CF
L2Sissons – Reinhardt – Bowman
7:0664% CF
L3Hertl – Kolesar – Holtz
7:0443% CF
L4Stone – Barbashev – Eichel
6:1682% CF
D1Theodore – Lauzon
14:2165% CF
D2Hanifin – Whitecloud
13:4467% CF
D3Hutton – Korczak
11:5547% CF

PP1Stone – Hertl – Eichel – Marner – Dorofeyev
4:2593% CF
PK1FStone – Eichel
3:06
PK2FSissons – Kolesar
1:21
PK1DTheodore – Lauzon
3:17
PK2DHanifin – Whitecloud
3:16

Current VGK line combinations →

San Jose Sharks

L1Eklund – Celebrini – Chernyshov
11:5832% CF
L2Skinner – Graf – Misa
8:4141% CF
L3Toffoli – Wennberg – Regenda
8:2845% CF
L4Goodrow – Gaudette – Ostapchuk
8:2560% CF
D1Klingberg – Dickinson
10:5036% CF
D2Ferraro – Iorio
9:2620% CF
D3Orlov – Liljegren
8:5643% CF

PP1Orlov – Toffoli – Wennberg – Eklund – Celebrini
5:3783% CF
PP2Skinner – Klingberg – Regenda – Chernyshov – Misa
1:03100% CF
PK1FWennberg – Graf
2:59
PK2FGoodrow – Ostapchuk
1:19
PK1DOrlov – Liljegren
1:12
PK2DFerraro – Iorio
1:03

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
Mitch Marner R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.28	0	0	0	21:40	—	—	57	61
Pavel Dorofeyev R	L1	1	2	3	+1	3	0.36	0	2	2	18:25	—	—	67	84
Reilly Smith R	L1	0	0	0	+1	3	0.35	0	0	0	17:03	—	—	67	85
Colton Sissons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.24	1	0	0	15:49	—	—	47	43
Braeden Bowman R	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	0	0	10:59	—	—	53	47
Cole Reinhardt L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	2	9:53	—	—	69	79
Tomas Hertl C	L3	2	3	5	+3	3	0.60	0	0	0	15:35	—	—	67	56
Keegan Kolesar R	L3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	5	0	0	12:51	—	—	36	9
Alexander Holtz R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	11:36	—	—	50	9
Mark Stone R	L4	0	3	3	+1	2	0.08	1	2	0	17:44	—	—	75	72
Jack Eichel C	L4	2	0	2	+2	7	0.83	1	0	2	17:00	—	—	82	90
Ivan Barbashev L	L4	0	1	1	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	9:59	—	—	56	64
Shea Theodore D	D1	1	0	1	+3	2	0.37	0	2	0	23:05	—	—	67	70
Jeremy Lauzon D	D1	0	1	1	+3	1	0.04	4	1	2	20:26	—	—	67	69
Noah Hanifin D	D2	0	2	2	0	2	0.07	0	0	2	20:24	—	—	63	58
Zach Whitecloud D	D2	1	0	1	0	2	0.04	1	2	0	19:02	—	—	68	66
Kaedan Korczak D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	0	15:26	—	—	47	52
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:06	—	—	44	47

VGK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Carl Lindbom(start)	W	20	18	2	.900	2.46	59:57

San Jose Sharks

SJS skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Macklin Celebrini C	L1	0	0	0	-4	1	0.40	0	1	0	23:53	—	—	32	29
William Eklund L	L1	0	0	0	-4	3	0.49	1	1	2	22:41	—	—	33	30
Igor Chernyshov L	L1	0	0	0	-3	1	0.12	0	0	0	16:37	—	—	32	29
Collin Graf R	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	13:13	—	—	41	43
Jeff Skinner L	L2	0	1	1	+1	3	0.18	1	0	0	12:15	—	—	39	37
Michael Misa C	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	11:43	—	—	39	37
Alexander Wennberg C	L3	1	0	1	-1	1	0.53	0	0	0	21:06	—	—	43	43
Tyler Toffoli C	L3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.13	1	0	2	17:19	—	—	36	39
Pavol Regenda L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	2	0	0	12:33	—	—	39	41
Zack Ostapchuk C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	11:34	—	—	55	51
Barclay Goodrow C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.07	5	0	0	10:56	—	—	55	61
Adam Gaudette R	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.13	1	1	0	9:56	—	—	55	61
John Klingberg D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.08	2	1	0	21:48	—	—	29	49
Sam Dickinson D	D1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.02	1	2	2	16:47	—	—	37	36
Vincent Iorio D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	2	0	17:18	—	—	36	37
Mario Ferraro D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	2	0	14:15	—	—	38	58
Dmitry Orlov D	D3	0	0	0	-2	0	0.01	1	2	0	21:52	—	—	44	20
Timothy Liljegren D	D3	0	1	1	-1	1	0.04	0	1	2	18:55	—	—	48	39

SJS goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Yaroslav Askarov(start)	L	31	25	6	.806	3.06	58:49

Goal anatomy

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

Jack Eichel (VGK) 1st 7:19 · assists Ivan Barbashev, Jeremy Lauzon · Cycle · 15.2 mph shot.

Jack Eichel · 1st 7:19 · VGK

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 15.2 mph
Distance: 8 ft

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Collin Graf · 1st 9:33 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 33.2 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Entry to goal: 7.6 s

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Tomas Hertl · 2nd 11:00 · VGK PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 4 (royal road)
Shot: 7.2 mph
Distance: 9 ft

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Shea Theodore · 3rd 17:03 · VGK EN

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 14.7 mph
Distance: 24 ft

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Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 10:57 · VGK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 0
Shot: 48.6 mph
Distance: 13 ft

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Jack Eichel · 2nd 4:19 · VGK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 72.3 mph
Distance: 29 ft
Entry to goal: 9.1 s

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Zach Whitecloud · 2nd 12:25 · VGK

Play: point-shot
Passes: 3
Shot: 82.2 mph
Distance: 59 ft

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Alexander Wennberg · 2nd 16:29 · SJS

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1 (royal road)
Shot: 77.0 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Type: one-timer

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Tomas Hertl · 3rd 18:59 · VGK

Play: cycle
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 55.5 mph
Distance: 31 ft
Type: one-timer

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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 SharksJan 11, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Vegas Golden Knights rout San Jose Sharks 7–2

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

Box score

Vegas Golden Knights

San Jose Sharks

Goal anatomy

Jack Eichel · 1st 7:19 · VGK

Collin Graf · 1st 9:33 · SJS

Tomas Hertl · 2nd 11:00 · VGK PP

Shea Theodore · 3rd 17:03 · VGK EN

Pavel Dorofeyev · 1st 10:57 · VGK PP

Jack Eichel · 2nd 4:19 · VGK

Zach Whitecloud · 2nd 12:25 · VGK

Alexander Wennberg · 2nd 16:29 · SJS

Tomas Hertl · 3rd 18:59 · VGK